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GOD LOVES UGANDA PHOTO BY CRISPIN BUXTON; GINSBERG: “WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS LOOKING SERIOUS” COURTESY OF CJM; DETROIT COBRAS PHOTO COURTESY OF WINDISH AGENCY; JESS CURTIS AND JÖRG MÜLLER FOR PERFORMANCE RESEATCH EXPERIMENT #2 PHOTO BY SVEN HAGOLANI; BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW PHOTO BY SEVEN FIELDS OF APHELION; STILL FROM AMERICAN COURTESAN; MIKAL CRONIN PHOTO BY DENEE PETRACEK; RADIATION CITY PHOTO BY SHANNON WOOLF.
FRIDAY 5/24 PERFORMANCE RESEARCH EXPERIMENT #2: PARADOX OF THE HEART
of people employed in sex work industries” — is highlighted by several intriguing-sounding documentaries. Alexander Perlman’s Lot Lizard explores the lives of prostitutes who conduct business
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Scientists frequently ask for volunteers on which to test the hypothesis their research suggests. Artists rarely get that kind of concrete response to what they are working on. In come Jess Curtis and Jörg Müller — and a bevy of artist and scientist collaborators — who will help them get scientifically measurable information that we the audience provide through our responses to what happens around us. The data will be translated into what Curtis calls an “interactive mash-up of dance/performance and physical science,” also called Performance Research Experiment #2: Paradox of the Heart. In case you care, the 2003 Experiment #1, also by the team of Curtis and Müller, drew on the duo’s background in circus arts and involved a lot of brooms and balls. (Rita Felciano)
With Audacity, Michael Stasis 9pm, $12 Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell, SF (415) 861-2011 www.rickshawstop.com
TUESDAY 5/28 RADIATION CITY
out of truck stops; James Johnson’s American Courtesans widens the scope, following 11 different sex workers in various situations; and a legendary NYC trans activist and Stonewall icon gets her due in Pay It No Mind: The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson. Also on tap: a full slate of shorts, both doc and narrative. The $35 pass scores entry into all films in the fest. (Eddy)
8om, $20 CounterPULSE
A quiet, practical friend of mine who nevers speaks in hyperbole just declared that Radiation City is his favorite band. It is a strong statement, but not surprising considering the band’s near-magical wooing ability. Comprised of two couples, even the band can’t resist its own magnetism. Maybe it’s a result of chemistry that extends offstage, but Radiation City has arrived at an enchanting formula the combines dreamy pop, some
2pm-midnight, $35
1310 Mission, SF www.eventbrite.com
FRIDAY 5/24 BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW Black Moth Super Rainbow is nothing if not mysterious. The five enigmatic band members perform under whimsical stage names — Tobacco, the Seven Fields of Aphelion, Power Pill Fist, Iffernaut, and Father Hummingbird — that speak volumes about the fantastical and wonderfully absurd psychedelic pop they produce. The band, formed in Pittsburgh in 2002 originally gained atten-
tion from a run of buzz-building shows as SXSW. The band’s liberal use of analog electronics like a vocoder, Rhodes piano, and Novatron gives its music a sunny, retro sound. Underneath the barrage of strange instruments and layers of synth, Black Moth Super Rainbow sneaks in solid pop hooks and tight songwriting. Through its decade of existence, the band has continuously improved with each new release, and the sixth and most recent full-length Cobra Juicy certainly continues this evolution. (Haley Zaremba) With the Hood Internet, Oscillator Bug 9pm, $19.50 Fillmore 1805 Geary, SF www.thefillmore.com
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Roxie Theater
TSOL
www.sexworkerfest.com
3117 16th St, SF
First gaining notoriety for songs such as “Code Blue,” an ode to the joys of necrophilia, along with the infamous riots that would break out at its early shows, T.S.O.L — or True Sounds of Liberty — was among the earliest and best of the Southern California punk bands to emerge in the late 1970s. While singer Jack Grisham has found other outlets for stirring up the social pot over time, including a 2003 gubernatorial run and as an author (his newest book, Untamed comes out next month) he and guitarist Ron Emory are still keeping the group going strong more than 30 years after their inception in Long Beach, Calif. (Sean McCourt)
MIKAL CRONIN
Mikal Cronin has been bouncing around the San Francisco music scene for a couple of years as an unsung hometown hero, collaborating with Thee Oh Sees, recording with Ty Segall and performing in the Ty Segall Band, while quietly
With Cuckoo Chaos 8pm, $12 Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell, SF (415) 861-2011
Thee Parkside
www.rickshawstop.com
1600 17th St., SF (415) 252-1330 www.theeparkside.com
SATURDAY 5/25
FOOD + DRINK
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MUSIC
‘60s girl band flare, a shadow of psych-rock, and the occasional hint of bossa nova. After the May 21 release of its third album, Animals in the Median, Radiation will play new music to an enchanted crowd at Rickshaw Stop. My picky friend will be among those dancing, shouting, and bewitched. (Kerry)
9pm, $13
The cinema, er, sinema portion of the San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival — focusing on “the lives, the art, and the struggle for workers’ and human rights NEWS
SATURDAY 5/25
With VKTMS, Rush and Attack
“SEX WORKER SINEMA”
EDITORIALS
deserved album release-party, and I wouldn’t be too surprised if Cronin pulls up some old friends to help him celebrate. (Zaremba)
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releasing his own solo records and singles. Finally, Cronin is no longer sidekicking. This year’s full-length MCII has received rave reviews from major music publications (SPIN and Pitchfork have labeled it among the best new music of the year) and Cronin is enjoying a headlining slot on a national tour. Tonight’s gig at the Rickshaw Stop is a muchFILM
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