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Dining D ining for for D Dollars ollars Sometimes a ca candidate andidate has to spend money. money to makee money y. And,, so ffar, arr, MADISON NGUYEN M ADISON N GUYEN has done both at a dinner.. Inn her mayor mayoral rrecent ecent dinner al campaign kickoff event,, the thhe vice mayor shelled out Jose’s Dynasty about $16,000 at San Jose ’s D ynasty SSeafood Seaf foodd Restaurant. Restau t urant.t. Nguyen N ffelt ellt she h owedd big hitters a ““decent deecent meal”” at the very apparently checkss went just least,, and appa rently the check soup right of the sou up spoon. Her campaign already surpassed has alr eady sur passed $100,000 in less weekss into the contributions,, le ess than two week said. rrace, ace,, Nguyen sa aid.. State State Assemblymember Assemblymember PAUL P AUL FFONG, ONG, whoo is running ffor or San Jose’s District Jose ’s D istrict 1 council seat,, also held a fundraiser fundr aiser at Dynasty—except Dynasty—except y he oddly chose its CCupertino upertino location.. A Fong supporter told Fly F that the termed-out legislator went beyond the because city limits becau use he They knows the rrestaurant estaaurant Did there weree owner and ther re wer What? concerns.. B But space concerns ut an employee att the SEND TIPS TIPS TTO O FLY@ FL LY Y@ establishment CCupertino upertino estab blishment METR ONEWS. METRONEWS. both told Fly that bo th COM CO M locations hold about a 600 people andd the owner.. CCounty rrestaurants estaurants share shaare the same owner ounty Supervisor DAVE Super visor D AV VEE CCORTESE OR RT TESE also held a last kickoff event las st week,, but it seems hasn’t he hasn ’t gone to serious arm-twisting Dishing burgers yet. D ishing up inexpensive bur gers and barbecue, CCortese orteese said,, several several hundred hundred showed attendees show wed up to the Unify EEvent vent Jose CCenter enter in San Jo ose to wish him well, with a there checks. Perhaps ffew ew here here and th here toting check s.. P erhaps moree inter interesting mor esting than the event itself was invitation, CCortese’s ortese’s invitat tion, which included a map that noted the addr aaddress ess was near a ““Big Big Box treats B ox SStore.” tore.” The rreason: eason: CCortese ortese tr eats his Walmarts VOLDEMORT. W almarts like V OLDEMOR O RT. “I don’t don’t have a lot of rrespect espect ffor o Walmart or Walmart in terms of how treat they tr eat their employees,”” he said.. “It was personally my decision d to mark it on the way.” invitation that way w y..”” Fly’s cool with that,, but theree be no doubt it it’s let ther ’s election season stances aree taken on the stor storee when firm stan ces ar that must not be b named.
The New Rules BACK B ACK T TO O SCH SCHOOL OOL Charles F Fowler, o owler r, a teacher at Y Yerba erba e Buen Buena na High School in San Jose, is one o of a growing number of local in nstructors who have chosen to avoid suspending students of instructors students..
Movement M ovement to en end nd school suspensions p a civil rights g fig fight ght g BY B Y JENN JENNIFER IFER W WADSWORTH ADS A WORTH T
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irst day of class after winter break and the quiet one walks walks in late. latte. He H e missed the first six x weeks w the prior semester, semesterr, but but improved p the most once e he h showed up. up. In just a few months, m months , Fs Fs became Bs and As. A. As He’s He’s bright, he just needs to try. trry. But today his eyes look glazed gllazed and red. He He reeks. reeks. Classmates Classmates in Room 302 know kno ow he’s h s high. He he’ He must be. Look Look at his h eyes—they’re bloodshot. bloodshott. And A that smell. Mr. Mr. Fowler Fowler pulls the quiet one outside. outside He He pulls won’t w ’t let him get away won away with h it. it
“W “Welcome Weelcome back,” Mr Mr.. F Fowler owler sa says. ayys. “H “How How w was aas yyour our Christmas?” o “F “Fine. ine. I didn didn’t n’’t do an anything. nyythingg.” “OK. Did yyou ou get high to o today?” daay?” y “No. “No.” “W “Well Weell you yo ou came caame late late.. Y You o ou smell fun funny. nn ny.
You’re Y ou o u’’re not yyourself. o ourselff. Wha What’s at’s going on?” “I don don’t n’’t w want aant to ttalk alk ab aabout out it.” The quiet one hangs his head, silent and defiant. Mr Mr. r. F Fowler owler knows the rules: He ccalls aalls scho school ol securit security; ty; the tthey ey check ffor or o drugs; and the student iss sent to the principal. Scho School ol p policy olicy sa says ayys w walking alking a in late and signs of intox intoxication xiccaation merit suspension. susp ension. But Mr Mr. r. F Fowler owler rremembers emeembers his days da ayys in high scho school. ol. He w wasn’t aasn n’’t a mo model del student either either.. He show showed wed up late and skipped skipp ed class class.. He got into o fights fights.. He to took ok his anger out on others— others—a —a rreaction eaction to the abuse at home home.. T Teachers eac e chers didn didn’t n’’t know how to handle Mr Mr. r. F Fowler, owllerr, back when he was w aas just Charles Charles.. A Att leastt the quiet one made it to class class,, he thou thought. ught. Ma Maybe ayybe the quiet one just needs a se second econd chanc chance. e. “W “Write Write r ab about out yyour our Ch o Christmas hristmas br break, eak,” Mr. Fowler says. “Why wasn’t Mr r. F owler sa ayys. “Wh hy w asn a n’’t it fun?” hunches The quiet one hunch hes his shoulders keeps down. and k eeeps his head down n. He writes and about spent writes ab out running aaway. way. He sp ent his holiday break streets, too holida ay br reeak on the frigid friggid str eets, to o home—even shower. afraid to go home —eveen n to shower r. He was angryy and sc scared. Something w aas angr ared. So omething terrible happened. Now Mr. Fowler knew happ ened. N ow Mr r. F ow wler kne w he help.. ccould ould do something to help h
SSchool, choool, Interrupted Interrupted In his ttwo w yyears wo ears e teaching at San JJose’s ose’s Yerba Y eerba b Buen B Buena na High Hi h Scho S School, h ol,l Charles Ch l Fowler F owler has ne never eveer susp suspended ended a student. The p policy olicy is i mor moree p personal ersonal than political, p olitical, a st sstandard andard he set ffor or o his own classroom-sized classr oom-sized s sphere sphere of influence. influence. But it it’s ’s par part rt of a lar larger rgger tr trend end among educators educ caators to o change the whole cultur culturee of scho school ol di discipline iscipline b byy rremoving emo oving v suspension—especially susp ension— —especially off off-campus ff--campus suspension—as susp ension— —as a p penalty enaltty ffor or o subjectiv subjective ve rreasons easons lik like ke “willful defianc defiance, e,” which ccan an include i l de an anything nything y hi fr ffrom rom o smoking ki a cigarette cigar reetttte on n ccampus aampus to mouthing off to challengi challenging ging dr dress ess ccode. ode. Hundr Hundreds eds of Yerba Y eerba Buen Buena na students br broke ro ok ke the scho school’s ol’s dress dr reess ccode ode Monda M Monday ay to pr protest otest the p policy, olicyy, which the they ey sa say ay unfairly ttargets aarrggets some students,, es especially poor. Staff students specially the p oorr. St taff a sswept w wept 1,700-student the 1,70 0-sttudent Eastside campus, campus, students from pulling stud dents fr om class and ccorralling orrallingg moree than 20 mor 200 0 in the librar libraryy ffor or a o lecturee fr lectur from om m the principal ab about out how breaking br eaking th the he rules isn isn’t ’t the w way ay to get a point p oint i acr across. oss. But no one got susp suspended, ended, dd administrators administrat tors sa say. ay. “W “We We see an incident like lik ke this as a teachable moment,” Principal T Tom o Huynh sa om says. ays y. During his h first yyear eear teaching teaching, g, F Fowler owler
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10 heard hear d at a st staff taaff meeting that the scho school ol rreported eported 8 80 0 disciplinar disciplinaryy rreferrals ef efeerrals that semester ffor or o students sh showing howing up to class without a p encil, thus “u unprepared.” So pencil, “unprepared. he b ought a bunch of p e encils and st arted bought pencils started handing them out to stu udents. “Ther e’s students. “There’s one less reason reason to send kids k away, awayy, y”” he says. saayys. In 2010-11, mor re than n half of the more 20,0 00 susp ensions in Sant S 20,000 suspensions Santaa Clara C ountty schools schools were were discretionary— disscretionary— County the st taatewide rate w as a 40 0p ercent. T o statewide was percent. To ccombat ombat b t the th problem, problem, bl ccounty o ty scho ount h oll school h the Public officials teamed up with Def fender e and District A tttorneey to ccome ome Defender Attorney up with alternativ ve w ayyss to discipline alternative ways t ey ccall the all the students and stop what they “scho ol-to-prison pip elin ne.” “school-to-prison pipeline. The NAA AC CP ccalls alls sus spensions a NAACP suspensions civil rights pr oblem, giv veen that the ey problem, given they dispr oportionately ttarget argeet minorities disproportionately minorities,, the disabled and the p poor. Suspended oor or. Susp ended aree thr three likely kids ar ee times as lik keely to wind up way i ju in jjuvenile uveenile il ccourt. ourt. A bill making m ki its i w ay through thr ough the state state Assembly—AB Asssem mblyy—A AB 420— aims to eliminate “willfu “willful defiance” ul defianc e” as a suspension. ccause ause a ffor o or susp ension. “The thing that strik strikes about kees me ab out suspensions, especially susp ensions, esp ecially when w yyou’re ou o ’re about defiance, ttalking alking ab out willful defi fiance, is that students learn a b behavior ehaavio v or that ccan an a class, says Yvette rremove emo ove them from from class s,” sa ayys Y vet ettte Irving, alternative education Ir vingg, head of alternativ ve educ caation ffor or o “They sent home,, the they the ccounty. ountty. “The ey get sen nt home ey end up sit sitting front Nintendo,, tting t in fr ont off the Nintendo worse,, in involved gangs..” or worse nvo olvved e with gangs Several local schools have Se veeral lo caal scho ols ha h ave made effort number an eff ffo ort to cut back on the numb er suspensions. Five ago,, Y Yerba of susp ensions. F ivve yyears eearrs ago eerba 1,062 suspensions. Last Buena had 1,0 62 susp en nsions. L ast yyear, eearr, number dropped the numb er dr opped to o just 23. The school attendance school has improved imprroved e at ttendanc t e and per-pupil rretains etains more more daily p err--pu upil funding from state. says policy fr om the st ate. Huynh sa ays y the p olicy improved standardized scores, has impr oveed st taandardizzed test sc ores, state-set though they theey still fall short sho ort of st ate-set benchmarks, from 2007 682 b enchmarks, fr ro om 633 in n 20 07 to 6 82 Academic Performance last yyear eear on the A caadem mic P erformanc o e Index. upside, says, Inde exx. The biggest upsid de, Huynh sa ayys, is that student b behavior has improved. ehaavvior ha as impr oveed. South Bay A handful of other So outh Ba ay have alternative ccampuses ampuses a ha ave adopted alternativ ve disciplinaryy policies, some disciplinar policies, som me ffocused ocused on what’s justice, what ’s ccalled aalled rrestorative estorativve justic e, which fforces orces students to cconfront o onfrront o their mist ak kees mistakes byy hashing things out with b w the victim or teacher. a teacher r. “They’re face problem “The eyy’re fforced orced to fac o ce the pr roblem o instead of b being eing sent aaway, wayy, y”” Irving Irving says. “It’s moree of a natur natural, sa ayys. “It ’s mor ral, rreal-world eal-world make about cconsequence, onsequence, to mak ke yyou o think ab ou out together getting ccoming oming to gether and get tting t things fixed instead of teaching a stu student they udent the ey ccan an a run away away and not deal with w it.”
Get Ou Out ut Cristina U Uribe, rribe, 15, didn didn’t n’’t eeven ven e get a chancee to get settled before chanc g set tttled b effo ore a teacher banished he her er to the principal’ principal’ss offic officee last showing pencil. yyear eear ffor or sho o owing up without a p encil. goes, ‘You’re never prepared “She go e , ‘Y es Yo ou’re ne ver e pr epared ffor or o class,,’” Cristi Cristina class ina rrecounts. eecco ounts. “She raised her basically, ‘Leave. vvoice oic o e at me, allyy, ‘L eaave. Get mee, she said, basic out of m myy class cclass..’” was Since, Cristina’s That w aas last yyear. eearr. Sinc ce, Cristina a’s become something on-campus b ecome som mething of an oncaampus writing bill-of-rights. activist wri activist, iting a student billoff--rights. “We have the bee rrespected byy “W We ha ave th he right to b espected b students,, te teachers administrators,,” students eachers and administrators number “We have rreads eads numb ber 11 in a list of 12. “W We ha ave the right to establish independent o est taablish an indep endent oversight teacher o veersight ccommittee. o ommittttee.” Board Education Darcie Boar d off Educ ation trustee Dar rccie Green says suspensions have given Gr een sa ays y susp ensions ha ave giv veen leverage over students,, teachers le eveerage o ver e unruly students policy power ower but the p ollicy ccan an morph into a p play, putting pla ay, put tttin ng thousands of students at disadvantage favor a disadvant taage in fa avo or of a quick fix. fix “Ideally, I’d like schools “Ideally y, I’ d lik ke to see scho ols ccome ome o up alternatives suspensions, Green with altern nativves e to susp ensions,” Gr een says. time aren't sa ays y . ““Any An Any ti ime students ar en't in the classroom, hurts education. classr oom, it i hur ts educ ation.” Bunnett, advocacy Dana Bu unnetttt, head of adv vocaacy group Common, says gr oup Kids in C ommon, sa ays y suspensions susp aan “pass the buck.” But ensionss ccan moree ccomplicated things ccan aan get g mor omplicated when fights.. Marijuanadealing with th drugs or fights suspensions have more rrelated elated susp pensions ha ave shot up mor re 200 percent th 20 than 0p ercentt att East E t San S JJose ose schools, says. scho ols, thee ccounty ountty sa ayys. And fights ccan an a escalate safety issue.. esc alate to a public saf fet ety issue “Now have ourselves, “N ow we w ha ave to ask ourselv vees, how growing problem, do we deal with this gr owing pr oblem, moree kids are getting that mor k ar re get tting t ccaught aught with Bunnett says. answer drugs?” Bun nnettt sa ayys. “The ans sw wer bee to provide moree so social services might b o pr ovvide mor cial ser vices support, law ttype yype supp ort, rather than ccalling alling la aw enforcement don’t know. enf for o ceemen nt right aaway. way. I don n’t ’ know w. That’s have. That’s a cconversation on nversation e we need to ha ave.” advocacy S JJose-based San osee-based b d student d adv dvocacy group Californians says group C aliffo ornians ffor or JJustice o ustic u e sa ayys such penalties lead penalties le ead to the criminalization of youth. Side,, 1,30 1,300 weree yo outh. On the t East Side 0 kids wer arrested many arr ested in 2012 2 and man ny of them had suspensions group claims.. suspensionss on rrecord, ecord, the gr ro oup claims “I get thee chanc chancee to susp suspend end someone at least onc oncee a week week—easy, Fowler says. k—eassy, y” y” F owler sa ayys. “But I ttake myself ak ke it as a challenge unto m yyself to think ab about address out how I ccan an addr ess the issue without witho out dismissing anyone. an nyo one.” It’s approach more educators aree Itt’s an ap pproach h mor re educ d ators ar taking, Fowler takingg, and one F owler wishes teachers had tried with school. w him in high scho ol. “My own process became n healing pr ocess b eccame a connected connected to t this redemption, redemption,” he says. saayys. “All mistakes authority figures “A All the mis stak kees that authorit ty figur es made toward make want tow war a d me mak ke me w aant to do right by students..” by my my own students
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Th Plot The Pl t Thickens TThi k The Fair P Political olitical Pract Practices tices Commission C ommission (FPPC) cconfirmed o onfirmed that it has eexpanded xpanded its in investigation nvestigation e into San JJose ose C Councilman ouncilman Xa X Xavier avvier C Campos’ ampos’ 2010 ccampaign. ampaign. Last Last we week, eek, San JJose ose Inside rreported eported that C Campos a os and amp incarcerated inc arcerated fformer ormer county o cou untty Sup Supervisor ervisor George Geor ge Shirak Shirakawa awa Jr. Jr. created crreated fictitious business filings g with th thee ccounty ounty Recorder’s R eecorder’s office office underr identical identical names as their ccampaigns. ampaiggns. The unconventional unc on nventional e financ financee practic practicee ccould ould have ha ave allowed the ttwo wo men w m to direct direct ccampaign ampaign ccontributions ontribution ns to secr secret et bank accounts. ac counts. Shirakawa Shirak awa is curr currently enttly in jail ffor o or pilf pilfering feering funds fr from om m his 20 2008 08 supervisor sup ervisor ccampaign. ampaign. The FPPC FPPC—the —the st state atee p political olitical watchdog—launched w aatchdogg—launched launched it its ts initial inquir inquiryy into C Campos’ ampos’ ccampaign ampaign n in April ffollowing o ollowing San JJose ose Insid Inside’s de’s disc discovery oveery that the ccouncilman ouncilman us used sed Linda Delgado as his ccampaign ampaiggn tr treasurer easurer and rrepeatedly epeatedly missed filingg deadlines after
ccoming oming int into to offic office. e. Delgado is the mother of one o of Shirak Shirakawa’s awa’s childr children en and also o oversaw versaaw his ccampaigns, ampaigns, which rredirected edirected mor m moree than $130,0 $130,000 00 into a bank ac account count o pr prosecutors osecutors ccalled alled a “slush fund fund. d.” In additi addition ion to ha having aving v an activ activee fictitious bu business usiness filing ffor o or his ccouncil ouncil ccampaign, am mpaign, p g ,C Campos amp pos also filed a fform orm with o h the R Recorder’s eecorder’s offic officee ffor o or his 20 2004 0 scho 04 school ol b board oard rac race, e, which he lo lost. ost. The owners listed ffor or o that filing filing,, which w eexpired xpired in 20 2009, 09, weree C wer Campos, amp pos, Shirak Shirakawa awa and R Rosa osa o C Campos, ampos, mother m to C Campos ampos and St State ate A Assemblymember ssemblym member N Nora ora C Campos. ampos. A Attempts tttemptts to rreach each R Rosa osa o C Campos ampos weree unsuc wer unsuccessful. ccessful. C Councilmember ouncilmember C Campos ampos ign ignored nored rrepeated epeated rrequests equests ffor o or ccomment ommeent ab about out his fictitious business fili filings. ings. A sp spokesman okesman ffor or o A Assemblymember ssemblym member C Campos ampos said she would ha have ave no ccomment omment on her br brother’s other’s p political olitical activities activities.. —J Josh osh o K Koehn oehn
THAT’S T HA AT’S WH WHAT HA AT SHE S SAID AID “T “This This report by the San Jose aud auditor ditor should cause shame leaders sh hame among g some off our leade ers who have led the way decimated wa ay to cuts that have decimate ed our police force.” — State State Assemblymember Assemblymemberr Nor Noraa C Campos ampos on S San an Jose’s new crime report report (see pg.. 16).. She She did not comment about some questionable campaign campaaign decisions by her brother, brotherr, San S an Jose City Councilmember Councilmember Xavier Campos. Campos. Nora Campos
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PAST P A ST PRESENT PR ESEN E T John P Pugh’s ugh’s mural at the e Almaden F Feed eed & F Fuel uel paid ho homage omage to hole’s stagecoach the watering g hole ’s long history from stag gecoach stop to neighborhood tavern.
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HANKS HANKS N TO TO a Holy Holy Trinity characterizing T rin nity char acterizing San n Jose Jose for decades— reall estate greed, political indifference in ndifference and suburban apathy—the apat y t e Almaden Feed Feed & Fuel Fuel is no longer wit th us. us. with
Formerly F ormerly a st stagecoach agecoach stop stop,, a gas st ation,, a saloon, saloon, a rrestaurant, estaurant, station, a bik er bar an nd mor ecentlyy, a biker and moree rrecently, unique neigh hborhood ttavern avern with neighborhood liv he F eed & F uel went livee music music,, th the Feed Fuel
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band of her oes not ccontent o ontent with heroes living in An ysuburb ffought ought o har d to Anysuburb hard sa ave the building velopers save building,, butt de developers and suburban p oliticiians wer o politicians weree to too p owerful ffor o or them. N ow ther powerful Now theree will b at lo ok lik bee 13 mor moree houses tha that look likee 10 0,0 , 00 other housess an yywhere 100,000 anywhere south of Blossom Hill l. Hill. Thankfully y, ther e'ss some p ositive Thankfully, there's positive ne ws her o. Inside Almaden F eed news heree to too. Feed &F uel, ther xisted an old mural, Fuel, theree eexisted if yyou ou cconsider onsider 19 85 as a “old,”” which 1985 most de velopers in Sa an JJose ose do developers San do.. A ow wner Blondie Att that time time,, thenthen-owner Barnd hir ed tr ompe-ll'oeil ar tist JJohn ohn hired trompe-l'oeil artist Pugh to paint a w all mural m depicting wall bar rregulars. egulars. A uilding w as Ass the bu building was ab boutt to t gett euthaniz th ized d se verall about euthanized several weeks ago ok an Englishman— ago,, it to took someone with an intr rinsic unSan intrinsic un-San JJose ose aawareness wareness of cult ture—to assume culture—to the ttask ask of sa avving the mural. saving R oger Springall, th he pr oprietor Roger the proprietor of C aff ffee Frasc ati in do owntown San Caffe Frascati downtown JJose, ose, alr eady had a cconnection on nnection to already
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T’S A NEW EATERY, but Iroriya draws on a traditional Japanese technique that goes back to meals cooked hearthside, over open fires. The restaurant specializes in Robatayaki, a style in which the food (mostly fish and veggies) THE REAL THING The pizza at Terronehay—on skewers. is grilled over charcoal—and sometimes comes with a seal of Italian approval. There is no hay stoking the grill at Iroriya, but the restaurant’s Robatayaki dishes are indeed cooked over a charcoal grill.
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AEXPLAIN LOT of ROBATAYAKI dishes have an organization METRO: CANOT YOU COOKING STYLE? Maruyama: Robatayaki dedicating to preserving historical goes back to the olden days where theretheir was no gas or electricity in the house. They used to have aPizza squaredoes, in theormiddle of the house where they authenticity. at least Neapolitan put pizza—the coals and theyoriginal used to sit around version that square they’d put the fish modern of and pizza on athat stickcame and letout it grill over the Italy, charcoal. use hay of Naples, in They’d the 1800s. Theto add more smoky flavor to the food. But we’re not allowed to do that here, so we organization, Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana, don’t. We try to make it as traditional as we can. hands out certifications to restaurants all over the
WHAT WOULDthat SOMEONE THEY specific WANTED ANguidelines AUTHENTIC ROBATAYAKI world meetORDER theirIFvery as to I would recommend the himono (dried fish). We DINING EXPERIENCE? what constitutes a genuine Neapolitan pizza. Here marinate the fish, and sun-dry it on the roof here for about a day. When in the Bay Area, only a handful of restaurants are we grill it, it’ll make the skin a little crisp, and the inside very moist. We so certified. One of them, Terrone Pizzeria, a casual take the whole fish and we take out the innards, put it on the skewer, salt upscale joint, was opened a few weeks ago in Palo it then just grill it. Depending on what marinade we use, the salt water or allthe offlavor whom born in the Alto sweetby soythree sauce,friends, it changes of were the fish.
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TELL ME ABOUT KAMAMESHI, A RICE DISH THAT’S COOKED IN A KETTLE. It’s a a trueit Italian pizzainisthe its lightness. Thewithout braisedGenerally, rice dish.what This defines is also how was made olden days thinner, the toppings are sparser the[clear ingredients are soup all stock] gas. crust It’s a issteel pot. We put the rice and theand dashi Japanese very basic. Rather than the heavy, doughy concoction familiar to inside and with seasonal ingredients. Then we put a lid over it and light it on pizza Italy iswith considered a lightgas. dishItthat willtake leaveway too long fire.Americans, It’s made in the in kitchen the regular would onecharcoal a little hungry after we leaving table. on the grill. Then let itthe sitdinner so it can soak up the rest of the dashi. Tofall obtain thechicken, coveted certification, restaurant meet seasonally. It’s For the we did mushroom aand carrots. must It changes many criteria, as what ingredients are used, how the pizza going to be a littlesuch more seafood for the winter. is prepared, what kind of oven it’s cooked in and more. Terrone YOUpassed SERVE all JAGA WHICH FERMENTED LEGS, RIGHT? It’s theBATA tests.SHIOKARA, They knead their IS dough by handSQUID and let it rise basically a whole potato. We’ll grill it on the charcoal and then we’ll put naturally over a 24-hour period before popping it into a brick oven, butter on it, then we’ll put the shiokara on top. It’s marinated in where it is fully cooked in about 90 seconds. The crust is crispy and its own squid innards and it’s flavored with salt. It’s very fishy, but with the potato and the butter it mellows out the fishiness. The potato we’ll cook on the grill. The shiokara, we can’t cook it. It’s just raw marinated. We just put that on top of the potato. —Aaron Carnes IRORIYA 3548 Homestead Rd, Santa Clara. 408.246.5511 or robata-iroriya.com.
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THE PRUNEYARD Shopping Center in Campbell stands on land once occupied by prune and pear trees, and once again xxx xxx xxxx theXXXXXX spot will be home to anxxxxxxx xxxxx orchard—of a kind. Orchard City Kitchen, a new venture from Michelin-starred chef Jeffrey Stout, is expected to open in summer 2014 at the Pruneyard. Stout served for eight years as chef and chief operating officer for HESteakhouse, BETTER-BEER continues itsinascent Alexander’s whichscene operates restaurants Cupertino and San Francisco. in the South Bay with Steins Beer Garden & Alexander’s earned one star in the Michelin Guides for 2011 Restaurant in downtown Mountain View set through to 2013. open March 28. There will be wine and cocktails, but Given Stout’s, uh, stellar background, fine dining would seem a the primary focus will be on high-quality beers. Steins natural choice for Orchard City Kitchen, but in an interview with the will feature 30 taps and a menu of modern American Silicon Valley Business Journal Stout said he’d be focusing on more casual comfort food crated by executive chef and Bay Area fare and small plates. native Colby Reade. Orchard City Kitchen will take over the 6,200-square-foot space that will be vacated Hobee’s California Restaurant at the endhe oftells this year. Owner and by South Bay native Ted Kim is a beer enthusiast; me that Steins is a salute to the traditional German beer halls and gardens, which he experienced during his travels throughout Europe’s premier beer cities. Designed by architect Marc Dimalanta, Steins features a 300seat, 8,000-square-foot domed MINT TEA might the more interior room andbe a 4,000-squareexpected beverage to accompany foot outdoor patio. Moroccan food, that doesn’t Ted, with hisbut contagious positive mean thesays country’s energy, that herich, can’t spicy wait for dishes alsoout gothe well with folksdon’t to check “in-yourtheface, grape—it is Mediterranean custom-made walk-in cooler” cuisine, all. bar. Guests can next toafter the main Playing upunique the potential gaze at the direct-draw pairings of tagines, kebabs andare draft system—the tap handles couscous with Morocco’s connected to wine, the kegs, eliminating Restaurant Mountain draft linesin and helping toView keep offers diners wine club. the beer at athe highest quality Such loyalty programs— and freshness levels. Having 30 offering perks from reduced prices to members-only parties—have become de rigueur at wineries, but they’re beginning to catch on at restaurants, too. Morocco’s wine club membership includes special pricing on wines by the bottle, birthday treats and invitations to VIP decanting ceremonies, complimentary wine tastings and culinary events. The membership fee is $25 per year. And by the way, mint tea—available hot or iced—is on Morocco’s menu; it just has some competition. —Heather Zimmerman
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NYE P NYE PATIO ATIO T P PARTY A TY AR Dec 31, 8pm at a Britannia Arms Downtown, San Jose. Rin Ringg in the New YYear ear with drink specials, a Ch hampagne toast and a live Champagne countdown oon n Britannia Arm ’s outdoor Arm’s patio. ti DJ R Rea Ready d Rock dy R k spins i ffor or the th night. i ht SAN JOSE IM SAN IMPROV MPROV NE NEW W YEAR’S EEVE VE SSHOW HOW Dec 31, 7pm & 10pm at San Jose Impr Improv. ovv. $35-$65. A special special NYE dinner show with from comedian SSteven teeven Byrne fr om TTBS BS comedy show Sullivann and Son. NEW YEAR’SS EEVE NEW VE B BASH ASH Dec 31, 9pm at a SStudio ttudio 8, San Jose. The club
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WILL D WILL DURST’S URST’S BI BIGG FAT FAT YEAR EN END D KISS KISS OFF CCOMEDY OMEDY SSHOW HOW Dec 31, 7pm and 10pm at San Jose SStage ttage ta Company y. $40-$50 The Big Fat Year Company. Year End E Kiss Off Comedy Show ffeatures eatures skits, sketc ches, sketches, songs and stand-up comedy comedy, y, all ffocusing ocussing on ring during the year of 20 events occur 013. occurring 2013. The Big Fat Year Year End Kiss Off Comedyy Show consists of comics Will Durst, Johnny SSteele, teele, Deb and Mike, Mari Magaloni and Art Arthur hur Gaus. NEW YEAR’S EEVE NEW VE B BASH ASH Dec 31, 9pm at Zen LLounge, ounge, Mountainn View View. w. $120-$1100 The Final Countdown intoo 2014 gets a toast at Zen LLounge. Audio1, ounge. DJs Audio o1, Big B and Dynamic D spin all night. Drink sp specials pecials go on all night joined with a complim complimentary entary Champagne toast with hors d’oeuvres d’oeuvress and a balloon dr drop. op.
NEW YEAR’S EVE NEW EVE P PARTY ARTY Dec 31, 7pm at P Poor oor Hou House use Bistr Bistro, o, San Jose.. $60 0P Poor oor House Bistr B Bistroo is serving serving up a Southern-style New Year’s Yeaar ’s Eve party party.. Drink Drinkss and a full menu of New w Orleans specialties. specialties. Live music and dancing with Jay and the Po’Boys and Lar Velvet Plum. Po’Boys Laraa Price with Velvet NE NEW W YEAR’S EVE EVE CELEBRATION CELEBRA AT TION Dec 31, 8pm at Vixen Ul Ultra ltrra Lounge, Lounge, San Jose. Vixen Ul Ultra tra Lounge Lounge will hold a blowout New YYear’s ear ’s Eve party comple ete with DJs, bottle complete ser vice and a ffestive estive co untdown Festivities untdown. service countdown. include a balloon dr op, a Champagne toast drop, at midnight and compli mentary party ffavors. avors. complimentary
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N EW Y NEW YEAR’S EAR’SS EEVE VE 2 2014 014 MA MASQUERADE SQUERADE Dec 31, 10pm 10pm-2am m-2am at Infusion LLounge. ounge. $25 A masquerade-style masquuerade-style party complete with complimentary complim mentary mask maskss ffor or all guests, chic and elegant eleggant decor decor,r, and sounds by San Francisco’s Francisco’s D DJJ Miles Medina. “P “PASSPORT PASSPORT T TO OT THE HE W WORLD ORLD 2014” 2014 4” N NEW EW Y EAR’S EEVE VE SPE SSPECTACULAR CT TACULAR YEAR’S Dec 31, 9pm at a The Westin Westin e SSt.tt.. Fr Francis rancis a Hotel. $110-$250 CHAMPAGNEE RE CHAMPAGNE RESOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS N NEW EW Y YEAR’S EAR’S EV 2014 EVEE 2014 Dec 31, 9pm at a Hyatt Regency San Fr Francisco. ancisco. $95-$175 NEW BO NEW BOHEMIA HEMIA NYE A AT TT THE HE A ARMORY RMORY Dec 31, 9pm9pm-4am -4am at Armory SStudios. ttudios.. $50$140 —Amulya Datla
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*stage CCONEY ONEY ISLAND CHRIS CHRISTMAS TMA AS City Lights Theater Company presents Margulies’ play pr esents Donald Mar gulies’ pl lay about a Jewish girl cast as thee lead in her school’s Christmass pageant. Thu-Sat, 8pm. Thru Dec D 22.. $25-$30.. San Jose.
IT’SS A W IT’SAW IT WONDERFUL ONDERFULLIFE ONDERFUL LIFE San Jose SStage tage Company lly presents critically pr esents Frank Frank Capra’s Capra’s critica translated acclaimed movie tr anslated ffor o or the stage, styled as a 1940’s rradio a adio broadcast. Wed-Thu, br oadcast. W ed--TThu, 7:30 pm.. Fri-Sat,, 8pm.. Sun,, 2 pm. Thru Dec 22. The SStage, tage,, San Jose.
CHILDREN’S DISC DISCOVERY OVER RY MUSEUM “Curious “C urious George.” George.”” Also interactive interactive exhibits.. Closed Mondays.. San Jose.
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“Carrie Mae W “Carrie Weems: eems:: Thr Three ee Photography Decades of Photogr aphy and Video.”Thru Jan 5. “Faith Embodied:: Saints From Fr om the Renaissance to the Wed-Sun, Enlightenment.”” W ed-Sun, 11am5pm, Thu,, 11am-8pm. 11am 8pm. SStanford. tanford.
“Reduce, Reuse,, Re-imagine,” workss cr created from work eated fr om objects rrescued escued from from the waste stream—items str eam—items disposed of as trash tr ash rrather ather than rrecyclables ecyclables by local residents residents and businesses. Ends Feb.. 2. Tue-Sun, Tue-Sun, u , 11am-4pm. Santa Clara. Clara.
San Jose Repertory Theatre Theatre presents premiere pr esents a world pr emiere rretelling etelling of a ffairy airy tale with a 22. steampunk twist. Thru Dec.. 22 2. Wed, Sat, W ed,, 7:30pm, Thu-Fri,, 8pm,, Sa at,, 3 7:30pm.. and 8pm,, Sun,, 2pm, TTue, uue,, 7:30p pm.. Theatre, $10-$69. Montgomery Theatr re, San Jose.
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TheatreWorks pr TheatreWorks presents esents a mus musical sical Alcott’s rretelling etelling of LLouisa ouisa May Alcott ’ ’s Wed, classic novel. Dec 44-Jan -Jan 4. W edd, 7:30pm, Thu Thu-Fri, Fri,, 8pm,, Sat, 2 and 8pm,, Sun,, 2 and 7pm, TTue, uuee, 7:30pm. $28-$55.. LLucie ucie SStern tern n Theatre, Palo Alto. Theatr e,, P alo Al to.
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Oakland Interf Interfaith aith Gospel Cho Choir oir presents arrangements pr esents gospel ar rangementts of holiday ffavorites, avorites,, conductedd Director by Dir ector TTerrence er e rence KKelly. ellyy. Fri, 7:30pm. $28-$36. Center ffor or the t Performing P erforming Arts,, Mountain View. Vieew w.
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TTea eea light art and ornaments by KKathryn athryn Hedges. Thru Dec.. “Meet and Greet Greet San Jose Giants and Gigante”,”, Thu.. Dec.. 19.. 5:30Gigante 6:30pm. San Jose.
DOWNTOWN DO WNTOWN CAMPBELL Third Friday Artwalk. Visit with Third explore andd artists ti t andd explor l e boutiques b ti thirdd Fri of the galleries.. Every thir Ave. month,, 6-9pm. 6-9pm.. E.. CCampbell ampbell A ve. v
EUPHRAT EUPHRA AT MUSEUM De Anza College,, Cupertino. Cupertino. History Museum of LLos os Gatos “Backwardd is Forward: “Backwar Forward:: Layer and Impact in Printmaking,”Thru Jan 12. Los Los Gatos.
LLOS OSGA GATOS ATOSCCOMPANY OMP PANY A "Whimsical Christmas," collection Patience Brewster. by artist P atience Br ewster. Los Los Gatos.
MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HERITAGE HERIT AGE ““Annual Annual Holiday LEGO A Extravaganza.” Extr avaganza.”” $2 except ffor or museum members.. Dec 13-Jan 13-Jan 19. 11am-3:30pm. Palo Alto. Fri-Sun,, 11am3:30pm.. P alo Al to.
SSAN ANJOSEMUSEUMOFAR JOSE MUSEUM OF ART RT ““Around A Around the Table Taable Stage Stage One— Jitish KKallat: allat:: Epilogue.”” Ends April p 20,, 2014.. “Around “A Around the TTable: aable: Creativity, Community,” Food,, Cr eativityy, Community y,,”” an exhibition that delves into how culture. ffood ood has shaped local cul ture. 27. Thru April 27 7. TTue-Sun, uue-Sun,, 11am5pm,, closed Mon.. San Jose.
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TRITON TRIT ONMUSEUMOFAR MUSEUM OF ART T San Jose SState tate University Anniversary Exhibition. Thru Jan 26. Opening Dec 7:: Kay Kay Russell: Recollections. Thru Feb 9.. 2013 Painting SStatewide tatewide P ainting Competition/ Exhibition. Thru Feb 2.. Opening rreception eception for for all three three exhibitions Dec 13, 6-8pm. Tue-Wed Tuue-Wed and FriSun,, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-9pm. 11am-9pm. Clara. Santa Clar a.
GALLERIES ANNO DOMINI closed Dec 17 17-Feb -Feb 7. 7.
BRUNI BR UNIGALLER GALLERY RY Jazz-related art by Bruni Sablan. Jazz-related Mon-Sat,, 1-6pm. San Jose.
CAFE STRITCH CAFES TRITCH “No Walls Walls Between Us,”” portraits portraits athy of jazz musicians by KKathy Sloane.. San Jose.
COMMUNITYSCHOOLOF COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ARTS MUSICANDAR TS “Revealing the Unseen:: P Paintings aintings Drawings and Dr awings by Andy Gouveia Drew & Dr ew McSherry.” McSherryy..”Thru Jan 26. Mon-Fri, 9am-7pm, 9am--77pm, Sat,, 9amCenter,r, 3pm. Mohr Gallery, Galleryy, Finn Center View. Mountain View w.
DOWNTOWN DO WNTOWNY YOGA OGASHALA SHALA ““Abstract Abstract Or A Organics,” ganics,” work workss by Sarah Sar ah Reynolds. Thru Feb 77.. San Jose.
EECO CO OMONS MONSTER MONS TER Sperry Sper ry SStation. tation. San Jose.
EMPIRE SE SEVEN VEN SSTUDIOS TUDIOS “Spooky A “Spooky Action!” ction!” work workss by KKyle yle Pellet. P ellet.. Thru Dec 28.. Tue-Fri, Tuue-Fri, noon-6pm, Sat, noon-4pm or by appointment.. San Jose.
GALLERY GALLER RY SSARATOGA ARA ATOGA “Watercolor Realism,”” and “I “Watercolor CCarry arry Your Yoour Heart,”” Artist reception reception Pat ffor or P at Evans Fri.. Dec.. 13, 4pm8pm. Thru Jan 5. Wed-Sun, Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm. Big Basin Way, Wayy, Saratoga. Sar atoga.
GOOD KARMA CAFE GOODKARMACAFE “The Lucidity Lucidity of TTravel,” ravel,” photography photogr aphy by Gary Singh. Thru Jan 25.. San Jose.
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Breaking Trad WE ALL LOVE The Nutcracker, but at the same time it’s unfortunate that holiday ballet is so bound to the rigidity of tradition. Smuin Ballet has a solution to this problem, and it involves snow breakdancing. Where have these people been all my life? Smuin Ballet finishes Okay, the breakdancing didn’t come until the very its run of XXmas: The end of last Friday’s performance of XXmas: The Christmas Ballet in San Christmas Ballet at the Mountain View Center for Francisco, thru Dec 28. The Smuin company the Performing Arts, when the cast got to freestyle will return to the in a blizzard of stage snow. But it was the perfect Mountain View Center capper to a show that started out firmly planted for the Performing in tradition, but by the end had exploded out of Arts March 19-23 with whatever box of preconceived notions has been their show XXtremes. constructed by the cult of Tchaikovsky. smuinballet.org. Act 1, subtitled “A Classical Christmas,” drew mostly on traditional carols for its soundtrack, with some recognizable Bach and Handel. Simple in design, with stark white outfits and a style that freely mixed deco and Renaissance romanticism, it offered the opportunity for a purist appreciation of movement without the usual Christmas clichés. Bay Area native Erica Felsch shone in her “Zither Carol” solo piece, with sweeping movements that unfolded beautifully across the stage. Jo-Ann Sundermeier was equally impressive soloing in “Ave Maria,” and the whole company came together for a stunning finale. But Act 2, “Cool Christmas,” showed Smuin at its best. Every piece—each centered around a modern holiday tune—not only featured grabbing choreography, but actually told a story. “Blue Christmas” had a very funny Joshua Reynolds clowning around as Elvis himself while female dancers literally threw themselves at him, and “Christmas Island” even worked in surfers and sharks. But the best piece of the night by far was the amazing take on “Santa Baby” that had Felsch standing in for Eartha Kitt, with the men of the company rolling her across the stage like wheels as she laid across them. Sultry, sexy and full of surprises, it was a perfect showcase for the talents of the Smuin company. These are dancers and choreographers (including choreographer-in-residence Amy Seiwert, and guest choreographers Robert Dekkers, Val Caniparoli and Robert Sund) whose artistic vision and versatility is as important as their technical skill. In re-inventing the Christmas ballet show, they’ve struck a decisive blow against the holiday doldrums.—Steve Palopoli
Pleasanton, California December 22, 2013
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’LITTLE’ ROMANCE ROMANCE E Jo (Emily K Koch) och) and L Laurie aurie (M (Matt Matt Dengler) make good on their crush in TheatreWorks’ g i Theatre Works’ p production of of the musical ‘Little W Women,’ playing Lucie omen,’ playi ing through Jan 4 at the L ucie Stern Theatre.
32 HIGHER FIRE CLAYSPACE HIGHERFIRECLA AYSP PACE Holiday Gift Gallery Gallery. y. Thru Dec 224. 4. San Jose.
KALEID GALLERY KALEIDGALLER RY HARK! 12th Annual Holiday Sh Show how & Sale. Sale runs thru Jan 18. San Jose.
LIQUID A AGENCY GENCY Liquid,, 448 S.. Market SSt,t,, San JJose. ose.
MACLA MA CLA “MAIZE Y MÁ MÁS: S:: From From Mother Works to Monster?” W orks by YYvonne vonnee Guerra, Escalante,, YYolanda olanda o Guerra, Mastrangelo, Fernando Mastr angelo,, Viva Paredes, Jorge P aredes,, and Jor ge Rojas. Thruu Feb.. 15, 2014. San Jose.
MAIN GALLERY MAINGALLER RY “2013 Holiday Show Show”” Ends De Dec ec holiday 29.. Mon-Sun,, 10am-3pm, 10am-3pm,, holi iday hours. Redwood City. Cityy.
METRO METR O LOBBY LOBB BY "Nature Unr "Nature Unraveled, aveled," photogr photography a aphy by Dharmesh Desai.. San Jose..
MEZCAL MEZ CAL Art by JJ.. Danniel. Mezcal Restaurant, Restaur ant,, San Jose.
MONTALVO MONT TA ALVO ARTS ARTS CENTER R “Mountains in My Spoon,” celebrating celebr ating the LLucas ucas Artists Program Residency Pr ogram (LAP) exploration alumni’s explor ation of ffood. ood. Thru T Feb 9. “Come Healing.”” Six art artists ists exploree healing and wholenes wholeness. explor ss. 11am-3pm. Ongoing. Thu-Sun, 11am3pm m. Saratoga. Sar atoga.
PACIFIC P ACIFIC AR ART RT LEA LEAGUE GUE Art Under $200 & Contempor Contemporary rary
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DOTMOV, a digital film ffestival DOTMOV, estival organized or ganized by Japan's online "SHIFT.” magazine "SHIF T.” . Thru Jan 25. 95 S. Market SSt, t, San Jose. presented Also pr esented by Phantom G ll i ““Astra Galleries: Astr t a Inclinant, I li t non exploration Necessitant,” an explor ation of the vastness of space by Jesse CCupp. upp. 374 374 S. First SSt, t, San Jose.
PHO69 PHO6 9 “Rocks, W “Rocks, Waves aves & Clouds” Clouds” by Matthew Seigel. San Jose.
PSYCHO P SYCHO DONUT DONUTSS Works by John Renzel, Lacey Works Bryant, Nicolas CCaesar, aesar, Murphy Adams, Christine Benjamin, Foley, Borja, Michael Foley y, Michael Borja Valery V alery Milovic, Carlos Carlos Villez, Joyner,, Laur Lauraa CCallin Eric Joyner allin Bennett, John Hageman and McColley.. San Jose. Robert McColley
SAN JOSE INS SAN INSTITUTE TITUTE OF ART CCONTEMPORARY ONTEMPORAR RY AR T “Erased LLoop “Erased oop Random W Walk,” alk,” sculptures kinetic sculptur es by TTerry eerry Berlier.. Thru Feb 15. ““Around Berlier Ar A ound Works the TTable: aable: W orks by Robin Lasser and Christopher Reynolds.”” Thru Dec 21. Reynolds Reynolds. 21 TTue-Fri, ue-Fri ue u Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.
SEEING THING THINGSS GALLER GALLERY RY “Lay LLow,” ow,” new works works by Frances Fr ances Marin. Thru Dec 29. 11am-7pm, TTue-Fri, ue-Fri, u 11am-7pm, 7 Sat, noon6pm. 30 N. Third Third St, St, San Jose.
“On the UP,” UP P,” , a gr group oup show show.. San Jose. “Naughty or Nice” Nice” Ends Dec 224. 4. Mon-Wed, Fri-Sat, MonWed,, 10am-7:30pm, 10am--7:30pm, 7 11am-8:30pm, Sun, 10am-2pm. 10am-2pm. Clara. Santa Clar a.
SSTUDIO TUDIO R ROCK OCK CLIMBING GGYM Y YM Photography by John Eric Photography Paulson. P aulson. San Jose.
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TECH TE CH SHOP SSAN AN JOSE Replica weapons and pr props ops by artist and ffabricator abricator Wilson Chao. San Jose.
WORKS W ORKS SSAN AN JOSE “Eat,, Drink,, Be Mer Merry!,” ry!,” y ,” annual membership exhibition ffeaturing eaturing workss that tie in with the work ongoing “Around “Ar A ound the Table” Taable” collaborative collabor ative exhibition. 365 S. Market St, St, San Jose.
ZERO ZER O 1 GARA GARAGE GE “Patent “P Paatent P Pending eending,”” a group group exhibition that uses patents as a starting point to investigate the relationship relationship between artists, ownership, and invention. San Jose.
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convenience of o their phones and even others’’ rrequests vote others e equests up or down—a dangerous game danger ous ga me among friends if a ffew ew cocktails ar aaree involved.. (SL)
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Blackbird Tavern, Blackbird Tavern, a San Jose 7:30pm, Thu, 7:30pm m, $15/$20 Vez, Robert LLopez, opez, or El V ez,, may be known as Thee Mexican Elvis, but performer meree rreducing educing the perf ormer to a mer impersonator Elvis imperso nator with a Latin twist misses the t point—and the fun. The fformer ormer singer ffor or L.A. punk Zeros, band the Zer o Lopez os, Lopez picked up the curating act while cur a ating a show on Elvis gallery wheree he worked. at the art gall ery wher After a month h of Elvis events and impersonators impersonator rs he thought he could better.. Andd better he did. That was do better
25 years ago. a Since then he’s he’s taken Elvis kitschh to a whole new level, with hilarious hilarious Spanglish versions of the King’s most beloved songs (“En el Barrio” Barrio” iiss a genius rrendition endition of “In the Ghetto”) Ghettoo”) but he also pputs his signature stamp on songs by Dylan, signature Bowie andd countless other icons. (SL)
THUR THURSDAY RSDAY NIGHT NIGH HT FRESH FRESH PARTY P ARTY T Studio 8, San Jose Studio Thu, 9pm, 9pm m, $10 San Jose’s Jose’ss ffavorite avorite battle rrapper apper pp Dirtbag Dan break from Daan takes a br eak fr om insults slinging in nsults at other emcees to perform perf orm a set of his tunes,along with support, main supp port, L.A. rrapper apper CCadalack adalack Ron. Last year yyear,r, Dan rreleased eleased the Selfhelp TTapes apes a , which showed his more much mor re serious, sensitive side. it”” is a tender, “What YYou ouu Make it tenderr,
emotio emotional onal hip-hop tune about all people lifee he loves the the pe ople in his lif from most. (This ( is coming fr om the dickcircuit.) joke king king of the battle cir cuit.) Earlier grand this year yeear he rraised aised 10 gr and on Kickstarter LP. Kick staarter to fund his next LP P. San anxiously Jose an nxiously awaits the rresults. esults. Other rrappers appers performing performing include Shawn, City Sh hawn,, Lush Lush One, Sean Blak, Ocalaholics, Farmacy, Ocalah holics, Frugal Farmacy y, Omino Dinner.. (SL) Jakku and a Late ffor or Dinner
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Numbers, Num mbers,, Talky Talk a y Tina), Tina), Julian Ostrow Ostrow (Joee Q Citizen) and Flint Smith (Exhale the Vile). Their song “This Dog Is Done” Done” draws draw ws heavily from from the raw raw ’80s punk sound souund with gritty guitars and hoarse, intense inteense vocal work. The songg suggests gg mid-tempo midd-tempo Misfits garage-punk, garage-punk, with some som me classic San Jose skate-punk sounds souunds mixed in. (AD)
THE TH HE LIMOUSINE LIMOUSINESS Blaank Club, San Jose Blank Fri,, 9pm, $13 adv/$15 door Thiss has been a big year ffor or local synth-pop syn nth-pop duo the Limousines. After Afte er rreleasing eleasing their long overdue overdue sopphomore LP sophomore LP, P, Hush, they hit the road road on an extensive U.S.. tour. tour. This Friday Fridday serves serves not only as their ffourth ourth annual fuckfest annnual xxxmas fuckf est show (a tradition traddition in these parts),, but also their from their homecoming party fr om their Hush Hus shh tour. tour. Their new songs dr drop op the clever, clevverr, philosophical witticisms of Get
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R RICHARD THOMP THOMPSON SON Jan an 1010-12 12 aatt Montalvo Arts Center
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HARLEM HARLE EM GL GLOBETROTTERS OBETROTTERS Jan 18 at SSAP AP Center
JJUSTIN JUS TIN TIMBERLAKE Jan 19 at SSAP AP Center
DAVID D AV VID GARRETT Jan 21 2 at City National Civic
CELEBRITY CELEBRI TY FORUM FORUM W W/STEVE /STEVE WOZNIAK WOZNIAK Jann 22 Ja 22-24 -24 at Flint Center
THE EA EAGLES GLES Jan 29 at SSAP AP Center
GEORGE GE ORGE SSTRAIT TRAIT J 30 att SSAP Jan AP Center C t
GEORGE GE O GE KAHUMOKU OR KAHUMOKU JR, LED LEDWARD WA ARD KAAP KAAPANA ANA Jan 30 aatt Montalvo Arts Center
DAN D AN HICK HICKSS AND THE HO HOT T LICK LICKSS Feb 1 at at Montalvo Arts Center
SSTYX TYX Feb 6 at City National Civic
DEMI LLOVATO OVATO Feb 11 at SSAP AP Center
SPYRO SP YRO GGYRA YRA Feb 13 aatt Montalvo Arts Center
PAUL P AUL SIMON & SSTING TING Feb 17 at SSAP AP Center
PIXIESS PIXIE Sharpp and instead show tr tremendous em mendous earnestness and vulnerability—and vulnerability—and they’re great they’re gr eat to dance to. The rraw aw emotionality of the new material mateerial is particularly powerful live.. (AC) (AC))
TYPHOON HAIYAN HAIY YAN A BENE BENEFIT EFIT Orchard V Orchard Valley alley Coff Coffee, ee, Campbell Campbell Fri, 6:30pm, Fr Free ee aree still in ne need The Philippines ar eed of from devastation a lot of help fr om the devast tation Haiyan. Alex P Pansoy of TTyphoon yphoon y an nsoy AVTTE) (Mary Axe, A VTTE) has assembled assem mbled an intimate acoustic show at a Orchard Coffee Or chard Valley Vaalley Coff ee to helpp out. out It’s It ’s free free to attend, but donations donattions are are encouraged given encour aged and will be give n to the Cross. Pansoy Philippines Red Cr oss. P ansooy will performing from be perf orming songs fr om both b his Mary fformer ormer power-pop band Ma ary Axe current group and cur rent sludge-metal gr roup AVTTE AVTTE (and a ffew ew solo tunes.). tuness.). Also performing aree Nehal Abuel Abuelata from perf orming ar ata fr om
group local world-beat soul gr o SSweet oup weet Huguenor from HayaH and Mike Huguen nor fr om groups Shinobu Hardd post-punk gr oups Shinob bu and Har (AC) Girls. (A C)
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ELVIN EL VIN BISH BISHOP OP Club Fox, Redwood Cityy Sat, 7pm, $25-$30 blues, For ffans ans of electric blues s, Elvin legend, Bishop is a bit of a legen d, and has longer been busy on the rroad oad lo onger than most Influenced both byy rrock most. ock & rroll oll and classic blues, he has taken with these elements, along w ith southern rrock, ock, funk, country and rroots o rrock oots ock created thatt plays and cr eated a sound tha both to blues purists andd veers into territory. unique ter ritory. He scored scored e a hit single with his mellow rrock o song ock “Fooled Around Around and Fell in Love” Love” in
1976, 197 6, showing that hee also has some impressive chops. impr essive pop chops s. (AD)
THINK & DIE D THINKINGG BENEFIT SHOW S W SHO Café S Café Stritch, tritch, San Jo Jose se $5-10 optional Sat, 9pm, $510 opt tional donation Thinking, Think and Die Thinking g,, a totally DIY local indie-punk ffestival, e estival, is approaching thirdd year appr oaching its thir y this coming January. January y. What makes TTADT AD ADT unique is its emphasis on bandss with members aree queer queer,r, tr transgender, that ar ansgeenderr, women color.r. Th Thee ffestival and people of color estival has been successful in the first two organizers years, but this year thee or ganizers aree want to make it even better b and ar throwing thr owing this benefit show s to help totally cover expenses.. (It is to otally DIY after aree opti optional, all.) Donations ar onal, with the running suggested amount run nning $5-$10.
indie-rockers LLocal ocal indie-r ockerss Dinners headline East garage this benefit, with Ea ast Bay gar age Wuv main rrockers ockers W uv as ma in support.. Other bands playing the benefit b include Plume, indie-punkers Plum me, indie-pop project Shredded ppr oject j Shr edded Spoonfuls Sp and Girlfriend, TTemporary empor e ary Girlfrien nd, a new band with from Uglyy Winner Winner.. (A (AC) members fr om Ugl C)
ZÜ Milano Restaur Restaurant, a San Jose ant, Sat, 9pm, $25-$45 $25-$445 surge electroo dance parties A sur ge of electr aree hitting the Sou South Bay, from ar uth Bay y, fr om Wobbleland Give Thanks. W obbleland to Giv ve Thank s. New electroo night serie series break electr es Zü looks looks to br eak year.. They’ve into San Jose this year already alr eady debuted inn Austin and L.A. interesting Zü brings an inter esting variety of electronic electr onic dance music m to the South Clockwork, DJ,, 3lau, Bay with Clockwor rk, a grime DJ popular a notoriously popu ular EDM mashup Goshfather artist, and Goshf atther & Jinco, an electroo and tr trap DJJ duo. (AD) electr ap D
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THE SE SECOND COND CITY Feb 22 aatt Montalvo Arts Center
MILEY MILE Y CYRUS CYRUS Feb 25 at SSAP AP Center
OLETA OLET TA AD ADAMS AMS March Mar ch 7 at at Montalvo Arts Center
HAPA HAP A March Mar ch 21 aatt Montalvo Arts Center
KINGSS OF LE KING LEON ON March M Mar ch 25 at SSAP AP Center
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OU WERE EXPECTIN OU EXPECTING G Wind, A Mighty M W ind i d,, maybe? ma ybe? Llewyn Davis Dav vis (Oscar (Oscar Isaac) is homeless iin n winter 1961—a surfer couch surf er especially unappreciated unapprecia ated by JJean ean (a fundamentally fundament tally y miscast Carey y Mulligan), the girlfriend buddy of his budd dy Jim ((Justin Justin Timberlake). T imberlake e). JJean ean is pr pregnant egn nant after a missp misspent ent Llewyn, night with Lle ewyn,, and she hates Llewyn Davis Lle wyn ffor o or it. Da avis v is making a ffew ew heree an and theree pla playing dollars her nd ther ayying trad
ffolk o at pass-the-hat olk pass-the-hat “bask “baskethouses” ethouses” Village. in n Greenwich Green nwich w V iillage. Sometimes hee goes go oes uptown and crashes with his old ol ld professor. proffessor e . But this situation ttakes ak kes e host’s a toll t when he loses his host ’s ccat. at. (Evocative (E Evocativve animal,, this big orange tom: to om: he stirs up memories of films about Breakfast ab bout rrootlessness, ootlessness, such as Br reeakffast a t at Tiffany’s Goodbye.) T iff ffaany’s and The LLong ong Go odbbyye.) On a spur-of-the-moment Chicago ago sp purr-off-the - -moment trip to Chic o to seee a pr promoter, Davis escape se omoter, Da avvis tries to esc ape his personal memories p e ersonal hell as well as the memori es partner oncee had. off a long-gone l par tner he h onc h d. Theree are numerous Ther are numer ous moments in n Coen’s aree JJoel oel and Ethan C oen’s films that ar too about: statue to oo sad to think ab out: the st atue of o Paul Fargo; P a Bunyan aul Bun nyyan in the snow in Far rggo; Mattie Ross True Grit’s farewell M Mat ttie t R o oss in T rue r Grit ’s far ewell to o the outlaw th he outla aw Frank James, James, “Keep “Keep yyour o ourr seat, trash”; dybbuk se at,, trash h””; the parable of the dybb uk
in A Serious Man. Inside Lle Llewyn wyn Davis is ma maybe Bitter ayybe their chilliest work. w Bit tter t can bee go good. can b od. The film iss intelligently anti-nostalgic—even Village anti-nostalgicc—even if the t V illage i really looks like snowbound village,, really lo oks lik ke a snowb bound village it makes want mak kees yyou o ou not w aant to t go back to the 1960s. Likee TV’ TV’ss Mad Men,, iitt 1960s. Lik M Men makes mak kees yyou ou rremember o emember what w a tightly run,, unsparing plac placee JFK’s JFK K’s America America was. Delbonnel’s dove-grey waas. Bruno Delb onnel’s do ve-grey photography halo frost photograph hy puts a hal lo of fr ost on New York. Coens’ New Y ork. o But the C oens’ e ’ usual depth of frame is lucid as always: alwayys: a vast turnpike eateryy with miles snot-turnpike eater m of snot green tiles,, or an apar apartment hallway green tiles tm ment hallw way that disapp disappears slapstick-brutal ears into a sl lapstick k--brutal angle of ttwo apartment doors. w wo apar tmentt do ors. T -Bone Burnet ttt,, who o assembled T-Bone Burnett, rootherr, Wher re Artt Thou? the O Br Brother, Where dt k, ccollaborates ollab ll borate tes with ith the th soundtrack, Coens onc As a musician, Coens oncee again. As a atchful and Isaac is sensationally w watchful sympathetic, eeven veen pla ayyiing a seething sympathetic, playing esn’t giv ve up u much. He man who do doesn’t give pours full tragic fforce or o ce in nto “Death pours into ane,” the ballad balllad of JJane ane of Queen JJane, Seeyymour’s demise in 15 377. But his Seymour’s 1537.
Lle wyn also o pla ayys along on a lo ovvably Llewyn plays lovably ggo offy no veeltty songg ab out JJohn ohn Glenn ’s goofy novelty about Glenn’s then-up com ming rrocket ock keet ride then-upcoming ride.. The sing ger Da ave van R o onk’s singer Dave Ronk’s autobio graaph hy, The Mayor of autobiography, MacDougall St treet e ,w aas initially claimed Street, was as the sour rce ffor o or this film. The singer source denounc ed d the earless yd des” denounced earless,, drunk “cly “clydes” and “burbi ies”” that inf feested his sc ene. “burbies” infested scene. The fans ar re not the pr oblem her e. are problem here. Inside Lle wyyn Davis is the tragedy of Llewyn a ffolk-singing o olk k-singiing Job, Job, but it has its funny funn ny side umor isn ’tt just in eas y, side.. The h humor isn’t easy, dumb gags s, lik ke ha avving a middle -aged gags, like having middle-aged intellectua al (R Ro obin Bar tletttt) yyell ell e the intellectual (Robin Bartlett) wor d “scr o otum. ” The most deadly wit word “scrotum. ccomes omes fr om m Da avvis’’ cco-passenger o-passenger on the from Davis’ Chic ago tri ip, a ffountain ount o ain of bile named Chicago trip, R o oland T urrner. JJohn ohn Go odman is onc Roland Turner. Goodman oncee again the C oens’’ wr ecking ball sswung wung Coens’ wrecking against an unoff ffeending w aanderer. unoffending wanderer. T urner’s sp peech ab out the p ower of Turner’s speech about power black magi ic is one of the most baleful magic moments in i the C oens ens’’ ccatalogue. atalogue. Coens’ Watchin ng Inside Lle wyn Davis Watching Llewyn Davis,, some will shrug ay Abraham m’s shrug,, as F F.. Murra Murray Abraham’s pr omoter Bud B Gr ossman do es, and promoter Grossman does, sa ay “I don'tt see a lot of mone e.” say moneyy her here. This strikin ng and melancholy film b egs striking begs the questio on of wher question wheree the mone moneyy is to daay, thou ugh. Burnet tt’s after word to today, though. Burnett’s afterword the publish hed scr eenplaay p oints out published screenplay points “we ’re b ein ng told now that ar tists ar “we’re being artists aree to cr owdso ource their work,, that ar tists crowdsource artists ar o ollo ow the cr owd rather than aree to ffollow crowd lead the cr o owd. W eell,, ther e’s no ar tist crowd. Well, there’s artist wor th his salt s who will ffollow o ollow the worth cr owd.” A ock musician Da avvid crowd. Ass the rrock David L owery ha as b een noting online al Lowery has been online,, digit digital om rreproduction eproduction is bleeding rroyalties oyyalties fr from musicians and a writers avvis’’ plight writers.. Da Davis’ mirr ors thee th hwaarted ttalents alents of to daay: mirrors thwarted today: cir cumstan ntial failur es, not deluded circumstantial failures, failur es. failures. T urnerr— —named after the jesting Turner—named T urner in the t film P eerrformanc o e?— Turner Performance?— imit ates a victim v of the vvoodoo oodoo he imitates knows how w to work: “I just ccan’t an n’’t mak ke make an nyything ccome o ome out right. My lif fe is a big anything life b owl of shi it. I don n’t ’ rremember emember making bowl shit. don’t this b owl of o shit.” Inside Lle wyn Davis bowl Llewyn isn ’t cuddly y, but it ’s loaded with soul. isn’t cuddly, it’s And it ’s on ne memorably harr owing it’s one harrowing lo ok at an ar aartist tist pushed to the p oint of look point oblivion b orn,, misf fo ortune and the byy sc scorn, misfortune ir on hand of o the mark keet. iron market.
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ANCHORMAN 2: TH THE HE LE LEGEND GEND CCONTINUES ONTINUES (PG-13; 119 min.) It (PG-13; It’s ’s kind kiind of a big Burgundy (Will Ferrell), deal:: Ron Bur gundy (W Will Fer rell), his co-anchor and lady lov love, Veronica ve, V eronica (Christina Applegate) and the Channel (Paul Rudd, aul Ru 4 news team (P dd, SSteve teve CCarell, arell, aree sstaying taying classy David KKoechner) oechner) ar and ffacing acing down the not-so-gr nnot-so-groovy oovy first ’80s by starting the fir rst 224-hour 4-hour news channel. (Openss W Wed.) eed.)
GO FFOR OR SIS SISTERS TERS (Unrated; 123 min.) When (Unrated; W her son soft-spoken turns up missing, a so oft-spoken parole Berenice par ole officer named Ber enice Hamilton) (Lisa Gay Hamil ton) and and Fontaine (Yolanda oldd school friend (Y Yoolanda Ross), her ol ex-con, who is now an ex-con n, team up to head to the Mexican bor bborder der to try to rrescue escue the young man. m Coming police along is a fformer ormer poli ce detective (Edwardd James Olmoss as Nick Nol Nolte) te) (Edwar edeemption. The in need of a little rredemption. assured, John cast is assur ed, and Jo ohn Sayles directs customary mary integrity dir ects with his custo stereotype. and rreluctance eluctance to ste reotype. Cinematographer Westergaard Cinematogr apher KKat at W estergaard was a good pick, sincee Sayles’ Sayles’ visual chops aren’t aren’t much to talk about colors grow moree at this point: her colo rs gr ow mor tropical tr opical during a trip to t Tijuana Tijuana and get us in the mood ffor or the touch of going deliver.. evil this movie isn’t isn’t go oing to deliver After 17 movies, who ccan blame Sayles if he wanted too do something It’s juicy? It ’s an honorable honorable movie and it won’t it’s won ’t look bad on TTV, V, but it ’s talky talky subdued. and terminally subdu ed. (Opens Fri.) (RvB)
SSJSU JSU SHOR SHORT T FIL FILM LM FE FESTIVAL STIV VA AL A variety of unpr unpreviewed evviewed short films from fr om the campus and a other student filmmakers. (Playss Dec 18 at 7pm in San Jose at CCamera aamerra 3.) (RvB)
WALKING W ALKING WITH DINOS DINOSAURS AURS (PG; 87 min.) Pr Proving oviing that some been around plotlines have bee en ar ound so long, long they’ree actually pr prehistoric, they’r ehistoric, this animated tale set amongst dinosaurs pachyrhinosaurus tells of a young pa achyrhinosaurus overcomes hiss under underdog dog status who over comes hi hero. to become a her o. With the voices of John Leguizamoo and Justin LLong. ong. (Opens Fri.)
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SSAVING AV VING MR. B BANKS ANKS (PG-13; (PG13; 125 min.) Emm Emma ma Thompson is the best part of thiss seasons seasons’’ meretricious, exculpatory mer etricious, exculpa tory howstory. th the-movie-was-made i de story t y. She Sh P.L. plays P ..L. TTravers, ravers, the author of Mary Poppins, Poppins, fforced orced by mo money oney woes to sell her work to the movies, m while aptly dr dreading eading the ““chirping chhirping and prancing” storee ffor prancing” in stor or her characters. characters. At At the studio, trying ttoo steer a ship that that’s ’s already already sailed, sailed, Travers Travers is plagued by flashba flashbacks cks of her tragic Australian childhood tragic Austr alian child dhood with her wonderful yet ruinous ruinously sly alcoholic father Farrell). Director ector John father (Colin Far rell). Dir D Lee Hancock’s view iss that Disney studios weree a conf confectioners’ t di wer fecctioners ti ’ dream dream of a place to work, w with the enthusiastic W Walt (Tom alt Disney (T Toom Hanks) charge. Naturally, Hankss Hanks) in char ge. Nat turallyy, Hank nails the part of Unclee W Walt, alt, but the climactic monolog monologue gue about his tough childhood shows s how
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much more more Bruce Dern got out of one line in Nebr Nebraska raska: “W “Well, ell, no one’s now.” one’s gonna whip me now .” YYou’d oou’d never know TTravers West ravers loved the W est so muchh that th t she h lived li d with ith the th Navajos from from observing obseerving this tweedy scolder—still, Tho Thompson ompson knows how to find the implicit im mplicit comedy in every scene, and the the movie would have been unwatchable unwatcchable without the likes of her. aree a her. These Thhese biopics ar haven for supporting for fine sup porting work, with Paul Paul Giamatti as a sunny chauffeur, chauffeur, and Rachel Griffiths Griffithhs as the real-life real-life model for for the flying flyin ng nanny. nanny. The scene of songwriter Robert Robert Sherman (B. J. J. Novak), alone in the thhe night with the piano, testing i t ti outt one particularly ti l l heart-wringing Ma Mary ary P Poppins oppins tune, is a true sucker pu punch. unch. (Opens Fri.) (RvB)
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metroactive me troactive FILM Fassbinder ssbinder in Pr Prometheus ometheus. Even after he quit hiss ruinous drinking,, O’Toole O’TTooole was a flame alcohol alccohol seemed to keep alight; even the quavering, q , disembodied voice (as the Karloff-like Pixar’s Karrloff-like food food critic in Pixar ’s Ratatouillee) summed up indomitability indomitability. y. Shot from from the stage of the Old Vic is this complete compllete KKeith eith Waterhouse Waterhouse play of 1991 as it ran ran on the BBC.. Bernard Bernard was a drinker with witth a writing problem: problem:: when he was too hungover huungover to do his column,, the editors would woould run the ffour our words words of this play’s title in the blank space Bernar Bernardd was supposed suppoosed to fill.. Locked Locked in a pub after he fell gentlemen’s fell e asleep in the gentlemen ’s room, room,, Bernard Bernnard wakes at 5am in the empty room rooom and has a dozen or two eye-openers from eye-openeers fr om the at-last open bar. bar. He spins spins anecdotes of gambling, hustling and annd his bad experiences with the women shrews— women (caricatured (caricatured as shr ews— the dated part of the play).. Essential for Bukowski it’s for Bukow wski ffans, ans,, it ’s sunny with insouciance. Watching insouciancce. W atching it with an open bottle is the thhe perfect perfect way to mourn both O’Tooles: and ancient wastrel. O’TToooles:: Adonis A wastrel. “I think what whhat they believe is that life life is not a laughing matter.. You laughing matter You o could have fooled fooled me.” me..” (Y (YouTube.) YouT o Tube.) u ) (RvB)
THE P PALM ALM BEA BEACH CH SSTORY/A TORY/A AT NIGHT A T THE OPERA (1942/1935) Pr (1942/1935) Preston eston SSturges' turges' masterpiece masterpiec ce about an impoverished (Joel McCrea), straying wifee inventor (J oel McCr ea),, his str aying wif (Claudette Colbert) who decides to turn oracular millionairee courtesan,, and the or acular millionair “Texas Weenie “T Teexas W eeenie King”” (Robert Dudley) Heree ar aree who puts them t both on the run.. Her humorous passages that t top anything humor ous American in the Ame erican cinema,, but mostly theree ar aree flabber flabbergasting character ther fl gasting char acter turns.. Rudyy Vallee Vaallee is the perfect perfect patsy starchy millionairee John as the star chy but ffair air millionair D.. “Snoodles” “Snoodlees” Hackensacker III;; his sister (Mary Astor), Astoor),, a specimen of the genus promiscuoso pr roomiscuooso millionar millionaress ress e and William Demarest Demarest as a the master of the revels revels of the Ale and a Quail Club.. As As close to a woman’s picturee as SSturges woman’ss pictur turges made, and thus justly ju ustly his most popular. popular. When Colbert's character character spells out her plans for for success, successs,, she echoes Scarlett O'Hara's O'Hara's “a “a woman must have everything”” edict. Unlike Scarlett, Scarlett,, she gets it all.. BILLED WITH WITH A Nig Night ght at the Opera Operra MGM Head of production production Irving Irving Thalberg Thalberg told Chico that the Marxes Marxes could get twice the laughs andd thrice the box office gr gross oss if they had half h the jokes. The swankiness of Allan Jones Jones and Kitty CCarlisle arlisle tend to crowd crowd the thhe Marxes in this tale of reprobates breaking reprobatess br eaking into the world of classical music, m , but this is the home of the “stateroom “staterroom scene,”” better seen than described. (Plays Dec 1919-22 -222 in P Palo alo a Al Alto to at the Stanford Sttannffoorrd Theater.) Theaterr.).) (RvB)
THE SOU SOUND UND OF MUSIC (1964) The beloved singalong version. Andrews ews single-handedly How Julie Andr A defeated the Thirdd Reich with the power def eated th he Thir
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Ongoing On ngoing THE HOBBIT HOBBIT:: THE DE H DESOLATION SOLA AT TION SMAUG OF SM MAUG ( -13; (PG-13; (PG1 ; 161 min.)) A huge g impr improvement p ovement over Ann Unexpected Journeyy . Its showstopper showsttopper is a seriously heinous dragon. dragonn.. Benedict Cumberbatch’s Cumberbatch’s voice, digitallyy augmented with bass rumbles, rises from from o a throat throat that glows when Smaugg is ready firestorm. ready to belch up a fir estorm. Bilbo (Martin (M Martin Freeman) Freeman) has only flattery as a weapon: weeapon:: “Greatest “Greatest and most terrible terrible of calamities,” calam mities,”” he addresses addresses Smaug, trying to t butter him up. The ineptly wiggedd dwarves dwarves with their rhyming names continue their journey thr through ough tangledd Mirkwood, wher wheree hor horrible rible spiderss dwell... (RvB)
THE HUNGER H GAME GAMES: S: CATCHING CA ATCH HING FIRE (PG--13; (PG-13; 1 ; 146 min.) The military-industrialentertainment enterta ainment complex of futuristic Panem P anem m celebrates celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Hunger Games by staging a pitH match with more more than a dozen badlyintroduced previous introduuced pr evious winners.. KKatniss atniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) Everdeeen (Jennif er Lawr ence) must fight alongside lifee she saved alongsiide the boy whose lif in the last Peeta, laast film.. He’s He’s P eeta,, pplayed y byy the inert Josh Joosh Hutcherson. The Government is propagandizing propaagandizing a trumped up romance Peeta, romancce between KKatniss atniss and P eeta, while the thhe Girl on Fire’s Fire’s old flame Gale (Liam Hemsworth) languishes in coal H country.. countryy.... (RvB)
NEBRASKA NEBR ASKA (R;; 115 min.) m Bruce Dern plays W Woody oody Grant Gr ant of o Billings,, Mont.,, a half-senile mechanic, mecha nic,, so gaga that his rrelatives elatives talk in front frontt of him about sending him to what my m dad always called “the Home ffor or the Feebs.”The old man rreceives eceives Publisher’s a Publis sher’s Clearing House-like solicitation solicita tion and decides that he’s he’s won million a millio on and sets out ffor or Lincoln,, Neb., several on ffoot oott to claim the prize.. After sever al thesee escapes, Woody’s of thes Woody’s sad-sack unmarried unmar r son David (Will Forte of ried SNL) decides deecides to drive his ffather ather on the thousand-mile across West. thousa nd-mile trip acr oss the W est. see They se ee the rrawboned awboned landscapes, experience experie ence the rreliable eliable disappointment of Mt.. Rushmore R Rushmor e and note the touches of frontier monosyllabic fr ontierr remaining—the remaining—the g y pub-crawl Woody’s uncles and a pub-cr awl in W oody’s two-tavern two-ta vern home town. They rrevisit evisit the abandoned abando oned homestead.. Dern’s Dern’s moment ecalling death and punishment of dimlyy rrecalling in this tr ttrashed, ashed, vacant ffarmhouse armhouse is his scene as an actor, single finest fi actorr, and he’s he’s acting been ac cting a long time.. (RvB)
EVERY DAY THEY’RE HUSTLIN’ Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence have that ’70s glow in ‘American Hustle.’
Wigstock RETURN WITH US to the Abscam affair: In 1978, several politicians were hornswoggled into believing that a swarthy FBI agent with a napkin on his head was in reality a rich sheikh with a suitcase full of cash, looking to buy U.S. citizenship. David O. Russell’s fiction on the subject, American Hustle, gives us an unusual point of entrance. There’s a successful con-artist named Irving: a charmingly light-comic Christian Bale with a tire around his gut, and a wad of combed-over hair the size of a beret. He falls for a former stripper (Amy Adams) who dons a bogus English accent and calls herself “Lady Edith.” The two are busted in the act of fleecing their clientele by a horny, burbling FBI agent (Bradley Cooper), who forces them to find and entrap politicians for the Bureau. The downside: One entrapee is a South Jersey civic paragon (Jeremy Renner, with a windblown JFK hairdo evolving into televangelist pompadour). The wild card is Irving’s sun-lamp-toasted, stupid-like-a-fox wife: Jennifer Lawrence, surprisingly able in the part Marisa Tomei would have got a few years back. American Hustle is fast and loose, and it could be faster and looser. Some of the critical love has to be due to Adams’ vertigo-inducing neckline. Examine the sublime face instead, and note how
well Adams mimes that zonked yet wanton look they used to strive for in Oui magazine pictorials, complete with electrocution-victim perm. Nostalgia rules. Our temporarily unwarlike nation was in a happy daze over synthetics: the sound of Martian synthesizers at the discos, the allure American Hustle of polyester. This film’s true (or true-enough) R; 138 min. lovers embrace in a vortex of plastic-wrapped Opens Friday clothes at a dry-cleaners, whirling around them on a conveyer belt like the torrent of a waterfall. Bale looks like the aged beefy Elvis, reunited with a tired but still glorious Ann-Margret in the form of Adams. But through voice-over, withheld info, shaggy dog stories and flywheel-spinning actor’s exercises, Russell keeps yanking the plot back like a balloon salesman grabbing fleeing merchandise. “Who’s the master, the painter or the forger?” Russell has Irving ask. Meanwhile, the director traces the lines of Scorsese and Boogie Nights. People see a masterpiece because they see what they want to see, says this (Clifford?) Irving. Checking the reception of this warm but overstretched movie, who can argue that? —Richard von Busack
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GET G ET L LUCKY’ UC K Y ’ C CHARMS H A R MS W With ith i their album ‘R ‘Random andom m Access M Memory,’ emory y,,’ perpetual he helmet elmet heads Daft P Punk unk may y spearhead a disco revival, sa says ays Stickup Kid Kid’s ’s T Tony ony Geraves Geravesh. sh.
V Valley a alley y musicians m shar share re their favorite al lbums or songss of 2013 albums BY B YA AARON ARON CARNES CA RN NES
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HE A ARRIVAL RRIV VAL of the holidays aren’t arren’t the that only sign th hat the year drawing y is dr aw wing g to a close—one might never need to consult a calendar calendar again for all the Top Top 10 lists l that appear in Decemb December ber (unless that’ss judging by Buzzfeed, that’ B a where daily lists outline o bunch of weird su superlatives). uperlatives). So,, fforgoing So o orgoing the Buz Buzzfeed zffeed e approach—no top 10 ar approach—no aartists tists without R their th i names names,, or top t fi fiv fivee musicians i i who got married the sa same ame yyear ear they they rreleased eleased an album—bu album—but ut also skipping critic’ss chore the lonely critic’ chore of picking his or her solit solitary ary list of fa favorites, avorites, Metro Metro invited in nvvited local local musicians to shar sharee their favorite faavorite albums and tra tracks acks rreleased eleased in 2013.
From rreleases From elleases b byy long-established long- established bands (Daft ft Punk’ aandom Access Access Punk’ss R Random Memories) to t ccollaborations ollaborations (Sno op Memories) (Snoop and Dam-F Funk’s 7 Days of F unk) Dam-Funk’s Funk) or rreleases eleases b wcomers to the byy ne newcomers sc scene ene (Haim (Haim’s m’s inf infectious feectious Days Gone By ),, their lists lists hit man ny of the year’s year’s By), many cultural hig high-water gh-w gh water marks marks.. T To o rread ead the t ccomplete omplete list fr from om each ar artist, tist,, visit activate aactivate.metroactive.com. .metroactive.com.
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CCHANCE HANCE TH THEE RAPP RAPPER ER— —“Everybody’s “Evver e ybody’s Somethingg.” This track emb Something. embodies odies eeverything verything yyou o ou need to kick off yyour o our shoes shoes and rrelax. e elax. I’m usually against using a Slum mV Village iillage sample sample,, esp especially ecially “Fall Fall in L Love, ove,” but in this ccase ase it has all elements placed the element ts plac ed just right. KING K ING KRULE KRULE— —“Easy “Easy Eas Easy.” y.” Another “eas “easy” y” listen listening ning track that I’v I’vee rrecently ecently dis scovered that ccaptured aptured discovered me right aaway. way. Something ab out his about emotionall ly hea avvy British ac cent emotionally heavy accent and the sim mplicity of the chor ds simplicity chords
makes soothing makes the song so othing to thee ears for for o me. me. J. J.CCOLE OLE— —Forbidden Forbidden Fruit (feat. (ffeeat. Kendrick Kendrick e L Lamar). amarr).” “With “With i the ccaptivating aptivating sample of R Ronnie o onnie F Foster’s oster’s “Mysti “Mystic ic Br Brew”—also ew”—also hear heard d in the slightlyy mor opular Trib alled Ques st song moree p popular Tribee C Called Quest song,, “Electric R Relaxation”—J eelaxation”— —J C Cole ole ttakes akes e yyou ou on a lit little tttle journe journeyy with this one one.. With With i K endrick’s top line on the choru us this Kendrick’s chorus song’ss has eeverything song’ veerything yyou ou need to t sit back and rrelax. elax.
Tony T oony Ger Geravesh avesh (Stickup Kid)
BAD RABB BAD RABBITS ITS— —American American Love. A Love. My M friend A Adam dam showed me this rrecord eccord and I w was aas immediately blown aaway. way. It It’s ’s an album that mak makes kees yyou ou w o want aant to mo move ve yyour our b body. odyy. Bad Rabbits ttake ak ke vint age N ew Orleans jaz z,, soul and d R&B vintage New jazz, and mo dernize it with huge tones s. The modernize tones. production pr oduction on the rrecord ecord is astoun astounding nding hip-hop as well,, ccourtesy our o tessy of San JJose ose hip -ho op producer pr oducer B B.. L Lewis. ew wis. Buy this album album, m,, it slaps.. slaps DAFT D AFT PUNK— —Random Raandom A Access ccess e Memory. Memorry. In an era where wherre EDM cconcerts o oncceerts are arre drawing draaw wing
LLOCAL OCAL NA NATIVES ATIVES— —Hummingbird. H mmingbir Hum i birdd. This Thi is i a band with a lot of in intricacies ntriccaacies in their music music,, and the they ey ccan an fla fl flawlessly aw wlessly pull them off liv live ve eeven ven e after losi losing ing a memb member. er. L Local ocal Nativ Natives vees get thiss sp spot ot b because ecause of their originalit originality ty factor factor: r: no one sounds lik like ke them at all right now n in a world o oversaturated veersaturated with th the he same rrecycled ecyyccled tunes tunes.. The They’re eyy’rre in a lea league ague of their own. Hummingbird perfect Hummingbir rd is a p erfect e ffollow-up o ollow-up to previous album, Manor.. their pr evvious album m, Gorilla Manor
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—Days Days Ar D Are re Gon Gone. ne. HAIM H AIM— When I first hear heard d off Haim in the summer of 2012,, I lik liked keed the rremixes emixes of their songs but w was aass resistant resistant to the whole branding branding/image. g//imagge. I ffelt elt e lik like ke it w was aas another Lana Lana Del Ray–type Raay–t –tyype ccorporate o orporate cr creation, eation,, but after see seeing eing them at Tr Treasure easure Island Musicc F Festival estival a ffew ew months ago ago,, I’m now wab believer. elieever e .R Really eeally ttalented alented trio trio,, eexpect xp x ect to t see mor moree of them. MAJICAL MAJ ICAL CLOUDZ CLOUDZ— —Impersonator. IIm mperrssonattoorr. This w was aas another su surprise urprise ffor o or me this yyear. ear. I didn’t didn’t like like it at a first,, but then I ccouldn’t ouldn’t stop listen listening ning and singing along to the whole album a KANYE KA NYE WEST WEST— —Yeezus. Yee eezzuss. This is m myy No. No. 1 album this yyear, ear, han hands nds down—r down—really eally challenging, challenging, yet yet stilll ac accessible. cessible.
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—77 Days of F Funk. u unk. DAM-FUNK SSNOOP NOOP X D AM-FUNK— I hold b both oth these ar artists t dear to m tists myy heart. hear t. It w was as a ccollaboration ollab boration that w was aas destined to happ happen. en. ““Any A An ny time it’s it’s necessary nec essary it it’s ’s going to t happ happen en on its own,” sa says ays y Sno Snoop. op. Th The he album ffeatures eeatures guest app appearances earances b byy Ste Steve ve Arring Arrington, ton, Bootsie Bo otsie C Collins ollins and K Kurupt. urupt. It It’s ’s funk funky ky from from start start to finish and a also rreleased eleased on Stones Thr Throw ow R Records. eecords. JANELLE M JANELLE MONÁE ONÁE— —The The Elect Electric ric LLady. ady. This lo lovely vely lady off offers ffeers e so much ttalent alent and she she’s ’s a fant fantastic astic rrole ole mo model. del. St Start art
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Woodstock k--lik ke cr rowd o ds, Daft Punk is Woodstock-like crowds, the one act I rrespect esp e pect far fa and b eyond o beyond the others b eccaause the ey actually pla ay because they play instruments liv ve and on o rrecord. ecorrd. d This live album,, esp en cconsidering o onsidering ecially whe especially when megahit “Get L uck kyy, y”” is i ab orderline Lucky, borderline disco. knock rrebirth eebirth of disc co. My kn nock on EDM artists it’s bee honed ar rttists is that it t’s a craft ft that ccan aan b without bona musical knowledge.. I bona fide mu usiccaal knowledge hesittaate to gr ro oup man ny DJ Js as musicians hesitate group many DJs musicians,, but Daft Punk is one gr ro oup I will group eespect. eternally rrespect.
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to finish,, Janelle Janellee ttakes akes us on an amazingg ride ride. e. This album is sure to activate all emotions. emo otions. sure
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DISCLOSURE DIS CLOSURE— —Settle. SSettle. Thi This is is a gr great eat example of the amazingg music ccoming example x oming from the UK these days. daayys. Disclosure Disclosure from tak kes e off wher T left off and takes wheree SBTRKT continues to eexport xport thatt UK funk ky continues funky states. Set tttlee has a number number sound to the states. Settle dance-floor bangers and a also of dance-floor featur e es some of the UK K’s best best vocalists, vocalists, features UK’s Georgee, Jessie Jessie Ware Ware including Aluna George, d Jamie Jamie i W oon. and Woon.
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(Asian Man Records Recordss) LLAURA AURA STEVENSON STEVENSON— —Wheel. Wheeel. L Laura aura hails from Brooklyn one fr om Br ooklyn and is on ne of the most underrated singer/songwriters singer/songgwriters w of our time.. She should b bee mas massively time ssivveely huge and successful. guitar suc ccessful. Her vvocal ocaal and d guit ar chops are are insane iinsane.. I gett chills hill eevery ver e y time ti I see her h perform live. rule,, and this perfo orm liv ve. All her rrecords ecor o ds rule one is no different. diff ffeerent. FRANK T TURNER URNER— —Tape Taape De Deck eck Heart. I first saaw Frank T urner u pu unk ffestival eestival in saw Turner at a punk Blackp ool,, England,, near rly 10 yyears eears ago Blackpool, nearly (he actually op ened ffor o or me). m I’m a suck ker e opened sucker ffor o or Billy Bragg ffolky olk o ky soun nding indie punk. sounding His songs ha ave alw wayys rresonated esonated in m have always myy soul. This album is no di iff ffeerent,, with different, ggr eat songs ea o g and a d gr ggreat eat lyr ea yrics c. great lyrics. DOG P PARTY AR ART TY Y— —Lost Loost C Control. ont o trool. Dog D g Party Do Party ffeatures eatur e es sisters Gwendol Gwendolyn lyn Giles (17) and L Lucy ucy Giles (15),, and the they’ve eyy’vve b been een a band ffor o or almost 10 yyears eeaars now now. w. They Theey started st arted when they theey were were just learning speak. This album m is insanely how to speak. good. For band have go od. F or a ttwo-piece wo w -piece ba and to ha ave such a full sound,, you’ll you o ’ll be be shocked sh hock ked e to hear the final product. product. It’s It’s rare rarre to see such yyoung oung women influenc o influenced e by ed by bands like lik ke X and d the h Ramones Ramones,, but b t that that’s h ’s what h parents weree listen listening growing owing their par ents wer ning to gr up and the sound has rresonated e esonated into their own cr creation. eation.
DAVID D AV VID GUETTA GUETT TA AN AND D GGLOWINTHEDARK LOWINTHEDARK— —“Ain’t “A Ain’t aP arty.” Thi is one is most definitelyy a Party. This fa avo orite of mine m ty favorite mine,, simply due to its abilit ability make crowd s#*t!! The to mak ke a cr rowd lose their s#*t icing on thee ccake ak ke ffor o or me me,, though,, is the amazingly ccatchy atch hy and grit tty guit ar riff in gritty guitar the middle o ollows. middle,, and the buildup that ffollows. DUCK SSAUCE AUCE—“It —“It’s — ’s Y You oou (Chris LLake ak ake Remix). Reemix).” They The ey did it again! a The duo that made Streisand’s Barbra Str eiisand’s name into a viral electronic electr onic anthem, an nthem,, released released an ultra ccatchy aatch hy track k that samples a 1950s do dooowop hi hit b byy an Brucee P Patch. a artist artist i named d Bruc B atch. h Then Chris L Lake ak ke came came along along, g, and to took ok further, rage-it a step fur t , with an even ther eveen more more rage friendly rrelease. eleease.
Derek D erekk SSee ee
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—MBV. — MBV M V. The The MY BL OODY VALENTINE VALENTINE A BLOODY ly anticipated album of most eagerl eagerly m liffetime eti e snuck k outt without ith t much h myy lifetime w warning arning at all on a sleep sleepyy Saturday Saturdaay night in F February eb bruary of 2013. My Blo Bloody ody V alentine a w as a highly influential band Valentine was thr oughoutt m eears—one throughout myy teenage yyears—one that showed d the p otential of turning potential structuree inside traditional song s structur was out,, and it w aas as though time had stopped stopp ed between bettw ween when I saw saaw them in the summer summer of 19 1992 92 and the rrelease elease of this album album. m. It picks up wher wheree their masterpiecee LP Loveless masterpiec Loveless left off off, ff,, after moree than a 2020-year gap.. The music is mor year e gap haunting movving and just as inspiring mo haunting,, moving as it w was aas in the t early ‘9 ‘90s. 0s.
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LLADY ADY— —Lady. Ladyy. The debut LP fr from om soul ady is the ttype ype of rrecord ecord that I duo L Lady can put on in i an ny mood mood and just dig it. can any The o veerall sound of the album brings overall to mind thee early ‘70s bubblegum soul that the lik kees of gr oups such as Hone likes groups Honeyy C one ((“Wa Waant A ds”)) dr ds opped back in Cone (“Want Ads”) dropped the da ay thatt sound gr eat in an ny dec ade. day great any decade. Ther e’s ccool ooll song craft,, fabulous lyrics There’s and lusciou luscious throughout. us harmonies thr oughout. The chemis chemistry try b between etween these ttwo w wo is infectious, apparently inf feectious, but b this LP is appar ently going to b bee the only one ccombining ombining the ttalents alents of o Nic Nicole ole W Wray rraay and T Terri eerri Walker, Terri pity! Walk er, as T eerri has left the duo. duo. A pit tyy!
FFAR AR EEAST ASTMO MOVEMENT VEMENT— —“Ain’t “Ain A n’’t C Coming oming Down ((Yeah Yeeah I’m Trippin Trippin’ n’ Mix).” F Far ar E East ast Movement, Mo oveement,, the group group rresponsible e onsible ffor esp o or the “G6”” song, song, recently recently rreleased free ee mixt mixtape ape eleased a fr updated album,, full of up dated vversions eersions of some of their songs songs,, along with h some ne new w ones was hard d cho choice between as well. It w aas a har oicce b ettween w this and “The Illest,” but this track ttakes ak kees it past the p point oint of h hype, yype, and al always lw wayys gets p people eople going on the danc dancee floor. floorr.
PRIMAL PRI MAL SSCREAM CREEAM— —More Morre Light. F M For or mor more re than 20 yyears, eear ars, Primal Scr Scream eam ha have ave rreleased eeleased p ow werful rrecords ecorrd ds that mixed powerful rrock ock & rroll, oll,, psychedelia, psycchedelia,, dance ps dancce beats beats and soul sswagger. waaggerr. Tracks such as “Turn “Turn Each O ther Insidee Out lik ke nothing else, else, Other Out”” sound like but still man manage nage to rremain emain eerily familiar familiar.. It It’s ’s a varied and a spra sprawling aw wling double album, but ther e’s a whole lot to sink into her e, there’s here, none of it bl land. bland.
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PEACOCK PEA ACOCKLLOUNGE OUNGE Thurr, 9pm: Thursday night live Thur, l bands. $5. Sunnyvale.
SSTATION TAT TION55 55 Live music most Fri-Sun.. Call Call a ffor or info. info.. Gilroy. Gilroyy.
LLOU’S OU’SVILLA VILLAGE AGE G Live music. San Jose.
MOSAIC MOS AIC Fri-Sat, 66-9pm: 9pm:: Jazz ffor or dinner dinner.. San Jose.
MURPHY’S LAW MURPHY’SLA AW THE B BACK ACK B BAR AR Thu: Metalingus.. Fri: Ch Chris hris Burkhardt. Beerijuana, Burkhar dt Dec 31:: Beer dt. rijuana rijuana, Jose. New Year’s Year e ’s Eve.. San Jo ose.
THE BLANK CLUB THEBLANKCL UB Wed,, 9pm: Tina’s Wed, Tina’s CCancer anceer Show.. $10.. Fri, 9pm: The Benefit Show Limousines.. $13-$15. $13-$15.. Sat, S , 9pm: Adultt Club. $5.. San Jose. Adul Jose.
BOSWELL’S BOS WELL’S Wed:: Jack Ripoff Wed: Ripoff.. Thu:: Sexy S Daddy. Back. Fri:: Suga Daddy y. Sat: S The Gents Reunion. Sun: Sun:: Kid Dynamite. CCampbell. ampbell.
CAFE SSTRITCH CAFES TRIT T CH Wed, 8pm:: W Wed, Wax ax W Wednesdays ednesdays 28,, 9pm: with SSwellmax. wellmax. Dec. 28 Melted SSweet weet HayaH,, Mel ted State, State,, and Quasar Collective.. San Jose.
THE CARAVAN THECARA AVA AN Fri, 10pm:: Complaint B Box ox Numbers, (Members of Odd Num mbers, Sunday, Pete Whiskey Sunday y, and P ete and Repent). San Jose
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JJ.J.’S .J.’S BLUES BLUES CAFE Blues and Jazz every night,, call ffor or info. info.. San Jose.
LITTLE LLOU’S OU’S BBQ Thu,, 7:30:: Aki Blues Jam.. Fri, Frri, 8pm: Beach Cowboys.. Sat, 8pm: Whiskey Pass. Pass.. Sun, Banjo. 7pm: Scarlett La Rue’s Rue’s Banj jo. CCampbell. ampbell.
Sat,, 8pm:Live Jazz. Casino Casino M8trix, San Jose.
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PIONEER SSALOON ALOON TTue, uue,, 8:30pm:: A Acoustic coustic kar karaoke aoke with Sam Marshall. Woodside. Woodsiide.
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MOS DEF Black Star rapper a.k.a. Yasiin Bey plays with Kev Choice and Melina Jones in small club. Dec 19 at 1015 Folsom.
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necessarily he’s necceessarily afraid to hit h on a girl he ’s interested shy person, interested in. But a sh hy p erson, instead of ha having self-esteem, aving v self f-esteem, has “what other people me”-esteem. people think of me ”-esteem. e This means a woman woman’s isn’t n’s rrejection ejection is sn n’t ’ just a bummer; it’s it’s a crushing cconfirmation o onfirm mation of his worthlessness anything more wor thlessness as an nyyth hing mor re than a container plasma. container of salable pl lasma. When a guy’ guy’ss malee rrole model appears ole mo del app ears to b bee grap grapee jelly jelly, isn’t woman’s y, it isn n’’t a woman n’s cue to do all the work to ma make ake a rrelationship eelationship happen. dating, pet happen. This is dating g, not a p et adoption. Besides Besides,, yyou settle ou u get what yyou ou o set tttle for. desperate approval for or. A guy desp erate ffor o appr or roval is a guy a woman ccan never aan ne ever ccount o ount on—to show her stand h who h he h rreally eally ll is iis,, to o st and d up ffor or o what h he b believes or,, ma maybe, elieeves e in, or ayb y e, to eeven ven e know what he b believes (without elieeves (with hout sticking a wet finger in the air). A guy lik like isn’t ke this isn n’t ’ someone a woman can admire. That’s caan rrespect eespect and admir re. That t’s essential, because real love involves having beccause a real lo ove in nvolv o es ha aving v a crush on a p person human being, erson as a huma an b eingg, not ttaking aking pity shortcomings. shy pitty on him ffor or o his sho ortcomings. The sh hy guy to ha have who’s worked ave is the onee who ’s work keed on himself and ccome side— ome outt the other side — who ma maybe ayb y e still ffears ears e asking a woman anyway. out but manages to do d it an nyyway. This tells her something ab about her—that bout her r—that — he wants moree than he w wants waants her mor aants to aavoid void rejection—and about sometthing ab rejection—and something out him: that he has the qualiti qualities look ies women lo ok for man—courage for o in a man— co ouragge and character likee a and not just the rreally eallyy basic stuff lik Y chr chromosome ability pointromosome o and an a abilit ty for for o p ointtand-shoot and-shoot urination.
I went on a first date to a Japanese Japan nese restaurant. My date kept licking licking his fingers clean. All his fingers. fingers. One by one. on ne. He’s He’s otherwise a truly great guy, g y, but I don’t guy don’t know whether I can date someone some eone with such weird table manners. mann ners. —Shocked Coyotes lick their pa aw ws ffor o or go od Coyotes paws good reason—beccause a ther e’s no w aiteer to reason—because there’s waiter warm washcloth bring them a w arm w ashcloth a in na litttle t dish. When an adult human n do es little does —the date we w all this on the first date date—the know is sc scored byy a team of in invisible ored b nvisi v ible person we’re judges in the mind of the p erson we ’re with—you with— —you rreally eally have haave to wonder. wonderr. As As for fo or whether guy’s behavior h h this hi guy’ ’s dining di i b eha hav vio ior will ill be breaker, don’t have be a deal br eaker, when yyou ou don ’t ha ave an answer, best answer usually answerr, the b est ans swer w is usu ally waiting information waiting a and ccollecting ollecting inf formatio o on until you do.. So go on a ffew moree you do ew mor
dates. dates. See whether hee sticks his snout in the gra gravy boat. How av vy b oat. Ho ow yyou ou ultimately respond probably depend both obablly dep oth respond will pr end on b the str strength enggth t of yyour our gag g rreflex efleex and how old yyou are. Women ou ar e. W o omen in their early 20s grows will ditch a guy if his ccowlick owlick gr ows in the wr wrong direction. Women ong dir o omen in their ection. W 50s and b beyond understand eyond unde erstand that ““truly truly great aree in short supply, they great guys”” ar i sho hort supply ly, and d the hey come appreciate the little come to appr eciate th he lit tttle things in a man, such as a pulse pulse, e, bladder ccontrol, ontrol, and the abilit ability ty to rremain em main aawake wake throughout sex. throughout se exx.
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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Inner Poise Studio, 2. Dolce Bodywear, 3. Dolce The following person(s) B, 4. DolceB, 5. Dolce is (are) doing business Body, 1629 Foxworthy as: Ransom Press, 6369 Avenue, Angela L. Han Lai. Didion Court, San Jose, CA, This business is conducted 95123, MaryLu Tyndall. by an Individual. This business is conducted Registrant has not by an individual. yet begun transacting Registrant began business under the transacting business fictitious business name under the fictitious or names listed herein. business name or Refile of previous file names listed herein on #578682, with changes 10/30/2013. /s/Angela L Han Lai /s/MaryLu Tyndall This statement was filed This statement was filed with the County Clerk of with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on Santa Clara County on 11/01/2013. 11/21/2013. (pub Metro 11/27, 12/04, (pub Metro 11/27, 12/04, 12/11, 12/18/2013) 12/11, 12/18/2013)
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #584914
The following person(s) is The following person(s) (are) doing business as: is (are) doing business Studio Glam, 311 Stockton as: The Gold And Silver Ave., San Jose, CA, 95126, Exchange, 14961 Joanne Elizabeth Damron, 307 Avenue, San Jose, CA, Stockton Ave., San Jose, 95127, Steven Bumb. CA, 95126. This business is conducted This business is conducted by an individual. by a individual. Registrant has not Registrant began yet begun transacting transacting business business under the under the fictitious fictitious business name business name or names
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/s/Maria Margarida Moniz This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/15/2013. (pub Metro 11/27, 12/04, 12/11, 12/18/2013)
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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Movie Times, 2. The following person(s) MovieTimes, Boulevards is (are) doing business New Media Inc, 550 South as: Kidport, 19121 Portos First Street, San Jose, CA, Drive, Saratoga, CA, 95113. 95070, Bryan Knysh. This business is conducted This business is conducted by a Corporation. by an individual. Above entity was formed Registrant began in the state of California transacting business Registrant began under the fictitious transacting business business name or names under the fictitious listed herein on 12/1998. business name or Refile of previous file names listed herein on #517156 04/16/2004. /s/Bryan Knysh /s/Dan Pulcrano This statement was filed CEO with the County Clerk of #C1960417 Santa Clara County on This statement was filed 11/20/2013. with the County Clerk of (pub Metro 11/27, 12/04, Santa Clara County on 12/11, 12/18/2013) 11/19/2013. (pub Metro 11/27, 12/04, FICTITIOUS 12/11, 12/18/2013)
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I've always wanted to know: if a brain transplant were possible, would the recipient take on the personality of the donor? —Cleona Vassell Stop right there, Cleona. In a brain transplant, who’s the recipient and who’s the donor? Here’s one way to think about it. Although a brain transplant at the moment is impossible, no doubt that won’t always be so. What will probably become feasible first (how soon I have no idea) isn’t a brain transplant but a head transplant. This simplifies matters in two respects. First, on a practical level, it sidesteps the fantastically complicated project of reconnecting the brain to the multitude of sensory organs and blood vessels in the head. Second, and more important for present purposes, it goes a long way toward answering your question. While there’s a lot about the brain we don’t know, no one disputes that it’s the seat of consciousness. What’s more, the head as a whole contains most of the tools—eyes, ears, speech apparatus, facial muscles—that we use to interact with the world. With that in mind, it’s obvious we’re not talking about grafting a new brain or head onto someone’s body; we’re talking about grafting a new body onto someone’s head. The self that lives in that head remains the boss. As for personality, well, that’s a broader question, which we’ll get to by and by. Currently the dealbreaker here is the spinal cord—as yet there’s no way to reattach a severed cord to a brain. Some think stem cell research may yield a way to splice the two together. A more exotic possibility is severing the brain at midpoint and connecting the upper lobes—and thus, presumably, the higher functions and consciousness—of one individual to the brain stem, spinal cord, and body of someone else. The rationale seems to be that we keep all the control circuitry needed to operate the body intact and simply put someone new in the driver’s seat. However you slice it, it won’t be easy. But give it time. Current schemes for head transplants involve keeping the bodies of donor and recipient in deep hypothermia and using ultrasharp knives to cleanly cut each patient's spinal cord at the neck in hopes that the nerve cells will fuse
when the brain end of one is joined to the body end of the other. A special glue promoting such fusion would be applied to the severed ends; blood vessels, muscles, etc., would be hooked up appropriately. Finally, the surgeon in charge would tell Igor to throw the switch. OK, not that last part. When the day arrives that brain transplants become practical, they won’t be performed by mad scientists. On the contrary, a rigorous matching program will undoubtedly be established to ensure that brain, body, and—dare I say it?—soul are as compatible as possible, minimizing any question of personality change. Still, purely as a thought experiment, consider: Jane and John crash their motorcycles into each other. Helmetless Jane is left brain-dead but otherwise intact; John’s brain is fine, but his body is mangled beyond repair. With death imminent, genius surgeons successfully implant John’s brain in Jane’s body. Who wakes up, Jane or John? The memories and consciousness clearly will be John’s. But while the brain is the seat of the intelligence, personality to an unknown but surely significant degree is formed by the interaction between brain and body. To cite the most obvious difference, John’s XY brain now finds itself in an XX body. True, the hypothalamus, which plays a key role in hormone regulation, is located in the brain, but other equally important glands aren’t. More generally, John’s brain must map itself to Jane’s body, which at minimum could result in a completely different set of movements and mannerisms. Maybe you’d just get one of those comical scenarios beloved of screenwriters: a woman’s body with a man at the controls. The example of transsexuals, convinced they’re one sex despite a body proclaiming they’re the other, strongly suggests the brain trumps all. Then again, maybe John becomes psychotic due to the brain/body disconnect. But there’s a third possibility. John wakes up thinking he’s male, but after his body imprints itself decides: please, call me Jane.
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Life is best organized as a series of daring ventures from a secure base,” wrote psychologist John Bowlby. Some of you Aries enjoy the “daring venture” part of that formula, but neglect the “secure base” aspect. That’s why your daring ventures may on occasion go awry. If you are that type of Ram, the first half of 2014 will be an excellent time to correct your bad habit. Life will be offering you considerable help and inspiration in building a strong foundation. And if you already appreciate how important it is for your pursuit of excitement to be rooted in well-crafted stability, the coming months will be golden. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Here’s a tale of three
renowned Taurus brainiacs: Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and Bertrand Russell. They all had IQs over 175 and all made major contributions to philosophy. Yet all three were physically inept. Kant had trouble keeping a sharp point on his writing instrument, the quill, because he was clumsy using a knife. Mill was so undexterous he found it a chore to tie a knot. Russell’s physical prowess was so limited he was incapable of brewing a pot of tea. Chances are that you are neither as brilliant nor as uncoordinated as these three men. And yet, like them, there is a disconnect between your mind and body—some glitch in the way the two of them communicate with each other. The coming year will be an excellent time to heal the disconnect and fix the glitch.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A horticultural company in the UK is selling TomTato plants to home gardeners. Each bush grows both cherry tomatoes and white potatoes. The magic was accomplished through handcrafted hybridization, not genetic engineering. I foresee a comparable marvel in your long-term future, Gemini. I’m not sure about the exact form it will take. Maybe you will create a product or situation that allows you to satisfy two different needs simultaneously. It’s possible you will find a way to express two of your talents in a single mode. Or perhaps you will be able to unite two sides of you that have previously been unbonded. Congratulations in advance! CANCER (June 21-July 22): “To destroy is always the first step in any creation,” said the poet E. E. Cummings. Do you buy that idea, Cancerian? I hope so, because the cosmos has scheduled you to instigate some major creative action in 2014. In order to fulfill that potential, you will have to metaphorically smash, burn, and dissolve any old structures that have been standing in the way of the future. You will have to eliminate as many of the “yes, buts” and “I can’ts” and “not nows” as you possibly can. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When did you first fall from grace? Do you remember? It has happened to most of us. We spend time being privileged or cared about or respected, and then, suddenly, we no longer are. We lose our innocence. Love disappears. Our status as a favorite comes to an end. That’s the bad news, Leo. The good news is that I think the months ahead may be time for you to climb back up to one of those high states of grace that you fell from once upon a time. The omens suggest that even now you’re making yourself ready to rise back up—and sooner than you think, there will be an invitation to do so. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Leonardo da Vinci created
the painting St. Jerome in the Wilderness around 1480. It now hangs in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, a museum in Vatican City. For several centuries, though, the treasured work of art was missing. Legend tells us that in the early 19th century, Napoleon’s uncle found the lower half of the painting in a junk shop in Rome. Years later he stumbled upon the top half in another back alley, where it was being used as a wedge in a shoemaker’s bench. I foresee the possibility of a comparable sequence unfolding for you in 2014, Virgo. You just may manage to restore a lost beauty to its proper place of honor, one step at a time.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Italian painter
Tintoretto (1518-1594) was a Libra. He worked with such vigor and passion that he was nicknamed Il Furioso—The Furious. One of his crowning achievements was his painting Paradise, which is 74 feet long and 30 feet tall—about the size of a tennis court. It adorns a huge wall in the Doge’s Palace, a
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landmark in Venice. I propose that Tintoretto serve as one of your inspirational role models in 2014. The coming months will be an excellent time for you to work hard at crafting your own personal version of paradise on earth. You may not be so wildly robust to deserve the title “Il Furioso.” But then again, you might.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Between 2002 and 2009, Buddhist monk Endo Mitsunaga spent a thousand days meditating as he did a ceremonial walk around Mount Hiei in Japan. In 2006, English writer Dave Cornthwaite took 90 days to skateboard across the entire length of Australia, a distance of 3,618 miles. The first man’s intentions were spiritual, the second man’s adventurous. The coming months will be prime time for you to contemplate both kinds of journeys, Scorpio. The astrological omens suggest that you will generate extra good fortune for yourself by seeking out unfamiliar experiences on the open road. To get yourself in the mood, ruminate on the theme of pilgrimage. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Many farms in California’s Tulare County grow produce for supermarket chains. Here’s the problem: Those big stores only want fruits and vegetables that look perfect. So if there are brown spots on the apples or if the zucchinis grow crooked or if the carrots get too big, they are rejected. As a result, 30 percent of the crops go unharvested. That’s sad because a lot of poor people who live in Tulare don’t have enough to eat. Fortunately, some enterprising food activists have begun to work out arrangements with farmers to collect the wasted produce and distribute it to the hungry folks. I gather there’s a comparable situation in your life, Sagittarius: unplucked resources and ignored treasures. In 2014, I hope you take dramatic action to harvest and use them. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Derrick Brown has a poem entitled “Pussycat Interstellar Naked Hotrod Mofo Ladybug Lustblaster!” I hope that at least once in 2014 you will get up the nerve to call someone you love by that name. Even if you can’t quite bring yourself to utter those actual words, it will be healing for you to get to the point where you feel wild enough to say them. Here’s what I’m driving at, Capricorn: In the coming months, you will be wise to shed any inhibitions that have interfered with you getting all of the free-flowing intimacy you’d love to have. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Artists who are content merely to hone their gifts eventually come to little,” says the Belgian writer Simon Leys. “The ones who truly leave their mark have the strength and the courage to explore and exploit their shortcomings.” I’d like to borrow that wisdom and provide it for you to use in 2014, Aquarius. Even if you’re not an artist, you will be able to achieve an interesting kind of success if you’re willing to make use of the raw materials and untapped potential of your so-called flaws and weaknesses. Whatever is unripe in you will be the key to your creativity. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 2014, you will have
the mojo to escape a frustration that has drained you and pained you for a long time. I mean you can end its hold on you for good. The coming months will also provide you with the chance to activate and cultivate a labor of love that will last as long as you live. While this project may not bloom overnight, it will reveal its staying power in dramatic fashion. And you will be able to draw on the staunch faith you’ll need to devote yourself to it until its full blessings ripen.
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