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Let Gary Be Gary In response to the letter “Piling On” (Oct. 20). Uh, Hello? “Gary, please write about your subject matter.”

Gary Singh is Garycentric. Always has been. He IS his subject matter. It’s the

valley viewed through his lens. I think the longevity of his column and the responses in the Comments section speak to the fact that a lot of others find that view of interest. As we say in radio, “If you don’t like the program, change the channel.”

JIM THOMAS | SAN JOSE

New Light Eric Johnson did a good job of bringing new information to light about someone who wants a job spending our money (“Pegram’s Paradox,” SVNews, Oct. 20). Pegram’s history of ripping off his partners, failed business ventures, monkeying with MLMs and fringe politics should give voters pause.

KENWOOD BOYLE | SAN JOSE

Rah for Rocha I am voting for Don Rocha for city council. I met with him this summer to discuss my concerns. While I think he’s pretty shy, which I mistakenly saw as arrogance, and middle of the road when he’s asked a question, he seems sincere. I can tell you that we don’t agree on everything, but he is far more balanced and educated on the issues than Pegram.

KATHLEEN FLYNN | SAN JOSE

What Meg Wants Women in politics have come a very long way in a short period of time. This is all good unless the vetting system cannot detect the trophy wife. Who is a

misguided trophy wife? Meg Whitman of course. She is simply out for another trophy on the mantelpiece—not out for the egalitarian notion of our nation’s founding docs or even equality under the law. Meg is out for Meg and needs the trophy on the mantelpiece.

It has nothing to do with competency.

It has everything to do with having the money to buy our system. Meg is the player for Meg—not you or me.

Is she really capable? Is she forthright and ethical? Evidence says maybe not. Does she have a grip on being an American? She does—a wealthy American who leverages the failure of our system to take to task Americans who have little to rely upon. Meg is not out running for governor as much a she running for herself.

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Already, “there are less police and firefighters than before,” he says, in a city that has approximately 1.4 officers per 1,000 residents, much less than the national average of 2.5 for big cities, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

“We put the money into pensions,” Reed says. “We didn’t put it into cops.”

“Public safety is our number one priority. It’s a core service of the city, and this year the public safety budget is the same as it was last year. But we have 80 less firefighters and 90 less police officers. And the reason that we have less officers is pension costs.

“Retirement benefit costs went up dramatically. We’re talking about tens of millions of dollars. So, in order to pay for the retirement benefits for police officers and firefighters and their retirees, we had to take it out of the public safety budget. And so we have less officers and less firefighters because of this gigantic increase in pension costs.

“If you look back over the last 10 years, you can see that the average cost of a firefighter and police office has gone up by 100 percent, while revenues only went up 20 percent.

Over the past decade, we have shrunk the workforce of the city by more than 1,000 people. . . . If we don’t get the costs under control, we’re going to continue on the road to disaster in the future. We can’t stay on this trend line. It’s a very dangerous place to be.”

No Surprises Reed made it through his first term without the kind of crises that befell some prior mayors. Tom McEnery weathered a $60 million bond loss during his second year but it didn’t seem to hurt his star power much. Ron Gonzales’ year two romantic entanglement proved more damaging; he never regained his footing and left office disgraced by a garbage rate scandal.

Reed faced some first-term challenges over attitude arrests downtown, the sacking and botched search for a new independent police auditor and the naming of Little Saigon. Still, he landslided to a 77 percent win this June after everyone with any sense decided to stay out of the race.

Reed’s honest-government message has resonated with voters and kept his popularity high, despite a modest agenda of just getting things to work right. His biggest accomplishment was the implementation of a series of transparency reforms. While they fell short of the sunshine ordinance that candidate Reed had proposed as one of the “Reed Reforms,” they eliminated the last-minute spending proposals that were chronically shoved through the council without public input.

“The one that is easiest for people to understand is the simple change from allowing things to be posted on Friday afternoon at five o’clock and decided at two o’clock on Tuesday,” Reed says. “That 10-day rule, as we call it, requires these papers to be made available to the public. If you have some new initiative or something, people can find out about it 10 days before the meeting. That gives them a chance to talk to their neighbors, get organized, get engaged and participate in the process.

“That simple 10-day rule really helped with people’s attitudes about government because they don’t think we’re trying to trick them,” he adds.

Open government, however, is only a means to an end, and leaders are judged on the results they deliver, not simply on the integrity of the process through which decisions are made. And a big win for Reed will be if he can deliver what has eluded past mayors: major league sports.

“An opportunity that we have now is with the A’s wanting to move to San Jose,” he says. “If that happens, the A’s will invest nearly $500 million into a private sector project that will generate thousands of jobs and at least $5 million of revenue for local governments. Three million of that would come to the City of San Jose.

“So that doesn’t require city funding, but yet it would be a great benefit to the city—not just on the revenue side.

“Of course, there are a lot of baseball fans, and sports entertainment is an important part of what makes a city fun and interesting to live in. And it attracts creative, talented people that we need to work in our industries to keep us the innovation center of the world.”

Reed is hoping that baseball Commissioner Bud Selig will meet with the team owners in December and ask them to make the territorial changes to allow the A’s to come to San Jose.

“If that happens, we’d like to get on a March ballot,” Reed says, adding that the commissioner’s office has offered to help pay for a special election “in the spring.”

A soccer stadium is also on the table with the return of the Earthquakes, who are currently playing in Santa Clara. “We’d like to have them playing in a stadium in San Jose, on land that the city currently owns,” Reed says.

“Again, it’s a private sector-financed, private sector-developed, private

sector-operated facility, which would be great for the city,” Reed says. “There are a lot of soccer fans. But that’s just an element of what we need to do in this city. Everybody doesn’t like baseball. Everybody doesn’t like soccer. We’ve got to have all kinds of entertainment and sports just to round out the city and make it an interesting, fun, creative place to live.”

A New Reed Since winning the June election, a new Chuck Reed has emerged, one who’s more self assured, not afraid to take risks, to lead or to pull the levers of power. There are signs that Reed is coming into his own as a mayor.

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This week’s election could be decisive, determining whether voters support his fiscal reforms and potentially giving the mayor a sixvote council majority. Earlier in his term, he expressed discomfort with the “punish and reward” school of politics, saying he didn’t want allies, just councilmembers who were independent.

Signs that Reed has learned to count to six emerged with his controversial endorsement of anti-homosexuality crusader Larry Pegram, whom he endorsed for one reason: “It’s really about the fiscal issues—the fiscal crisis that I think is the most important issue we face,” Reed says. “We need to have more

people on the council who are willing to take a stand on fiscal issues.

“This is not about public safety,” he says of the pension reform measures.

“It’s about money. The police and the fire unions have benefited greatly from this arbitration system. The average cost to the taxpayers of each police officer and firefighter is over $180,000 per year. They have been enormous beneficiaries of very generous benefits, very generous salaries.

“Of course they don’t want to change that. It’s a gravy train. They’ve been on the gravy train and they want it to keep running. I’d like to have more firefighters, more police officers.

We just can’t afford them because they’re so expensive.

“We have to bring those costs under control. I’m just trying to place some constraints on arbitration—I’m not trying to eliminate it altogether.

But I do want to put the arbitrators in a box so they can’t create unfunded liabilities, they can’t give retroactive benefits, so they can’t spend money we don’t have.”

Where former mayors have left behind legacies including major edifaces, Reed is more interested in changing the city’s governmental processes.

“What I want to be remembered for is having saved the city from fiscal disaster, honesty, fiscal responsibility and open government. That it’s a very different city, operating very differently. It’s on a sound financial footing and can provide services to its residents. It’s increasing and improving services, instead of cutting services. That I made a huge difference in the way the people in the city live in terms of quality of life because of the way we can deliver services.

Hopefully we can get a few buildings along the way, because buildings are important to quality of life. But I think the fiscal reforms will be the most important thing that I do.”

This piece was based on two in-depth interviews with Mayor Reed conducted during the past two weeks. Additional portions of the interview will be posted to SanJoseInside.com and aired on Comcast’s public access channels in cooperation with the civic broadcast resource CreaTV.

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He’s gotten over his distaste of asking for contributions, doing much of the fundraising for the November ballot measures himself.

The cautious, soft-spoken attorney has become more at ease in front of a microphone or an audience. When he blames the trees for the tree trimming problems (“They didn’t stop growing,”) he actually gets a laugh these days. Before, his jokes mostly drew groans.

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San Jose City Council District 9 DONALD ROCHA Back in March, when he first launched his campaign, Donald Rocha was careful to a fault. He declined to take positions on controversial issues, saying he needed to first get familiar with the issues, and then to go out into the community and find out what his constituents were thinking.

Seven months later, Rocha has evolved as a political actor. Having studied the policy papers, pounded the pavement and knocked on a few thousand doors, he says he now knows what his district wants and how to get it.

On the most important issue confronting the city—the $118 million budget deficit and the structural problems that created it—Rocha has staked out a strong position at some political risk. He has come out publicly in favor of Measure V and Measure W, which would strengthen the city’s position with regards to public employees’ unions.

Where he once opposed pension reform, he now says he believes it is necessary and will support it. Asked whether he would have voted with Mayor Reed to impose a pay cut on the unions, Rocha doesn’t hesitate to say yes. (“Reluctantly,” he adds.)

Because Rocha has been endorsed by the South Bay Labor Council, his opponent, Larry Pegram, is trying to portray him as a union pawn.

But Rocha’s willingness to speak out on these controversial issues proves that he is capable of being his own man. That will be important in coming months, when the citizens of San Jose will need an independent representative on the council.

Rocha is still cautious—admirably so. “I don’t think we need to be hammering on city employees and blaming the unions for all the city’s troubles,” he says. “We don’t need to be demonizing them.” Back in March, that might have sounded like double-speak—today it sounds like an intelligently nuanced approach.

Pegram, an evangelical activist who spearheaded the local fight against gay marriage, served on the City Council in the mid-’70s, when he was known as one of the notorious “Fearsome Foursome.”

That developer-friendly bloc fell apart following bribery indictments and scandal. Pegram then began a career as a financial planner, which was marked by bankruptcy and foreclosure. Several longtime acquaintances have questioned his forthrightness and integrity. His positions on social issues aside, he is not qualified to sit on this council.

Residents of District 9 have a clear choice.

San Jose Measure U YES Measure U would do three good and important things. First, while it would not explicitly legalize San Jose’s medical marijuana dispensaries, it would no doubt offer them a powerful degree of legitimacy, and make it easier for them to provide services to their patients, it would protect. Second, it would begin the process of creating a regulatory framework under which medi-pot clubs and collectives operate. Third, it would create a potentially significant new revenue stream for the city.

Spearheaded by District 6 Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio, Measure U would authorize the City Council to implement a business tax specifically on local medical cannabis dispensaries. The measure stipulates that the council can impose a levy of up to 10 percent “for the privilege of conducting business within the City.”

That would make San Jose’s medipot tax the steepest of such taxes in the state.

San Jose’s co-ops and nonprofit collectives widely oppose Measure U. Leaders like David Hodges of the San Jose Cannabis Buyers Collective worry that the tariff would force medical cannabis providers to raise prices, putting an undue burden on patients. We believe the proposal’s benefits are worth the price.

Alum Rock Union School District Board of Trustees AARON RESENDEZ During his unsuccessful run for a District 5 council seat in June, Aaron Resendez went to the hospital to visit the ill father of his opponent, Magdalena Carrasco, just to say “Hi” and offer support. That would not surprise anyone who knows

Resendez—he is the epitome of oldfashioned honor and integrity.

A longtime community leader who has dedicated his life to the East Side, Resendez chaired the East Valley/680 Neighborhood Action Coalition for five years. Born in Mexico, he earned his citizenship and has lived and raised his family in the east San Jose for the last 16 years.

While working as a box-printing press operator, he’s found time to volunteer in the community. He coaches kids’ soccer and spends weekends walking neighborhoods erasing graffiti and picking up trash. He was president of the Arbuckle Neighborhood Association from 2000 to 2005.

Weathering the tough June primary gave Resendez an education on how politics actually goes down in San Jose—more real world experience that will be an asset to the East Side school district.

Santa Clara County Board of Education; Trustee Area 6 ANGIE CARDOZA Current trustee Craig Mann’s passion and willingness to speak up on tough issues has at times been admirable. But over the past several months he’s proven himself to be too divisive. Several missteps have turned into petty scandals, wasting time and drawing attention away from what should be the board’s number one priority: improving education.

Mann’s past year on the board has been marked by missed meetings, meaningless arguments and an incident of flagrant racebaiting that almost got him censured this summer.

The only person running against Mann for Area 6 of the SCCBOE is Angie Cardoza. The 61-year-old businesswoman and forewoman of the 2009–10 Civil Grand Jury investigation into school district organization has received endorsements from both Republicans and Democrats, including Pete Constant and Teresa Alvarado.

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State Measures

MEASURE U

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Marijuana businesses tax YES MEASURE V Reform Mandatory Arbitration

Regulate and Tax Cannabis YES

PROPOSITION 20

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Congressional Redistricting

MEASURE W Pension Reform YES

PROPOSITION 21

MEASURE I East Side Union High School District parcel tax YES

Local Races SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

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Vehicle Fee for Parks YES PROPOSITION 22

Ban on State Borrowing from Local Governments NO PROPOSITION 23

Suspend the State’s Global Warming Law NO PROPOSITION 24

MIKE WASSERMAN

Repeal of Corporate Tax Breaks YES

SAN JOSE CITY COUNCIL

PROPOSITION 25

MAGDALENA CARRASCO

YES

SAN JOSE CITY COUNCIL

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District 1

District 5

District 7

MADISON NGUYEN

SAN JOSE CITY COUNCIL

Majority Rules on Budget

Supermajority Rules NO PROPOSITION 27

Incumbent Protection Act NO

District 9

DON ROCHA

SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

Trustee Area 6

ANGIE CARDOZA

SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

Trustee Area 7 ADAM ESCOTO

State Races GOVERNOR

JERRY BROWN

UNITED STATES SENATE BARBARA BOXER

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM

ALUM ROCK UNION SCHOOL

ATTORNEY GENERAL

AARON RESENDEZ

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

District Board of Trustees

KAMALA HARRIS

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This Friday, Jess LeDesma will transform the American Legion Hall property in Campbell into a haunted house with indoor and outdoor bars, live bands and food from his own

company, the KOA Restaurant Group.

Known as Post 99, the veterans group operates a building overlooking the Campbell Percolation Ponds at 1344 Dell Ave. Due to a mountain of debt, the group is facing an uphill battle to keep the property from being sold. For years, old-timers and new-timers alike have regularly gathered, often just in need of fellow veterans to talk with.

Many of them have nowhere else to go.

The American Legion Hall itself is a place virtually unknown by much of the general population. One must take a circuitous route from Winchester and San Tomas Expressway and then motor through an industrial no-manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-land to get there. But behind the building, a

unique patio view of the pond provides a calm and peaceful setting, perhaps the only environment of its kind anywhere around these parts. One can peacefully smoke and watch the Canada Geese ďŹ&#x201A;oat by. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a hidden gem of Silicon Valley,â&#x20AC;?

LeDesma says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For anybody that likes the water. When you look at that water, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very relaxing. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very therapeutic.â&#x20AC;?

LeDesma, formerly of Forbes Mill Steakhouse and the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, just happens to be building a new place on Campbell Avenue, the Koa Restaurant. A Campbell native, he recently lost a cousin to the war in Afghanistan. He learned of Post 99â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plight and decided to lend a helping hand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being a Campbell boy and having traveled the world as a chef, I thought maybe I could throw a fundraiser to create some awareness,â&#x20AC;? he says.

As a result, the Halloween party will serve as a kickoff event for a new

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partnership LeDesma formed with Post 99 as its in-house caterer for events.

Whoever wants to rent the space for banquets, parties, wedding receptions, corporate team-building events or island-themed luaus will have access to his catering talents. Meeting planners and destination marketing companies take note. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can do anything any big hotel or restaurant, any Ritz-Carlton or Fairmont, can do,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Since hardly a soul knows about the property and its potential for lucrative events, LeDesma is going high on the hog for the Halloween party. Some of the guests will even arrive in limousines. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At this party, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bringing in a lot of different people from a lot of different places,â&#x20AC;? he explains, â&#x20AC;&#x153;politicians to big money people, local residents and what have you, just trying to get people and show them a great place. And bring more parties here and build more functions.â&#x20AC;?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m with LeDesma all the way. Aside from being a more-than-worthy cause, the American Legion Hall provides a wealth of historical tidbits. A few legendary punk shows went down at that place during the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s. Social Distortion, for example, gigged there in 1983, before they even had an album out. A handmade ďŹ&#x201A;ier for that show currently adorns the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bathroom at the Blank Club in downtown San Jose, because the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owner, Corey Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, was the one who organized the show. Talk about hidden connections.

In any event, it all proves why this valley is at the crossroads of everythingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;punk rock, famous chefs, corporate meetings and events planners, veterans organizations, hidden gems, historical travel, social causes and more. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primarily the reason why Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting behind this thing,â&#x20AC;? LeDesma says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we can make things work, and it turns around, then I know Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done a great gesture and helped a great cause.â&#x20AC;?

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The resurrection of the South Bay live music scene continues, and in this Rocktober issue, we make like zombies and pick the brains of the South Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most interesting bands. This edition of our annual salute to the scene features local rock upstarts, hip-hop icons, punk supergroups and metalheads who dress like clowns and astronauts. Rock on!

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RIC BEARD remembers the first time he saw Dave Michael perform, back in the early ’90s in a San Jose warehouse where Michael’s metal band Marquis de Sade hung out.

“They were getting ready to practice and I said, ‘Where’s the singer?’ They said, ‘He’s upstairs in the closet, with his cape on, upside down,’” recalls Beard. “Then I remember they started playing a song and he ran down—there were like 10 steps, and he probably hit two of them on the way down—and his eyes were so red because he’d been upside down in a closet for an hour, and he’s got a cape on. And I’m like, ‘This guy’s possessed.’”

For Michael at the time, it was just par for the course. “Yeah, I used to hang in the closet and just tweak myself out before a show. I don’t smoke at all, I don’t do weed or any of that—I’m way allergic to drugs. All I do is drink,” he says.

“At the time, I didn’t like wearing clothes. So there’d be a big party going on and I’d just take off my clothes and walk around naked.”

Little wonder that Beard would consider him the perfect frontman for a shock-rock band based around the unlikely pairing of evil clowns and astronauts, with a big side

helping of explosives and silly string. It did, however, take him 12 years to do so. While still in their teens, they played briefly together in the more straightforward Xanthis, but then Michael co-founded the long-running South Bay metal band Imagika. Beard went to school, at Chico State, then moved to Southern California.

“I wrote some stuff for Motorhead, and trying to write rhythm tracks for people. I was doing studio work down in Hollywood,” he says.

Meanwhile, back in the South Bay, Beard’s brother Mike, who books shows through his Man Down Productions, happened to give a disc of solo rhythm tracks Beard had been working on to Michael.

“He calls me up,” says Beard, “and says, ‘I saw your brother, he gave me a CD, and I’ve written five songs to your stuff and I’m sending it to you.’”

“I just hounded him,” admits Michael. “He was in San Diego, and I flew down there, I didn’t care. I was like, ‘I’m going to work with him.’ Cause the music that he wrote was just like, holy crap!

He had a lot of stuff, drums and guitars. I ended up taking it and structuring it, writing the lyrics and stuff. We had

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By 2005, Beard had moved back to the South Bay, and Bomb & Scary was born at Rock Bottom Brewery in Campbell, where the duo would just throw out bizarre ideas until something stuck.

“First we were going to be Holy Cheeses. We were laughing, thinking about coming out onstage and throwing slabs of cheese,” says Michael. “We’d have some beers, and we’d just have a good time.

He’d draw pictures, ‘How about you in a cage? And then there’s flying monkeys and stuff !’”

“He would say, ‘You’re the bomb,’” remembers Beard. “And he was always scary, the way he is. I said, ‘Our name should just be me and you, like Dave & Eric,’ I think I said ‘Tom and Jerry,’ and then ‘Bomb & Scary.’”

And so were the characters of Bomb and Scary born. At first, they played as a duo, with a 99-inch video screen behind them, to a click track. They also both wore makeup. Beard wasn’t comfortable wearing it, so he went with an astronaut jumpsuit emblazoned with a bomb on the back. When they added a bassist and drummer, they’d don matching jumpsuits.

But for Michael, the facepaint was a revelation. “It changed me. It gave me another personality, it really did,” he says.

Michael even came up with maybe the weirdest backstory in the history of shock rock: “The story for Scary, in my brain, was that these astronauts went to one of Mars’ moons. They landed there and they fell through a hole, and there was a whole world of clowns. Bomb blew up one part of a building that was an insane asylum. He saw Scary breaking up a fight between a rolled-up piece of baloney and a butterfly.”

Incredibly, the story only gets more insane from there, but it ends with Bomb spiriting Scary away to Earth to create chaos. This is how Michael’s brain works, and the pairing of the two has made for an interesting contrast. Beard is the musical mastermind, and also the analyst. When the band plays live, it’s not unusual to find him looking deep in thought, or scowling if the music doesn’t come out exactly right. Michael, on the other hand, is the daredevil. He’s turned his Scary character into not so much an evil clown as a dark ringleader, welcoming fans into the “Funhouse,” before that song, and posing maniacally for the sea of cameras that inevitably rise up out of the audience. The pair surround themselves with chaos both backstage and during their set, with crucified clowns up against he wall, a legion of jumpsuited band members and roadies, and a mascot named Chuckles with a giant evil-clown head who works the crowd, high-fiving fans and shooting silly string.

Perhaps the strangest thing at a Bomb & Scary show is that despite all the dark-carnival trappings, everyone is smiling and laughing. The vibe is so incredibly different than Insane Clown Posse, a group to which Bomb & Scary constantly have to fight off comparisons. The emphasis is much more on the music, a factor decidedly lacking in other shock-metal acts like Gwar.

Scary, though, is still likely to say anything or do something random at any time, like lick his staff comprised of Linda Blair’s head on a stick.

“I just let him do what he does,” says Beard. “The bottom line is we love what we’re doing musically. We love heavy music, and we believe in our songs. The theatrics are a bonus.”

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EARLY every band has to deal with personnel changes sooner or later, but what do you do when the person leaving can’t be replaced? That’s pretty much the situation Northern Son guitarist and vocalist Jeff Carmassi found himself in when his longtime friend Tyler Florence told him this summer that he was quitting the band. Florence was more than just a bassist—he and Carmassi had founded the band together in 2009, and it was obvious the band wasn’t going to be the same without him.

“It was tough,” says Carmassi. “We’re superclose friends. For him to not want to do it anymore was rough for the first couple months.

But there’s no hard feelings.”

Adding to the pressure was the fact that in a short time, Northern Son’s popularity had skyrocketed.

“You have a lot of expectations when things take off fast. There was a point when we were pushing so hard. We had to step back and say, ‘We haven’t even been a band for a year.’”

But underneath the ambition, there’s a gritty sense of determination to Carmassi’s musical vision. Even when absorbing the shock of Florence’s departure, he never considered breaking up Northern Son, and the other members—guitarists Jonathan Sontag and Oj Montevirgen, keyboardist Sean Ghavi and drummer Brent Nunn—back him up. “It was never an option that the band was going to stop,” he says. “We were all committed.

The band’s primary influences include Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen and Wilco, and like all of those musicians, the key to Northern Son’s immense appeal is their ability to coat simple, slightly rootsy songs in gorgeous, surprising arrangements. It’s a big, powerful sound with instant accessibility, and on their newest single, “Spin,” they show even more pop prowess, showing glints in the melody of two NorCal hitmakers, Third Eye Blind and San Jose’s own Smash Mouth.

Losing Florence has been a setback, but they’ve connected themselves to another South Bay success story by bringing in former Strata bassist Hrag Chanchanian. And Carmasi is ready to push hard again, to bring Northern Son’s music to as big an audience as possible.

Mainstream success? “None of us feel that’s a pipe dream,” he says.

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IX YEARS ago, Language Arts Crew had all the makings of an innovative rap group busting out from the San Jose underground and penetrating mainstream hip-hop with the release of their debut album, Applied Knowledge. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen.

They’d already had a taste of popularity with their first 7-inch single, “Lazy Daze in California,” which was released by an upstart indie label. “Lazy Daze” was a laid-back hip-hop jam with a cool little piano loop. The music complemented the lyrics perfectly, conjuring up images of sunny California backyard parties. It got regular airplay on KSJS, and even made the rounds in San Jose dance clubs.

Gangsta rap may have dominated the ’90s, but alternative, experimental hip-hop groups were gaining momentum in the 2000s with the rise of acts like Atmosphere and Aesop Rock.

“I never considered being in a hip-hop group.

Not until Doug [Hughmanick] showed me early Aesop Rock,” says Language Arts Crew cofounder Clint Westwood.

Westwood and Hughmanick started making hip-hop in 2000 when they moved up to San Francisco. “We started to freestyle with no intentions of it being serious. Clint was making beats on a busted Casio stereo,” Hughmanick says. Stefan Meissner would come up and join them. They later met Benny Medicina after moving back to San Jose. After a lot of shows and experimentation, they released “Lazy Daze in California.” Despite its initial success, the record label had some internal problems and ended up folding. Still, the funky, feel-good vibe of the

single was the perfect soundtrack for every San Jose hip-hoploving stoner. They carried this sound into the full-length Applied Knowledge, incorporating more complicating rapping patterns, unusual samples and cutting edge midtempo beats that were in line with the emerging underground hip-hop movement of the time. Yet they were careful not to sound like other underground groups.

“That first 7-inch bumped us up a notch. By the time our first LP came out we already had a following,” Westwood says.

Despite a great debut record and putting on killer shows, they never got the opportunity to jump to the next level. But in the end, it wasn’t about breaking it big. These guys were music lovers, if not hip-hop purists. The group members had played in ska, punk and all sorts of crazy bands before they ever started rapping together. “We have punk rock energy. We have that mentality that live music needs to be entertaining. Not a lot of hiphop artists understand that,” Westwood says.

After a few years of hitting the scene hard, in 2006 Medicina got a job offer working on the TV show Veronica Mars and moved down to Southern California. The group continued on. They worked on their second full-length and played shows as time permitted. Medicina would make trips up to San Jose and work with the guys.

Meissner and Westwood started up the ska band

Whiskey Avengers as a side project along the way, and it didn’t take long for that band to gain a lot of attention in the local scene as well. Playing in a band with musicians like Kevin Higuchi and Lee Pardini, Language Arts Crew further expanded their musical approach. “We started to integrate live instruments into the recording process and furthermore into our live performances. So I guess we had become a hip-hop band,” Medicina says.

Medicina moved back to San Jose in 2008 to devote more energy to Language Arts Crew.

Rather than slimming down on other musical projects, the guys managed to expand it. The Whiskey Avengers were going strong, and Westwood joined alt-metal band Insolence.

Medicina and Westwood even decided to form another band, Trashkannon, playing crusty punk.

“The other projects we are involved in have definitely proved to diversify our audience.

That’s what we’re going for. We want to do it all, and I believe other hip-hop artists respect us for that,” Medicina says.

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OR DRUMMER Nathan Jones, Boar Hunter is more than a name. It’s a way of life. He uses a rifle, and goes hunting with a guide in Panoche Hills in Hollister.

“You can use a bow and arrow, but I haven’t tried it,” Jones says.

When he wasn’t keeping the pig population down, he played in Hollister’s own Uzi Suicide and was a backup drummer for the Flames before being asked to join the band. Boar Hunter is made up four musicians who have been playing in the South Bay for at least 20 years; it’s a local supergroup, if you will.

Guitarist Rob Fraser and bassist Branch Benson, who trade off vocal duties, have known one another since the early ’90s, playing together in Apeface, which has now mutated into Beerijuana.

“I wanted to bring back what Apeface was all about; a hardcore crusty band, because there are none in San Jose. That was my original idea.

Branch was on board, but we needed another guitar player, because we were a little thin.”

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who has played in metal outfit Saros. Aguilar and Fraser have known one another for about 10 years.

“When we started off, Rob had a couple melodic poppy songs,” Aguilar says.

Fraser has also played in Krupted Peasant Farmerz. After that band broke up in the late ’90s, he continued with Angry For Life, which also broke up within a few years. Boar Hunter would be slightly different and a little harder, according to Benson.

“We wanted to have a band that was not necessarily hard edge metal; just a good, heavy punk band, without being crossover,” Benson says.

Jones agrees. The members are from different backgrounds, yet come together to create something they all like.

“With this band, we let things naturally fall into place without trying to go in one particular direction. All of our different styles

ended up mashing together,” Jones says.

Boar Hunter plans on putting an album out by the end of year, which will be strictly on vinyl.

“Personally, I like vinyl, but that’s also what’s selling now,” Fraser says. “CDs aren’t really selling; people just want to download shit.”

They’ll be heading to House of Faith to record with Bart Thurber, mainly because he still uses an analog tape recorder, rather than digital. It works best for Fraser because analog transfers better to vinyl.

Boar Hunter’s members look at their band as more of a brotherhood, and with maturity comes a different outlook.

“It means more to us now than saying, ‘Let’s do an album and tour,’” Aguilar says.

“It’s more laid back and everything in this band has gelled.”

Branch chuckles, “Basically, we do it because we’re too dumb to quit.”

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O HELP FIND a new name for his band—formerly known as Warsaw— guitarist and vocalist Michael Hale decided to get little spiritual.

“I took some peyote and went to the desert and came back with the new name: The Abstracts. Not like a workout machine for your abs, but like a painting with different interpretations,” Hale says.

Bassist Mark Sharp was just glad to have a name they all liked.

“It takes us five minutes to talk about a song, but it’s taken us five weeks to come up with a band name,” Sharp says.

The Abstracts is culmination of two years of playing backyard barbecues and parties, where, incidentally, Hale and Sharp met their future drummer.

“Hale and I went to a party and we see this mean-looking greaser guy behind a kit,” Sharp says. “We pointed him out and he glared at us. Hale looks at him and says, ‘That’s our drummer, right there.’ Hale then grabs an acoustic guitar and starts jamming out with him. The chemistry was immediately there.”

That mean-looking greaser was Frank “Franky Boy” DeSantiago. They met, talked, drank and decided to start jamming for fun.

“In the beginning, it was just for us and our friends, kind of a ‘in the closet’ band. We’d only play when we got drunk at barbecues,” Hale says.

In true garage band fashion, they recorded a

couple songs on a boombox and let some friends listen to it. Sharp says they liked what they heard.

“So we thought; maybe we’re on to something here. The more we played, the more each song didn’t sound like the last. We sat there and scratched our heads and wondered, ‘Is anyone going to get this?’ But we realized that didn’t really matter. We wanted to play songs we would to love to play and our friends hanging out with us would want to hear,” Sharp says.

The creative process for the Abstracts revolves around the fact the three members are from different backgrounds and bring something different to the table. Franky Boy was a paid DJ at one point.

“I like all kinds of music, but I hate Morrissey.

But this guy [Sharp] loves him.”

The band members are all veteran musicians who have all lived in downtown San Jose for more than a decade.

The mutual respect and a love for many different types of music are pushing the trio to become part of what they believe is a burgeoning music scene.

“I think San Jose has come back around

to a really good live music sect,” Sharp says.

“We’re just part of a family. We want to build something we know San Jose’s capable of. Living in the shadows of San Francisco for I don’t even know how many years at this point, I think it’s time San Jose came up and built something that’s worthwhile. I think we’re on the right track to do that.”

Hale also sees a bigger picture.

“I think it’s starting to move and grow,” Hale says. “You can see bands are actually making an effort to sound different instead of the same.

The main thing is support and treating each other like family. Because of that, I think San Jose is going to rise. I would like to see all the bands collectively get together and represent this gutter. It’s not going to take one band, it’s going to take an army and we can do that.”

Hale compares the Abstracts to a tribe of Native Americans, passing a pipe.

“You sit down at a campfire and you don’t say a word,” Hale says. “You don’t even look at each other and you pass this pipe around.

That’s how it is musically for us. We’re watching it create itself.”

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eff Evans knows the South Bay music scene as well as anyone. At his day job as co-owner of the vinyl-fetishizing indie record shop On the Corner Music in Campbell, Evans is a huge supporter of the scene, and over the last few years he’s had an uncanny knack for forecasting its fate, from the darkest days of the live music drought to its slow revival to the recent crop of off beat, interesting bands.

His own history with the scene, as a drummer and DJ (sometimes under the moniker Jagged Jeff ) stretches back to 1996, with the pop-punk band Betty’s Love Child.

After a few years, he joined Jimmy Sweet and the Love, which became the popular Bodies in the Basement. That heavy-blues rock outfit worshipped T-Rex, the Stooges and even more primary rock legends.

“They listened to ’60s garage stuff, the Sonics and those types of bands,” Evans remembers. “I got the best musical lesson from those guys, and that’s what I loved playing.”

After Bodies broke up, he was in a poppier

Franz Ferdinand–type outfit called the Entertainment Committee that, while it did very little as a group, did feature several musicians who would go on to do great things in the South Bay scene—Will Sprott, leader of the Mumlers, that group’s bassist Paolo Gomez and Ryan Summers of Doctor Nurse. (Of Sprott, Evans recalls: “It was always too loud for him.

He would wrap his head in a towel.”

The point of reviewing Evans’ long and varied history in local bands is what he says now about his current project: “What I’m playing now with Dirty Pillows is in a weird way the end result of all those bands.

In other words, he’s found his dream gig. Formed in 2008 with guitarist-vocalist Alejandro Villaneva (who goes by his longtime nickname “Millhawse”), Dirty Pillows’ music celebrates the pair’s shared influences—Modern Lovers, the Damned, Talking Heads—but captures the raw, rushing sound of the earliest days of punk and post-punk.

“There’s a certain aesthetic we like to adhere to,” admits Villaneva, “sort of late-’70s and

early-’80s punk in its various forms.”

Villaneva also found Dirty Pillows a refuge, after stifling what he really wanted to play in his previous band.

“Between songs at rehearsals, I would play these jagged, angular riffs, but I knew it would never work in that band,” he says.

The most startling element of Dirty Pillows is how much sound one duo can produce.

“It sounds really full,” agrees Evans. “And Alex really sings, you know? He’s a crooner. The first time I heard him sing, I thought of that first Strokes record.”

All that experience in other bands has convinced both members that it’s smart to stay a duo, allowing the group to remain their ideal vehicle.

“When you’re a two-piece, you’re limited in some ways,” admits Evans. “But at the same time, you don’t have to worry about, ‘Is everybody on board for this?’”

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AMICI’S EAST COAST PIZZERIA Pizza. $. Amici’s specializes in thin-crust, New York-style pizza. With its upscale atmosphere and friendly service you’ve got one of downtown San Jose’s best pizza shops. 11am-10pm MonThu, 11am-11pm Fri, 11:30am11pm Sat and 11:30am-10pm Sun. 225 W. Santa Clara St. 408.289.9000.

ARCADIA Steakhouse. $$$.

Celebrity chef Michael Mina reworked the menu at Arcadia in the summer of 2006 to create a modern steakhouse, a change that has made it the destination restaurant it was originally supposed to be.

Lunch 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri and dinner 5:30-10pm SunThu, 5:30-11pm Fri-Sat. 301 S. Market St. 408.278.4555.

BELLA MIA Italian-American. $$$. One of downtown San Jose’s most attractive eateries, Bella Mia serves regional dishes with flair. Full bar. 11:30am-9pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-10pm Fri, 4:30-10pm Sat, 4:30-8pm Sun. 58 S. First St. 408.280.1993.

BILLY BERK’S Eclectic. $$.

Billy Berk’s restaurant looks and taste likes the offspring of the Hard Rock Cafe and Chili’s. The downtown San Jose restaurant offers a populist mix of American, Mexican and Asian food.

Most dishes are designed for sharing—appetizer-size portions, nibbles and finger foods that pair well with the prodigious drink list. 11:30am10pm Mon-Wed, 11:30am10pm Thu, 11:30am-11pm Fri, 5-11pm Sat, Bar open till

midnight. 99 S. First St, San Jose. 408.292.4300.

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E&O TRADING COMPANY Southeast Asian. $$$. Entrees come on playful serving dishes and are beautifully spiced with multiculti flavors, from Bali to Ceylon and back through Malaysia. Full bar.

Open 11:30am to 10:30pm, until midnight on weekends.

11:30am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-10:30pm Fri, 510:30pm Sat, 5-9pm Sun. 96 S. First St. 408.938.4100.

EMILE’S Contemporary French. $$$. White-tablecloth amenities without the stuffiness. An old favorite comes back strong with a new bistro. Full bar. Closed SunMon. Reservations suggested.

11am-2pm Thu-Fri, 5-10pm Tue-Sat. 545 S. Second St. 408.289.1960.

EULIPIA New American. $$$. The revamped menu emphasizes robust flavors and beautiful presentations.

Several standouts have been retained from the previous menu, as have the sexy Eulipia cocktails. Full bar. 5:30-10pm Tue-Sat, 4:30-9:30pm Sat. 374 S. First St. 408.280.6161.

FLAMES EATERY AND BAR American. $$. In Silicon Valley, the home-grown Flames restaurant chain is the area’s definitive coffee shop.

And now they’ve opened in downtown San Jose to great acclaim. 7am-midnight daily.

88 S. Fourth St. 408.971.1960.

GUMBO JUMBO Cajun fusion. $$. Gumbo Jumbo charts new territory with dishes such as Cajun lemon-grass chicken, garlic shrimp noodles and crawfish egg rolls. And don’t miss the boiled crawfish.

11:30am-2:30pm and 5:3010pm Mon-Wed, 11:30am2:30pm and 5:30pm-midnight Thu-Fri, 3pm-midnight Sat

and 3-10pm Sun. 80 N. Market St. 408.294.8626.

HOUSE OF SIAM Thai. $.

This popular establishment runs the gamut of Thai treasures. Casual. Beer, wine.

11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5-10pm daily. 151 S. Second St. 408.295.3397.

IL FORNAIO Regional Italian. $$. Embraced by the graceful Sainte Claire Hotel, this location (there are several up and down the coast) transports the diner. The menu showcases a different region of Italy monthly. 7am10pm, 10:30am-11:30pm Mon-Thu, 8am-11pm Fri-Sat, 8am-10pm Sun. Full bar. 302 S. Market St. 408.271.3366.

KOJI SAKE LOUNGE. $$.

Japanese. In spite of Koji’s well-tuned atmosphere, it’s the sakes that really set the tone. Koji’s sake list includes tasting notes that help you find one that suits you.

Happy hour 6-9pm Wed-Fri with $3 beers and $5 small plates. 6pm-late Wed-Fri, 8pm-late Sat. 48 S. First St. 408.287.7199.

LA PASTAIA Italian. $$. La Pastaia remains a stalwart of downtown San Jose’s dining scene. Set inside the Hotel De Anza, the rustic Italian restaurant has big city style to spare. Lunch 11am-3pm Mon-Fri and noon-2pm SatSun; dinner 5-9pm Mon-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat and 5-9pm Sun. 233 W. Santa Clara St. 408.286.8686.

LA VICTORIA TAQUERIA Mexican. $. La Vic’s famously addictive orange hot sauce

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MUCHOS Mexican. $. A small

merely tops off its tasty taqueria fare: big burritos of the breakfast and lunchtime varieties, overflowing nachos, delectable chile rellenos. 7am3am daily. 140 E. San Carlos St. 408.298.5335.

player with a big rotisserie, this taqueria cultivates a devout lunch following. All standards get billing, but the mesquite-roasted chicken is the star. Beer. 11am-10pm daily. 72 E. Santa Clara St. 408.277.0333.

LOS CUBANOS Cuban. $$.

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Cuban food exudes an earthy, slow-cooked seduction and Los Cubanos has it in spades.

Lunch 11am-2:30pm; dinner 5-9pm Tue-Thu, 5-10pm Fri, 3-10pm Sat and 3-8:30pm Sun. 22 N. Almaden Ave. 408.279.0134.

New American. $$. Lots of restaurants would like to think of themselves as friendly neighborhood joints but few deliver. The Garage does.

Small but satisfying menu of well executed comfort food classics. 5-9:30pm Tue-Thu, 5-10pm Fri, 9am-1pm, 5-10pm Sat, 9am-1pm Sun. 505 E. San Carlos St. 408.286.1100.

MCCORMICK AND SCHMICK’S Seafood. $$$. Harks back to big-city fish houses with stately, masculine interiors.

Menu follows the freshest fruits of the sea, grilled, panseared, steamed. Desserts will hook you. 11:30am-10pm daily, 11pm happy hour Fri-Sat. 170 S. Market St. 408.283.7200.

MEZCAL Regional Mexican. $$. Mezcal specializes in delicious regional cuisine from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. People who need nachos and sourcream-topped burritos on the menu will probably be miffed, but for those willing to venture beyond the same old Mexican-American standards, Mezcal offers an excellent point of departure. 11:30am11pm Sun-Fri and 5-11pm Sat. 25 W. San Fernando St. 408.283.9595.

MOROCCO’S Moroccan. $$. Morocco’s is the kind of restaurant downtown San Jose needs more of: distinctive food cooked and served by people with a personal investment in customer happiness. Morocco’s personal touch is all over the restaurant. Lunch 11am-3pm Mon-Fri, dinner 5-11pm MonSat and Sun 5-9pm. 86 N. Market St. 408.998.1509.

MORTON’S STEAKHOUSE Steakhouse. $$$$. Morton’s, a Chicago-based chain of restaurants with more than 80 locations across the United States and abroad, offers delicious, premium-priced steaks. The rest of the menu is a mixed bag. 5:30-11pm MonSat, 5-10pm Sun. 177 Park Ave. 408.947.7000.

NHA TOI Vietnamese. $$$. Nha Toi is the place for northern style Vietnamese food—less sweet than southern Vietnamese food and less spicy than the food of central Vietnam, yet it makes wider uses of aromatic ingredients 9am10pm daily. 460 E. William St. 408.294.2733.

ORIGINAL JOE’S ItalianAmerican. $$. For five decades OJ’s has been serving classics of American and ItalianAmerican food with heaping portions of big city attitude and glamour. The restaurant underwent an extensive remodel, but the menu is the same as it ever was. 11am1am daily. 301 S. First St. 408.292.7030.

PAGODA RESTAURANT Chinese. $$$. The cuisines of China share top billing with the opulence of the décor.

Pagoda offers the gamut of regional all-stars. Dressy. Full bar. 6-10pm Tue-Sat. Fairmont Hotel, 170 S. Market St. 408.998.3937.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO New Orleans. $$. The Poor House Bistro offers a lowpriced menu of Crescent City classics like po’ boys, barbecued shrimp, gumbo and muffaletta. Live music on Fridays and Saturdays.

Open 11am-9pm Mon-Sat. Open Sundays for major HP Pavilion events. 91 S. Autumn St. 408.292.5837.

SCOTT’S SEAFOOD Seafood. $$$. Culture lovers and power

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71 SAINT PETER New American. $$$. This romantic eatery offers upscale Mediterranean food in an intimate setting Beer, wine.

Closed Sun. 71 N. San Pedro St. 11:30am-1pm, 5-9pm MonSat. 408.971.8523.

VEGETARIAN HOUSE Vegetarian. $. This meat-free stalwart offers vegetarian dishes from around the world with a side serving of religious reading material from spiritual leader Ching Hai. 11am-2pm, 5-9pm Mon-Fri, 11am-9pm Sat-Sun. 520 E. Santa Clara St. 408.292.3798.

VUNG TAU VIETNAMESE $$. Traditionalists might gripe that they can get authentic Vietnamese food for less elsewhere, but it’s hard to top Vung Tau for its fresh, quality ingredients and sleek yet comfortable décor. Encyclopedic menu.

Open daily 10am-3pm and 5-9pm. 535 E. Santa Clara St. 408.288.9055.

WING’S Chinese. $. The food is complemented by an exotic dining room with sequestered seating equipped with hanging beads and doorbells, and other miscellaneous peculiarities of a bygone era.

Always a fun place to visit.

11:30am-9:30pm daily. 131 E. Jackson St. 408.294.3303 or 998.9427.

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AMATO’S Sandwich shop. $. The sandwiches make for greasy, sloppy, ferociously delicious eating. There are 34 varieties, categorized in three groups: hot, cold, specialty. Mon-Fri 10am11pm, Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 10am-7pm. 1162 Saratoga Ave. 408.246.4007.

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Worse still is what it’s made of. Most fake meats are highly processed soy and wheat products. In the case of soy, the stuff is powdered and then treated with heat, acids or solvents to alter its protein structure and make it more meatlike. Add a little carrageenan and xantham gum to bind it together, pass it through an extruder to shape into a patty, nugget or other meat facsimile, and you’ve got faux meat. Vegetarians who think they’re taking the healthy high road when they eat this stuff are misguided.

Even when not manipulated in a food lab, soybeans and tofu are far from a benign product either. Soybeans are typically planted as monocrops, which means they require great inputs of pesticides and fertilizers to keep other forms of life at bay. Brazil is now the world’s largest exporter of soybeans and produces 30 percent of the world’s supply. Soybeans are planted in wooded grasslands, but the industry is having an indirect impact on the biologically diverse rainforest.

The soy industry has driven up land prices, spurred new development and pushed cattle ranchers into rainforest land and created impetus for infrastructure improvements that promote forest clearing and spurring deforestation.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. Creative vegetarian chefs can do great things with actual vegetables instead of chemically manipulated textured vegetable protein. I ate at PURE FOOD AND WINE in New York City and was blown away by the restaurant’s refined take on vegan cooking. I could have sworn my zucchini-tomato lasagna with macadamia pumpkin seed “ricotta cheese” was made with the real cheese.

Berkeley’s GATHER, a vegetarian-leaning restaurant, offers a vegan “charcuterie” plate featuring such selections as mushroom tartar, horseradish salsa verde and porcini oil; Sicilian infant eggplant, Jimmy Nardello chiles and roasted garlic; compressed watermelon “steak,” smoked Canary melon “lardo” and nepitella; carpaccio of heirloom tomato, Puglian cucumber and “tonnato” sauce; and tofu-skin “sausage,” pepper cashew “cheese” and pickled peppers. Take that, mock duck.

I’m hungry for a vegetarian food that celebrates vegetables and cooking, and I bet lots of other Silicon Valley diners are, too, whether they’re vegetarian or not. Is there anyone willing to fill the void?—Stett Holbrook

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SVDINING 32 AMBER INDIA Northern Indian, tandoori. $$. The sister to the popular Mountain View restaurant, Amber India’s Santana Row location continues to offer elegantly prepared Indian cuisine in a stylish setting. 11:30am2:30pm, 5-10pm, Mon-Thu. noon-3pm, 5-10:30pm Fri-Sat, noon-3pm, 5-10pm Sunday. 377 Santana Row. 408.248.5400.

BANGKOK TASTE Thai. $$.

Humble strip mall gem with a loyal following. Beef Pi-Roj is a house favorite. Veggies love the Rama tofu. 11am3pm Mon-Fri, 5-9:30pm daily. 1769 Blossom Hill Rd. 408.358.2525.

BILL’S CAFÉ Diner. $. Serving only breakfast and lunch, Bill’s knows its way around typical diner standbys—eggs (scrambles and hollandaiselaced “benedictions”), pancakes and expertly grilled sandwiches and burgers.

6:30am-3pm daily. 302 N. Bascom Ave (at Naglee).

408.287.2455.

CASABLANCA’S CAFÉ Middle Eastern. $$. Casablanca’s Cafe is not going to win any awards for atmosphere or restaurant design. But it should win awards for its falafel. In addition to wonderfully creamy hummus, tangy tahini sauce and pickled red cabbage, the falafel deluxe is gilded with strips of baked eggplant, fried cauliflower and fried potatoes. If you like it spicy, the ribbon of shatta (hot sauce) delivers a blast of chile pepper heat. 10am9:30pm daily. 1185 Lincoln Ave. 408.993.8636.

CITRUS New American. $$$.

In Santana Row’s chic Hotel Valencia, Citrus peels back the hotel dining myth. Here, diners match their own main dishes with their choice of rub, sauce and side dish. Fun continues in skilled desserts.

5:30-9:30pm Mon-Sat. 355 Santana Row. 408.423.5400.

COCOLA French bakery. $.

Cocola is a fine place to while away an afternoon sipping tea and sampling a pear tart with vanilla custard and slivered almonds. For heartier fare, try the gourmet sandwiches.

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8am-11pm Sun-Tue, 8amnoon Wed-Sat. 333 Santana Row #1045. 408.551.0018.

CONSUELO Mexican. $$.

Good regional Mexican food made with lesser-known ingredients in an attractive, upscale atmosphere. The food is served tapas style and meant to be shared. Fantastic tequila list. 11:30am-10pm Mon-Fri, 11am-11pm Sat, Sun 11am-11pm. 377 Santana Row #1125. 408.260.7082.

THE COUNTER Hamburgers. $. The Counter takes the quintessential American burger and turns up the Americanness by letting diners choose from dozens of options to build a custom burger. 11am-10pm MonThu, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat and noon-9pm Sun. 3055 Olin Ave #1035 (Santana Row), San Jose, 408.423.9200. And 369 California Ave, Palo Alto, 650.321.3900.

DIA DE PESCA Mexican. $.

As you might guess from the name (Dia de Pesca means “gone fishing” in Spanish), the restaurant specializes in seafood—fish tacos, ceviche, shrimp cocktails and soups.

It’s all good. 10:30am-8:30pm daily. 55 N. Bascom Ave. 408.287.3722.

DI DA Vietnamese vegetarian. $. Quick, friendly service and a comprehensive menu, with food that’s simple, low-key and homey. The jackfruit salad is surprisingly fresh, sided with a chile-tamarind sauce.

9am-9pm daily. 2597 Senter Rd. 408.998.8826.

DI LAC Vegetarian Asian. $$.

A bite of veggie heaven. The spacious Di Lac serves up an appetizing array of foods all of which are made fresh daily, including the soy milk and tofu. 9am-9pm daily. 1644 E. Capitol Expwy. 408.238.8686.

DYNASTY CHINESE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT Chinese $$. The setting is fit for royalty, and there’s a menu to match: lobster with special sauces, Peking duck, emeraldcolored mustard greens, even suckling pig. Or try the more delicate fare: dim sum every lunch. 11am-2:30pm, 5-9:30pm Mon-Fri, 10am3pm. 5-9:30pm Sat-Sun.

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EDNA RAY Chinese. $$. Now in a new location, Edna Ray continues to serves classics of Chinese-American food with the same quantity, familiarity and reasonable prices. You’ll find all three here, and then some. 11:30am-9:30pm daily. 1181 Lincoln Ave. 408.280.7738.

FLOWER FLOUR French bakery. $. Mimi Brown’s flower shop/bakery charms visitors with freshly made to-droolfor pastries, ready-to-go sandwiches and service with a smile. 8am-6pm Mon-Sat, 8am-4pm Sun. 896 Willow St. 408.279.0843.

FOOD TOPIA Chinese and Taiwanese. $. Food Topia serves a great, low priced menu of Taiwanese and Chinese food in atmosphere welcoming to non-Chinese.

Go for the beef noodle soup, pickle and fish fillet soup and the fried chicken roll. No alcohol served. 1600 S. De Anza Blvd. 408.873.7628.

FRATELLO Italian. $$.

Bursting with simple flavors, Fratello boasts native Italian dining without affectation.

5-9:30pm Tue-Sun, Fri-Sat 5-10pm, 5-9pm Sun. 1712 Meridian Ave. 408.269.3801.

FUEL RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Contemporary Vietnamese. $$. Fuel’s menu is more traditional than other modern Vietnamese restaurants but still mixes things up with nonregulation ingredients. Lunch 11am2:30pm Mon-Fri and Sat-Sun. Dinner 5-10pm Mon-Wed, 5-11pm Thu-Sat and 5-9pm Sun. 385 S. Winchester Blvd.

408.248.0018.

GIORGIO’S Family-style Italian. $. Simple Italian cooking—the rugged kind with Southern Italian leanings, full of robust flavors and tangy tomato sauces.

11:30am-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-10:30pm Fri-Sat, 11:30am-10pm Sun. 1445 Foxworthy Ave. 408.264.5781.

GOJO ETHIOPIAN Restaurant Ethiopian. $. Simplicity reigns here; just Ethiopian food—chicken, beef, lamb, vegetarian—and Ethiopian

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GOVEA’S Mexican. $. A community hub that serves up wonderfully fresh, oldfashioned Mexican food with no trendy gimmicks. Both the restaurant and the food are wholesome and filling. 10am9pm Mon-Thu, 10am-10pm Sat-Fri, 9am-9pm Sun. 1996 Tully Rd. 408.270.0973.

THE HAPPY BAMBOO Vegetarian. $. The menu at the Happy Bamboo is almost all vegan and most of it Vietnamese or Asian-inspired.

There’s also a vegetarian tuna salad and, out of nowhere, Hungarian goulash and spaghetti. 11:30am-9pm Tue-Sun. Closed Mon. 1711 Branham Lane. 408.694.0740.

HOSHI Japanese. $$. Hoshi is one Silicon Valley’s standouts for sushi and small plates. Great sake selection, too. Lunch 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri and dinner 5-9pm Mon-Sat. 246 Saratoga Ave. 408.554.7100.

HUKILAU Hawaiian. $$.

Simple, slightly salty, stomach-filling foods with an Asian Pacific attitude. All daily specials come with a scoop of macaroni salad and steamed rice. Skip the quesadilla and nachos and head straight for the ahi poke. With tropical drinks to match. 11am-1:45pm Tue-Fri, 5-9:30pm Tue-Wed, 5-10:30pm Thu-Sat, 11am2:30pm Sat-Sun, 5-9pm. 230 Jackson St. 408.279.4888.

HUNAN TASTE. $$. Chinese.

The restaurant continues to pack them in because the food is so good. As the name implies, the restaurant specializes in the fiery, hearty food of China’s Hunan province, making it one of the few restaurants in the Bay Area to do so. 11am-2:30pm, 4:30-8:30pm Mon-Sat. 998 N. Fourth St. 408.295.1186.

ISABELLA’S Peruvian. $$.

One of the South Bay’s few outposts of Peruvian food, Isabella’s has much to recommend. Tacu-tacu, a starchy, beany blob enlivened with onions, garlic, oregano

and other spices served with a thin steak, is great. Seafood dishes like the ceviche and cau-cau mariscos are also good. Don’t miss the delicious chicha morada, a Peruvian punch made with purple corn, pineapple and apple juice that’s boldly seasoned with cinnamon. 11am-10pm MonThu, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat and 2-8pm Sun. 700 S. Winchester Blvd. 408.248.PERU.

KAHOO Japanese. $ The people queuing up are ramen aficionados who know a good bowl of ramen when they find one. And they’ve definitely found one here.

11:30am-2pm and 5-10pm Tue-Thu; 11:30am-3pm and 4:30-9:30pm Sat-Sun. 4330 Moorpark Ave. 408.255.8244.

KRUNGTHAI. Thai. $$.

Perennial Metro “Best Of” winner, Krungthai has been around since 1988, but still tastes fresh and new. 11am3pm and 5-10pm Mon-Fri and noon-10pm Sat-Sun. 640 S. Winchester Blvd.

408.260.8224.

KUBOTA Japanese. $$. A beautiful dining room that serves exquisite rice, luscious ribs and decent sushi. Full bar. 5:30-10pm Mon-Sat, 59:30pm Sun. 593 N. Fifth St. 408.279.8440.

KUMAKO Ramen. $.

Japantown now has its missing ingredient—good ramen. Kumako’s menu is simple, ramen, curry rice and a few appetizers. 11:30am2:30pm and 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Sat. 211 E. Jackson St. 408.286.2111.

LAYANG LAYANG Malaysian. $$. Layang Layang shines with clean, fresh flavors and ingredients and offers a great entry into Malaysian food.

Service is fast and friendly, a feat given how harried the waitstaff can be. Wine and beer. Closed Mon. 1480 S. De Anza Blvd. 408.777.8897.

LE PAPILLON Contemporary French. $$$$. From start to finish, a meal at Le Papillon casts a spell on everyone who enters. The feeling is only broken when you walk out the door and abruptly step back into the real world outside.

Full bar. Lunch Thu and Fri,

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coffee. The flavors taste even better with honey wine. Beer, wine. Noon-9pm Sun-Thu, noon-10pm Fri-Sat, 1261 W. San Carlos St. 408.295.9546.

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MAGGIANO’S LITTLE Italy Italian. $$. Like a warm Italian embrace, this Santana Row superstar proves a welcome haven for company lunches and congenial dinner parties.

The food is a cut above standard, with roast chicken and veal marsala standing out.

11am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11am11pm Fri-Sat, noon-10pm Sun. 3055 Olin Ave. #1000.

408.423.8973.

MY KHE QUAN HUE $.

Vietnamese. Food from central Vietnam is underrepresented in San Jose and that’s part of what makes this small restaurant such a find. The things to get here are the excellent noodle soups.

9am-9pm every day except Wed. Cash only. 960 Story Rd. 408.920.9603.

THE MYNT Indian. $. The Mynt’s lunch buffet is a Silicon Valley standout, while the sit-down dinner menu has plenty to offer as well. Lunch 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Sun, dinner 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Thu and 5:30-10pm Fri-Sat. 5210 Prospect Rd. 408.973.9673.

OMOGARI Korean. $. Omogari makes getting to know Korean food easy. The menu includes pictures of many dishes, the service is friendly and the food is consistently good. Try the dae gee bul go gi, spicy marinated pork.

Open 11:30am-9:30pm Mon-Sat. 154 E. Jackson St. 408.280.6588.

ORLO’S New American. $$$.

On the lush grounds of the historic Hayes Mansion, this is one beautiful, luxurious dining room, with menu and excellent service to match.

5:30-9:30pm Tue-Sat. Hayes Conference Center, 200 Edenvale Ave. 408.226.3200.

PIZZA ANTICA UPTOWN Pizza. $$. The stony ovens of Pizza Antica turn out thincrusted designer pies with gourmet toppings in casual environs. Fine pasta and meat dishes also available.

Open daily for lunch and dinner. 11:30am-10pm SunThu, 11:30am-11pm Fri-Sat. 334 Santana Row #1065.

408.557.8373.

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L.A. GUNS Avalon, Santa Clara Thu – 8:30pm; $15

Nothing but confusion has surrounded this Sunset Strip–heyday hair metal band, since way back in 1983 when it was named after guitarist Tracii Guns and its singer was Axl Rose. Rose left to form Hollywood Rose, and then Guns and Rose reunited in 1985 under the name—yup, that’s the one. L.A. Guns reformed without its namesake, but when he was replaced in Guns N Roses by Slash, Guns went back to it. Various machinations that I can barely understand, let alone describe, led to their finally being two groups currently touring under the name L.A. Guns. This is probably the one that

you want to see, since it actually has Tracii Guns in it (as well as singer Paul Black, who wrote the band’s most popular songs like “Sex Action” ), but really, the whole thing is like a bad episode of Twilight Zone, where the guy discovers he has a double and then the double tries to take over his life. Ironically, absolutely no one at this point wants Axl Rose’s life. Faster Pussycat opens with City Jade and Madman’s Lullaby. (SP)

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BLOWUPDOLLZ Mountain Charley’s, Los Gatos Fri – 8pm; $5 Why not take this quick and educational BlowUpDollz quiz?

1. The all-girl trash rock band led

by “Fisty Pyxx” is from (a) Los Angeles; (b) New York City; (c) Palo Alto; (d) Mars. 2. BlowUpDollz call their Runaways-inspired raveups (a) Good Time Rock; (b) Fun Time Rock; (c) Tit Rock; (d) Rock For Christ. If you knew that the answers to questions like this are always c, congratulations! You are now officially cleared to skip school, steal your parent’s car and go see the BlowUpDollz rock show.

Offer not legally binding in the continental U.S. (SP)

THE SOOTHING SOUND OF FLIGHT The Refuge, Cupertino Fri – 6pm; $10 The Soothing Sound of Flight should really be called the Loud Sound of Prog Metal. This is one of those bands that make

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TOSHI REAGON Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Palo Alto 8pm; $38-$42 If you were going to bioengineer a race of folk-music supersoldiers—and admit it, you were considering it, weren’t you?—you might throw in, among other ingredients, the DNA of the founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock and a civil rights activist, and make sure they were raised

by Pete Seeger. Toshi Reagon wasn’t raised by Seeger, exactly, but he is her godfather, and she has the appropriate DNA. But once you create these supersoldiers, you never know what’ll happen when they develop a will of their own. Reagon has been making trippy, funky and increasingly rock-influenced folk that owes as much to Talking Heads as to Joan Baez. But she’s big and badass and could definitely kick the asses of folk music’s enemies, so don’t expect anyone at Folk HQ to try to take away her key fob. (SP)

THE RIVALS Blank Club, San Jose Fri – 8pm; $8/$10 After almost a decade, the Rivals’ Halloween show has become a bona fide South Bay tradition.

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JUSTIN BIEBER HALLOWS BALL Oct 29, 8–1:30am, American Legion Post 99, Campbell

LADY ANTEBELLUM Oct 229 at 7:30pm, SJSU Event Center

DONNELL LEAHY AND NATALIE MACMASTER, MASTER OF THE FIDDLE Oct 29 at 8pm, Campbell Heritage Theatre

WEST VALLEY COLLEGE CHAMBER SINGERS Oct 29 at 8pm, West Valley College Theater.

BLANK MANUSCRIPT Oct 30 at South First Billiards, San Jose

DREAMSCAPES, ANNUAL GALA DR Oct 30 at 6:30pm, Historic Villa, Montalvo Arts Center

PALO ALTO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CONCERT Oct 30 at 8pm, Cubberley Theatre, Oc Palo Alto

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DIANE WALSH, STEINWAY SOCIETY OF THE BAY AREA Oct 30 at 7:30pm, Le Petit Trianon, Oc San Jose

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blood, sweat and tears (maybe not so much tears, they’re pretty manly) onto the stage every All Hallow’s Eve. Of course, they do that at every show, which is why they’re still around after this long, while other punk bands come and go. Once again, the band has invited fellow DIY overachiever Jonny Manak and his band the Depressives to take the hallowed opening slot. Manak’s new CD I Am Not a Bum . . . I’m a Jerk is just out, with a cover featuring the frontman in full Steve-Martintribute mode. Inside, it has a tribute to Link Wray with dead-on guitar work and a cover of Johnny Thunders’ “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory.” (SP)

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FREE ENERGY Blank Club, San Jose Sat – 9pm; $10/$12 There’s a buzz surrounding Philadelphia rock band Free Energy. Their debut album, Stuck on Nothing, was lauded by Rolling Stone and Spin magazine. They performed recently on The Late Show With David Letterman. But at Left Coast Live, they played to a small, modest crowd. Not a lot of people have caught on to these guys, though that could all change soon. They draw heavily from bands like Tom Petty, Cheap Trick and the Cars. It’s straight-forward, hard-driving rock & roll with a slight pop twist—good oldfashioned ’70s garage rock for kids

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BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS Nov 5 at 8pm, Dinkelspiel, Stanford

born in the ’80s. They have gone to such lengths to re-create the ’70s that the drummer even sports a skuzzy overgrown mustache, long curly hair and a ratty tank top.

It’s like watching a cultural artifact, yet the band seems totally devoid of irony. They also write great songs, put on an awesome show and rock pretty damn hard. (AC)

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completely freaking bizarre bands in the so-called Elephant Six collective. OK, it’s not so much so-called as actually called that, but, c’mon, they’re shady. Like an Illuminati for 1990s indie bands.

But I digress. E6 co-founder Robert Schneider is also the mastermind (probably evil mastermind, I’m telling you) behind the Apples in Stereo, whose remarkably entertaining and intricate throwback-power-pop can’t change the fact that Schneider may forever be known to the mainstream mainly for his role in the Stephen Colbert-Chris Funk guitar crisis. (SP)

GAMELAN CUDAMANI Nov 7 at 2:30pm, Memorial Auditorium, Stanford

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Nov 10 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion

FLYING KARAMAZOV BROTHERS Nov 10-14 at San Jose Rep

MARC COHN Nov 11 at 7:30pm, Carriage House, Montalvo Arts Center

AVERAGE WHITE BAND Nov 17 at 7:30pm, Carriage House, Montalvo Arts Center

ANDRE RIEU Dec 4 at 8pm, HP Pavilion

ROGER WATERS, THE WALL IN CONCERT Dec 7–8 at 8pm, HP Pavilion

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dancing—plus cash prizes. Sat. Effie’s Restaurant, Campbell, 408.374.3400.

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ESCAPE Saturday is a night for Halloween revelry. Escape, San Jose, 408.377.5436.

FAHRENHEIT A Halloween bash with costume contest, DJ K-Mac and DJ Sean Tee. Sat, 9pm-2am. Also, Sun, 9pm-2am: Eyes Wide Shut with DJ Sal. Fahrenheit Ultra Lounge, San Jose, 408.998.9998.

FAULTLINE A party for the big day. Sun. Faultline Brewery, Sunnyvale, www.faultlinebrewing.com.

FIBBAR MAGEES Fri: Costume contest and Pocket Full of Rye. Sat: Halloween Bash. Fibbar Magee’s, Sunnyvale, 408.749.8373.

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GRAND DELL SALOON Music with Tip of the Top and costume prizes. Sat. Campbell, 408.378.3970.

GRAPEVINE A party with live music by Given to Fly with Mike Murdock and Mike Masuda. Sat, 7-10pm.

Grapevine, Willow Glen, 408.293.7574.

HALLOWS BALL Multiple bars, DJs, bands and food by Koa group.

Fri, 8pm-1:30am. $15/$20. American Legion Post 99, Campbell. ( http://hallowsball.eventbrite.com )

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Party Zone AGENDA BASH Fri, 9pm–2am: A Halloween Costume Contest with $666 in cash and prizes; DJ Ren Barrera handles the sounds. Sat, 9pm-2am: Freaky Tales Halloween Bash. Cash for sexy costumes. Music by DJ Quan. Agenda Lounge, San Jose, 408.287.3991.

ALBERTO’S HALLOWEEN Fri, 8pm: Salsa with Orquesta N’rumba, DJ Saynomore and costume party. Sat: Ruido Azul, DJ Peewee, DJ Omar and a costume contest.

Alberto’s, Mountain View, 650.968.3007.

ANGELICA’S HALLOWEEN Live music with High ’n’ Tight and costume prizes.

Sat, 8:30pm-midnight. $10 cover plus dinner.

Angelica’s Bistro, Redwood City, 650.365.3226.

AVALON Fri, 9pm: Freaky Freestyle Halloween Bash with Mistress of Night Lisa Lisa. $25. Sun, noon: Rock ’n’ Arts Halloween Festival. Avalon Nightclub, Santa Clara, 408.241.0777.

AZUCAR Live music all weekend (Thursday-Sunday) with Son de Kali. Sat: Scandalous costume party with live music by SDK and DJ Che. Azucar Latino Bistro/Mojito Bar, San Jose, www.azucarsj.com.

THE BLANK CLUB The annual Rock & Roll Halloween with the Rivals, Jonny Manak and the Depressives, Relapse and Los Bastardos de Amor. Fri, 8pm. $8 in costume, $10 without. The Blank Club, San Jose, 408.29.BLANK.

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BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO A costume party with karaoke for Halloween. Sun. Britannia Arms Cupertino, 408.252.7262.

BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN With music by Rock-It! Scientists. Sat. Britannia Arms, San Jose, 408.278.1400.

BRITISH BANKERS CLUB Russian Halloween with special effects and costume contest. Sat, 9:30pm-2am. $15-$25.

British Banker’s Club, Menlo Park, 408.857.8337.

BRIX Two nights with dancers and DJ Sean B. at gay club. Sat-Sun. Brix, San Jose, 408.947.1975.

CLUB ILLUSIONS Two parties. Fri, 9pm-2am: Halloween tricks and treats with salsa lessons. Sat, 9:30pm-2am:. Fifth Annual Fright Night party for Stanford students.

Club Illusions, Palo Alto, 408.507.6519.

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JOHNNY V’S Haunted party with Talky Tina and Sweet Revenge.

Sat, 8pm-2am. Johnny V’s, San Jose, 408.947.8470.

KAAMA LOUNGE Fri: Black attire. Sat: Masquerade ball . Sun: Costume event. Kaama Lounge, San Jose, 408.243.4200.

LOS GATOS BREWING Cast prizes for great costumes. Sun. Los Gatos Brewing Co., 408.898.2423.

MOTIF Wed: Halloween Bash with Playmate Heather Rene Smith and DJs. Fri: Tower of Terror. Sat: Fresh to Death, a costume party. Sun: True Blood in gay Club Papi Style. Motif, San Jose, 408.279.1888.

MOROCCO’S Come in costume and win free sangria. SatSun, 5pm on. Morocco’s Restaurant, San Jose, 408.998.1509.

MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S Halloween will be celebrated all Sunday. Mountain Charley’s Los Gatos, 408.395.8880.

A costume contest and live music with Entourage.

Sat, 8pm. $20. Club Max, inside Doubletree Hotel, San Jose, 408.437.2163.

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Two parties and two costume contests. Sat-Sun. $10. Blue Pheasant, Cupertino, 408.255.3300.

A Halloween bash with cash for best costumes, dancing and theme drinks. Sat. No cover before 9pm. Dive Bar, San Jose, 408.288.5252.

Halloween Hooker Ball with cash prizes. Sat, 9pm2am. Pearl, San Jose, 408.279.4444.

BOGART’S SCARYOKE

DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Dancing, food and costume prizes. Sat. Pezella’s Villa Napoli, Sunnyvale, 408.738.2400.

Rock and blues band Len Cat. Sat, 9:30pm-1:30am.

Free. Blinky’s Can’t Say, Santa Clara, 408.985.7201.

BLUE PHEASANT

Perform in costume and win a prize. Sun, 8pm.

Bogart’s Lounge, Sunnyvale, 408.245.2800.

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN Party ’70s style with Superbad. Sat, 10pm-2am.

Britannia Arms Almaden, San Jose, 408.266.0550.

Classic rock and blues by Rock Solid and a costume contest. Sat, 9pm-1am. Duke of Edinburgh, Cupertino, 408.446.3853.

EFFIE’S Halloween bash with music, costumes and

An Irish Halloween. Sun. O’Flaherty’s Irish Pub, San Jose, 408.947.8007.

PEZZELLA’S

POOR HOUSE BISTRO Fri, 6pm: Lara Price Blues Band with Bob Welsh and a costume party. Sat, 6pm: Costume fun with JC Smith Blues Band. Poor House Bistro, San Jose, 408.292.5837.

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REDI ROOM A costume party with food and $4 Jager shots. Sat. Redi Room, San Jose, 408.257.7770.

SABOR MONSTERS BALL Fri: DJs Devious Dave and Nasty Nick. Sat: DJs Komodo and Rated R. Sun: DJs Jose M, Remedy and Nappy. Sabor, San Jose, 408.728.8239.

Day of the Dead art by nine local artists. Through Friday. Sonya Paz, Campbell, 408.378.5000.

Sun, 11am: Procession from City View Plaza to the library, where there will be a children’s culture camp. Sponsored by San Jose Multicultural Artist Guild. San Jose, www.sjmag.org.

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS COMMUNITY DAY

GAMBLE GARDEN HAUNTED HOUSE Show up in costume. Fri, 6:30-8:30pm. $10/$15.

Gamble garden, Palo Alto, 650.329.1356, ext. 201.

Two all-night parties. Sat. $20. Sun: With Full Throttle. $10. Saddle Rack, Fremont, 510.979.0477.

HALLOWEEN PARTY

For professional singles to mingle in costume. Fri, 8pm-midnight. $15. Hotel Sofitel at Redwood Shores, Redwood City, 415.507.9962.

SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS Celebrate the scariest time of the year with live music by Blank Manuscript, Diablo and Reptile X. Plus drink specials. Sat. South First Billiards, San Jose, 408.294.7800.

STEAMER’S GRILLHOUSE Boo! A costume party with live music. Sat, 9pm.

Steamer’s, Los Gatos, 408.395.CRAB.

STEPHEN’S GREEN Sat, 10pm. A sexy South American Halloween party. Sun, 10pm. Halloween Spooktacular.

Stephen’s Green, Mountain View, 650.964.9151.

Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul

With live performances and activities for kids. Sat, all day. San Jose Museum of Art, 408.271.6840.

SADDLE RACK

SINGLES COSTUME PARTY

FALL/WINTER Carriage House Theatre Performing Arts Series

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Wed, Nov 3, 7:30pm Eileen Ivers

For kids and parents in costume., with a haunted house and puppet show. Sat, 4-9pm. Free. Just B . . . Dance & Fitness, Campbell, 408.370.7793.

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HAUNT THE HOLLOW Kids are invited to go trick-or-treating at Happy Hollow and History San José. Sun, noon-4pm. Free.

Kelley Park, San Jose, 408.287.2290.

Sat, Nov 13, 8pm Elvin Bishop

HOWL’OWEEN A pet parade and fair. Sat, 11am-4:30pm. Free.

Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale, 408.516.7217.

Sun, Nov 14, 7:30pm “He is very special...I do not say that easily because I have been surrounded by the best musicians in the world my entire life and he is one of the best.” Quincy Jones

A pet costume contest with prize and music by Rich Kubec. Wed, 4:30-6:30pm. Tessora’s Barra di Vino, the Pruneyard, Campbell, 408.626.7711.

A tour of St. James Park with a costumed guide.

Sat, 2-4pm. Free. Saint James Park, San Jose.

Alfredo Rodriguez Average White Band

TOON’S Wed: Monster Mash. Fri: Freaky Friday. Sat: Haunts & Spooks party. Sun: Low-key fun on the big day.

Toon’s, San Jose, 408.292.7464.

VOODOO LOUNGE Revenge of the DJs with Illtraxx, B Boy, Drift, Krucial and Dru. Sat, 1pm. VooDoo Lounge, San Jose, 408.286.8636.

WET Land of Jigsaw on two nights. Fri: Don Lynch. Sat: DJ Roctakon. Wet, San Jose, 408.282.8938.

ZEN LOUNGE Voodoofest with Dynamic D and D-Roc, the Zenfull Go-Gos and a big costume party. Sat. Zen Lounge, Mountain View, 650.969.4847.

Family Affair COSTUME COMPETITION

With free face painting and a dance performance by children to go along with the costumes. Sun, 1-2pm. Free. Japanese Art & Cultural Center, San Jose, 408.418.3535.

DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION With community altars and kids’ storytelling. Sat, 1-5pm. Free. City Library and Art Center, Palo Alto.

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Gala Events

ROCKY HORROR HALLOWEEN EVENT With a live cast (Barely Legal) and some treats by Psycho donuts. Sat, midnight. Camera 3, San Jose.

HALLOWEEN WITH REDWOOD SYMPHONY Scary music from the movies. Costumes optional.

Sat, 3pm. $10/$20. Canada College, Redwood City, 650.366.6872.

MASKED BALL HALLOWEEN GALA Mission City Opera presents opera, wine and auctions. Costumes requested. Sat, 6-10pm. $50.

Triton Museum, Santa Clara, 408.749.7607.

PIRATES OF EMERSON A scary haunted theme park. Thru Sun. Pleasanton Fairgrounds, www.piratesofemerson.com.

SPOOKY SIPPING Combinations of candy and wines. Sun, noon5pm. Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga, 408.913.7124.

WITCHES BROUHAHA The San Jose Wind Symphony performs spooky selections. Sun, 3-5pm. $20. McAfee Center, Saratoga, 408.927.7597.

Wed, Nov 17, 7:30pm

Celtic Tenors Thur, Dec 9, 7:30pm

WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY/ROCKY HORROR SING-ALONGS With an MC leading the audience and a live cast for “Rocky.” “Wonka” on Fri-Sat, 7pm, and Sun, 4pm. “Rocky” on Sunday, 9pm. $10/$15.

Retro Dome, San Jose, 408.404.7711.

Average White Band Widely regarded as one of the best soul and funk bands in the history of music!

TESSORA’S Sat: Halloween with Dennis Dove Trio. Sun: Jazz jam for costumed revelers. Tessora’s Barra di Vino, the Pruneyard, Campbell, 408.626.7711.

Bishop is a founding member of the legendary Paul Butterfield Blues Band! Smith is a Grammy-nominated blues artist!

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“Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul rocks the house everywhere it plays.” Boston Globe Hailed as “the Jimi Hendrix of the violin,” NY Times, Ivers connects her Celtic roots with jazz, salsa, flamenco, rock, funk and electronica.

The Tenors “re-invent the whole tenor idiom” (composer Phil Coulter) with a new style of classical “cool.”

Joshua Redman

Rockapella Holiday Show Sun, Dec 12, 4pm & 7pm “Some say the best musical instrument of all is the human voice - if you’ve seen Rockapella you know that’s the truth.” USA Today

Joshua Redman Wed, Jan 19, 7:30pm “...Joshua Redman hasn’t taken the easy road to stardom.

He cleared a unique path for himself, and now at 39, ranks with the top saxophonists in the world.” Boston Herald

Chicago’s Legendary Second City On Tour: “Fair & Unbalanced” Wed, Feb 23, 7:30pm The Second City has become the premier training ground for the comedy world’s best and brightest...John Belushi, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Lynch, Mike Myers, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, and Steve Carell.

Montalvo Box Office 408.961.5858, M-F, 10am-4pm ticketmaster.com or montalvoarts.org Free on-site parking!

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Fri, 8:30pm: HoodStarz and go-go girls. Sat, 8:30pm: Halloween contest with 6:AM and Bray.

Sun, 4pm: Halloween contest with Willie G. $10.

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South FIRST FRIDAYS an eclectic evening of arts and culture in downtown San Jose’s SoFA District (and beyond) on the First Friday of every month

NOVEMBER 5th ART WALK – 8pm ’til late!

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Art Glass Center

Caffé Trieste

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315 So. First Street

510 So. First Street

Opening Reception: The Offering.

Wendell McShine (born in Trinidad now residing in Mexico City) exhibits a selected tapestry of canvases, drawings, animations and installations that attempts to illustrate a time when men were truly inspired by the unknown.

Last chance to discover the unique and creative talents of bay area glass pumpkin artists.

Come by the Art Glass Center and pick through the patch to create your fall arrangement.

Opening Reception: Celebrating the Cafe by Jeanette Turkus, paintings inspired by Cafes around the world.

First Fridays are Opera Night! at Caffé Trieste, with some of the Bay Area's best opera singers performing your favorite arias and duets.

In MACLA’s Gallery: Hybrid Spaces: Family Origins & Collaborations Recent work by Las Hermanas Iglesias and Amy Diaz-Infante Join us for the opening reception and Las Hermanas Iglesias artist talk at 7:00pm In the Castellano Playhouse: excerpts from Llorana – A Musical drama by Hector Armienta with Opera Cultura, and the Grupo Los Laureles folkloric dancers.

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles 520 So. First Street Are you getting enough fiber? Get all the fiber you need at High Fiber Under Five, the 3rd annual benefit sale of fine fiber art for $500 or less.

Including work by 53 invited artists, High Fiber Under Five features wall pieces, sculpture, and art-to-wear by some of the world's most prominent fiber artists.

Above image: Blueprint Bird by Katherine Allen

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SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery 577 So. Market Street Modern Primative Cultural Research and Cocktail Society Art Show. SLG Art Boutiki goes native showing Tiki art and other explorations by lots of artists who enjoy their kitschy culture with a modern primative twist..

Live Music and all of the usual.

So. First Billiards

KALEID Gallery

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88 So. Fourth Street

Heart of Chaos presents it's 4th annual UPROAR event featuring live music, live painting, tribal fusion belly dancing, photo studio and artwork from 30+ artists on two stages.

7-9pm Opening Receptions for featured exhibits:

21+ venue

The Process of Creation new paintings by Joe Barajas Insomnia Lost San Jose nights by photographer Josh Marcotte Above image by Joe Barajas

Higher Fire Clayspace 499 So. Market Street Phantom Galleries 386 So. First Street WORKS San José 451 So. First Street Downtown Yoga Shala 450 So. First Street Good Karma Vegan Café 37 So. First Street Metro Photo Exhibit 550 So. First Street Art Ark 1035 So. Sixth Street

The South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk is FREE and open to the public!

visit www.SouthFirstFridays.com or call 408-271-5155 for more info

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Kevin Kelly Thursday, 7pm; Kepler’s Books, Menlo Park; free In his provocative and densely argued new book, What Technology Wants, Kevin Kelly discusses the ways in which the rich accumulation of knowledge, experience and technology expressed in what he calls the “technium” can be channeled for the positive good of humanity. Technology, like evolution, Kelly writes, is an infinite game that allows for the rules to be constantly modified and for everyone to win. Kelly was around at the beginning of Wired and often collaborates with another far-seeing tech-head, Stewart Brand.

Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles Wednesday–Thursday, 7:30pm, Friday, 8pm, Saturday, 2 and 8pm, Sunday, 1 and 6pm; San Jose Center for the Performing Arts; $20 and up

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Scrambled Eggs Thursday–Saturday, 8pm, Sunday, 3pm, runs through Oct 31; Northside Theatre, San Jose; $15/$20 A woman, faced with the change of life brought about by menopause, takes time to explore the decisions she’s made and the people she’s known.

Robin Amos Kahn and Gary Richards’ affectionate comedy stars (from left) Leslie Hardy Lloyd, Jerry Lloyd and Ambera DeLash and is presented by Northside Theatre Company.

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RAIN—A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES Broadway San Jose salutes the Fab Four in a theatrical re-creation. Oct 26-31. WedThu, 7:30pm, Fri, 8pm, Sat, 2 and 8pm, Sun, 1 and 6pm. $20-$66. San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.

HALLELUJAH GIRLS

SECRET ORDER

A comedy in a Southern vein. A Santa Clara Players production. Opens Fri, 8pm.

Regular shows Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 7pm. This week: Sat, 2:30pm, no Sun show. $10-$18. Triton Museum Hall Pavilion, Santa Clara.

A drama by Robert Clyman about medical research; presented by San Jose Rep. Regular shows Tue, 7:30pm, Wed-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 3 and 8pm, Sun 2 and/or 7pm.

Runs thru Nov 7. $35 and up.

The Rep, San Jose.

SCRAMBLED EGGS

STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY

A comedy about a woman going through menopause.

Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 3pm.

Runs thru Oct 31. $15/$20.

Northside Theatre Company, San Jose.

A Tabard Theatre and San Jose Jazz joint show about the big-band era. Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 3 and 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs thru Oct 30. $10-

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SUPERIOR DONUTS Tracy Letts’ play about an African American youth and the older man who runs the shop where he works. TueWed, 7:30pm, Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 2 and 8pm, Sun, 2 and 7pm. Runs thru Oct 31. $19$67. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

THE TIME MACHINE: LOVE AMONG THE ELOI A stage adaptation by Ohlone College Theatre Department of H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine.” FriSat, 8pm. Runs thru Nov 13. $12/$15. Smith Center, Ohlone College, Fremont.

JAPANESE AMERICAN MUSEUM “Camp Days: 1942–1945.”

Works about the internment camps by Chizuko Judy Sugita de Queiroz. Thru Apr 30. ThuSun, noon-4pm. San Jose.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART “The Modern Photographer: Observation and Intention.”

Thru Jul 3. “Leo Villareal.”

Thru Jan 9. “Retro-Tech.”

Thru Feb 6. Tue-Sun, 11am5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS AND TEXTILES “ITAB: International TECHstyle Art Biennial.” A juried show of works by artists who combine fiber arts with new technologies.

Thru Oct 31. Tue-Sun, 10am5pm. San Jose.

Comedy

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Wed, 8pm: New Talent Showcase. $10. Thu, 8pm, Fri-Sat, 9pm: Dan St. Paul. $12. Sunnyvale.

SAN JOSE IMPROV Wed, 8pm: Black & Blue Comedy. $12. Thu, 8pm: Outsourced Comedy Tour Halloween Spectacular. $10.

Fri-Sat, 7 and 9pm: April Macie and Jay Larson with Sarah Tiana. $18. Tue, 8pm: Mike E. Winfield. $12. San Jose.

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WORKS/SAN JOSE “My Favorite Nightmares.”

Lacey Bryant curates a show night terrors. Oct 31-Nov 25.

Reception Sun, 7-11pm; and Nov 5, 8-11pm. Thu, noon-4pm, Fri-Sat, noon-4pm. San Jose.

CONTINUING ANNO DOMINI “Better Than 2009.” Solo exhibit for MOMO. Thru Nov 20. Tue-Fri, noon-7pm, Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.

ART ARK GALLERY

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“Modified.” A group show by artists using found materials. Thru Oct 29. Art Ark Apartments, San Jose.

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ART OBJECT GALLERY

CANTOR ARTS CENTER “Vodoun/Vodounon: Portraits of Initiates.” Thru Mar 20. “Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas.” Thru Jan 2. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-8pm. Stanford.

DE SAISSET MUSEUM “Sing Me Your Story, Dance Me Home: Art and Poetry From Native California.”

Thru Dec 5. “LandsCApes: Glimpses of Everyday California.” Thru Jan 28. TueSun, 11am-4pm. Santa Clara University.

“Momentum 2010.” A show

by Silicon Valley Artists’ Collaborative. Thru Oct 31.

GALLERY TEN10 “Impermanence/Permanence.” . Thru Nov 24. San Jose.

SJSU ART BUILDING “The Euphoric Dance of the Unconquered Mind.” BFA exhibit by Elizabeth Gutierrez Jiménez. Thru Thu. Art & Design Bldg, Gallery 5, SJSU.

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Books Inc., Mountain View.

SALMAN KHAN A talk about a Harvard MBA who has impressed Bill Gates; he has also received a large grant from Google for an online educational company.

He appears at a benefit for Agami. Sat, 6pm. $100. (See www.agami.org for ticket details and locations.)

JIM LAMARCHE The author and illustrator of “The Sea of Sleep” reads and signs his books. Wed, 4pm.

BookSmart, Morgan Hill.

THOMAS MCGAUNE The noted novelists signs copies of his latest, “Driving on the Rim.” Tue, 7pm. Free.

Kepler’s, Menlo Park.

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HANSEL AND GRETEL A California Theatre Center play for family audiences.

Sat, 11am. $11/$12. Sunnyvale Community Center Theatre.

SLEEPING BEAUTY A family show by Los Altos Youth Theatre. Fri-Sat, 7:30pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs thru Nov 6. $10/$15. Bus Barn Theatre, Los Altos.

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Food, music, arts and crafts and kids’ fun, presented by Allied Arts Guild. Sat, 11am4pm. $5/$25. (Reserve at 650.322.2405.) Menlo Park.

MONTALVO ARTS GALA “Dreamscapes ... The Art of Imagination” features cocktails, food, music, dance and a live auction. Sat, 6:30pm. $275. Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga.

UFO EXPO Bay Area explorers of nonhuman encounters converge. Oct 30-31. (www. bayareaufoexpo.net) Fairmont Hotel, San Jose.

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Tue, 6 and 9pm. $21. Mtn View Ctr for the Performing Arts.

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A costume evening of song, dance, wine, desserts, auction and prizes.

Sat, Oct 30 evening

Opening Ballet San Jose’s 25th anniversary season, company veteran Karen Gabay took the starring role on Sunday in company director Dennis Nahat’s two-decades-old choreographic update. The performance overall was surprisingly uneven, with the corps—both male and female— lacking precision in the first act, and—women only—in the first part of Act 2. Among the soloists, Gabay used her familiar charm to lift Act 1 even while her dancing isn’t as effortless as in years gone by. Maykel Solas’ Albrecht came up short on both characterization and masculine energy.

Jeremy Kovitch’s Hilarion was initially stiff and, despite more apparent testosterone in his confrontations with his rival, proved inconsistent.

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In ballet, the line between believability and parody is extremely thin, in both the narrative passages and the dance itself. The big corps ensembles demand precision, or they soon become laughable, as for example the women’s hopping ensemble in Act 2. Rank and file could not find unity of purpose, heads and feet bobbing to any number of different beats.

From her first appearance as the newest Wili in town, Gabay seemed to supply the alchemy that her colleagues had been searching for. From then on, the performance rose to a whole new level: no more gaffes, no more giggles. At last, the women—all now undead Wilis—found their groove, likewise Solas, who, technically, showed real pizzazz (even if his virtuosic pogo stick episode made willing suspension of disbelief a hard call).

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In Gabay’s last big adagio, Patricia Whaley’s viola solo bounded out of the pit with more presence and authority than any of the other orchestral solos (perhaps due to the new sound-enhancement system). Dwight Oltman kept his orchestra on the go and was especially responsive to the onstage principals in Act 2. The sets were cartoonish, the lighting static; Ballet San Jose ought to talk to the designers at Opera San José. —Scott MacClelland

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest is of course Death Björk 2000, better known as punkette guerrilla Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace). As she slowly, slowly heals from the multiple

gunshot wounds she acquired at the end of the last movie, she’s the object of lively interest by the police.

They plan to charge her for the attempted murder of her father.

He survived her hatchet attack in the last film; putty-faced from bad burn makeup, he delivers the film’s moment of peak defiance: “Fools!

Idiots! I will destroy you!”

Meanwhile, the survivors of the government cabal who secretly imported Salander’s evil Soviet father into Sweden plan to silence the troublesome girl. They are mostly old and in a bad temper.

Our hero Mikael (Michael Nyqvist) of Millennium magazine wants to elicit Lisbeth’s side of the story. But his coeditor Erika (Lena Endre) is menaced

by anonymous emails and a brick through the window. Disappointingly, this makes Erika less inclined to take on an editorial crusade instead of stiffening her willpower. It’s disappointing for a couple of reasons.

Firstly, in the previous movies she didn’t look underequipped with willpower. Secondly, it was only two emails.

We should also note that Lisbeth’s half-German stepbrother (Georgi Staykov) is firmly in the still-lurkingabout category. He is also still completely impervious to pain, just like Robert Carlyle in the 007 film The World Is Not Enough.

Lisbeth is also menaced by yet another smirking civil servant: her former shrink Dr. Peter Teleborian (Anders Ahlbom), who wants to get her back into his asylum.

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Salander’s personal history: “It’s like a classic Greek tragedy!” Yes, very much like Sophocles with a borrowed James Bond villain crashing around—a peroxide blond like Robert Shaw’s Red Grant, yet.

So one wonders why the film pedantically insists on the realistic after-effects of some gunshot wounds.

Bad as these wounds would be in real life, they are perhaps a little overdone for the purposes of a thriller.

Too much of the movie is spent watching Salander in physical therapy, slowly starting to regain her zest for living under the supervision of a handsome, kindly physician. It’s not until the end of the movie that she’s back to her old self, a walking tackle-box-worth of piercings, dressed like Cher during her brief Mohican era and wearing the ornery, putupon expression that has brought worldwide fame.

Just as deserving of a put-upon expression, though he doesn’t have one: Niklas Falk as the prime minister’s man in charge of the investigation. He looks so full of serious conviction—a falcon version of that eagle, Max von Sydow—that one wants to see him take the movie over and shove the conspirators back in the old folks home where they belong.

Despite how wide-awake Falk looks, the investigations in the movie aren’t masterpieces of deduction. There are obvious traps sprung, villains attacking at precisely the kind of place to get them arrested in public (clearly to make it look like something’s happening in between the scenes of Scandinavians shuffling papers).

The enervation of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest is really indescribable. It ends the trilogy not with a bang but with a thud. It makes a long 2-1/2-hour journey from hospital bed to very unmoving last goodbye; the two leads (punkette avenger and dog-faced journalist) practically turn to the camera and say, “We’re done here.”

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7:30pm, at Camera 7: Noraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Will.

Mexican multi-award winner about a Mexican-Jewish woman who plans to commit suicide on Passover.

Oct. 31, 1pm, Camera 12: Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg; the true story of the immensely popular American TV show of the 1950s about a Jewish family. Oct. 31, 5:30pm, at Camera 12: Half a Ton of Bronze/Variations for Piano for Six Hands: A familiar situation in California: thieves attack a bronze statue in hope of selling it for scrap; this comedy refers to an equestrian statue of a Zionist pioneer. (Plays Oct. 9-Nov 13 in San Jose and other location; www .svjff.org.) (RvB)

New CONVICTION (R; 107 min.) Tony Goldwyn (A Walk on the Moon) directs Hilary Swank in a true-life story of a woman who went to law school to free her brother (Sam Rockwell), who was unjustly convicted of murder. (Opens Fri at Camera 7 in Campbell.) (RvB)

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Korean nurses were recruited for longterm contracts in Germany. Some of them married German men and returned to their home country with retired husbands in tow, moving to the island of Namhae, where developers promoted a hallucinatory â&#x20AC;&#x153;German Villageâ&#x20AC;? with Alpine houses. The Germans failed to show up in droves. The few we meet here try to keep the side up, like expatriate Englishmen in California.

It is the wives who open up both to the camera and to the director, who herself moved to Germany. And these elderly women tell of how they went overseas, sometimes unwillingly, sometimes leaving the children behind. Their quiet strength is contrasted to the sometimes (but not always) aďŹ&#x20AC;ectionate grousing of the old men, who may feel themselves too old to learn to speak Korean. We see them fussing about the surroundings (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a mailbox thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been crooked for ďŹ ve yearsâ&#x20AC;?), crabbing about the hills (â&#x20AC;&#x153;We live like mountain goatsâ&#x20AC;?)

UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL See review on page 50.

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SAW VII

Kraut and Kimchi A Heimat ďŹ lm is a German movie staged in Heidi surroundingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;simple dramas of good and evil in the beautiful countryside, made for people who had ďŹ&#x201A;ed that countryside in the ďŹ rst place. Home From Home (Oct. 30 at 2:30pm at Camera 12 in San Jose) is one of ďŹ ve ďŹ lms on oďŹ&#x20AC;er at the daylong South Bay leg of the Berlin & Beyond Film Festival. With some wit, director Sung-Hyung Cho describes her documentary as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a Heimat ďŹ lm,â&#x20AC;? although it is set on the other side of the globe.

(Unrated; 85 min.) Kristin ScottThomas stars as a married woman attracted to a Spanish laborer (Sergi Lopez). (Opens Fri at Camera 3 in San Jose and the Aquarius in Palo Alto.) (RvB)

and enduring strange Buddhist rituals like getting whapped with bamboo canes.

On a similar subject of aging, the Swiss ďŹ lm Juliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Disappearance (5pm) features Bruno Ganz (the man, the Downfall meme) in a comedy about a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th birthday. The titleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s joke is that a woman turns invisible upon that day. Rebelling against that fate, one 9\ic`e 9\pfe[ Julia (Corinna Harfouch) =`cd =\jk`mXc runs away from her own birthday party. Once Saturday, Camera upon a time Germany 12, San Jose produced the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most advanced ďŹ lms. Today it oďŹ&#x20AC;ers us (thanks to some American production money) Men in the City (9:30pm). Is it supposed to sound like Sex in the City? Yes, and that says it all.

Soul Kitchen (7pm) is the long-awaited arrival of the newest by the always-worthwhile Fatih Akin. Perhaps least interesting of the ďŹ ve features on view: Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (12:30pm), a documentary about the movie star who hid his sexuality. Here are some interesting reminiscences, such as San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Armistead Maupin talking about his tryst with Hudson at the Fairmont Hotel. But there is some tastelessness in treating Hudsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death of AIDS as a species of celebrity meltdown, as seen in the showy edits made out of the static of changed TV channels and china-marker scrawled ďŹ lm leader.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Richard von Busack

(R; 90 min.) Another entry in the popular horror series in time for Halloween. (Opens Fri.)

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) In the near future, a violent, raping juvenile delinquent (Malcolm McDowell) becomes a subject in a government experiment, which uses aversion therapy to curb his behavior. However, the therapy suppresses the good in him, as wellâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;his lyrical side: the part of him that loves Beethoven. Stanley Kubrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extremely violent ďŹ lm has an expensive futuristic look thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kept it alive over the yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or is it just that violence is a universal language? At best, A Clockwork Orange seems to be a ďŹ lm about the futility of the urge for revenge. Yet this ďŹ lm doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have much regret in

SILICON VALLEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Oct. 27 at 7:30pm at Camera 7: The late Patrick Swayze co-stars in Jump (2007) about the truelife story of famed photographer Philippe Halsmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trial for murder in Austria in 1928 on trumped-up charges brought because of the rise of Nazism there. Oct. 30, 8pm: Eyes Wide Open (at the OFJCC in Palo Alto), in which an Orthodox butcher in Jerusalem ďŹ nds himself faced with desires he cannot acknowledge. Oct. 31, 3pm, at Camera 12, and Nov. 3,

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THE CAT AND THE CANARY/ CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA (1939/1936) Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard star in the comedy remake of the primal old dark house melodrama by Paul Leni. BILLED WITH Charlie Chan at the Opera.

Chan seeks a killer; the most obvious suspect is an escaped lunatic played

by Boris Karloff, but there are other possibilities. Widely considered to be the best of the series. (Plays Oct. 31-Nov 1 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

NILES FILM MUSEUM Regularly scheduled programs of silent films. Oct. 30 at 7:30pm: The Magician (1927). Rex Ingram directs Paul Wegener (who starred in Der Golem) as an evil magus seeking

victims (particularly Alice Terry) for his experiments. BILLED WITH Felix the Cat in The Non-Stop Fright (1927) plus five pre-1910 specialeffects films including the 1905 The Black Imp by Georges Melies. Jon Mirsalis at the Kurzwell. Oct. 31 at 2pm: “Kiddie Cartoon Cavalcade.”

Dancing skeletons and whatnot for the children, admission $2 or 3 for $5; 4pm: The Milpitas Monster (1974). Garbage goes wild in this story of a giant monster escaping from the landfill to plague a Milpitas so beautifully rural you’ll practically sob. Narrated by Paul Frees. Can you prove it didn’t happen? (Plays Oct. 30-31 in Fremont at the Edison Theatre.) (RvB)

ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) Call it what you like: flotsam from the wreckage of the ’70s, a piece of the Old World before AIDS, herpes and Reagan, or the ultimate cult musical, busily making a new generation of pre-teens a little more comfortable with their sexuality.

Both showings include live cast action. (Plays Oct. 31 at 9pm in San Jose at the Retro Dome and Oct. 30 at midnight in San Jose at Camera 3.) (RvB)

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WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS/ PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (1950/1953) Dana Andrews is a Times Square cop who kills a suspect and finds refuge with the widow (Gene Tierney). Otto Preminger creates a black-and-white halfworld snatched off the New York City streets. BILLED WITH Pickup on South Street Grinning demon Richard Widmark is a pickpocket squeezed into becoming an undercover agent; working for the other side of the law does nothing to cleanse his soul. By contrast, a boozy old snitch (Thelma Ritter) faces death with the bravery of a samurai. Samuel

Fuller’s unusually tough noir has its best moment in a silent sequence as Widmark helps himself to the purse of a sullen and sultry bad-girl victim (Jean Peters). (Plays Oct. 28-29 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.)

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(Oct. 29-31 in San Jose at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)

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it, or much of the tangled feelings a civilized person has when savagery intrudes into his life. In this film, people who are brutalized turn into brutes, instantly. Kubrick sees the injuries we inflict on each other as one sick joke. (Plays Oct. 28 at 9pm in Campbell at Camera 7, and Oct. 29 at midnight in San Jose at Camera 12.) (RvB)

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No. 1.) Sambath’s intention was to get some admission of culpability for the body count, which included Sambath’s father, brother and his mother. Thanks to the reporter, Brother No. 2 gets a reunion with some of the people he ordered to stab and bludgeon civilians by the thousands. A bravely told story of a heroic man’s attempts to find the reason why. (RvB)

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Cheney’s Revenge IN TIMES OF CRISIS, substance trumps style. Gasland, Josh Fox’s horrifying documentary exposé of fracking is guaranteed to rob you of sleep. Watching it one is forced to forgive Fox’s cheerfully inept and monotonous narration. Maybe he’s a director in a state of shock at the extent of the bad news.

Fox is a Pennsylvanian, accent on the “sylvan,” with 14 acres in the glorious Delaware River watershed. He and the state stand in the way of a natural gas gold rush that’s already contaminating the aquifer.

Fox was offered $100,000 for the mineral rights for his property. Researching the deal, Fox discovered a story that’s mostly been kept out of the press; some thanks for this hushing-up is due to the infamous 2005 energy bill, drafted by oilmen under the supervision of Dick Cheney.

Per the “Halliburton exemption,” drillers haven’t been subject to clean air or water restrictions.

Fracking is short for “hydraulic fracturing”: a method of busting natural gas out of subterranean oil shale. The drillers mix a brew of carcinogenic chemicals—some of them unidentified for proprietary reasons—and inject them with great force underground to crack the shale. After the natural gas starts pumping, drillers slurp back some (but not all) fluids, sometimes leaving them to evaporate in sumps. The process involves fleets of diesel trucks and huge emissions of lung-burning ozone. As Fox shows us, fracking has left some rural

households with flames coming out of their kitchen sink taps and water poisoned with chemicals that cause neuropathy or cancer.

Fox visits Texas, Wyoming and Colorado, where the most intensive drilling has taken place. He records horror stories of creeks killed off, of people getting benzene in their bloodstream, of ranchers unable to use their well >XjcXe[ water. When Fox gets a meeting with the head of U.N. Assoc. his own state’s Department Film Festival of Environmental Sat., 12:45pm, Annenberg Protection, he’s essentially Auditorium, told that some pollution is Stanford inevitable. Meanwhile, drillers are eyeing the headwaters of the Delaware River as their next target: the source of the drinking water for New York and Philadelphia.

Gasland’s problem is that Fox decided to approach it from an ordinary-guy perspective. His pose is so feckless he makes Michael Moore look like he works for NPR. The filmmaker brings his banjo around and asks deliberately ignorant questions.

Too often, Fox overlooks details we could have used—a congressman’s suggestion that there is a cleaner way to do this drilling, for example—in favor of an emphasis on the splendors of his backyard. That “fun documentary” approach works well enough to outline social problems—it seems unforgivably frivolous when dealing with the poisoning of a continent.

—Richard von Busack

(R; 88 min.) To the Nazis, making a propaganda film shot entirely in the Warsaw Ghetto must have seemed like a sensible idea. With proper staging, they could prove that welloff Jews were having a soft war. Yael Hersonski’s excellent documentary salvages and gives context to the soundless, abandoned footage shot by the Nazis. It was scrapped for some unknown reason, perhaps because there had been a change of strategy in Berlin from encirclement to extermination. (RvB)

HEREAFTER (PG-13; 129 min.) The opening of this dull, morose and oatmeal-colored drama is a flawlessly animated tsunami. Swept into the tide and clonked by an automobile, Parisian journalist Marie LeLay (Cécile De France) is rescued just as she has a vision of human beings standing around a glowing plaza. She has seen the Hereafter itself; so has San Francisco psychic Matt Damon.

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Meanwhile a pair of twins in London, separated by death, try to reconnect.

Bland and slow, the film seems as if it will never get started, and the afterworld is neither sinister nor inspirational. (RvB)

INSIDE JOB (PG-13; 108 min.) More nauseating than Jackass: it’s a whirlwind tour through the economic rubble of 30 years of deregulation of banks and financial institutions. Charles Ferguson’s enraging documentary discovers that the famous revolving door turns 360 degrees; grossly overpaid gamblers from Goldman Sachs and elsewhere are returned to government offices they left for Wall Street. Some of these spoilsmen go to formerly honorable Ivy League institutions, there to legitimize the kind of fiscal policies that made them superrich. Few have regrets, but some have anger at being asked impertinent questions about ethics by a lowly submillionaire with a camera. Inside Job records a nonpartisan disgrace. One of the prime disappointments of the Obama administration is the way he found work for the familiar rogues from the Meltdown of ’08. Ferguson asks great questions. Don’t expect a lot of great answers about how a glorified Ponzi scheme left most of America either overworked or unemployed, heavily in debt and a few millimeters away from homelessness. (RvB)

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+ (R; 94 min.) Undeniably visceral entertainment, and sometimes hilarious. This cornerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motto is, as always, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not what you laugh at that makes you a moron, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what you cry at.â&#x20AC;? One of the stuntmen taunting an ornery ram with blasts from a sousaphone is carrying on the frontier humor tradition of Mark Twainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;His Grandfatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Old Ram.â&#x20AC;? The difference is that the ram in the Twain tale is left frozen in space, while this furious sheep attacks about a dozen times. The tormenterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yelp to the beast as he gets severely buttedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why?â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;is easily the most hilarious thing in the movie. Genial but horrible ringleader Johnny Knoxville is to a rodeo clown what a wealthy rock star is to a Delta blues picker: someone getting rich from a rich tradition. So, the movie may only just seem like

the end of Western civilization; some of the slapstick horrors here are true-life versions of favorites from Keystone comedies: the guy in the gorilla suit, the dog that goes straight for the seat of the pants, the irritable donkey. Some of the tortures are a little too close to the Roman Empireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s method of handling dissidents, and a couple of the bits here are serious lunch-avulsers. The 3-D helps one get most of the popular bodily ďŹ&#x201A;uids right in the face, if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your idea of fun. (RvB)

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (R; 91 min.) Can home surveillance save a family from otherworldly beings?

SECRETARIAT (PG; 116 min.) Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s riddle: when is a horse a bum steer? I was ready to believe that Seabiscuit ended the

Depression. You have to give a good ďŹ lm some slack. I was alive in 1973, the year Secretariat won the Triple Crown. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recall his victory healing our divisions over the Vietnam War, though director Randall Wallace coaxes us to believe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true. Secretariat is inbredâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the offspring of too many similar sports ďŹ lms. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relentlessly thickâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;custardthickâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and cheap-looking, too, and its story is as ďŹ shy as three-day-old salmon; it tries to make an underhorse out of a very blueblooded steed. Diane Lane, ordinarily a ďŹ ne actress, gets no help from the script which seems to be trying to make her an anti-heroine.

Lane plays thoroughbred breeder Penny Chenery. Ultimately, Secretariat is more fundraising pitch than race track action.

It is scenes of cold calling, scratching names off a list and fretting over the money more than the races. (RvB)

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WAITING FOR SUPERMAN (PG; 102 min.) The vast problems of the U.S. public school system distilled into a quick documentary. Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) follows ďŹ ve young students as they try to get into private schools. (One is eighthgrader Emily of Redwood City, whose parents are concerned that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be pushed onto a noncollege track.) Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guggenheimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contention that school funding has doubled while test scores continue to descend. Guggenheim has a point: the dropout rate and the failing

Ghost World ADVANCE WORD on the Criterion release of Nobuhiko Obayashiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s irresistibly crazy 1977 House likens it to a Scooby-Doo episode. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one possible handle, but House is easily grasped even without it. The ďŹ lm is a bursting bag of Halloween candy: a kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fairy tale with outlandish black humor, simmering Sapphicism and odd 1950s touches of lyricism. The James Whaleâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;style preposterousness is matched by visual languor. Beautiful Leon Shamroyâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;style sunsets shimmer on the scrims of studio back lots, nimbused with mother-of-pearl coruscations of pre-ďŹ&#x201A;ashed fog; and fanblown chiďŹ&#x20AC;on scarves tickle arbors of wax grapes.

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In tone, House is as hysterically cute as a Sanrio outlet going up in a four-alarm ďŹ re. Seven chirpy schoolgirls come to spend summer vacation in the country at the old-fashioned house of an elderly maiden aunt in a wheelchair (Yoko Minamida). Do these zestful sailor-suited innocents have real names, or did their mothers call them such things as Kung Fu, Fantasy and Sweeto (Sweet)? Likely the latter. The heartbroken Gorgeous (Kimiko Ikegami) has no mother, but she has a new and unwanted stepmother; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading the way to the old dark house.

The girls are none too bright (â&#x20AC;&#x153;A long time ago, Japan was in a big war,â&#x20AC;? explains one). In the typically excellent interview track Criterion includes, Obayashi mentions that he is from Hiroshima and lost friends in the atomic bombing. This makes him qualiďŹ ed to deliver a dire joke about a mushroom cloud looking like a cone of cotton candyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and to put these dizzy schoolgirls through it for their lack of historical memory.

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House is an ornament of the postmodern anything?flj\ went decade it came from, directed by a veteran Criterion (not to say inveterate) TV $29.95 commercial director who had made some 200 spots before he directed House.

Toho Studios got cold feet about the project. House was ďŹ nally produced after a two-year-long viral campaign in Tokyo that included a movie soundtrack album released before the movie was made, a radio play and casting contests. Even its own producer deplored Houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success, though fans swooned to the perfume of its absurd horror.

Primarily, House is â&#x20AC;&#x153;an exaggerated and beautiful world of fantasy,â&#x20AC;? as Obayashi says. His summing-up is as satisfying as David Lynchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own description of his ďŹ lms: â&#x20AC;&#x153;A dream of dark and troubling things.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Richard von Busack

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Nuclear Blast Christofer Johnsson’s operatic metal fantasy returns with an enormous blast of heavy occultism.

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Justin Bieber Thursday, 7pm; HP Pavilion, San Jose; $38–$63 CDC officials report an outbreak of the dreaded “Bieber Fever” striking the South Bay. Children are running through the streets yelling “OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!,” the lion has lain down with the lamb, and the dead are rising from their graves to eat the flesh of the living.

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Paul Kikuchi Friday, 6pm; Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga; free Seattle percussionist and composer Kikuchi is currently in residency at Montalvo. For this month’s Final Friday event, he’ll bring his Empty Cage Quartet, which plays some of the trippiest jazz you’re likely to hear, even on the groove-addled West Coast. (SP)

Revenge of the DJs Halloween Bash Saturday, 10pm; VooDoo Lounge, San Jose; free guest list before 11pm Celebrate the best holiday of the year by dancing to some of the South Bay’s best DJs, including Dru, Krucial, B Boy Drift and Illtraxx. The guest list sign-ups close at 6pm Saturday. (SP)

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Rock/Pop ANGELICA’S BISTRO Sat, 8:30: Halloween Celebration with High ’n’ Tight. $10. Redwood City.

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Jonny Manak and the Depressives, Relapse, Los Bastardos De Amor. $8/$10. Sat, 9pm: Free Energy, Foxy Shazam, Hollerado. $10/$12. Sun, 8pm: The Apples in Stereo, Fol Chen, the Orange Peels. $12/$15. San Jose.

Thu, 8:30pm: LA Guns, Faster Pussycat, City Jade, Madman’s Lullaby. $15. Fri, 9pm: Halloween Bash with Lisa Lisa. $25. Santa Clara.

BOGART’S LOUNGE Thu and Sat: Live music.

Sunnyvale.

BOSWELL’S Wed, 9:30pm: Jack Rip Off. Thu: Bitchn’ Camaros. Fri: Suga Daddy Sat: 10til2 Sun: Bitchn’ Camaros. Campbell.

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THE BLANK CLUB Wed, 9pm: Peelander-Z, Tsushimameri, Gnarboots.

Free. Fri, 8pm: Rock & Roll Halloween with Rivals,

Cat playing rock and blues.

Free. Santa Clara.

BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY Sat, 9:30pm-1:30am: Halloween party with Len

Fri, 10pm: Spazmatics.

Sat: Halloween Party with Superbad. San Jose.

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BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN Fri: Love Stoned, Carla Blackwell.

Sat, 9am: Comedy and music to go with broadcast of Rally to Restore Sanity. Sat: Halloween Party with Rock-It Scientists.

San Jose.

THE REFUGE Fri, 6pm: The Soothing Sound of Flight, 5 Character in Search of an Exit, The Art of War, Our Living Memory, Aethere, Memento Mori, Behold the Desecration. Cupertino.

SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS Fri: Steven Gary and guests.

Sat: Halloween Party with Blank Manuscript. San Jose.

STREETLIGHT RECORDS Wed, 5pm: TsuShiMaMiRe. 6pm: Pellander-Z. San Jose.

Dancing and World Music.

Sun, 5pm: Moroccan music.

Tue, 5pm: Ron Jazz Live and the 650 Connection.

San Jose.

PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB Thu-Sat: Live music.

Sunnyvale.

SENZALA Fri, noon: Live Music. Fri, 7:30pm: Capoeira. Sat, 7pm: Halloween Costume Party with Cado, Pagode Uniao, Samba Mundial. Sunnyvale.

CAPERS Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: Live music.

Campbell.

CLUB MAX Sat, 8pm: Halloween with Entourage and costume contest. $20. Inside Doubletree Hotel, San Jose.

VOODOO LOUNGE Thu, 9pm: Ray Leger, Servants and Vahcano. $10.

San Jose.

WILLOW DEN Live music some nights.

Willow Glen.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH Sat, 9pm: Rock Solid and costume contest. Cupertino.

EFFIE’S Sat: Halloween bash with music. Campbell.

FIREHOUSE GRILL Fri: Undercover Cover Band.

Sunnyvale.

THE GRAPEVINE Sat, 7pm: Halloween Party with Given to Fly, Mike Murdock and Mike Masuda of Hootenanny.

Willow Glen.

JOHNNY V’S Fri: Live Music. Sat: Talky Tina, Sweet Revenge and more. San Jose.

LILLY MAC’S Fri, 9:30pm: Halloween Costume Party with Aftershock, New Band. Sunnyvale.

WOODHAM’S LOUNGE Fri and Sun: Pro Jam with rock and blues local musicians. No cover.

Santa Clara.

World ALBERTO’S Wed: Bachata. Thu: Amateur Bachata Contest. Plus Salsa with Pantea. Fri: Salsa Fridays Halloween Party. Sat: Halloween party with Rudo Azul, DJ Peewee and DJ Omar. Tue: Salsa with Pantea.

Mountain View.

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Fri-Sat, 8pm: Live music and belly dancing. Cupertino.

Sun: Halloween all day. Los Gatos.

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MURPHY’S LAW Fri: Hook. Sat: Isis and the Cold Truth. Sunnyvale.

NUMBER ONE BROADWAY Thu, 9:30pm: Bone Drivers.

Fri, 9:30pm: Blind Pilots. Sat, 9:30pm: Sage. Los Gatos.

QUARTER NOTE Fri, 8:30pm: Halloween contest with HoodStarz. Sat, 8:30pm: Halloween contest with 6:A.M. and Bray. Sun, 4pm: Halloween with Willie G. $10. $10.

Sunnyvale.

Halloween weekend bash.

Live music all weekend with Son de Kali and more. Sat: Scandalous costume party with live music by SDK and DJ Che. San Jose.

CASCAL Fri: LaTiDo. Sat, 8:30pm: James Robinson. Mountain View.

MOROCCO’S RESTAURANT Wed, 5-11pm: Salvador Vazquez. Free. Thu, 5-11pm: Ron Jazz Live and the 650 Connection. Fri, 5-11pm: Belly

Jazz/Blues ANGELICA’S BISTRO Thu, 7:30pm: JC Blues Band and Friends. $5. Fri, 8pm: Venegoni, Oster, Manring and Park. $18/$20. Sun, 7pm: A Priate’s Revenge interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Show. Redwood City.

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO Sun, 5:30pm: Jazz jam.

Cupertino.

FAIRMONT HOTEL LOBBY LOUNGE Wed, 8:30pm: The Girlz Band.

Thu, 8:30pm: Contemporary or Latin jazz. Fri-Sat, 9pm: Jazz and pop dance bands.

Mon-Tue: Piano Music.

Fairmont Hotel, San Jose.

GRAND DELL SALOON Thu, 8pm: Blues Jam w/Aki Kumar. Fri, 8pm: Isis and Cold Truth. Sat, 8pm: Halloween with Tip of the Top. Campbell.

HEDLEY CLUB Sat, 8:30pm: The Pimpsticks.

Hotel de Anza, San Jose.

J.J.’S BLUES CAFE Wed; Suska. Thu: Jimmy Dewrance. Fri: Nuthin’ But Trouble, Dr. Mojo. $10. Sat: Blues Hammer, $10. Sun: Alvin Draper. San Jose.

LOFT BAR AND BISTRO Thu, 7-10pm: Live jazz. San Jose.

MOROCCO’S RESTAURANT Thu, 5pm: Jason Bellenkes Duo. San Jose.

MURPHY’S LAW Mon: Pro blues jam.

Sunnyvale.

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Sat, 6pm: JC Smith Blues Band costume party. 6pm. Sun, noon-4pm: Gail Dobson Jazz Trio and Halloween student performance. San Jose.

TESSORA’S Fri: Joel Behrman Band. Sat: Dennis Dove Trio Halloween Party. Sun: Jazz jam for Halloween; wear a costume.

Campbell.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Tue, 7:30pm: Modesto Briseno Septet. Willow Glen.

THE SADDLE RACK Wed, 9pm: California Cowboys.

Thu-Fri, 9pm, Sat, 10:15pm: Diablo Road. Sat, 7:15pm: Rodeo House. Sat-Sun: Halloween parties with costume contests and music (on Sun) by Full Throttle/ $10$20. Fremont.

WINE AFFAIRS Wed, 7:30pm: Chris Burkhardt.

Thu, 7:30pm: Jelly Jazz Trio.

Sat, 8pm: A Dog Named Buckley. San Jose.

WOODHAM’S LOUNGE

Tue, 7:30pm. Irish music.

Mountain View.

SAM’S BBQ Wed, 6pm: Country Classics.

San Jose.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Thu, 9pm: Live country music with Cowboy Larry. Willow Glen.

Open Mic Wed, 6:30pm: Open Mic. Tue, 7-11pm: Pro Jazz Jam. Redwood City.

November 3-10

Tue, 7pm: Open Mic. San Jose.

CITY ESPRESSO Fri, 7-10pm: Singers and musicians. San Jose.

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MISSION CITY ROASTING CO. Thu, 7pm: South Bay Folks Open Mic. Santa Clara.

MOUNTAIN CHARLIE’S Wed, 8-11pm: Live music, comedy and poetry. Los Gatos.

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RED ROCK COFFEE CO.

Sun and Tue, 5pm: Traditional Irish music. Sun: Special Irish Halloween party. San Jose.

Mon, 7pm: Cavin and King’s Open Mic. Mountain View.

Sat, 8pm: The Jon Rubin Group.

Mountain View.

BENNIGAN’S GRILL Sat, 9pm: August. Santa Clara.

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

Wed-Thu and Mon, 8pm: Karaoke. No cover.

Sunnyvale.

BLUE MAX

Tue, 7pm: Steve Tiger.

Cupertino.

Wed, 9:30pm: Open Mic Night. Cupertino.

Fri, 8pm: Blake McMurray. Sat, 8pm: Reilly and Maloney. Santa Clara.

RED ROCK COFFEE ROASTING

Fri, 9pm: Ryan. San Jose.

BLUE PHEASANT

CAFFE TRIESTE

‘Take me to your diners.’

THE BEARS

Wed, 7pm: Musical open mic.

Sign up by 5pm. Santa Clara.

BOSWELL’S

MISSION CITY COFFEE ROASTING

Nightly except Sun, 9pm2am: Karaoke. San Jose.

Fri-Sat, 9pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

CAFFE TRIESTE

Sat, 7-10pm: Halloween party with Given to Fly. Willow Glen.

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THE GRAPEVINE

Wed-Sat, 9pm: Karaoke. Tue, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

BLUE BONNET BAR ANGELICA’S BISTRO

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Thu, 7pm: The Ghost of Wrights. Fri, 8pm: Jack Gilmour.

San Jose.

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Fri and Sun: Pro Jam with rock and blues local musicians.

Santa Clara.

Sun: Mike Leatherman.

Campbell.

Karaoke

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Tue, 6pm: Open Mic Night.

San Jose.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Wed, 8pm: Open Mic. Willow Glen.

BOGART’S LOUNGE Wed, Fri and Sun, 8pm-2am: Karaoke. Sun: Scaryoke for Halloween. Sunnyvale.

BOSWELL’S Tue: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke. Sun: Costume party with karaoke for Halloween. Cupertino.

BRITANNIA ARMS SAN JOSE Wed, 9pm: Karaoke w/ August. San Jose.

BRITISH BANKERS CLUB Mon, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Menlo Park.

C&J’S SPORTS BAR Thu, 10pm: Karaoke w/ Melissa and Heather.

Santa Clara.

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Thu, 9pm: DJ Davey K. No cover. Campbell.

Wed & Mon-Tue: With Stephanie. Thu & Sat: Randy.

Fri: Jerry Sauceda. San Jose.

KING OF CLUBS

Wed-Thu and Sat-Sun, 8:30pm: Chris. Fri, 8:30pm: Thomas. San Jose.

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DAN BROWN’S

Thu and Sun-Mon, 8:30pm: Bruce of KOR Karaoke. No cover. Mountain View.

Thu and Tue, 9pm-1am: Brian James. Palo Alto.

LILLY MAC’S

SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS

DASILVA’S BRONCOS

Thu, 9pm: DJ Thomas “Soulman.” Sunnyvale.

Sun: Karaoke. San Jose.

MARIANI’S Thu, 8pm: Chris. Santa Clara.

Wed, 9:30pm: Thomas. San Jose

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WOODHAM’S LOUNGE

Fri, 6:30-10:30pm: Bands with live karaoke. Santa Clara.

Wed-Thu, Sat-Sun, Tue: 9:30pm: Vinnie. Santa Clara.

NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE

Dance Clubs

Wed: Guitar Hero Tournament plus karaoke.

Thu, 9pm-1am: Karaoke.

Santa Clara.

DIVE BAR Wed and Tue, 9:30pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

EFFIE’S RESTAURANT Wed-Sat and Tue, 9pm2am, and last Sun of every month, 2-7pm: B&S Karaoke.

Campbell.

Fri-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Santa Clara.

Thu, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

WILLOW DEN

AGENDA

Thu, 8pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

Thu: Singles party with DJ. Los Gatos.

FLAMES COFFEE SHOP

OASIS

Thu-Sat, 9pm: Uncle Dougie Show. No cover. San Jose.

Wed and Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: Doug. Sunnyvale.

Wed, 8pm: Salsa Wednesdays. Thu: Guest DJs. Sat, 9pm: Halloween costume contest with DJ Ren Barrera. Sat, 9pm: Freaky Tales Halloween Bash. Sun: Reggae. San Jose.

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OFFICE BAR

ALBERTO’S

Thu, 9pm-2am: Karaoke w/ August. Milpitas.

Fri-Sat, 9pm-2am, and Sun, 7pm: Karaoke. Mountain View.

Wed, 7:30pm: Bachata with Pantea. Thu: Salsa. Fri: Salsa Fridays. Tue: Salsa with Pantea. Mountain View.

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PEACOCK LOUNGE Thu, 9pm: DJ Brian. Sun, 9pm: DJ and karaoke. Tue, 9pm: DJ, dancing, karaoke.

Sunnyvale.

AVALON Fri, 8pm: Lisa Lisa. Sun, noon-on: Rock ’n’ Arts Halloween Festival. Santa Clara.

PIONEER SALOON THE GOOSETOWN LOUNGE Fri-Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Willow Glen.

‘Take me to your diners.’

November 3-10

GOOSE LOONEY’S Wed, 9:30pm: Ryan. Thu, 9pm: DJ August. Fri, 9pm: DJ August. Sun, 9pm: DJ August.

Milpitas.

HOMESTEAD LANES Fri, 9pm: Vinnie. Mon, 9pm: Karaoke in the lounge with Vinnie. Tue, 9pm: August.

Cupertino.

HUDDLE Wed-Thu and Sun, 9pm: Wild Nights Karaoke. Fremont.

KATIE BLOOM’S Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Campbell.

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Wed, 8pm: DJ Desmond.

San Jose.

Tue, 8:30pm: Acoustic karaoke w/ Sam Marshall.

Woodside.

POINCIANA LOUNGE Wed, 9:30pm: Wildside Entertainment. No cover.

Santa Clara.

AZUCAR Fri-Sat: Live music with Son de Kali. Sat: Live music. Sun: Bachata Sensations with Jazzy Jez. Mon, 8pm: Salsa lessons. Tue: Salsa. San Jose.

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QUARTER NOTE

Wed-Sat: DJs and dancing.

Santana Row.

Tue, 9pm: Sherrie and Sue. No cover. Sunnyvale.

BLUE PHEASANT

REDI ROOM

Wed-Sun, Tue, 7pm-close: DJ and dancing. Big band, swing. No cover. Cupertino.

Thu, 9pm: Joseph. Sat: Halloween party with costume contest. San Jose.

ROSIE MCCANN’S Tue, 8:30-11:30pm: Karaoke.

No cover. Santana Row.

RUDY’S PUB Wed, 10pm-1:30am: DJ Purple. Palo Alto.

BRANHAM LOUNGE Wed: Humpday Wednesdays.

Thu: DJ. Fri: Ladies Night. Sat: DJ Jazzy and DJ Chaos. Hiphop and Top 40. Sun: Happy Hour All Day. Mon: DJ. Tue: $2 Tuesdays. San Jose.

SAN JOSE BAR & GRILL Tue, 10pm-close: Kamikaze Karaoke. San Jose.

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A lot of people are starting to wonder about this. It’s not so much that consumer products companies are exploiting concerns about breast cancer to sell more yogurt or lipstick. The real issue is that we don’t have much to show for the ribbons, runs and billions of dollars spent on research. Instead we’ve built a vast breast cancer industry that generates lots of jobs, profits and awareness, but so far nothing that will prevent breast cancer, and nothing that will reliably stop it besides the knife.

One sign of the frustration is the Breast Cancer Deadline, a campaign launched earlier this year by the National Breast Cancer Coalition. In a jab at the endless optimism of pink ribbon campaigns, the NBCC website now declares “We’re Giving Up Hope” and proposes instead “something more powerful”: a firm commitment to wiping out breast cancer by Jan. 1, 2020, the implication being that we’ve been screwing around till now.

To give the run-for-a-cure crowd some credit, pink ribbon campaigns have been remarkably successful in what they set out to do, namely increase breast cancer awareness and funding for research. The color pink and pink ribbons have been used as symbols since the 1980s, initially by what’s now called Susan G. Komen for the Cure, perhaps the best-known advocacy group. The idea got a boost in 1992, when the Estée Lauder cosmetics company teamed up with Self magazine to create an awareness campaign symbolized by pink ribbons. Things took off from there, leading to the present orgy of what critics call “pinkwashing” during Breast Cancer Awareness Month every October, in which pink-ribboned products, events and publicity come at you from all sides. If it all seems a little chaotic, that’s because it is. No single entity is in charge of all the pink ribbon campaigns. In contrast to Canada, where the pink ribbon symbol is controlled by the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, in the U.S. anyone can slap a pink ribbon on anything.

None of these stunts is necessarily a scam, but they often involve

considerable effort for decidedly modest results. One often-cited example is Yoplait’s program, in which the company donates 10 cents to the Komen group for each beribboned yogurt lid mailed in. But think about it: If you save 120 over the four-month run of the campaign, you’ll have to store and ship them, the postal service will have to transport them and Yoplait presumably will have to count them, for a total donation of 12 bucks. You’d save yourself and everyone else a lot of trouble if you just sent in a check.

Laborious though they may be, such schemes have generated plenty of money for breast cancer research. The Komen foundation has awarded $450 million since 1982, the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade $640 million since 1992, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation $250 million since 1993. Federal funding has increased dramatically. In 1990 the National Cancer Institute allotted $81 million to breast cancer research. Five years later that amount had quadrupled to $309 million, and in 2009 totaled $685 million.

It’s unfair to say all that expenditure accomplished nothing. NCI data shows the breast cancer death rate has fallen by roughly a third since 1990. What hasn’t appreciably improved is breast cancer incidence. It remains about 25 percent higher than it was 30 years ago. This has led pink ribbon skeptics to hint darkly about a conspiracy involving fundraising groups, manufacturers of carcinogenic products and drug companies, who contrive to keep the research focus on detection and treatment rather than prevention.

That keeps the lucrative cancer business humming while deflecting attention from the underlying causes, namely carcinogens released into the environment.

Paranoid? Maybe. Still, a woman’s lifetime risk of breast cancer has increased from one in 20 in 1940 to one in eight now. I’ve seen 70 percent of that increase reasonably attributed to longer life and better early detection.

What accounts for the remaining 30 percent? Nobody really knows.

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Instead of shying away from wearing pink clothing, Wondolowski and many of the

team’s players and coaches sported pink attire at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara a week ago. Local athletes have embraced wearing the traditionally nonmasculine color in support of October’s BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. The San Jose Earthquakes are just one of many Bay Area teams that are currently participating in cancer awareness campaigns.

“I’ve had a couple of friends whose mothers have been diagnosed,” Wondolowski says. “I think it’s a great cause.”

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team has pink as one of its main team colors. As such, when a player commits to wearing pink garments on and off the field, it provides a powerful message. Athletes are taking advantage of their popularity this month to make a personal connection with fans who are cancer patients.

The National Football League, for one, has dedicated October to Breast Cancer Awareness. Many pigskin followers may have noticed an assortment of pink gloves and arm sleeves on players throughout the nation.

When the San Francisco 49ers hosted the Oakland Raiders on Oct. 17, the team had breast cancer survivors participate in an awareness-raising coin toss that used a pink coin. Furthermore, the team’s captains wore a pink patch on their jerseys in that match, and

the footballs were also emblazoned with the breast cancer logo.

The effort to raise cancer awareness has also spread to the college ranks. The Spartan women’s soccer team has been wearing pink warm-up jerseys this entire month to show their support.

SJSU soccer players HALLSIE PACHECO and KELSY HOLM have relatives with breast cancer. They say that wearing pink warm-up jerseys has brought the team closer together and helped spread awareness at their games.

Here, the San Jose Sharks have made a point to take breast cancer awareness one step further. Besides wearing a pink “Hockey Fights Cancer” patch on their jerseys for the entire month of October, the Sharks dedicated their Oct. 19 match to be “Hockey Fights Cancer Night.”

“We invited 20 patients and their families from the leukemia and lymphoma society to the game in the penthouse suite,” says JEFF CAFUIR, fan-development manager for the Sharks. “Four of them got to go on Zamboni rides, and after the game, we took the patients down for a locker room tour.”

Some proceeds raised at the Shark Tank that night went to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Cafuir says the patients also got a chance to participate in a meet-andgreet with about 10 of the Sharks players.

Whether it’s a golfer getting caught having multiple affairs or a football player participating in a dog-fighting rink, many off-thefield stories concerning professional athletes lately have shown them in a negative light.

But by participating in charity campaigns like Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, local sports figures are proving that “Real Men Wear Pink.”

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“I’ve been in the right place at the right time,” the modest MVP candidate says, adding that he’s been the benefactor of great passing from his teammates.

A little more than a year ago, Wondolowski was in the wrong place at the wrong time, riding the bench for Houston Dynamo. But since being traded to the Earthquakes, Wondo has cemented himself as one of the league’s best players and in the process made the Quakes a playoff threat. “He is, in my opinion, hands down the MVP of the league,” says goalkeeper Jon Busch.

Wondolowski’s scoring combined with a solid Earthquakes defense, which has posted the most shutouts in team history, will make San Jose a tough out when they play the New York Red Bulls in the first round of the MLS playoffs.

“We’re a hard team to break down,” Busch says. “We don’t give up a lot of goals and that’s a credit to the guys who do all the dirty work.”

Busch has been a steady last line of defense, fourth in the MLS in save percentage. Busch took over for longtime starting goalkeeper Joe Cannon after he allowed seven goals in three games in early June.

“The team was struggling a little bit and it wasn’t just Joe’s fault,” head coach Frank Yallop says. “As a coach

you want to make a change, and we did, and Jon did well to start with, and Joe came in for another game and got injured. Jon’s been outstanding ever since he’s got his place back.” Busch is no stranger to the spotlight, having won MLS Goalkeeper of the Year for the Chicago Fire in 2008.

“He’s going to be a leader out there,” says Yallop about Busch in the playoffs.

Busch says he noticed a change in the team after it battled for a 2-1 victory against the Philadelphia Union on July 10. “The word I started using about that time was belief,” Busch says.

“I could see it all coming together. I think that was the turning point.”

The Quakes caught fire near the end of summer, going 6-1-1 in a stretch that started Aug. 14, capped by a Sept.

25 3-2 victory vs. Toronto FC when Wondolowski had his first career hat trick. Two weeks later, the Earthquakes clinched their first playoff berth since returning to San Jose three years ago.

“I think it’s huge for all soccer fans in San Jose because before they moved the team away, it was a very successful organization,” Busch says. “So for us to take that first step and get back into the playoffs and go from there is a reminder of the good old days.”

In the Quakes final home game on Oct. 20 against Chivas USA, Wondolowski broke the Earthquakes goals record set by Ronald Cerritos in 1999 with his second hat trick of the season. He has scored the last 10 goals for the Quakes, breaking the MLS record for consecutive goals scored by one player for one team. Yallop has taken notice, calling Wondolowski the key to the Quakes playoff chances. —Joey Akeley

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On the low end is a two-bedroom, onebath for $229,900. This 794-square-foot home is located at 23 N. 26th St. near downtown. On the high end is a $1.3 million six-bedroom, four-bath home in Evergreen at 3150 Royal Meadow Lane.

Home foreclosures are spread throughout San Jose. Here is the breakdown by neighborhood: Almaden Valley, four; Alum Rock, 22; Alviso, one; Berryessa, 20; Blossom Valley, 17; Cambrian, 14; central/downtown, 25; Evergreen, nine; Santa Teresa, nine; south San Jose, 13; Willow Glen, seven.

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Another nice-looking property is in the Cambrian neighborhood at 3098 Union Ave. This 1,157-square-foot home sits on a large lot (6,018 square feet) and has a two-car attached garage. It has three bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, wood ďŹ&#x201A;ooring and a ďŹ replace. The exterior is in good shape with nice landscaping, new paint and fenced front yard. It was listed on Oct. 8 and is priced at $480,420, the last sale being $780,000.

More typical of the foreclosures is a property in Blossom Valley. Located at 4812 Rue Loiret, this is a 1,623-squarefoot ďŹ xer-upper priced at $394,900, last sold for $530,000. It has four bedrooms and two baths and sits on a large lot (7,380 square feet). The lawns are dead, and it has swimming pool, condition unknown. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been listed and relisted with multiple price changes since Dec. 28, 2009, so that could mean the bank is more motivated to sell.

Here are some foreclosure tips. Work with a Realtor who has experience buying foreclosures. Dealing with banks is a different ball game. Ask yourself if you have the money to do the extensive repairs, landscaping and cleanup often needed. Check how long the house been empty; the longer the vacancy the more damage there often is. Pay for a property inspection before ďŹ nalizing an offer so you know if you can handle what needs to be done. Look at the neighborhood and study its appeal at all hours. If the property is in a soughtafter neighborhood, the lower price tag will be well worth the cost to ďŹ x up the home. If not, even what seems to be a deal may not be worth it in the end. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Katherine Thornberry

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