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Could C ould yyou ou please please look look at at a way way of of doing business differently?

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The T he ccontroversy ontroversy ssurrounding urrounding District District back 2001, when 1155 ggoes oes b ack tto o2 001, w hen llegislative egislative California’s lleaders eaders aagreed greed tto o rredraw edraw C alifornia’s Senate districts.

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Laird wins, the Democratic Democratic P arty. If If L aird w ins, the the Democrats will D emocrats w ill be one one vvote ote aaway way ffrom rom ssecuring ecuring a ttwo-thirds wo-thirds supermajority supermajority in in Senate. hasn’t tthe he sstate tate S enate. That That ffact aacct h asn’t gone gone unnoticed—President u nnoticed—President Barack Barracck Obama Obam ma eendorsed ndorsed Laird Laird in in a mail mail piece piece tthat hat mailboxes sstarted tarrted llanding anding iin nm ailbo b xes aall ll over over District Thursday.

D istrict 1155 llast ast T hursday. fixx our ““I’m I’m working working hard hard tto ofi our eeconomy conomy but aand nd ccreate reate new new jjobs, obs, b ut iin n Congress, Congress, the the Republicans block R epublicans are are trying trying to to b lock almost almost eeverything verything I propose, propose,” Obama Obama iiss quoted quoted on mailer. aass ssaying aying o n tthe he m ailer. ““The The same same is is true true Sacramento. iin nS acramento. On On Aug. Aug. 117th, 7th, your your vvote ote difference ffor or JJohn ohn Laird Laird can can make make a d iff ffeerence in in fixing fi xing California’s California’s economy. economyy. y”” Blakeslee Blak keslee is is tthe he apparent apparent ffrontrontonly rrunner. unner. He He came cam me up up o nly sseveral everal hundreds off ssecuring h undreds vvotes otes shy shy o ecuring a 50 50 percent win pe rcent w in over over Laird, Laird, Libertarian Libertarian Mark and M ark Hinkle Hinkle an nd IIndependent ndepe p ndent Jim Jim Fitzgerald primary F itzgeralld in in the the p rimary r eelection. lection.

Laird, who 411 percent L aird, w ho received received 4 p rcent of pe of tthe he primary winner vvote., ote., admits admits tthat hat tthe he p rimarry w inner iiss aalmost lmost always allways guaranteed guarran nteed tto o get get the the sseat eat iin n California Callifornia state state Senate Senate races. races. ““It’s It’s been been redistricted redistricted so so tightly tightly tthat hat tthe he primary primary iiss the the only only rrace acce tthat hat iiss ever ever Laird part ccontested, ontested,” L aird ssays. ays. “That’s “That’s p art of of tthe he rreason, easson, tthat hat aand nd term term llimits imits and and tthe he ttwo-thirds wo-thirds budget budget vvote, ote, and and yyou’ve ou’ve ggot ot Sacramento. tthis his recipe recipe for for gridlock gridlock in in S acram mento.”

With With the the run-off run-off eelection lection cclosing losing was iin n next next week, week, Laird Laird said said he he w as glad glad d debate tto o finally finally gget et tto od ebate Blakeslee.

Blakeslee. The The Republican fformer ormer Assembly Assembly R epublican lleader ead der bowed first bo wed out out of of their their fi rst scheduled scheduled debate, d ebate, a JJuly uly 26 26 fforum orum in in San San Luis Luis Obispo, O bispo, at at the the last last minute, minute, saying saying that that budget was b udget work work at at tthe he sstate tate ccapital apital w ass keeping k eeping him him too too busy busy tto o talk. tallk.

Laird denounced L aird has has d enounced Blakeslee Blak keslee for for aavoiding voiding public public appearances appearances until until tthe he

11th 11th hour, hour, and an nd instead instead d letting letting 30-second 30-second negative negative campaign campaign commercials commercialls do do the the talking talking for for him. him. Laird Laird has hass also allso defended defended himself himself against aggainst a barrage barrage of of BlakesleeBlak kesleefunded funded negative negative mailers mailers that that he he says says “distort “distort my my record record and an nd demean demean voters. voters.”

“He “He has hass just just been been hiding, hiding,” Laird Laird says. says.

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15. But But Republicans Republican ns are are statistically statistically more more likely likely to to cast cast ballots ballots during during a special special election. election. Laird Laird says says that that getting getting Democrats Democrats to to the the polls polls on on Aug. Aug. 17 17 is is his his number numbe b r one one priority. priority.

“I “I have have noted noted this this is is our our first first joint joint appearance, appearrance, and and over over 90,000 90,000 people people have have already allread dy voted voted in in this this election, election,” Laird Laird said said last last week. week. “That’s “That’s a very very interesting interesting statistic, statistic, because becau use turnout turnout is is running running ahead ahead of ah of what what it it was waass in in the the primaries. primaries. Different Diff ffeerent people people are arre voting, voting, and and they they are are voting voting in in greater greater numbers. numbers.”

The The debate debate was was sponsored sponsored by by the the Silicon Silicon Valley Val alley Leadership Leadership Group Group (SVLG) (SVLG) and an nd was was held held at at the the offices offices of of SVB SVB Financial Finan ncial in in Santa Santa Clara.

Clara. Though Though not not open open to to the the public, public, SVLG SVLG members members asked asked the the candidate’s can andidate’s questions questions on on topics topics ranging ranging from from affordable aff ffo ordable housing housing to to transportation tran nsportation funding funding to to Prop.

Prop. 24, 24, health heallth care care and and education. education.

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off rreaching across tthe he iimportance mportan nce o eacching ac cross tthe he done. was aaisle isle tto o gget et tthings hings d one. ““When When I w ass minority was proud tthe he m inority lleader, ead der, I w ass vvery ery p roud party worked tthat hat I ccrossed rossed p artty llines, ines, aand nd I w orked with Assembly Speaker] w ith [[former former A ssembly S peaker] Karen Bass, Blakeslee SVLG K aren B ass,” B lak keslee ssaid aid aatt tthe he S VLG passed fforum. orum. ““On On a 68 tto o 0 vvote, ote, [[we] we] p assed budget on 255 o off 2 2009. ab udget ssolution olution o n JJan. an n. 2 0 .I 009 broke with broke with b roke w ith tthe he ggovernor. overnor. I b roke w ith Senate Republicans.

But tthe he S enate R epublican ns. B ut I tthought hought was do. iitt w ass tthe he rright ight tthing hing tto od o.”

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for the for the ban ban on on gay gay marriage, marriage, without without ssuccess. uccess. Voters Voters in in San San Jose, Jose, a decidedly decidedly llive-and-let-live ive-and-let-live bunch, bunch, overwhelmingly overwhelmingly rrejected ejected the the proposition. proposition. So So why why did did the the m ayor choose choose the the day day after after Prop.

Prop. 8 was was mayor ooverturned verturned to to announce announce his his support support for for hhis is old old pal? pal? Perhaps Perhaps he he was was riding riding high high aafter fter ably ably forging forging a majority majority on on the the council, council, jjust ust days days earlier, earlier, to to put put a financial-reform financial-reform ppackage ackage before before voters. voters. Or Or perhaps perhaps the the m ayor has has some some perverse perverse blind blind spot spot when when mayor iitt comes comes to to endorsements; endorsements; back back in in April, April, hhee threw threw his his support support behind behind RICHARD RICHARD who was was running running a doomed doomed CCALDERON, ALDERON, who rrace ace against against the the powerful, powerful, popular popular Sheriff Sheriff Justifying his his man-love man-love for for LLAURIE AURIE SMITH. SMITH. Justifying P egram, the the Chuckster Chuckster said said social social issues issues Pegram, ssuch uch as as gay gay marriage marriage never never come come before before tthe he council, council, conveniently conveniently forgetting forgetting that that iinn 2004, 2004, the the City City Council Council was was asked asked to to cconsider onsider providing providing benefits benefits to to same-sex same-sex m arried city city employees. employees. As As the the political political married bblog log Daily Daily Fetch Fetch pointed pointed out out last last week, week, tthen-Councilmember hen-Councilmember Reed Reed voted voted against against tthe he measure—which measure—which passed. passed.

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sv 411.com Google in Social War With Facebook GOOGLE HAS chosen a general in its War With Facebook—VP of engineering Vic Gundotra, we’ve heard from multiple sources.

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Gundotra has previously been involved in a slew of product efforts at Google but has focused largely on Android and Google’s mobile phone applications.

Google hasn’t officially revealed any of its plans in social, but we’ve heard to expect them to be making a significant effort, the type of effort that suggests they’ve mortgaged the farm and have just the one crop left to plant. Their backs are against the wall. Etc.

Steve This impending social network product is going to end up being the most hyped in Google’s history. I really hope they make it open, portable and inclusive. Otherwise there really is no point and they might as well leave Facebook to it.

Wayne Lambright Many of us are tired of Facebook and the way they treat privacy. I’ll welcome a solution backed by a company of professionals— life experience vs. frat boys.

Jim Yea, Google’s exactly who I want in control of my privacy. Good plan.

Kevin Facebook created a far better platform. Unless Google rerevolutionizes social networking like Facebook did via Myspace, they don’t have a chance.

JC Social trends, especially in tech, are established just as they are in fashion, music taste, etc., by celebrities and rich, white teenage girls. Posterous is a superior platform to Tumblr, but yet it fails. Why? Because they only have Steve Rubel. Tumblr has Katy Perry, John Mayer, Pete Wentz.

Facebook Prepares For War With Google It looks like Google isn’t the only one gearing up for a social network battle.

We’ve got an aggressive, zealous Facebook army controlling a third of the world’s Internet population, and they want more.

Meanwhile, the old bully on the block, Google, can still rumble pretty well when he gets worked up enough.

Rumors surfaced in June that the search giant was developing a Facebook competitor called Google Me, and the company’s social networking ambitions became even more certain this week with its acquisition of social app maker Slide. TechCrunch has called Google’s efforts a war on Facebook, and said vice president of engineering Vic Gundotra is the company’s general.

I think he’s gotten worked up enough.—MICHAEL ARRINGTON, TECHCRUNCH.COM

Now we’ve heard from a source close to Facebook’s plans that the social network is working hard to

Lose and they give control over the way the web is organized and monetized for the next decade or so. The Age of Facebook will begin.

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fend off Google. Specifically, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has declared that the company is on “lockdown” for the next 60 days, with the office open on weekends as the company tries to revamp Photos, Groups and Events in advance of the Google launch. We hear Zuckerberg even has a neon sign saying “Lockdown” on his office door.

The phrase is a callback to Facebook’s early days, as described in David Kirkpatrick’s book ‘The Facebook Effect.’ During a lockdown, if someone wanted to leave the office Zuckerberg would reportedly pound the table and say: “‘No! We’re in lockdown! No one leaves the table until we’re done with this thing.”

—ANTHONY HA, SOCIAL.VENTURE BEAT.COM

JoshLewisP Google can’t do social. They have tried several times with Wave, Buzz, Orkut—why would they be successfull this time? paulbenjou Facebook trying to defend against Google? HA! Google will swat them like a pimple on a gnats ass.

Hotmojo1 Facebombing will get old. Tweeting will get old. People really aren’t THAT interesting, for chrissakes.

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A Tale of Two Internets Google and Verizon announced a joint proposal on Monday that would allow ISPs to offer premium content bundles over an unspecified global network—an unexpected gambit that would seem to call for separate and unequal Internets.

The two companies say the guidelines would ensure that no Internet traffic of any kind is prioritized over any other kind (with the exception of viruses, spam and the like).“There should be a new, enforceable prohibition against discriminatory practices,” reads part of their proposal, posted on both Verizon’s and Google’s websites.

On the flipside, the Google/Verizon blueprint would grant content companies looking to deliver services that require too much bandwidth for the “regular” internet to do so in return for payment, via a second set of pipes.

That bombshell is the carrot that would seek to convince ISPs to accede to the basic tenets of net neutrality on the Internet we know. But the from-left-field proposal to anticipate an entirely new information highway for “fast lanes” comes in the midst of an already contentious net neutrality debate and would seem, at first glance, more likely to exacerbate the discussion the FCC is trying to shepherd than bring it to a swifter conclusion.

Reaction was swift and largely negative from net neutrality advocates. The FCC seemed none too pleased with the proposal itself nor the fact that it was drafted outside a delicate process with industry players that blew up last Friday after the New York Times reported that Google and Verizon were working on a parallel track.

—ELIOT VAN BUSKIRK, WIRED.COM/ EPICENTER

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Ostler called Reed, “Arsonist of the Year.” (Is that a good thing?)

The Mercury News gave the mayor’s efforts a neutral grade, publishing a “sideways mark” in their “Who’s Up and Down” review in the Sunday Internal Affairs column. The Mercury wrote: Whether by accident or design, Reed’s on-again, off-again vow to put a downtown baseball stadium to a public vote got Major League officials to commit to some sort of timetable to decide the A’s future.

Curiously, the nonsportswriters at the Chron were not as charitable to San Jose’s mayor. The editorial board listed Chuck Reed as someone

who had a “Bad Week”: San Jose mayor is going to have to wait a little longer to lure the A’s from Oakland. He bows to MLB’s demand to pull a November ballot measure.

How’s that a bad week if one year from now the territorial rights issue is resolved and the A’s are allowed to move to the South Bay? Finally, there’s this from Merc columnist Scott Herhold, who wrote a column on the stadium issue:

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[The ballpark] would do much for San Jose’s sometimes-beleaguered identity.

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After I read that sentence, it occurred to me . . . it seems that the only people who express concerns about San Jose’s “identity” are Redevelopment Agency officials trying to get funding for a project, developers trying to win a public subsidy, or employees of the Mercury News! Seriously, I never hear anyone outside of these three groups complaining about our city’s identity.

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Naturally, rreinvent einvent his h songs altogether altogether when pla aying y th hem liv e. He ’s not one of playing them live.

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He’s new He’s producing producing d a ne w solo album, plans to release rellease a single this fall and is looking appearance looking forward fo orward to his app earance at the 2010 Festival 0 San Jose Jose JJazz azz F estival this weekend. local weeken nd. He wishes more more lo cal performers perfo ormerss could could be be on the bill with him at the festival. feestival.

“There’s off u uss tthat kept “There’s a llot ot o hat k ept tthe he music off yyears. music sscene cene ggoing oing ffor or a llot ot o earrs.

The music would have died The llocal ocall m usic sscene cene w ould h ave d ied a llong Wee k kept ong ttime ime aago. go. W ept iitt ggoing. oing.”

While some bemoan so ome locals locals b emoan the decline of live l e performance liv perfo ormance in a world of electronic music,, Lindsa Lindsay electronic music ay calls good arrea a go calls this area od one ffor or o a working jazz jazz or blues musician.

“In the Bay seven Baay Area, Area, I ccan an work se ven luckyy nights a week. weeek. So we’re we’re pretty pretty luck in that way. way. In L.A., yyou ou ccan an fforget or o get about play about it unless un nless you you pla ay rrock. ock.

“Live music oming back.

“Live mu usic is slowly ccoming The Little Redwood City] Little Fox Fox [in R eedwood Cit y] is going to reopen, that’s pretty reopen,, so that ’s pr ettty ccool. ool.

And JJ’s JJ’s has haas survived. survived.

“There’s “There’s a lot of ffolks olks o ttaking aking other peoples’ chord peoples’’ beats beats e and chor d changes and laying their own stuff on top of laaying y it. The Theyy never never really reallyy learned how to play kind they’re plaay the kin nd of thing that the y’re trying trying to record. rec e ord. That kind of killed learning how ho ow to play plaay an instrument.

“There’s “There’s nothing nothing llike ike the the pleasure pleasure of hearing of h earing what what you’ve you’ve done, done,” he he says. says.

After three thrree decades decades as a sideman, Lindsay Lindsaay hass learned to play plaay the support support role. rolle. “If your your name is on the marquee, boss. marqueee, then yyou’re ou’re the b oss.

And then when they w they give give yyou ou the opportunity, it’s shine.” opp pportunitty, then it ’s time to shine .”

With With i an upcoming upcoming album, single and solo slot Lindsay slo ot on Friday, Fridaay, Lindsa ay will be bee the b boss be able to shine, s shine ,b oss and have haave his name naame on the bill. It suits him fine. fine.

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That night was was a one that no one nvolved w as go oing to forget. for o get. get involved was going ““David David S an nborn comes comes o ut, h e’s ggot ot Sanborn out, he’s he Tower Tower of of P ower horns, horns, [[Tower Tower o the Power off P ower vvocalist] ocalist] L o arry Braggs Braggs ccame am me out out Power Larry nd ssang, ang, ‘‘I’ve I’ve G ot N ews ffor or Y ou.’ W and Got News You. Wee b rought the the h ouse down. down. The The crowd crowd brought house w as as w rung o ut llike ike a rag, rag,” says says C astillo. was wrung out Castillo.

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SSJJ JAZZ JA Z Z FFESTIVAL E ST I VA L 23 ‘This is is o ne o he be st n ights o usic ‘This one off tthe best nights off m music I’ve ever ever sseen een iin nm ife.’”

I’ve myy llife. jazz-rad dio saxophonist saxophonist and and a A jazz-radio funk funk band band covering covering a classic classsic R&B R&B album: album: meet meet the the new new jazz jazz festival. festivall.

Definitely Definitely n not ot tthe he ssame ame aass tthe he o old ld jazz jaz azz festival. festival. For For most most of of the the group’s group’s more more than than n four four decades decad des in in existence, existence, jazz jaz azz festivals festivals wouldn’t wouldn’t touch touch Tower Tower of of Power, Power, despite despite the the fact fact that that it it had, had, for for many man ny years, years, maybe maybe the the best best collection collection of of horn horn players players on on the the planet. plan net.

“For “For a long time, time, we wer weree sor sortt of shunned sh hunned by by that community,” community,” sa says ays y Castillo.

Castillo. “The whole smooth smooth jaz jazzz thing th hing sort sort of took took over over the air airwaves. waves.

Itt became became a thing thing,, and it still is is,, to o have haave a jazz jazz ffestival estival e and bring the basket baasket of chick chicken en and the brie an and d the th he sushi and champagne and wine. win ne.

A they they kind of looked looked at us lik And likee ‘These ‘T Th These guys d don’t don’t ’ fit. fi fit.’” ’”

S South Ba Bayy Shak Shake-up e-uup Bu But ut no mor more. e. The most fforwardor o wardthinking th hinking jazz jazz ffestivals eestivals ha have ave ccome ome around ar round to the fact that many many of the th he best best jaz jazzz pla players ayers of the last 40 0 years years ha have ave b been een hiding out in n funk bands bands.. The connection connection between b e ween contemporary et contemporary jaz jazzz musi music’s ic’s booty b ootty and d it its b brain i iis fi finally ll b being ein i g rrecognized, e ognized, as pr ec prophesied ophesied by by Parliament-Funkadelic P a arliament -Funkadelic leader Geo George orge Clinton’s C linton’s cr credo: edo: “Fr “Free ee yyour our mind,, and an nd your your ass will follow.” follow o w.”

Nowhere N owhere is this more more true than n at this th his yyear’s ear’s San JJose ose Jazz Jazz F Festival, estival,, A Aug. ug.

13–15, 13 3–15, which ffeatures eatur e es among its topto op billed bi illed acts not only Clinton (Aug. (Aug. 13), but bu ut also one of the men responsible responsib ble ffor o or bringing jazz jazz technique to thee P-Funk P -Funk -F k gang, gang, Mac M Maceo eo P Parker ark ker (Aug. (Aug. 14).

14 4). Castillo, Castillo, who lik likee Clinton came cam me out ou ut of the ps psychedelic ychedelic sludge of Detroit D Detr oit music to bring the world a new ne ew kind of funk funk-soul k-soul ensemble in i the th he 1970s 1970s,, will also return return to San Jose Jose w Tower with Tower o of P Power ower to headline the ffestival’s eestival’s main stage stage on Aug. Aug. 15 15..

It’s It ’s no coincidence coincidence that each da day ay at tthis h yyear’s his ear’s ffestival eestival ffeatures eatur e es an iconic icon nic funk fu unk act. San Jose Jose Jazz’s Jazz’s eexecutive xecutive director, Dr.. Geoff Roach, says di irector, Dr Roach, o , sa ayys thee organization or rganization wanted wanted to bring a broad br road sampling of sounds and a high-energy hi igh- energy jolt to the lineup. lineup. Hee knows theree ar aree purists who will kn nows ther that funk isn’t jazz, he ccontend o ontend isn’t jaz z,, but h disagrees. di isagrees.

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That was was George G ge Clinton Geor Clinton’s ’s plan all along.. “I always along allwayys said that if R&B, R&B, funk, what whatever tever it is, is, stay stay around around long enou enough, ugh, it becomes becomes jazz,” jazz,”” says saayys the 69-year-old 69-yeaar- old P-Funk P-Funk leader, leader, who was was inducted in nducted into the Rock Rock and R Roll o oll Hall H of Fame in 1997.

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Recently, R eecentlyy, Clinton, C , too, too, has been been getting get ttting a lo lot ot of invitations in nvit v ations to pla play ay jazzz festivals, jaz festiva e als, especially especially in Europe.

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He’s He ’s not su surprised, urprised, since since he saw saaw the connection connecction early on. While he was w as get getting ttin t g his start start as a teenager in a doo-wop doo -w wop group group (called (called the Parliaments, P arliamen nts, which shows just how far back baack P-Funk’s P-Funk’s roots roots really really stretch), str etch), hee w was as hearing jazz jazz all around ar ound him. him m m. ““At At the barbershop b ershop wher barb wheree I worked, work ed, that’s th hat’s all they they ever ever played plaayed on the juk jukebox. ebox. o Before Beffor o e Herbie Hancock, Hancock, the real real ol oldies. dies. C Count ount Basie Basie,, and all of that. In the ’50s, ’50s, jazz jazz music was was the T Top op o 40 0 music.” music.”

IIn n tthe he 11960s, 960s, C Clinton linton ggot ot tthe he cchance han nce tto o iindulge ndulge h his is llove ove o off ssoul oul music m usic aass a sstaff taff w writer riter ffor or M Motown, otown, which w hich iiss w where here h hee llearned earrned tto ow write rite a hook. h ook. At At the the same same ttime, ime, JJames ames B Brown rown was w as tturning urning llisteners isteners o on n tto oan new, ew, aaggressively ggressively an angular ngularr b brand rand o off ssoul. oul. H Hee aalso lso h had ad dw world-class orld-class p players layers b backing acking him. h im. C Clinton linton w would ould aadopt dopt tthree hree o off h his is best b est iinto nto tthe he P Parliament-Funkadelic arliam ment-Funkad delic ffamily: aam mily: ssaxophonist axophonist M Maceo acceo P Parker, arrker, ttrombonist rombonist F Fred red Wesley Wesley aand nd b bassist asssist Bootsy B ootsy Collins.

Collins. A Along long with with cclassically lassicallly ttrained raiined an and nd h heavily eavily eexperimental xperimental keyboardist k eyboardist B Bernie ernie W Worrell, orrell, P Parker arker aand nd W Wesley esley ggave ave tthe he P P-Funk -Funk ffamily amily a huge h uge jjolt olt o off jjazz. azz.

“Nobody “N obody d really really thought Maceo Maceo and them could could play plaay the shit that theyy pla the played, ayed, because because when the theyy played pla ayed wit with th James, James, it w was as mostly grooves,” gr ooves,” rremembers emembers Clinton. “But when they they st started arted pla playing aying y with us, us, theyy wer the weree allowed to clown. Maceo Maceo ccould ould go as a far out in jaz jazzz as anybody anybody world. in the wor rld. Sly [Stone] said he play moree with three ccould ould pla ay mor three notes anybody than an ybody else could could play plaay with the whole scale.” scale.”

Clinton would sometimes team up his crew crew u p with musicians like like jazzz duo the Brothers, jaz th he Brecker Brecker Br others, played arguably who pla ayed e on what is ar guably Parliament’s P arliamen nt’s masterpiece, masterpiece, the

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We We had had d made made funk funk commercial, commercial, sso o my my thing thing was was to to stretch stretch it it ass ffar ar aass you people you can can musically, musically, so so p eople ccould ould appreciate appreciate it it even even when when tthey hey wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t listening mee ttalk listening to to m alk shit, shit,â&#x20AC;? says says Clinton.

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Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical musical vision vission seemed to expand expand with every every album, albu um, possibly possibly because â&#x20AC;&#x153;lateâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;? because he says saays y he often ofteen felt feelt â&#x20AC;&#x153;late when it came around came to the music m around him. From rock, From soul to psychedelic psychedelic c rock, everything everything was was shiftingg and in trying trying to keep keep up, up, Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clin ntonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s groups groups stumbled on ideas thatt had never never been been done before. beffor o e. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We â&#x20AC;&#x153;We actually actually overpsychedelicized overpsychedelicized it, it, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;cause â&#x20AC;&#x2122;cau use I felt felt late. latte. I felt felt late late on on the because the feedback feedback and and stuff, stuff ff,, b ecau use Creem Creem and and Jimi Jimi Hendrix, Hendrix, aall ll tthem hem was They was already wass tapering tapering off. off ff.. T hey w ass al lread dy beginning doing beginning to to ffeel eel too too old old to to be be d oing what was what they they thought thought w as bubblegum, bubblegum, and and they they was was getting getting ready ready tto o make mak ke it Miles it jazz jazz then, then,â&#x20AC;? he he says. says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x153;You You had had M iles [Davis] [Davis] ready ready to to play play with with JJimi imi and and all off tthe Motown all that. that. But But I was was still still o he M otown mind, mind, playing playing to to tteenyboppers eenyboppers aand nd kids. didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want but kids. I d idnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t w ant tto o lleave eave tthem, hem, b ut I knew knew that that I had had d tto o change change ssomething. omething.

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ARCADIA AR CADIA SSteakhouse. teakhouse. $$$. Celebrity chef Michael Mina reworked reworked the menu at Arcadia Arcadia in the summer of 2006 to create create a modernn steakhouse, a change that has made it the destinationn restaurant restaurant it was originally supposed to be. Lunch Lunch 11:30am-2pm 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri and dinner 5:30-10pm 5:30-10pm Sun-Thu, Sun--Thu, T , 5:30-11pm 5:30-11pm Fri-Sat. 301 S. Market St. St. 408.278.4555.

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Hilton. 408.947.4444.

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DALAT D ALAT Vietnamese. $$.

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There’s something else I’ve been paying attention, too, and it truly is everywhere: needless, wasteful packaging. Ironically, there’s so much of this landfill- and ocean-bound trash it’s almost become invisible. The trash is particularly evident around what we eat and drink. Stop for a minute and observe how much food is wrapped in plastic. It’s the norm. It’s food. Of course, it’s wrapped in petroleumbased, cancer-causing, ocean- and earth-fouling plastic.

Why does this matter? Well, there’s the fact that the Pacific garbage patch, a swirling bird-and-mammal-killing mass of plastic and trash larger than the state of Texas, menaces the Pacific Ocean and grows larger by the day. There’s the fact that the production of plastic is highly toxic to humans (especially human babies) and all other creatures. And there’s the fact that plastic persists in the environment indefinitely. As in forever.

All of which is a roundabout of saying you should check out WWW.ALTERECOPROJECT.COM, a personal, often funny blog about how one woman—Santa Cruz’s ELLIS HEPBURN—is seeking to create a packaging-free life and a zero-waste kitchen. “We decided to change the way we shop, how we eat, and ultimately, how we live,” she writes.

“It’s going to be an interesting change for us and we will certainly have to be weaned off the teat of convenience but the goal is to minimize our (family’s) impact on the environment. Our objective is to have a zero-waste kitchen and no longer purchase anything packaged.”

There are lots of tips on the blog and interesting experiments (like how long it take for a McDonald’s hamburger and fries to decompose; short answer: a frighteningly long time). The gist of the blog is about buying things in bulk and using reusable containers and bags. That’s not so hard.

Bringing your own canvas bags to the grocery store is a good start.

I, for one, am starting to tote my own containers into restaurants for takeout food. As a restaurant critic, I get a lot of food to go, and it almost always comes in plastic or Styrofoam. Is there anything more egregiously wasteful than scooping food into a container at a restaurant only to toss it into the trash a few hours or days later and have it sit in a dump or ocean for eternity? (Yes, sadly there are more wasteful things. See: U.S. military.)

My leftover pad thai isn’t worth all that. Now I have my eyes on a nice set of reusable stainless-steel containers for all my leftover lunches. Check out HTTP://TAKEOUTWITHOUT.COM/BLOG/ for tips on how to reduce restaurant waste.

We’re choking on so much plastic and trash because we’ve decided it’s normal. Or perhaps we’ve forgotten to notice. It’s time to wake and notice. Wrapping the planet in toxic materials that will stick with us forever is definitely not normal. It is insane. Literally. Paper or plastic? How about neither?—Stett Holbrook

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6pm-late 6pm-late Wed-Fri, Wed-Fri, 8pm-late 8pm-late Sat. Sat. 48 48 S. S. First First St. St. 408.287.7199.

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LA PASTAIA PASTAIA Italian. $$. La Pastaia P astaia rremains emains a stalwart of diningg downtown San Jose’s Jose’s dinin scene Set inside the Hotel scene.

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LA VICTORIA VICTORIA T TAQUERIA AQUERIA Mexican. $. La Vic’s Vic ’s famously famoussly addictive orange orange hot sauce merely merely tops off its tasty taqueria fare: fare: big burritos burritos of of the breakfast breakfast and lunchtimee varieties, overflowing nachos, nachoos, delectable chile rellenos. rellenos.

7am-3am 7am-3am daily. daily. 140 E. San Carlos Carlos St. St. 408.298.5335.

LLOS OS CCUBANOS UBANOS CCuban. uban. $$.

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MOROCCO’S M OROCCO’S Mor Moroccan. occan. $$. Morocco’s $$ Morocco’ss is the kind of rrestaurant estaurant downtown moree of: San Jose needs mor distinctive ffood ood cooked served and ser ved by people with a personal investment in customer happiness.

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MORTON’S M ORTON’S SSTEAKHOUSE TEAKHOUSE Steakhouse.

Steakhouse. $$$$. Morton’s, Morton’s, a Chicago-based chain of restaurants restaurants with more more than 80 locations across across the United States States and abroad, abroad, offers offers delicious, premiumpremiumpriced steaks. steaks. The rest rest of the menu is a mixed bag. 5:3011pm Mon-Sat, 5-10pm 5-10pm Sun. 177 Park Park Ave. Ave. 408.947.7000.

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MUCHOS M UCHOS Mexican. $. A small player with a big rotisserie, rotisserie, this taqueria cul cultivates tivates a devout lunch following. following. All standards standards get billing, but the mesquite-roasted mesquite-roasted chicken is the star star.. Beer.

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ORIGINAL O RIGINAL JO JOE’S E’S IItaliantalianAmerican.

American. $$. $$. For For five five decades decades OJ’s OJ’s has has been been serving serving classics classics of of American American and and Italian-American Italian-American food food with with heaping heaping portions portions of of big big city city attitude attitude and and glamour. glamour.

The The restaurant restaurant underwent under went an an extensive extensive remodel, remodel, but but the the menu menu is is the the same same as as it it ever ever was. was. 11am-1am 11am-1am daily. daily.

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PAGODA P AGODA RE RESTAURANT STAURANT Chinese. $$$. The cuisines of sharee top billing with China shar décor.. the opulence of the décor Pagoda offers P agoda off ers the gamut of Dressy. rregional egional all-stars. Dr essy. bar.. 66-10pm Full bar 10pm TTue-Sat. ue-Sat. u Fairmont Hotel, 170 S. Market 408.998.3937.

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PAOLO’S P AOLO’S New Italian. $$$$.

Filled with artistic spins on California-meets-Italy, California ornia-meets-Italy meets Italyy, the kitchen turns out elegant entrees entrees spearheaded by seasonal vegetables.

The impeccable service service compensates for for the modest portions. Full bar. bar. 11:30-2:30 11:30-2:30 Mon-Fri, 5:30-10pm 5:30-10pm MonSat. 323 W. W. San Carlos Carlos St. St. 408.294.2558.

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Since then, the wine aspect has developed far beyond even that, to the point that it now has its own major area of the festival, dubbed “Wine Lands.” With more than two dozen vineyards on hand, as well as an even larger culinary lineup that makes up “A Taste of the Bay Area,” it’s easy to see why Outside Lands represents a new, cutting-edge philosophy and strategy for music festivals in the 21st century, one that festival organizer RICK FERMAN, a co-founder of Superfly Presents, describes as “holistic.”

“There’s a lot of cross-pollination,” he says. “We truly believe there’s a deep connection between the culinary scene and the music.”

In some ways, it was the locale that pushed the people behind Outside Lands to put their emphasis on a sensory blend. “Maybe in some other cities you don’t need to do all of that stuff,” says Ferman, himself a Bay Area resident. “But to us it was kind of obvious, based on the history and the scene. We produced an event that I think spoke to the needs of this audience.” This year, they’ve added even more interplay between the music and the wine, encouraging artists to come to on-site tastings during the festival. “You just get better at doing pretty much everything,” Ferman says of the difference between putting together this year and the previous two.

Wines from this area have a major presence at Outside Lands; in fact, the two top-billed wineries are Cupertino’s Ridge Vineyards, and Santa Cruz’s Bonny Doon label. Napa is of course well-represented with Robert Sinskey, Hess Collection, Pine Ridge, Silverado and more, while other participants like Sebastopol’s Iron Horse and Yolo County’s Berryessa Gap are all over the map. Other music festivals had better take notice: cheap cab in a plastic cup is no longer going to cut it.—Steve Palopoli

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*w wed we ed EEVAN VAN JE JEWETT EWETT Blank nk Club, C San S n Jose Wed W ed – 9pm; free free e Worker heads W orker Bee ee hea ads d out on tour later late er this month, monthh, with no plans t play San to Sa Jose se again the of the rremainder e emainder the year. year. The good newss iss thatt you y u can still see Jewett’s Evan Jewett ’s solo soolo project, p oject, Family pr slower, weirder Room Room, oom a slower lo , weir der musical exp experience ce thann his h primary band. ban nd. What Wh the two outfits have in common co on is an uncanny penchant detail, pe enchant cha for for de etail, building l rs of layers o sounds un s and harmonies to create create e subtle yett intricate sonic soundscapes. sonic soundscap nd pes. Where Where they differ diff er is that h Worker Worker o k Bee tends

to trudge alo along ong somberly with crisp electricc guitars, harrowing harrowing steady,, even-keel synthesizers and steady playingg, everything tightly drum playing, compressed compr p essed with that early-’90s y shoegazing wall w of sound. Family Room, on thee other hand, slips quicksand, and ffalls alls intoo musical quick sand, aparrt in every direction, coming apart direction, depressed sounding likee a depr essed ffolkolkgroup from rrock ock gr oup fr rom another planet.

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NEW W NEW WORKS ORKS FESTIVAL FE STIV VA AL Lucie S Lucie Stern tern Theatr T Theatre, e, P Palo alo Al Alto to through Runs in rrep ep thr ough Aug. 22; $15/$25 For those tir e of rrevivals, ed evivals, tired TheatreWorks offers Theatr eWorkks off ers the New Works innovative N ew W orks Festival, at present which youngg playwrights pr esent

their latest latesst works-in-progress works-in-progress in staged rreadings eadings and full productions. pr oductioons. The busy schedule includes two t readings readings of musicals (Gr Great eat Wall Wall a and Red Clayy),) to play p y readings readings (How to Write Wrrite a New Book for foor the t Bible and V Variations aariations Theme on a Them me) and a the fully staged musical Fly F by Night. There There will also be a cabaret cabaret night and a panel with with the artists. (MSG)

HENRY HENRY’S Y’S HIHI-LIFE LIFE 50TH 50TH ANN ANNIVERSARY I IVER SAR RY Henry’s Hi-Lif H Hi-Life, e, San Jose Wed W ed around What hangs hanngs ar ound for for 50 years anymore, parents? anymor e, besides your par ents?

Certainly not many restaurants, restaurants, Henryy’s Hi-Life but Henry’s Hi-Life is hitting the half-century half-cent ury mark this week. LLong ong

nestedd in the 1900 building that once housed h the TTorino orino o Hotel, the venerable vener a house of grilled meats is able celebrating eraa of its inception celebr a ating the er serving byy ser v g its menu tonight ving g at Draper 1960s prices. Betty Dr aper not included. includ ed. (SP)

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MICHAEL MIC CHAEL R ROSE OSE Music in the P Park, ark, San Jose free Thu – 5:30pm; fr ee

Michael Micha el Rose is used to saving the day.. When day W Don CCarlos arlos and Garth Denniss left Black Uhuru, Michael Rose not n only stepped in, he stardom took the thhe band to star dom in the ’80s. This T summer, summer, when Sugar Eek-A-Minottt passed away, awayy, and Eek-A

Mouse Mouse had to cancel, Music in the Park Parrk was left without a reggae reggae headliner heaadliner for for this date. Rose, still riding ridiing the tide of his hit 2007 single singgle “Shoot Out,” , stepped pp upp once oncce again. (SP)

DO O IIT T LLIVE IVE Streetlight Records, Streetlight Records, San Jose free Thu u – 4pm; fr ee “Doo It Live,” or as they announce “Wee do it live,” is on their website, “W justt a polite way to say, jus say, “Doesn’t “Doesn’t hey,, lots of gr great rrecord ecord well.” But hey eat bands ban nds sound better in concert than aree a tha an on rrecord. ecord. These guys ar powerhouse fratpow werhouse of party-punk, fr atfrom rrock ock energy, energyy, hailing fr om beautiful Bernardino. aree sur suree to Sann Bernar dino. They ar storee with rrock ock our humble rrecord ecord stor full assaultt of thick, heavily a fu ull out assaul distorted dis torted guitars, slamming drums andd sing-along wailing vocals. But

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JAZZZ ORGAN ORGAN FELLOWSHIP FELLOWSHIP GGALLA ALLA WITH WITH PETE PETE FFALLICO ALLICO Aug u 12 at 7:30pm, ug 7:30pm, Theatr Theatree on San Pedro Square, P edro Squar e, San Jose

DJJ EEXCEL D XCEL Augg 13 at Wet Wet in San Jose

SSAN AN JJOSE OSE JAZZ JAZZ FFESTIVAL ESTIVAL Aug 13-15, 13-15, downtown San Jose

THE T HE R ROBERT OBERT B BERRY ERRY BAND BAND Aug 14, 1–4pm, 1–4pm m, Park Park Valencia Valencia Stage, Stage, Santana Row

EE-40 -40 Augg 14 at 9pm 9pm, m, British Bankers Club Park in Menlo P ark

RON R ON W WHITE HITE A 14 at 8pm, Aug 8 Mountain Winery

MICHAEL M ICHAEL SCHENKER SCHENKER GROUP GRO R UP Aug 15 1 at Avalon Avalon va Nightclub, Nigh Santa Clar CClaraa

JOAN BAEZ

BILLY B ILLY IDOL IDOL Aug 16 at 7:30pm, 7:30 0pm, Mountain Winery

LLADY ADY GAGA GAGA Aug 1616-17 17 at 8pm, HP PP Pavilion, a on, avilion, S Josee San

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JOAN JO AN B BAEZ AEZ Montalvo, Sar Saratoga atoga Thu – 7pm; $40-$95 civill Joan Baez’s first act of civi occurred disobedience occur red in 11957, 9577, when she rrefused efused to leave her Palo Alto desk at P alo Al to High School Schoool after air-raid weree an air-r aid drill. SStudents tudents wer w their supposed to go home to th heir air-raid shelters air-r aid shel ters and pretend ppretend theyy weree surviving wer surviving an atomic blast, b but even at 16, Baez saw through thhrough propaganda.

From the pr opaganda. Fr om then n on, she’s proven again she’s pr oven again and aga ain that music is powerful and can be Coming used ffor or social change. Com ming out of the ffolk olk movement, she generation became the voice of a gene eration

hass one of of activists. She also ha flat-out her generation’s generation’s flat-ou ut best voices, wielding it on a string s of gold rrecords ecords not only ffor o political or popularize ppurposes p but to ppopula p rize her ffavorite avorite songs by other artists through from thr ough the years, fr om m Dylan (who she helped launchh to stardom) Earle.. (BD) star dom) to SSteve teve Earle

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M innemann, TTower ower ooff P ower funk funk Minnemann, Power master David Garibaldi m aster D avid G aribaldi aand nd fformer ormer Mars Volta M ars V olta wunderkind wunderkind Thomas Thomas Pridgen will Rep P ridgen w ill aarrive rrive aatt tthe he R ep ffor or aan n eevening vening ooff ddrum rum cclinics linics aand nd Allll pproceeds pperformances. erformances. A roceeds ggoo ttoo Richie Hayward, R ichie H ayward, ffounding ounding ddrummer rummer ffor or American A merican rroots-rock oots-rock bband and LLittle ittle FFeat. eat.

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THIS CH THIS CHARMING AR RMING B AND BAND Blank Club, San Jos Josee FFri ri – 9pm; $10 When Mor Morrissey rissey blew w off his single

Bay Ar ea appear a ance last year Area appearance year,, who was ther or theree too take one ffor Charming the team? This Ch harming Band, premier this area’s area’s pr emieer Smiths tribute let’s band—aw hell,, le et’s just j go g ahead and say it: the best Smiths anywhere, tribute band anyw where, period.

Band This Charming Ba and played a show Francisco ancisco that very night in San Fr well-placed operative and had a well-p laced oper ative front Theatree passing in fr ont of the Foxx Theatr disappointed out fliers to disap ppointed ffans. ans.

Way frowns W ay to turn thosee fr owns upside down! And then right-side r up again, of course, with w rrenditions enditions of Smiths’’ gloom gloomy greats. the Smiths my gr eats. (SP)

ALL JARREAU A JARREAU AND AND THE THE GGEORGE EORGE DUKE DUKE TRIO TRIO Aug 20 at 7pm 7pm, m, Montalvo vo Arts Center Cen Ce

MUSIC M USIC IIN NT THE HE P PARK, ARK, Y Y&T &T Aug 19 1 at 5:30pm, m Plaza de Jose C Cesar Chavez, San Jo oose

JJOHN OHN MAYER MAYER Augg 20 at 7pm, Shoreline Au Shor horeline e e

B.B. B .B. K KING/BUDDY ING/BUDDY GGUY UY Aug 21 at 7:30 7:30pm, 0pm, Mountain ta Winery Winer

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LLOS OS TIGRES TIGRES DEL DEL NORTE NORTE Sep 26 at 7pm, m, HP P Pavilion avilion

ALICE A LICE IIN N CCHAINS HAINS Oct 11 at 7pm, 7 SSJSU JSU Event Center ter

LLADY ADY A ANTEBELLUM NTEBELLU UM Oct 29 at 7:30 7:30pm, pm, SJSU SJSU Event Center Centeer

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The On Wire T he ““soloist” soloist” for for O naW ire ((2009) 2009) were members off tthe w ere ssix ix m embers o he eeighth ighth blackbird piano, b lackbird sseptet: eptet: p iano, vviolin, iolin, ccello, ello, flute(s) cclarinet(s), larinet(s), fl ute(s) and and percussion. percussion. Her Her Percussion Concerto’s was P ercussion C oncerto’s ssoloist oloist w as tthe he astonishing as stonishing Colin Colin Currie, Currie, who who worked worked different batteries off aatt lleast tthree hree d iff ffeerent b atteries o easst a dozen d ozen iinstruments nstruments and and as as many man ny sticks sticks and mallets. an nd m alllets.

Higdon H igdon iiss better better than than n most most aatt seeing seeing big picture audience’s tthe he b ig p icture ffrom rom tthe he au udience’s perspective.

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aachieved chieved formal formal architectural arrchitecturall cclarity.) larity.)

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On Wire opened with O naW ire o pened w ith tthe he ssextet extet around aall ll ccrowded rowded ar round tthe he piano piano with with woven rrosined osined sstrings trings w oven through through the the iinstrument’s nstrument’s wire wire strings, strings, drum drum fingernails hand-muting, ssticks, ticks, fi ngernails aand nd h and-muting, aaltogether ltogether turning turning the the instrument instrument orchestra iinto nto aan no rchestra virtually virtually ass colorful colorfful orchestra piece aass tthe he o rchestra itself. itself. The The p iece lasted lasted 26 minutes 2 6m inutes in in performance, perfformance, and an nd the the players had ssix ix p layers h ad ttotally otally memorized memorized parts—and ttheir heir p arts—and iitt soon soon became becam me clear clear how necessary was. h ow n ecessary r tthat hat w as.

Percussion IIn nP ercussion Concerto, Concerto, tthe he ssoloist oloist aatt had moments lleast east h ad a few few m oments of of rest, rest, while while tthe he orchestra orchestra ttook ook wing. wing. And And tthough hough Currie had his C urrie h ad dh is ssheet heet music music out, out, it it was waass obvious hee too ffrequently requently o bvious tthat hat h too had had d memorized m emorized llengthy engthy passages passages dense dense with notes high w ith n otes aatt h igh speed speed (not (not least leasst his h is sspectacular pectaccularr solo solo cadenza). cad denza). Higdon Higdon percussion eemphasized mphasized the the orchestra’s orchestra’s p ercussion ssection ection aass an an alter allter ego ego to to the the soloist. soloist.

Michael Hersch’s Symphony M ichael H ersch’s S ymphony no. no. 3 was ((2009) 2009) w as a festival festival ccommission ommission world premiere on Friday. ggetting etting iits ts w orld p remiere o nF riday.

Speaking Hersch S peak king from from tthe he sstage, tage, H ersch aasserted sserted ssomewhat omewhat defensively defensively nothing hee could tthat hat n othing h could ssay ay about about iits ts would ““backstory” backstory” w ould sshed hed more more light; light; had own. tthat hat tthe he music music h ad d to to stand stand on on its its o wn.

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Aug. 17–Oct. 31; San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles The International TECHstyle Art Biennial (ITAB) is a juried show for artists who experiment with new ways to apply the fiber arts to high-tech processes drawn from the fields of information and communications science. The show features two score works from 28 artists, including Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese’s Homage to Joseph and Anni Albers (pictured), with fiber-optic threads and RGB LEDs/

Spirt of ’45

Saturday, noon–5pm; History Park San Jose It’s been 65 years since the end of World War II, and History Park San Jose commemorates that momentous time with a day designed to re-create the mood of jubilation and relief that greeted the cessation of the fighting. The day includes a chance to shake the hands of local Greatest Generation veterans and dance to big-band music of the period.

Rent

Through Aug. 29; City Lights, San Jose City Lights Theater Company’s summer hit, Rent, is free from preachiness and self-importance, which helps when producing a show as well known and well worked. Director Lisa Mallette has assembled a fantastic ensemble of talented performers to enact the tale of young artistic types in New York negotiating the early days of the AIDS epidemic.

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220, 0, 6 -8pm. CCommunity ommunity School School Music Arts, Mountain ooff M usic aand nd A rts, M ountain View.

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SSan an JJose. ose.

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28.

SSan an JJose. ose.

CCITY ITY W WINDOWS INDOWS GGALLERY ALLERY â&#x20AC;&#x153;Earth-Bound.â&#x20AC;? A show â&#x20AC;&#x153;Earth-Bound.â&#x20AC;? show of of works w orks by by cclay lay sculptors. sculptors.

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Jose.

ARTS RT S metroactive metr oactivve A Works bbyy EEmily Works mily LLounsbury. ounsbury. Thru Thru Aug. A ug. SSan an JJose. ose.

FFILOLI ILOLI GGARDENS ARDENS ““America America tthe he beautiful,” beautiful,” a sshow how ooff sstudent tudent aartwork. rtwork. Thru Thru SSep ep 12.

12. Student Student appreciation appreciation Woodside. dday ay Aug Aug 14.

14. W oodside.

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9. ““Conservation Conservation ooff IIntimacy.” ntimacy.” Installation Installation by by Bernie B ernie Lubell.

Lubell. Thru Thru Sep Sep 19.

19.

TTue-Fri, ue-Fri, 110am-5pm, 0am-5pm, Sat, Sat, noonnoon55pm. pm. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

SSLG LG ART A RT B BOUTIKI OUTIKI “The Art “The Art ooff tthe he Geeks.”

Geeks.” W Works orks Gene bbyy graphic graphic novel novel by

by G ene Luen Luen YYang. ang. Thru Thru Aug. Aug. San San Jose.

Jose.

GGALLERY ALLERY HOUSE HOUSE “Open Spaces, “Open Spaces, A Abstract bstract Places.”

Works Martha P laces.” W orks bbyy M artha CCastillo astillo iinn cclayprint layprint aand nd Trevlyn Trevlyn Williams watercolor.

W illiams iin nw atercolor. Thru Thru Aug A ug 221.

1. Tue, Tue, 111am-4pm, 1am-4pm, WedWedSSat, at, 11am-8pm, 11am-8pm, SSun, un, 111am1amPalo Alto.

33pm. pm. P alo A lto.

GGALLERY ALLERY SARATOGA SARATOGA “Gourds and “Gourds and Gorgeous.”

Gorgeous.”

FFlower lower photos photos bbyy JJudith udith TTurner urner aand nd ggourd ourd ccreations reations bbyy Jo Jo Cooley.

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5. Daily Daily ((except except Sun) Sun) 111am-6pm.

1am-6pm.

SSaratoga. aratoga.

SSUNNYVALE UNNYVALE ART ART GALLERY GALLERY Oils, aacrylics Oils, crylics and and more more by by Angelo A ngelo Lopez Lopez and and other other Aug Daily aartists. rtists. Thru Thru A ug 330.

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6pm. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

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TThru hru Sep Sep 44.. Daily Daily 11am-5pm, 11am-5pm, Altos.

SSun, un, 111am-3pm.

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8. San San Jose.

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The author The author talks talks aabout bout ““The The Dog D og Who Who Ate Ate the the Truffle,” Truffle,” her her iillustrated llustrated travel travel cookbook. cookbook. TThu, hu, Books Palo Alto.

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““Anna Anna KKarenina—The arenina—The Making Making ooff a M Modern odern A American merican Opera.”

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0. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

METRO M ETRO LLOBBY O B BY “(Whatever). SSometimes “(Whatever). ometimes No No Good TTheme heme iiss a G ood TTheme.” heme.” A pphoto hoto sshow how bbyy FFirst irst SSt. t. Photo Photo Aug. CCollective. ollective. TThru hru A ug. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

PALO P A LO A ALTO LTO ART ART CENTER CENTER “Secret Drawings.”

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R einventions.” TThru hru SSep ep 4.

4. TueTueSSat, at, 10am-5pm, 10am-5pm, TThu, hu, 77-9pm, -9pm, Palo Alto.

SSun, un, 11-5pm.

-5pm. P alo A lto.

PHANTOM P HANTOM GALLERIES G A L L E R I ES Works in Works in w windows indows aalong long South South Abe FFirst irst Street Street bbyy A be Menor Menor and and Paolo P aolo FFachinetti. achinetti. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

SAN JJOSE SAN OSE IINSTITUTE NSTITUTE OF OF CCONTEMPORARY ONTEMPORARY ART A RT “Exposed: TToday’s “Exposed: oday’s Photograph/Yesterday’s P hotograph/Yesterday’s Artists working TTechnology.” echnology.” A rtists w orking in in oold-school ld-school pphoto hoto techniques. techniques.

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ART A RT LLECTURE EC T U R E Ursula O’Farrell Ursula O’Farrell talks talks about about the the ““Road Road to to Joy: Joy: Expressionistic Expressionistic Painting.”

P ainting.”Thu, Thu, 7pm 7pm (reception (reception 6pm).

Gatos Art aatt 6 pm). $10/$15. $10/$15. LLos os G atos A rt Museum.

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DANCING D ANCING ON ON THE THE SSQUARE Q UA R E Free lessons Free lessons in in tango. tango. Tue, Tue, 6-8pm.

6 -8pm. Courthouse Courthouse Square, Square, Redwood R edwood City.

City.

FFESTIVAL ESTIVAL O OFF INDIA INDIA A ccelebration elebration ooff IIndian ndian cculture ulture aand nd heritage. heritage. Sat-Sun. Sat-Sun. Fremont.

Fremont.

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Westgate Mall, SSat, at, 22-4pm.

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TTwana wana Karney Karney of of Green@ Green@ Home H ome ttalks alks aabout bout ssaving aving eenergy nergy in in houses. houses. TTue, ue, 5pm.

5pm.

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SSun, un, 2pm.

2pm. FFree. ree. KKepler’s epler ’s Menlo M enlo Park.

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Known for its expressive movement, classical music and living preservation of India’s history, Bharatanatyam first originated in South India where early dancers performed in temples and in the courts of kings, using dramatic gestures to depict scenes from Indian history, mythology and literature. More than just an interpretive dance, however, Bharatanatyam also emphasizes the purity of movement and the beauty of form, and it is something that Abhinaya Dance Company practices to this day.

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Saturday, 6pm, and Sunday, 4pm To commemorate the students, teachers and Mexican Heritage community members who have contributed to Theater, San Jose Abhinaya over the years and to celebrate not only $20 India’s culture but also San Jose’s diverse, artistic vitality, a weekend of concerts, called “Synergy,” will feature a collaboration between the Japanese drumming ensemble San Jose Taiko, Abhinaya Dance Company and an array of accomplished musicians. These shows will be preceded (at 4pm on Saturday and 2pm on Sunday) by special programs focusing on traditional dance with choreography by Madurai R. Muralidharan.—Sarah Suksiri

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san jose jazz lucy high school woodward latin band

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7:30 george clinton &

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7:00

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Valley Business Journal

jessica johnson band michelle pollaceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jazz y clave

the tamburr/ vitchev project

the Smith Dobson stage is sponsored by the Fairmont San Jose and KRML

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sjsu jazz combo san jose jazz camp combo

altered roots quartet

annette a. aguilar & stringbeans

festival jam session

9:00 thank you to VTA and KBLX the Rep stage for sponsoring is sponsored by joe bagale 10:00 the Main stage KCSM

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louie romero y su mazacote

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amina ĘĄJDURYD sextet

kat parra

1:00

santa clara swing

2:00 nnenna freelon

pete christlieb

harvey wainapelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alegritude

dara tucker

10:00 grammy nominated jc smith band ruthie foster

12:00 am

billy davis blues band

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Gift memberships are available.

Join at www.sanjosejazz.org or call 408.288.7557 ext. 2335

admission $15 per day / access to all stages children 12 and under are free where to buy admission at any stage during the Festival no space limitation VIP $100 per person per day $350 for 2 for the entire festival VIP admission can be purchased at the will call booth

how to get to the Festival The Main stage of the Festival is located at the Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park in downtown San Jose. The other seven stages and club crawl venues are located within walking distance of the Main stage.

Parking information is available at www.sjdowntownparking.com VTA /call (408) 321-2300 or visit www.vta.org Capitol Corridor /call 877.9.RIDECC or visit www.capitolcorridor.org Acerail /call 1-800-411-RAIL or visit www.acerail.com Caltrain /visit www.caltrain.com

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12:00 bill noteman & the rockets la marraqueta jazz fusion criolla

sjsu jazz combo buchser jazz band

mia borders

valley christian combo archbishop dejazz vu mitty high school band

carolyn wonderland

san jose jazz camp combo

coto pincheira la marraqueta anthony blea jazz fusion y su charanga & the sonido criolla moderno project

yoshiaki MHĘ KDPLOWRQ sylvia cuenca latin jazz project miyanoue trio tokyo quartet

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san jose jazz camp combo

dani paige band

5:00 6:00 tower of power

The Future of Jazz

10:00 cado

pete yellin pellejo quintet seco featuring EDUU\ ĘĄQQHUW\

3:00 4:00 a tribute to stephanie nakasian with grover washington the san jose jazz orchestra

48 Hour Jazz Club

san jose jazz latin rhythm high school boys big band

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club crawl More jazz in downtown bars and restaurants : Check the Club Crawl venues on the Festival map

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3 days on 8 stages / indoors and out & more jazz in bars and restaurants, food and arts & crafts vendors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all within a few square blocks Jazz, Salsa, Latin jazz, Blues, R&B, Hip Hop, Smooth, and Fusion Legendary performers, local musicians, regional, national, and international artists, emerging youth talent give the Festival its special ʢDYRU 2YHU MD]] DĘĄFLRQDGRV lovers of eclectic music, avid dancers, families and friends relax together Great price, great music, great atmosphere!

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harold fethe trio

jc smith band

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8:00

CEO jam session

sponsored

12:00 am

the poblano project

bobby matos & his afro latin ensemble Jazz Beyond

Latin Jazz

Smith Dobson Tribute Salsa

razinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the bar

ms. taylor p. collins

5:00

12:00 john handy

Jazz at the Rep

tony johns & the street lucy project

10:00

aaron lington montuno falso baiano quintet swing

sun 15 august Main

yoshiaki santa teresa miyanoue high school tokyo quartet

fatum avance brothersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; jazz orchestra

crystal monee hall tutu revisited

6:00

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ray obiedo & mambo caribe

4:00 marcus miller vijay iyer trio grupo

lindsay

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gretchen parlato band

3:00

5:30 tony

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Smith Jazz Dobson 48 Hour Main Beyond Tribute Jazz Club

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10:00

PU FOLĘ RUG los gatos/ music school saratoga big band

orquesta borinquen

1:00

fri 13 august

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kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities Most stages are outdoors and family friendly. Children will particularly enjoy lunch at the Latin Stage on Saturday and Sunday at noon, dancing at the Salsa stage, or a having a picnic on the grass at the Main stage. Entrance to the Tech Museum is free for Festival attendees : listen to young musicians at the Future of Jazz stage in the Atrium and visit Museum galleries. Bounce houses are located next to the will call booth for your childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enjoyment.

CEO jam session friday 13 August/9pm-12am At the Smith Dobson Stage This annual jam session features Silicon Valley executives making music with Festival artists. festival jam session saturday 14 August/9pm-12am At the Smith Dobson stage Local musicians and festival artists get together for a night of jazz and fun. Anything could happenâ&#x20AC;Śbring your instrument and join in! jazz brunch sunday 15 August/11am at the Fairmont Hotel jazz mass Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph 80 S. Market St. at San Fernando saturday 4:30pm sunday 11:30am drum night Friday 13 August/6-8:30pm Jazz at the Rep stage Drummers will gather for drum clinics and performances with Marco Minnemann, David Garibaldi, and Thomas Pridgen. $15/jazzfest.sanjosejazz.org/extras organ night thursday 12 August/6:30-11pm Theatre on San Pedro Square, 29 N. San Pedro St. Jazz organ fellowship honors two living legends of jazz organ : Sarah Mclawler and Trudy Pitts. $25/jazzfest.sanjosejazz.org/extras photography credit /davey hubay, tommy la porte, rosaria macri, andy nozaka, and michael shea

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New EAT PRAY LOVE (PG-13) A ďŹ lm adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book about a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soul-searching journey after her divorce. With Julia Roberts.

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(R; 103 min.) Director/co-writer/star Sylvester Stallone rounds up the cast of most of the action movies of the past few decades as mercenaries for an assault on the vile island of Vilena, a Caribbean dictatorship run by an evil general, who is the sock-puppet for CIA swine Eric Roberts. Turning the private army of El General into what Terry Crewesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hale Caesar accurately describes as

â&#x20AC;&#x153;red sausageâ&#x20AC;? is the aim of the aged if still muscular lugs. The slo-mo girl is Sandra (Giselle ItiĂŠ, whose accent is somewhere between Romanian and Bob Dylan), the curvy daughter of the dictator. The scene of her waterboarding is typical for Stallone; the decades have proved that he never knows when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crossed over the fun line. The wasting of the army (one long explosion in a butcher shop) and the ďŹ ghts between musclemen are as low-class as the greatly uninteresting car-crunches, though a Dolph Lundgren/Jet Li bout has some style. Look for a cameo by Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose disdain for the movie is less dismaying than his presidential ambitions, and some muttered crazy-talk about Bosnia by Mickey Rourke. (Opens Fri valleywide.) (RvB)

Herculean M. HERCULE POIROT (Albert Finney), the hero of Sidney Lumetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1974 Murder on the Orient Express, is Leopold Bloomâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; like in silhouette, from bowler to black suit to curled mustache. The brilliantined Belgian bachelor is recruited to solve the on-board killing of a disagreeable American: the still-formidable Richard Widmark. Poirot must work fast. The Yugoslavian police are due to come aboard and make a mess of things if Hercule Poirot doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ďŹ gure it out.

Armed with a million-dollar springboard â&#x20AC;&#x201D;what if Al Capone engineered the Lindbergh baby kidnapping?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Agatha Christie created one of her most colorful and delightful mysteries. Critiques have some validity; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slightly stagebound, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hammy, sure, and it arrives bearing a burbling Viennese-style soundtrack by Richard Rodney Bennett. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a train of death!â&#x20AC;? a frustrated Bernard Herrmann reportedly shouted when he ďŹ rst heard the winsome music, which is so angstfree that it grows a little faded by the comparative tang of one borrowed tune, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Good Ship Lollipop.â&#x20AC;?

And yet: more than sentimentality for the cast makes this worth seeing.

The challenge of enclosed (if Laliqueencrusted) surfaces and suspicious characters made it a natural for Lumet, who had done 12 Angry Men in 1957.

Geoffrey Unsworthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pre-ďŹ&#x201A;ashed

photography adds to the ďŹ lmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheer; one almost chokes up seeing Istanbul at rosy dawn landscapes and applauds the inspiration of blue lighting in the scene when death is dealt in a tiny sleeping car.

Oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s respect for Lumet, already high, Dli[\i fe k_\ grows seeing him Fi`\ek <ogi\jj handle the ďŹ ne mixed cast of ďŹ lm stars and Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Tuesday theatrical greats.

Stanford Theatre, Sean Connery, a big Palo Alto Lumet fan himself, is marvelously virile as a Colonel Mustardâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;type (he requests Poirotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Word of honor as a foreignerâ&#x20AC;?). Ingrid Bergman earned an Oscar for playing a cracked Swede (â&#x20AC;&#x153;I vas born backvardsâ&#x20AC;?). John Gielgud is the dubious butler who makes an immodest joke about spotted dick (a pudding, not a malady).

Lauren Bacall shows up as a brassy muchmarried actress; Anthony â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve Killed Beforeâ&#x20AC;? Perkins is intoxicatingly twitchy as a high-strung secretary; and Wendy Hiller gilds the Beatrice Lillie, as it were, as a noble Russian. The celebrated 1974 ďŹ lm version survives beautifully as the kind of civilized entertainment in which even the victim doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel much pain.

It shows with another Christie adaption, Death on the Nile, from 1978. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Richard von Busack

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47 (R; 105 min.) In New York, a young man (Paul Dano) hooks up with a seedy but indomitable gigolo (Kevin Kline). Based on Jonathan Amesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; novel and directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (American Splendor). (Opens Fri at Camera 3 in San Jose.) (RvB)

Aug 14 at 2pm in San Jose at King Library; free.) (RvB)

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) In the Amazon, a humanoid amphibian from the Devonian era is discovered in the depths. Jack Arnoldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compact monster movie has its slow points, but the Gill-Man is

one memorable ďŹ end. (Plays Aug 18 at sunset in San Jose on Post Street between First and Market streets; free, 3-D glasses will be on sale.)

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EASTER PARADE/HOLIDAY INN (1948/1942) Fred Astaire stars as a 1912 vaudevillian who loses his

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THE OTHER GUYS (PG-13; 107 min.) See review on page 49.

PEEPLI LIVE (Unrated) See review on page 50.

SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (PG-13; 112 min.) See review on page 40.

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ANNA KARENINA (1948) Jean Duvivierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Britishmade version had the advantage of slightly easier censorship in Britain, a perhaps on-the-nose Vivien Leigh as Anna and Ralph Richardson as her soon-to-becuckolded husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;reputedly the ďŹ lmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highlight, at least according to Richardsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biographer, Gary Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor: â&#x20AC;&#x153;His enjoyment was evident in the detail of Kareninâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appearanceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the large ears, for instance, or of mannerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the way he would crack his knucklesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which he took directly from Tolstoy.â&#x20AC;? (Plays

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He chooses well: Hannah Brown (Judy Garland). The uncertain girl spends the movie proving that even though sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an elegant piece of work like Nadine, she has good points of her own. Meanwhile, Peter Lawford, in the secondary role, is very secondary.

Garlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lovable performance of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Down on the Farm,â&#x20AC;? a novelty tune

by Irving Berlin, beats the ďŹ lmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most famous number, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Couple of Swells.â&#x20AC;?

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But her almost disturbing sensuality deserves more praiseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;check out her ballroom dance with Astaire early in the ďŹ lm, as opposed to the more typical Miller moment: the cold, impressive preâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Jennifer Beals audience-slayer she whirls out at the end while draped in a ďŹ&#x201A;amingo-colored gown.

BILLED WITH Holiday Inn. Christmas in August as Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire run a hostelry only open on the holidays. A scad of Irving Berlin tunes (including â&#x20AC;&#x153;White Christmas,â&#x20AC;? a tune appropriate for those spending their Yule in Guadalcanal that year). (Plays Aug 18-20 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

ENCHANTED COTTAGE/CLAUDIA (1945/1943) In New England, a disďŹ gured World War II Air Force vet (Robert Young) and a plain girl (Dorothy McGuire) fall in love; a fable told in ďŹ&#x201A;ashback by a composer (Herbert Marshall) who befriended them. Directed by John Cromwell (Prisoner of Zenda, Since You Went Away). BILLED WITH Claudia, a comedy/drama about the plight of a young bride (McGuire) who hates living so far away from her mother.

(Plays Aug 11-13 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theater.) (RvB)

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(1985) Children ďŹ nd a pirate map and start a quest for a treasure guarded by a gross family. The stars are Josh Brolin, Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton and Ke Huy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Short Roundâ&#x20AC;? Quan, co-star of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s based on a story by Steven Spielberg, and the screenplay was written by Chris Columbus, the semi-Spielberg director of Harry Potter and the Sorcererâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stone. It has developed a considerable following over the last 18 years among those who saw it as children and have never forgotten the experience. Billed with short ďŹ lms from the Cinequest Adobe Youth Voices program; a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goonies Treasure Huntâ&#x20AC;? culminates with the ďŹ nalistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; chance to open up the treasure box for the grand prize; details at sjdowntown.com. (Plays Aug 11 in San Jose at sundown in San Pedro Square 345 S. First St; showtime is 7pm, courtyard opens an hour and a half earlier at 5:30pm for sale of snacks and adult beverages.) (RvB)

Regularly scheduled programs of independent and silent ďŹ lms. Aug 14, 7:30pm: Barbed Wire (1927) with Pola Negri as a woman who falls in love with a prisoner of war (Clive Brook); billed with Felix in Astronomeous (1928) and the Hal Roach comedy A Pair of Tights (1929). Jon Mirsalis at the Kurzweil.

Aug 15, 4pm: Gumby Dharma, Timothy Hittle and Klara Grunning-Harrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; excellent 2007 documentary on the life and times of the late local animator and mystic Art Clokey, whose religious seekings ranged from the Lutheran adventures of Davy and Goliath to Hindu fantasias. (Plays Aug 14-15 in Fremont at the Edison Theater, 37417 Niles Blvd.) (RvB)

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS/DEATH ON THE NILE

PLANET OF THE APES/BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES (1968/1970) The beginning of the strangest franchise in cinemaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history, and one of the most politically radical,

despite the producersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; order of â&#x20AC;&#x153;NPâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;No polemicsâ&#x20AC;?). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an elaborate fantasy of devolution, fought by a roaring American astronaut Charlton Heston (rarely better) mysteriously transported to a planet in which the lesser hominids now rule, and man is a mute prey. BILLED WITH the gorgeously crazy sequel, co-written by leftist ďŹ lm critic and poet Paul Dehn (GoldďŹ nger). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can a planet long endure half human and half ape?â&#x20AC;? asked the poster, paraphrasing Lincoln. Apparently not: the three-way war between paciďŹ st chimps, warmongering gorillas and escaped hunted humans is joined by bizarre lurkers infesting the atomic ruins of New York City. Contained here are Max Ernstâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;worthy hallucinations of bleeding colossal idols and upsidedown cruciďŹ ed gorillas (none were harmed during the making of this movie). (Plays Aug 11-15 in San Jose at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)

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BILLED WITH Death on the Nile. Poirot (Peter Ustinov) is stonewalled in the land of the pyramids by a shipload of likely suspects, including David Niven, Bette Davis, Maggie Smith, Jack Warden, Mia Farrow, Jane Birkin and Angela Lansbury as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mrs. Salome Otterbourne.â&#x20AC;? (Plays Aug 14-17 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

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Cop Outs ANYONE who has ever seen a Will Ferrell movie should have a pretty good idea of what to expect from The Other Guys: Ferrell playing a dimwit with a big personality, a cast ďŹ lled with funnymen and a beautiful lead actress (Eva Mendes this time). Take these three ingredients and throw them into any storylineâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for the most part the formula has resulted in success.

The Other Guys is about two disgraced cops, Allen Gamble (Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg), looking to claim K_\ Fk_\i >lpj the roles of star detectives held by fellow detectives P.K. Highsmith PG-13; 107 min.

(Samuel L. Jackson) and Christopher Plays valleywide Danson (Dwayne Johnson). Gamble and Hoitz stumble upon a seemingly dull case, opening the door for them to ďŹ nally stop being the butt of the rest of the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jokes. Ferrellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gamble is a socially awkward detective just looking to get through each day by handling the accounting side of police work. He is comfortable in his own innocuous bubble of unambitious behavior.

Wahlbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hoitz provides the kind of extreme vexation that having to deal with Ferrellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character on a daily basis inevitably leads to. Despite the excellent comedy pairing by the leads, the antics begin to run stale, and Gamble lacks the hilarious, good-natured stupidity of, say, a Ron Burgundy. Ferrell attempts to use more dry humor here rather than the outsized expressive comedy weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re used to seeing from him. Other â&#x20AC;&#x153;other guysâ&#x20AC;? detectives Martin and Fosse (Rob Riggle and Damon Wayans Jr.) deliver some of the ďŹ lmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better one-liners, usually at the expense of our well-meaning protagonists.

The Other Guys is not as bad as Land of the Lost, but it fails to reach the uproarious levels of Step Brothers or Talladega Nights. Still, the ďŹ lm provides a reasonable amount of laughs and quotable lines for a disposable summer comedy.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Marlon Maloney

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metroactive FILM STAR TREK (2009) J.J. Abrams’ version of the 40year-old story is a loving and careful refurbishing of an old structure, rather than a demolishing. Chris Pine himself is the ham that this sandwich needs. His James T. Kirk has the sensual face and velour-wrapped qualities of the immemorial Shat. As well, the older you get, the more you admire the stoical calm of Spock, and this movie is taken over by the very poised and melancholy Zachary Quinto as the tragic mulatto of space.

(Plays Aug 12 in Redwood City at sunset at Old Courthouse Square; free.) (RvB)

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Dead Souls MADHYA PRADESH is called the heart of India. If the excellent Peepli Live is even half-accurate, this heart is broken. Co-director/writer Anusha Rizvi has come up with a bold, note-perfect comedy/drama about a dirt farmer named Natha (Omkar Das), who learns that there’s government compensation for suicides, about $2,000 a head. After much discussion with his brother, Budhia (Raghuvir G\\gc` C`m\ Yadav), Natha decides to go through with killing himself for the payoff.

Unrated Opens Friday @ Natha, a woeful, skulking figure, is the AMC Mercado, indifferently sober and the butt of Santa Clara his family. His wife is angry and in conflict with Natha’s bedridden mom.

His children are kind of for the plan if it’ll advance them in life, and only his animals seem to really like him. As a member of what’s officially, believe it or not, called “the backward castes,” Natha is accustomed since birth to the idea of taking one for the team. Unfortunately for the system, a journalist learns of Natha’s desperate scheme. The movie shifts gears expertly into the realm of a Meet John Doe or an Ace in the Hole. Politicians—ever sleeker, ever richer, ever whiter and more westernized—get discomfited by the crisis as the rupee is passed to them. Half the nation’s media converge on the village. They get manon-the-dusty-road interviews—“If he can be saved, it would be nice,” one farmer suggests.

The laugh-out-loud quality of this dire story makes it unique among Indian imports. The seriousness is evident in the unhappily-ever-after ending: one last shot, showing the long road between the two Indias, Natha’s and Thomas Friedman’s. But the final statistic—one part of the butcher’s bill of globalization—isn’t going to make anyone laugh.—Richard von Busack

Reviews AGORA (Unrated; 126 min.) A beautifully dressed disappointment, highlighting a lovely and severely miscast Rachel Weisz as a pagan logician holding out against insurgent faith. It’s the early 400s during the Christian end of the Roman empire. Hypatia (Weisz) is a woman with the rare privilege of being allowed to teach philosophy; her two prize students, both very fond of her, are the slave Davus (Max Minghella) and the wellborn Orestes (Oscar Isaac). As little is known of Hypatia’s actual teachings, the film posits that her concerns were the matter of the shape of the Earth’s orbit round the sun—a matter referred to visually repeatedly by a Google Earth–like computeranimated sun rising about the Nile delta and return to outer space. Who can blame the camera for wanting to leave this island, Earth? The film is an ant-hill-like squabble of different faiths, centered around the increasing viciousness of the local Christian bishop. Weisz looks very fetching in togas, but the force of Hypatia’s sweet, no-monkey-business character is stressed rather than her gravity of an intellectual. One gets the unfortunate sense that Weisz is doing what Julie Andrews would do with the role. (RvB)

DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS (PG-13; 114 min.) Steve Carell stars as Barry, one of the most dim-witted individuals imaginable. He is courted

by Tim (Paul Rudd), a rising executive looking for the perfect guest for his boss’s monthly event, a dinner for idiots. The message is essentially that an abnormally idiotic man can ruin your entire life but you should not make fun of him because of it. Interestingly, the denouement contradicts the exact purpose of the movie for the audience. Replete with buffoonery, the film does boast

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(Marlon Maloney)

FAREWELL (Unrated; 113 min.) Intelligent, atmospheric Cold War thriller in the best tradition of le Carré, directed

by Christian Carion, based on a real-life case. In 1981, in Moscow, Pierre (Guillaume Canet), a French technocrat, is mistakenly approached by the gregarious Grigoriev (eminent Serbian director Emir Kusturica). This Soviet officer, sick of his government, aims to help push it over from the inside by passing on information to the West. The Russian is surprised to find out that Pierre has almost no connections with the secret service. Pierre’s government asks the amateur spy to carry on, and a friendship develops. Grigoriev takes his reward in champagne and French books, and in confessional time: a spy who lies to everyone has to have someone to confide in. The art direction is immaculate; Carion aims to take you on a trip to the vanished USSR, dwelling over the frightening Martian/Gothic towers and neon-green corridors; through rural scenes, the director proves why you could love that country while fearing its government. The detours to the halls of Western power are a little more problematic. It’s a treat to see Fred Ward again; his imitative powers are so strong that his Ronald Reagan both looks right to the last twitch and is easily recognizable from across the room. However, the film’s interpretation of that lucky but foolish man is fairly limited. Philippe Magnan’s dour Mitterrand is far more knowing. A dash of Willem Dafoe, as a CIA intelligencer, ices the film nicely; anyone who loves actors will relish the way Dafoe pronounces the phrase “serious problems.” (RvB)

GET LOW (PG-13; 100 min.) In the 1930s south, a hermit named Felix Bush (Robert Duvall) emerges from his decades of solitude. He drives his mule cart into a nearby small town and make plans for his funeral, which he intends to have while he’s still alive. He finds no trouble with this idea from the local mortician (Bill Murray). Part of the draw will be Bush publically telling the secret that made him hide his face in the woods for so many years.

Murray, wearing a suspicious-looking mustache, fur-collared suits, and a horseshoe pin, is the film’s saving grace; he has the true comedians’ solitude and toast-dry humor, an eloquent wince at boredom and a consoling flask in the pocket. (RvB)

LIFE DURING WARTIME (Unrated; 98 min.) “Entertaining” isn’t the first word that comes to mind to describe a Todd Solondz film, but this weirdly lighthearted sequel to the stacked, loaded and fairly repulsive Happiness seems like the work of a director with a longer view. It’s not that the overt politics make the difference, or that the cast has more facility with humor (though they do)—there seems to be more affection for the characters and the messes they make or worsen.

The three sisters from Happinesss— Joy, Trish and Helen—have come up in the world. Trish (Allison Janney) is living in Florida, putting her marriage to a rapacious child molester behind her and dating a physically disagreeable Zionist (Michael Lerner); her son, Timmy (Dylan Riley Snyder, freckled and cast for his resemblance to Lassie’s partner Timmy), is awaiting his bar mitzvah and dealing with his twin anxieties about pedophiles and terrorists. Meanwhile, sad-sack Joy (Shirley Henderson) is still carrying her acoustic guitar around, though now she’s being pestered by vicious ghosts (Paul Reubens is one of them). The “Florida” surroundings (actually the parts of Puerto Rico stuck in the mid1960s) and the acid-washed colors stress the grotesque comic side of this tale of family dislocation. The highlight is a wonderfully juicy bit by Charlotte Rampling as a bitter über-cougar; she keeps pitching her lines higher and higher, until she’s a one-woman Strindberg festival. (RvB)

MIDDLE MEN (R; 105 min.) Sleazy, in a word. As he rigorously emulates the GoodFellas flash-forward, reverse and sidebars, writer/director George Gallo (Homeland Security) follows the decline of innocent Houston family man Jack Harris (Luke Wilson) over the course of a decade. It’s the 1990s; Harris gets involved with a pair of coked-out Los Angeles computer geeks, Wayne and Buck (Giovanni Ribisi and Gabriel Macht), profane slobs who squabble with each other. While horsing around, the two stumble across the idea of uploading porn to the Internet and making people pay for it. Jack’s addition to their scheme—third-party billing—makes them all very rich. One beneficiary if the wealth is a no-good Vegas lawyer (James Caan doing an odd Dustin Hoffman imitation). Gallo leers and condemns at the same time, and the movie is sold as something red hot to R-rated audiences praying for genuine erotica. (RvB)

STEP UP 3-D (PG-13; 107 min.) The high-stakes world of dance comeptitions—look out for flying feet.

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There was m etal. T here w as a guy guy I knew, knew, a punk, p unk, and an nd we’d we’d kinda kinda talk talk shit shit to to one another. wee w were o ne an nother. I rrealized ealized llater ater w ere basically different b asically tthe he same, sam me, just just with with d iff ffeerent haircuts. day h aircuts. One One d ay he he said, said, you you come come tto o a punk punk show show and and I’ll I’ll go go to to a metal metal sshow. how. I took took him him to to the the East Easst Side Side tto o Exodus and hee took ssee ee E xodus an nd h took me me tto o see see Agent Orange A gent O ran nge aand nd Whipping Whipping Boy. Boy. Mosh pits M osh p its weren’t weren’t really really big big back back Stage diving tthen. hen. S tage d iving was was the the thing thing do.

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by Felony Felony Arrest Records.

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P ink F loyd.” members IIff anything, an nything, the the band ban nd m embers definitely know how d efinitely k now h ow to to keep keep ttheir heir ffeet eet on on the the ground ground with with the the cchance han nce of of making m aking millions millions in in the the music music industry. industryy. do ““II d o iitt ffor or tthe he ffame, ame, money, money, cocaine cocaine hookers, Carbon figured aand nd h ookers,” C arrbon ssays. ays. ““We We fi gured we’re w e’re going going to to go go out out and an nd drink drink on on tthe he weekends wee m might w eekends anyway, an nyway, w ight ass well well play work p lay and an nd w ork off off a ffew ew calories. calories.” do off iit, Styles ““II d o iitt ffor or tthe he llove ove o t,” S tyles ssays. ays. out with meeting ””Hanging Hanging o ut w ith tthe he gguys, uys, m eeting people, drinking Miller High Life ccool ool p eople, d rinking M iller H igh L ife Budweiser.

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Friday, Club Wet, San Jose A founding member of Philadelphia’s first turntablist crew, Skratch Makaniks, DJ Excel has been spinning since he was 11, eventually slicing so nice that DJ Jazzy Jeff called him “one of the few true DJs left in the world.” (SP)

E40

Saturday, 9pm, British Bankers Club, Menlo Park; $25 What? You didn’t know Menlo Park’s venerable British pub has become a hotbed of hip-hop lately?

Yukmouth was in there a couple weeks ago, and now E-40 performs, with Furious opening up. E-40’s got two new albums out this year, proving he’s “Back in Business” (with his son, Droop-E, no less). (SP)

Outside Lands

Saturday–Sunday, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; $75 The Bay Area’s biggest summer music festival returns for its third year with an eclectic mix of headliners, from Grateful Dead spinoffs Further to modernrock royalty Kings of Leon to punk legends Social Distortion. Also performing are Phoenix, My Morning Jacket, Gogol Bordello, Cat Power, Wolfmother, Edward Sharpe, Al Green, a couple of Bob Marley’s kids, and a lot more. See related story on page 33. (SP)

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Lady Gaga LADY GAGA has become so famous for being famous that at this point she really ought to franchise. She’s already made more people famous for imitating her than probably anybody else on the web other than Michael Jackson and Luke Skywalker. The latest is sixth-grader Greyson Michael Chance, who, a few months back, had tens of thousands of people inboxing the YouTube Monday–Tuesday, video of his school piano recital. His earnestly emo 6pm rendition of Gaga’s “Paparazzi” will probably net him a record deal before he’s out of junior high, and HP Pavilion, if there’s a price to pay for fame, it’s probably being San Jose absorbed by his classmate who can be seen picking her nose behind him as he plays. Still, why not—Chance sounds better than the Jonas Brothers, that’s for sure. Guidance counselors beware: if he shows up to school in Lady G’s outfit made entirely of Kermit the Frog dolls, this has gone far enough.

None of this is too ridiculous for Lady Gaga, because she’s built her career on ridiculous. Her music is as barely listenable as Vitamin C, Stacey Q or any other pop-music D-lister. But she’s just so much more interesting to watch that she’s frozen the zeitgeist completely in its tracks. Does anyone mesmerized by the incredible video for “Telephone” realize it is set to the most inane song imaginable about how irritating it is when your cell phone rings on the dance floor?

Maybe, maybe not. But Gaga has two shows this summer at HP that will no doubt be long since sold out by the time she takes the stage. Like the equally musically bankrupt Madonna and Marilyn Manson tours in their heydays, the question of just how outrageous she’s willing to be to top her long trail of outrageous moments is maddeningly, impossibly irresistible.—Steve Palopoli

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Aug 11 Natives of the New Dawn Atrium (Ages 21+) Aug 12 Te Vaka Atrium (Ages 21+) Aug 13 Hayride to Hell Atrium (Ages 21+) Aug 14 Cylinder Atrium (Ages 21+) Aug 15 Harry & the Hitmen Atrium (Ages 21+) Aug 17 Rock Out to Knock Out RSD Atrium (Ages 16+) Aug 19 Ted Nugent (Ages 21+) Aug 19 Splitshot/ Fishbear Atrium (Ages 21+) Aug 20 Trevor Hall Atrium (Ages 16+) Aug 21 Ambivalence Atrium (Ages 16+) Aug 23 Bad Brains (Ages 16+) Aug 24 The Hold Steady (Ages 16+) Aug 24 Jogger/ Baths Atrium (Ages 21+) Aug 27 Jackie Greene (Ages 21+) Aug 28 Hieroglyphics (Ages 16+) Sep 2 Israel Vibration (Ages 21+) Sep 4 The Holdup (Ages 16+) Sep 11 Benny Benassi (Ages 16+) Sep 25 Collie Buddz (Ages 16+) Sep 29 Atmosphere (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

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SSTREETLIGHT TREETLIGHT RE RECORDS CORDS Sat, 22-4pm: -4pm: Listening party Paperboy ffor or new Eli P aperboy Reed album. San Jose.

SUNNYVA SUNNYVALE ALE SUMMER SERIESS SERIE Wed, 5:30pm: Busta-Gr Wed, Busta-Groove. oovee.

Free.

Fr ee. Downtown Sunnyvale..

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Sat, 8 Sat, 8:30pm: :30pm: James James R Robinson. obinson.

Mountain View.

M ountain V iew.

Sat: Jazz Sat: Jazz & B Beyond eyond SSeries. eries.

SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

PARRANDA P ARRANDA N NIGHTCLUB IGHTCLUB

LLOFT OFT BAR BAR AND AND BISTRO BISTRO

Thu, 9 Thu, 9pm: pm: B Banda anda 3300, 00, DJ DJ Akustik.

A kustik. FFri, ri, 8pm: 8pm: Norteño Norteño aand nd Bandas B andas llive. ive. Sunnyvale.

Sunnyvale.

Thu, 7-10pm: Thu, 7-10pm: LLive ive jazz. jazz. SSan an JJose. ose.

SSENZALA ENZALA

Wed, 111:30am: Wed, 1:30am: M Michael ichael O Olaf laf Mon, SStephenson. tephenson. M on, 11:30am: 11:30am: Peter P eter LLamson. amson. Courthouse Courthouse SSquare, quare, Redwood Redwood CCity. ity.

Sat, 77:30pm: Sat, :30pm: Sambosseros Sambosseros w w/ / Ana $10.

A na CCarbatti. arbatti. $ 10. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

JJazz/Blues azz/Blues ANGELICA’S A NGELICA’S B BISTRO ISTRO Thu, 44pm: Thu, pm: D Dan an D Dillon, illon, 77:30pm: :30pm: Blues B lues Jam. Jam. Sat, Sat, 9pm: 9pm: Stealing Stealing Game 33rd, rd, G ame Time.

Time. Mon: Mon: RWH RWH JJazz azz TTriad. riad. TTue, ue, 4pm: 4pm: Dan Dan Dillon, Dillon, 77pm: pm: JJazz azz oopen pen sstage tage hhosted osted Band. bbyy Angelica’s Angelica’s JJam am B and.

Redwood R edwood CCity. ity.

CCAFFE AFFE T TRIESTE RIESTE Thu, 8 Thu, 8pm: pm: SSuzi uzi Q aand nd CCelly. elly. Fri, Fri, 8pm: Gianfranco 8 pm: G ianfranco aand nd ffriends. riends.

SSan an JJose. ose.

FFAIRMONT AIRMONT H HOTEL OTEL LLOBBY OBBY LLOUNGE OUNGE Wed, 8 Wed, 8:30pm: :30pm: TThe he Girlz Girlz Band.

Band.

8:30pm: TThu, hu, 8 :30pm: CContemporary ontemporary or or LLatin atin jjazz. azz. FFri-Sat, ri-Sat, 9pm: 9pm: Jazz Jazz Monaand nd ppop op ddance ance bbands. ands. M onPiano Music.

TTue: ue: P iano M usic. FFairmont airmont Hotel, H otel, SSan an Jose.

Jose.

GGORDON ORDON B BIERSCH IERSCH B BREWERY REWERY Thu, 8 Thu, 8pm: pm: SSuska uska aand nd tthe he SSugar ugar SSweet weet Blues Blues Band.

Band. San San Jose.

Jose.

GGRAND RAND D DELL ELL SSALOON ALOON

Thu: Battle of the Bands. Sa San an Jose.

Thu: B Thu: Blues lues JJam am with with A Aki ki KKumar. umar. FFri, ri, 7pm: 7pm: Stan Stan Erhart.

Erhart.

8pm: Garcia.

SSat, at, 8 pm: JJohn ohn G arcia.

CCampbell. ampbell.

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HEDLEY H EDLEY CCLUB LUB

TOON’S T OON’S

Fri-Sat,, 8:30pm: p Live bands bands. s.

Clara.

Santa Clar a.

VOODOO V OODOO LLOUNGE OUNGE Fri, 9pm: W Warren arren G. $15. Sann Jose.

WOODHAM’S W OODHAM’S LLOUNGE OUNGE Fri-Sun: Pr Proo Jam. Santa Clar Clara. ra.

World W oorld ALBERTO’S ALBER TO’S Wed: Bachata. Thu: Salsa wi Wed: with th Pantea.

P antea. Fri: Salsa Fridays. Sat: Saat: Latin Nights. TTue: uue: Salsa withh Pantea.

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P antea. Mountain View

ARYA AR RYA GLOBAL GLOBAL CUI CUISINE SINE Fri-Sat, 8pm: Live music an andd belly dancing. CCupertino. upertino.

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TThu, hu, 8 8pm: pm: R Russo-Alberts usso-Alberts Trio.

Trio.

8:30pm: FFri, ri, 8 :30pm: Bassment.

Bassment. Sat, Sat, Mechanics, 77pm: pm: TThe he JJazz azz M echanics, ffollowed ollowed bbyy Mike Mike Renwick.

Renwick.

Hotel H otel de de Anza, Anza, San San Jose.

Jose.

JJAZZ AZZ O ON NM MAIN AIN Mon, 6-8pm: Mon, 6-8pm: TTamburr/ amburr/ Vitchev Project.

V itchev P roject. Main Main SStreet, treet, Redwood ddowntown owntown R edwood CCity. ity.

JJAZZ AZZ O ON NT THE HE P PLAZZ LAZZ

LLUNCHTIME UNCHTIME O ON N THE THE SSQUARE QUARE

MOROCCO’S M OROCCO’S R RESTAURANT ESTAURANT Sat, 7pm: Sat, 7pm: P Purple urple H Hat, at, vintage vintage jjazz. azz. SSun, un, 7pm: 7pm: LLemo. emo. SSan an JJose. ose.

POOR P OOR H HOUSE OUSE B BISTRO ISTRO Wed, 6 Wed, 6pm: pm: R Ron on TThompson hompson aand nd 6pm: FFriends. riends. TThu, hu, 6 pm: Lara Lara Price Price aand nd Yesterdays Yesterdays Band.

Band. Fri, Fri, 6pm: 6pm: Ron Hacker R on H acker aand nd tthe he Hacksaws.

Hacksaws.

SSat, at, noon-4pm: noon-4pm: JJazz azz with with Victor Victor LLittle ittle and and Life, Life, followed followed at at 6pm 6pm Mule w/Freddie bbyy Kickin’ Kickin’ tthe he M ule w /Freddie Hughes.

H ughes. Sun, Sun, noon-4pm: noon-4pm: Dobson SSmith mith D obson ccelebration, elebration, Gail G ail Dobson Dobson TTrio rio aand nd student student pperformances. erformances. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

QUARTER Q UARTER N NOTE OTE Wed, 8 Wed, 8:30pm: :30pm: P Pro ro JJam am N Night. ight.

SSat, at, 4pm: 4pm: CCool ool FFire ire SSoul oul JJazz. azz.

Brisket Blues SSun, un, 1pm: 1pm: B risket aand nd B lues with BBQ w ith B BQ aand nd Will Will Roc Roc Griffin Griffin ooff Vicious V icious Groove.

Groove. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

SSANTANA ANTANA R ROW OW TTue, ue, 6:30-8:30pm: 6:30-8:30pm: O Oscar scar Pangilinan Altered P angilinan aatt SStraits. traits. A ltered Roots Quartet R oots Q uartet aatt El El Jardin.

Jardin.

Bank KKristen risten Strom Strom aatt Left Left B ank Brasserie Mechanics B rasserie aand nd JJazz azz M echanics Pub aatt Rosie Rosie McCann’s McCann’s IIrish rish P ub & Restaurant.

R estaurant. San San Jose.

Jose.

THREE FFLAMES THREE LAMES RESTAURANT R ESTAURANT Sun, 5-8pm: Sun, 5-8pm: Sunday Sunday matinee matinee Willow Glen. jjazz. azz. W illow G len.

UNWINED U NWINED Thu, 7pm: Thu, 7pm: R Randy andy Whiting.

Whiting. Sat, Sat, Night.

77-9:30pm: -9:30pm: JJazz azz N ight. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

WINE W INE AFFAIRS AFFAIRS Wed, 77:30pm: Wed, :30pm: LLarry arry CChinn, hinn, Neil ppiano. iano. TThu, hu, 7:30pm: 7:30pm: N eil KKelly elly Band.

JJazz azz B and. Sat, Sat, 8:30pm: 8:30pm: Neil Neil KKelly elly Jazz Jazz Band.

Band. San San Jose.

Jose.

Wed, 6 Wed, 6:30pm: :30pm: Robin Robin McKelle.

McKelle.

FFree. ree. Los Los Gatos Gatos Town Town Plaza.

Plaza.

CC&W/Folk &W/Folk

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BOSWELL’S B OSWELL’S

Wed: G Wed: Gomer omer Hendrix Hendrix EExperience. xperience. Fri: Fri: Jason Jason Band.

KKing ing B and. $10. $10. Sun: Sun: Gene Gene Washington.

Mon: Oliver W ashington. M on: O liver and and FFriends. riends. Tue: Tue: Blue Blue JJ,, Dennis Dennis and and SStuart. tuart. SSan an JJose. ose.

Thu: Mike Thu: Mike LLeatherman. eatherman.

CCampbell. ampbell.

LLILLY ILLY M MAC’S AC’S Sun, 5-8pm: Sun, 5-8pm: Live Live Irish Irish Music.

Music.

SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

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IIrish rish m usic. SSan an JJose. ose.

RED R ED R ROCK OCK CCOFFEE OFFEE CO. CO. Fri, 8 Fri, 8pm: pm: JJohanna ohanna Koons Koons w/ w/ Please Doo N Not Mountain P lease D ot Fight.

Fight. M ountain View.

V iew.

VENUEZ V ENUEZ

DASILVA’S D ASILVA’S B BRONCOS RONCOS

TTue, ue, 8 8-11pm: -11pm: O Open pen M Mic ic hhosted osted Dharma. bbyy JJeff eff D harma. SSanta anta CClara. lara.

Wed: G Wed: Guitar uitar H Hero ero Tournament Tournament 9pm-1am: pplus lus karaoke. karaoke. Thu, Thu, 9 pm-1am: KKaraoke. araoke. SSanta anta Clara.

Clara.

Karaoke K araoke 7B BAMBOO AMBOO Wed-Sat, 9 Wed-Sat, 9pm: pm: KKaraoke. araoke. TTue, ue, 9pm: 9 pm: KKaraoke. araoke. SSan an JJose. ose.

THE T HE SSADDLE ADDLE RACK RACK Wed, 9 Wed, 9pm: pm: CCalifornia alifornia CCowboys. owboys.

TThu-Fri, hu-Fri, 9pm, 9pm, SSat, at, 110:15pm: 0:15pm: Diablo Road.

D iablo R oad. FFremont. remont.

SST. T. SSTEPHEN’S TEPHEN’S GREEN GREEN TTue, ue, 7:30pm: 7:30pm: Irish Irish Music.

Music.

Mountain M ountain View.

View.

SSAM’S AM’S BBQ BBQ Wed, 6 Wed, 6pm: pm: SSidesaddle idesaddle & CCo. o. TTue, ue, 6pm: 6 pm: CCarolina arolina SSpecial. pecial. San San Jose.

Jose.

THREE T HREE FFLAMES LAMES R ESTAURANT RESTAURANT

DIVE D IVE BAR BAR Wed-Sun, Tue, Wed-Sun, Tue, 9 9pm: pm: KKaraoke. araoke.

SSan an JJose. ose.

EEFFIE’S FFIE’S RESTAURANT RESTAURANT TTue-Sat, ue-Sat, 9pm-2am, 9pm-2am, aand nd last last SSun un of of eevery very month, month, 2-7pm: 2-7pm: B&S B &S KKaraoke. araoke. Campbell.

Campbell.

EELL RANCHO RANCHO SPORTS SPORTS BAR BAR TThu, hu, 8pm: 8pm: KKaraoke. araoke. San San Jose.

Jose.

ALEX’S A LEX’S 4 49ER 9ER IINN NN Nightly eexcept Nightly xcept SSun, un, 9 9pm-2am: pm-2am: KKaraoke. araoke. SSan an JJose. ose.

THE T HE B BEARS EARS FFri, ri, 9pm: 9pm: Ryan.

Ryan. SSan an JJose. ose.

BENNIGAN’S B ENNIGAN’S GGRILL RILL

FFAHRENHEIT AHRENHEIT Mon: M Mon: Monday onday N Night ight Madness.

Madness.

SSan an JJose. ose.

FFLAMES LAMES COFFEE COFFEE SHOP SHOP Thu-Sat, 9pm: Thu-Sat, 9pm: Uncle Uncle Dougie Dougie SShow. how. No No cover. cover. SSan an JJose. ose.

SSat, at, 9 9pm: pm: KKaraoke. araoke. SSanta anta CClara. lara.

GGALAXY ALAXY

Thu, 9pm: Thu, 9pm: Live Live country country music, music, Doug Rose w/Bit D oug R ose Productions Productions w /Bit Band aand nd SSpur pur B and ffeaturing eaturing CCowboy owboy Larry.

Larry. Willow Willow Glen.

Glen.

BLINKY’S B LINKY’S CCAN’T AN’T SSAY AY

Thu, 9pm-2am: Thu, 9pm-2am: KKaraoke araoke w/ w/ August.

A ugust. Milpitas.

Milpitas.

WILLOW W ILLOW GLEN GLEN COFFEE COFFEE

Wed-Thu aand Wed-Thu nd M Mon, on, 8 8pm: pm: Noo ccover.

KKaraoke. araoke. N over. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

SSat, at, 77:30pm: :30pm: CCeltic eltic Rose.

Rose. San San Jose.

Jose.

Open O pen Mic Mic

Fri, 9pm-1am: Fri, 9pm-1am: Danielle.

Danielle. SSanta anta CClara. lara.

BLUE B LUE BONNET BONNET B BAR AR

BLUE B LUE PHEASANT PHEASANT TTue, ue, 77pm: pm: SSteve teve TTiger. iger. CCupertino. upertino.

THE T HE GGOOSETOWN OOSETOWN LLOUNGE OUNGE

ANGELICA’S A NGELICA’S B BISTRO ISTRO

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

Glen.

Wed, 6:30pm: Wed, 6:30pm: Open Open Mic. Mic. Tue, Tue, Pro Redwood 77pm: pm: P ro JJazz azz JJam. am. R edwood CCity. ity.

BAREFOOT CCOFFEE BAREFOOT OFFEE R OASTERS ROASTERS Wed, 7pm: Wed, 7pm: M Musical usical oopen pen m mic. ic.

SSign ign uupp by by 5pm.

5pm. SSanta anta CClara. lara.

BRITANNIA A BRITANNIA ARMS RMS DOWNTOWN D OWNTOWN Mon, 9 Mon, 9pm: pm: CComedy omedy O Open pen Mic Mic Night.

N ight. San San JJose. ose.

CCAFFE AFFE T TRIESTE RIESTE TTue, ue, 77pm: pm: Open Open M Mic. ic. SSan an JJose. ose.

MISSION M ISSION CCITY ITY R ROASTING OASTING CO. CO. Thu, 77pm: Thu, pm: SSouth outh B Bay ay Folks Folks Open O pen Mic. Mic. SSanta anta CClara. lara.

POOR P OOR H HOUSE OUSE BISTRO BISTRO TTue, ue, 6 6pm: pm: O Open pen M Mic ic N Night. ight.

SSan an JJose. ose.

RED R ED R ROCK OCK CCOFFEE OFFEE CO. CO. FFri, ri, 8pm: 8pm: A Anna nna G Gilbert. ilbert. Sat, Sat, 8pm: Other 8 pm: TThe he O ther JJacksons acksons and and FFriends. riends. Mon, Mon, 77pm: pm: CCavin avin aand nd Open Mic. Mountain KKing’s ing’s O pen M ic. M ountain View.

V iew.

THREE T HREE FLAMES FLAMES Wed, 8pm: Wed, 8pm: O Open pen M Mic. ic. Willow Willow Glen.

G len.

BOGART’S B OGART’S LLOUNGE OUNGE Wed, FFri, Wed, ri, SSun, un, 8 8pm-2am: pm-2am: KKaraoke. araoke. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

BOSWELL’S B OSWELL’S TTue: ue: D DJJ D Davey avey KK.. CCampbell. ampbell.

BRITANNIA A BRITANNIA ARMS RMS CCUPERTINO UPERTINO Sun-Tue, 110pm: Sun-Tue, 0pm: KKaraoke. araoke.

CCupertino. upertino.

BRITANNIA B RITANNIA A ARMS RMS SSAN AN JJOSE OSE Wed, 9 Wed, 9pm: pm: Karaoke Karaoke w w/ /A August. ugust.

SSan an JJose. ose.

BRITISH B RITISH B BANKERS ANKERS CCLUB LUB Mon, M on, 9 9:30pm: :30pm: KKaraoke. araoke. M Menlo enlo P Park. ark.

GGOOSE OOSE LLOONEY’S OONEY’S Wed, 9pm: Wed, 9pm: Karaoke Karaoke N Night. ight.

Milpitas.

M ilpitas.

HOMESTEAD H OMESTEAD LANES LANES Fri, 9 Fri, 9pm: pm: V Vinnie. innie. M Mon, on, 9 9pm: pm: w/ KKaraoke araoke iinn tthe he lounge lounge w / Vinnie.

9pm: V innie. Tue, Tue, 9 pm: August.

August.

CCupertino. upertino.

KATIE K ATIE B BLOOM’S LOOM’S Sun, 9 Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: :30pm-1:30am: KKaraoke. araoke.

CCampbell. ampbell.

KHARTOUM K HARTOUM Thu, 9pm: Thu, 9pm: D DJJ Davey Davey KK.. No No cover. cover.

CCampbell. ampbell.

LLILLY ILLY MAC’S MAC’S

CC&J’S &J’S SSPORTS PORTS B BAR AR

Thu, 9pm: Thu, 9pm: D DJJ TThomas homas ““Soulman.”

Soulman.” Sunnyvale.

Sunnyvale.

Thu: M Thu: Melissa elissa aand nd H Heather. eather.

SSanta anta CClara. lara.

NORMANDY N ORMANDY H HOUSE OUSE LLOUNGE OUNGE

CCARDINAL ARDINAL LLOUNGE OUNGE Wed aand Wed nd M Mon, on, 9 9pm-1am: pm-1am: D DJJ 9pm: CCurtis. urtis. No No ccover. over. TTue, ue, 9 pm: Western Noo ccover.

W estern kkaraoke. araoke. N over.

SSan an JJose. ose.

DAN D AN B BROWN’S ROWN’S TTue ue aand nd TThu, hu, 9 9pm-1am: pm-1am: B Brian rian Palo Alto.

JJames. ames. P alo A lto.

FFri-Sat, ri-Sat, 9:30pm: 9:30pm: KKaraoke. araoke. Santa Santa CClara. lara.

NUMBER N UMBER O ONE NE BROADWAY BROADWAY TThu: hu: SSingles ingles party. party. LLos os Gatos.

Gatos.

OASIS O ASIS Wed, Fri-Sat, Wed, Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: 8:30pm: Doug.

Doug.

SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

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LLOFT OFT B BAR AR AND AND BISTRO BISTRO Fri-Sat, 110pm: Fri-Sat, 0pm: LLive ive D DJ. J. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

PEACOCK P EACOCK LLOUNGE OUNGE Thu, 9 Thu, 9pm: pm: D DJJ B Brian. rian. SSun, un, 9 9pm: pm: DJJ aand 9pm: DJ, D nd kkaraoke. araoke. TTue, ue, 9 pm: D J, ddancing, ancing, kkaraoke. araoke. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

PIONEER P IONEER SSALOON ALOON TTue, ue, 8 8:30pm: :30pm: A Acoustic coustic kkaraoke araoke w/ Marshall.

Woodside. w / SSam am M arshall. W oodside.

QUARTER Q UARTER N NOTE OTE TTue, ue, 9 9pm: pm: SSherrie herrie aand nd SSue. ue. N Noo ccover. over. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

RUDY’S R UDY’S P PUB UB

MOUNTAIN M OUNTAIN CHARLEY’S CHARLEY’S BRITANNIA B RITANNIA ARMS ARMS ALMADEN ALMADEN

BRITANNIA ARMS BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN D OWNTOWN TTue: ue: DJ DJ David David Q. Q. San San Jose.

Jose.

BRITISH B RITISH B BANKERS ANKERS CCLUB LUB

SSAN AN JJOSE OSE B BAR AR & GGRILL RILL

Fri, 110pm: Fri, 0pm: G Groove roove FFunk unk w w/ /D DJJ Brickhouse DJJ Scrawny.

B rickhouse aand nd D Scrawny.

TTue, ue, 110pm-close: 0pm-close: KKamikaze amikaze KKaraoke. araoke. SSan an JJose. ose.

BRIX B RIX

SSun: un: KKaraoke. araoke. SSan an JJose. ose.

TOON’S T OON’S Wed, 8 Wed, 8pm: pm: B Beer eer P Pong ong ccontest. ontest.

SSan an JJose. ose.

WOODHAM’S W OODHAM’S LLOUNGE OUNGE Wed, TThu, Wed, hu, SSat at aand nd SSun: un: 110pm: 0pm: Vinnie.

V innie. SSanta anta CClara. lara.

Dance D ance Clubs Clubs AGENDA A GENDA Wed, 8 Wed, 8pm: pm: SSalsa alsa W Wednesdays. ednesdays.

Workout.

TThu: hu: SSLAP!.

LAP!. FFri: ri: TThe he W orkout.

Planet Reggae.

SSun: un: P lanet R eggae. SSan an JJose. ose.

ALBERTO’S A LBERTO’S Wed, 77:30pm: Wed, :30pm: B Bachata achata w with ith Pantea. with Pantea.

P antea. TThu: hu: SSalsa alsa w ith P antea.

FFri: ri: SSalsa alsa FFridays. ridays. SSat: at: LLatin atin Night. with Pantea.

N ight. TTue: ue: SSalsa alsa w ith P antea.

Mountain View.

M ountain V iew.

AVALON A VALON SSat: at: A Akbar kbar SSami. ami. SSanta anta CClara. lara.

AZUCAR A ZUCAR

Wed, 9pm-2am: Wed, 9pm-2am: W Whip hip IItt O Out. ut.

Huntress.

TThu: hu: H untress. Fri: Fri: Breathless.

Breathless.

SSat: at: Sinful.

Sinful. SSun, un, 9pm-2am: 9pm-2am: Marathon.

CChill. hill. Mon: Mon: M arathon. TTue: ue: Take Take Off, IItt O ff, Karaoke Karaoke Competition.

Competition.

SSan an JJose. ose.

CCARDINAL ARDINAL LOUNGE LOUNGE Wed, 9pm-1am: Wed, 9pm-1am: D DJJ CCurtis. urtis. P Plus lus 9pm-1am: kkaraoke. araoke. TThu, hu, 9 pm-1am: KKJJ DJJ LLV. JJR. R. SSun-Mon, un-Mon, 8pm: 8pm: D V. TTue, ue, 9pm-1am: 9 pm-1am: KKJJ JJR. R. SSan an JJose. ose.

DASILVA’S D ASILVA’S BRONCOS BRONCOS Fri-Sat, 6pm: Fri-Sat, 6pm: D DJJ oorr llive ive bband. and.

Noo ccover.

N over. SSanta anta CClara. lara.

DIVE D IVE B BAR AR Thu, 9pm: Thu, 9pm: D DJJ Otrebor, Otrebor, D DJJ Venom DJJ CC-Note.

V enom 3347 47 aand nd D -Note.

9pm: DJJ D Dave.

DJJ FFri, ri, 9 pm: D ave. SSat, at, 9pm: 9pm: D Otrebor, DJJ V Venom DJJ CC-O trebor, D enom 347, 347, D Note DJJ Jara.

N ote aand nd D Jara. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

EELL R RANCHO ANCHO SPORTS SPORTS BAR BAR Fri-Sat, 8pm: Fri-Sat, 8pm: O Old ld School School Dance Party D ance P arty ffeat. eat. DJ DJ Neto.

Neto.

SSan an JJose. ose.

FFAHRENHEIT AHRENHEIT U ULTRA LTRA LLOUNGE OUNGE

Wed: CComedy Wed: omedy CClub lub A After fter P Party. arty.

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the Gaston Bachelard: the Cancerian Cancerian philosopher philosopher G aston B achelard: ““He He who who listens listens to to tthe he ssinging inging ooff tthe he sstream tream ccannot annot be who be expected expected to to uunderstand nderstand tthe he oone ne w ho hhears ears tthe he singing singing of of the the flame: flame: TThey hey ddoo nnot ot sspeak peak tthe he ssame ame language.” with language.” While While I mostly mostly aagree gree w ith tthat hat ppoetic oetic formulation, formulation, I think think yyou’re ou’re aabout bout ttoo bbee a ttemporary emporary exception Normally exception to to the the rrule. ule. N ormally yyou ou aare re aacutely cutely attuned attuned to to the the ssinging inging ooff tthe he sstream; tream; yyour our sskill kill aatt reading reading its its nuances nuances aare re ssupreme upreme aamong mong tthe he zzodiac. odiac.

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CCAPRICORN APRICORN ((Dec. Dec. 222–Jan. 2–Jan. 119): 9): SSixty-nine ixty-nine percent real percent of of conservatives conservatives tthink hink tthat hat hhell ell iiss a re al place, place, and and oover ver hhalf alf ooff aallll lliberals iberals ddo. o. SShocking! hocking!

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As recounted in Drowned Hopes, the arrest of the railroad bartender happened in the 1950s; though I found no record of any such event during that decade, I did turn up one from the ’70s.

On July 18, 1972, Amtrak’s Texas Chief train was boarded by state and local police when it pulled into Oklahoma City. Liquor was confiscated and the lounge car attendant was arrested, jailed overnight and charged the next day under a law against operating an “open saloon”—i.e., selling alcohol for on-premises consumption. A newspaper reporter, no doubt smelling a story, had informed the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board that the newly formed Amtrak was selling liquor on its trains while they were en route through Oklahoma. When the board raised the subject with Amtrak, the railroad agency made it clear it had no intention of complying with the law.

Resolving to force the issue, Oklahoma officials apparently called up their counterparts in Kansas, a state with similarly tough liquor laws. On the same day as the Oklahoma City arrest, agents of the Kansas attorney general boarded a train in Newton, Kansas, and arrested the conductor, a lounge car attendant and a dining car waiter for serving booze.

Amtrak sued both states in federal court. The Oklahoma judge ruled in favor of Amtrak, but the Kansas judge ruled against, on the grounds that the federal Prohibition repeal granted the states broad powers to regulate alcohol. The Kansas decision was affirmed by the Supreme Court, and the Oklahoma decision was overturned on appeal. Upshot: no booze on trains in Oklahoma or Kansas. Did Amtrak yank

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its Oklahoma service out of spite? For an answer we contacted Doug Loudenback, an amateur Oklahoma historian, who in turn consulted Dean Schirf, former vice president of government relations for the Oklahoma City chamber of commerce.

The facts: Passenger rail service contracted sharply in the 1960s. When Amtrak took over in 1971 there was just one train left, the Santa Fe Texas Chief.

Despite losing the liquor case in 1974, Amtrak continued operating this run, renamed the Lone Star, until 1979, when it and several other runs were dropped following budget cuts. There’s no sign this turned on liquor sales, and in any case Amtrak continued to operate in Kansas, where presumably the same grudge would have applied. In short, while there may be some deserted old railroad towns in Oklahoma, the notion that they got that way because of a liquor dispute is a flight of writerly fancy.

Lest you think this subject has no continuing relevance, the Amtrak liquor cases came up not too long ago in a dispute between the state of New Mexico and US Airways. In 2006 a drunken passenger got off a US Airways flight in Albuquerque and crashed driving the wrong way on the highway, killing himself and five others.

The airline was cited by New Mexico authorities for serving alcohol without a state liquor license. After obtaining a temporary license, US Airways was cited again by New Mexico for serving another intoxicated customer. The airline sued, claiming it should be exempt from state and local liquor laws, but a federal court found for the state, citing among other things the Amtrak decisions regarding Kansas and Oklahoma.

Rail passenger service in Oklahoma resumed in 1999, when Amtrak began operating its Heartland Flyer train between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth. Strong feelings evidently having subsided, you can get a drink while aboard, although I notice some Oklahoma counties remain dry. Does this complicate matters? Tell you what, Anthony: let’s take a ride on the Flyer, order a couple cold ones and find out.

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