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Crisis, Continued Until a few days ago, the city of San Jose and its employee unions appeared to be a lot friendlier than they were at the beginning of the month—when City Manager DEBRA FIGONE and police union president GEORGE BEATTIE were squabbling about why the city punted on a federal grant. But this week, as the pension-reform plan inches forward, the unions are back to voicing outrage. The proposed changes, meant to confront “staggering” declines in revenue and “alarming” increases in health-benefit costs, should have surprised no one.

But the unions are challenging the data itself and demanding to know who is doing the city’s math. Negotiator ALEX GURZA hasn’t revealed where he’s getting his numbers, and CHRISTOPHER PLATTEN, a lawyer for the firefighters and police unions, isn’t taking “no comment” for an answer. Platten wrote a letter to the city last week demanding that Gurza name names.

Is an outside actuary Don’t supplying the city with forget its bleak forecast, or is to tip! there some shadowy CPA grinding away FLY@ METRONEWS. with a calculator in the COM depths of City Hall?

Meanwhile, the unions are comparing San Jose to Wisconsin—convinced that Mayor CHUCK REED and Figone are intent on making San Jose a legal guinea pig by taking the pension issue to voters. Even state Attorney General KAMALA HARRIS has written a letter to Reed telling him to tread lightly in the face of litigation.

While most leaders of the city’s labor groups fume over proposed pension changes, YOLANDA CRUZ, president of AFSCME, has adopted a shockingly civil tone. The city’s biggest union has reversed course and looks headed back to the bargaining table. Cruz, who not long ago used the word “imaginary” to describe the city’s financial crisis, sits down with Gurza’s people Thursday.

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A lifelong sports fan who passionately follows the San Francisco Giants, Nieto immediately caught Sharks fever. Since then, her family has joined her on the black-and-teal bandwagon, with her mother, sister and brother-in-law purchasing season tickets each year for the past four years. Nieto, who is unemployed at the moment, says she

attended as many Sharks games last season as her wallet allowed.

Having worked for years as a gayand lesbian-rights activist, Nieto was thrilled when her Giants last month became the first professional sports team to join the It Gets Better campaign. This video campaign was launched last year by journalist Dan Savage after national media attention focused on the suicides of LGBT youth.

The Giants video features a number of star players, including pitchers Barry Zito, Matt Cain and Sergio Romo, addressing the difficulty of growing up—especially for gay and lesbian teens: “To all of the kids out there struggling, please know that you have an amazing future in front of you, and an entire community in your corner. ... It gets better.”

A few weeks after the Giants video was released, the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox released It Gets Better videos of their own. That’s

when Nieto had an idea: Why not get the Sharks to make a video, too?

“The idea of having both my teams doing videos was almost too much to think about,” she says.

While the Major Leaguers’ videos were being released, other professional athletes have been speaking up recently for gay rights.

Former Dallas Cowboys player Michael Irvin is on the cover of this month’s Out magazine, which profiled five straight pro athletes “who have stood up for fairness and tolerance, shoulder to shoulder with their LGBT peers.” And last month former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan released a video supporting gay marriage in that state.

With so many sports figures finally speaking up for gay rights, Nieto decided to publicly urge the Sharks to become the first NHL team to record an It Gets Better video. She contacted friends on Change.org, a website that promotes social justice campaigns, and launched an online petition.

Nieto has been promoting the petition on Facebook and on a blog she writes for the San Francisco Chronicle. As of this writing, the petition has 180 signatures, and is

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Ken Arnold, senior director of communications for the Sharks, says the team is open to participating in the project but there are a couple of obstacles—with the biggest right now being the off-season timing: “I’ve got no players in town,” Arnold says.

Arnold has spoken with Nieto and has held a couple of internal meetings discussing the video idea.

Once the players start returning to town in September for training camp, his department can run the concept by a couple of them.

The Sharks are frequently approached and asked to support good causes, from banning shark-fin soup to ending juvenile diabetes, he says, but with limited resources, the team has to choose which to get behind. “It helps from our end of things if a player or two gets behind a certain cause,” he says.

Cassie Blume, manager for youth outreach services at the Youth Space of the Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center, welcomes the video idea.

“The Sharks have so many fans around here,” Blume says. “They are so important, and they’re just down the street from us. So what they do has a huge effect. It would be awesome to see a video from them.”

Blume says it can be difficult for LGBT youth growing up in a “heteronormative” world in which they face assumed gender roles that don’t necessarily fit them.

“When that’s not the case for you, it puts you in a situation where you might be isolated from your peers and from your family and the networks that you need as a person that’s growing,” Blume says.

She was concerned by the sudden media attention surrounding last year’s youth suicides, because she didn’t want the prevalence of suicide to be overstated.

“That’s not who we are,” she says, adding that LGBT youth are “by and large growing up and becoming healthy adults.”

But, she says, “we need to be aware of what the consequences are of not taking care of our youth in schools— of not providing safe environments so they can grow up.”

Blume believes the It Gets Better videos from sports teams make a difference, and not just with LGBT youth.

“When you’ve got these teams that are going to stand up and say that masculinity or being an athlete is not incompatible with being aware of and accepting of LGBT people, then that breaks down a wall or an assumption that a lot of people have held for a really long time.”

Nieto believes that with the Sharks’ numerous youth development programs in the region, recording such a video would send a strong positive message.

“Having community role models come forward is going to have a tremendous impact, I think,” she says.

“That’s why I want it to happen. So let’s see what happens.”

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We had a discussion We d rrecently ecently about abbout some monkey self-portraits, self-portraits, in which some some monkeys in Indonesia Indonesiia happened upon a camera cam mera left by photographer photographher David Slater.

Slater. In ann article on the subject, Mr. Mrr. Slater stated clearly thatt he believed the resulting photograph photograph was resulting a due to an accident:

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“The sound got his attention and he kept pressing “ k pr essing it. At At first firrst it scared back—it scared the thhe rest rest of them away but they t soon came back— — was amazing amazingg to watch.”

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It’s It’s a nice thought and an nd all, but I can find nothing in copyright copyriight law that suggests it is determined determiined this way. wayy.

Separately, Separatelyy, Slater himself him mself admitted earlier that it was an “accident,” “accident, accident ” so hiss story story. he’s now changing hi y.

Ass ffor sentence A or the final senten nce that it was his ““idea,” idea,” that’s that’s totally totaally meaningless.

Copyright is not on the th he idea. Both States United United S tates and Un ited Kingdom copyright law have the th he idea/ expression expression dichotomy. dichotomyy. Copyright only applies to the expression exxpression and not the idea.

permission” permission” and just ffocus ocus on getting license fees feess from from any agencies too paranoid paranoid too NOT NOT pay somebody. somebodyy.

Josh Berry Berry If you give someone a Rubik’s cub cube be that took pictur pictures es at every rrotation, otation, who whho would own copyright of the pictures picturess taken?

Hulser Hulse er Eadwear Eadweardd Muybridge was the guy who whho created created the first “motion “m motion picture” pictur e” by having a horse run through through a series of trip wires, wires, each connected to a camera. camera. What W if you re-created re-created that scenario today? tooday? I’m guessing that the person whoo set up the scenario would claim a copyright, coppyright, but I’m not so sure. sure. emma emm ma And we’re we’re sur suree this is not an elaborate elabborate hoax from from the PR machinery surrounding surrounding the upcoming Planet of the thhe Apes movie?

Secret SService Secret ervice Afterr Spy Spy-C Spy-Cam Cam Artistt Artist K Kyle ylee McDonald installed a pr ogram on o computers in two New program York Applee Store Store locations that York automatically automaticcally takes a photo every Now minute. No ow his personal computers have been n confiscated by the U.S. Secret Service.

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But, of course, that’s that’s silly. sillyy.

McDonald’s project capturee McDonald’ McDonald ’ss pr oject was to captur staree people’s expr eexpressions essions as they star at comput computers, ters, a subject he had first explored explor ed in n a recording recording he made of computer his own co omputer time over two program. days using g the same pr ogram.

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“I thought maybe we could see ourselves doing this we would think moree abou about mor ut our computers and how we’ree usin using we’r ng them,” he says.

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Brendan Br endan Slater Slater’s ’s best move is to stop pursuing this issue. isssue. He should ignore ignore anyone using hiss photos “without

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July ““exhibition” exhib bition” at the Apple stor es.

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Amazingly, project, Over the course of thee project, roughly 100 McDonald set up roughly Apple store store computerss to call his servers servers every minute. He learned that Apple monitors traffic trraffic in its stores stores when he received receiveed a photo from from a Cupertino Cupertino computer comp puter of what appeared appeared to be an a Apple technician. The technician techniccian had apparently apparently traced traced the traffic traffic to the site McDonald used to o upload the program program to Apple Store Store computers— and installed it himself. himself.

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@ProtectSanJose “It’s like the streets of #sanjose are paved with dirty crumpled $20’s.” FYI: @thedailyfetch @thedailyfetch If only a crumpled $20 would do the trick… (so to speak).

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Protect San Jose, a blog run by the police union, Tweeted that city manager Deb Figone was to blame for the downtown hookers, drawing a response from Daily Fetch, an anonymous political blog.

The original Tweet linked to a San Antonio newspaper that picked up the story. (The predictable headline: “Hookers Know the Way to San Jose.”)

“It seems our country’s economic woes and California’s wise economic ways has stirred up an employment boom for one industry in San Jose, Calif.: prostitution.

“Blue light specials are abounding due to budget shortfalls and cuts that have led to the elimination of the city’s police vice unit. According to the story, hookers from all over California are headed for San Jose. It’s like the streets are paved with dirty crumpled $20’s.”

Below is a transcript of the twitter debate between @ProtectSanJose and @thedailyfetch:

@ProtectSanJose Due in part to Figone’s COPS Grant #epicfail Hookers Know Way to #sanjose

@ProtectSanJose If only #sanjose city manager’s COPS grant #epicfail hadn’t robbed us of the chance to save vice sqd or gang enforcement. @thedailyfetch True @protectsanjose, but “Figone did…consult with Police Chief Chris Moore on the decision.”

Right? @ProtectSanJose #sanjose CM lacks power to deny grant if awarded but can just fail to apply shouldn’t council decide this? Chief works for CM. —Silicon Valley Newsroom

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Communities Of Trust Last week, “the Feds” visited Pioneer High School to present an initiative collaborating with cities to prevent a terrorist action. They distributed a brochure titled “Building Communities of Trust.”

The Feds included the Department of Justice and the FBI. I attended to hear first-hand the details and the comments from attendees. Most represented groups like the ACLU, South Bay Islamic Association, Little Saigon Foundation, Silicon Valley DeBug, NAACP, and local law enforcement. Several of these groups are also on the police chief ’s Community Advisory Board.

The Feds’ goal is, if in the line of duty police observe suspicious behavior of a person or a group, the local police pass it on. There were concerns raised about privacy and a possible police state.

The fact is that our daily routines are already tracked and that data is sold to others. I think San Jose should participate, since data in a silo is less valuable than data that is aggregated and shared. If a terrorist action can be avoided we would be so fortunate.

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While an American hasn’t won the U.S. Grand Prix since 2006, a couple homegrown guys to keep an eye on are Americans Ben Spies and Nicky Hayden, who are currently tied for sixth in points.—Jasper Rubenstein

Soccer Rules

The hangover from the Women’s World Cup final will likely be shortlived. (Although, the straight-male/ lesbian demographic will certainly miss the talents of Hope Solo and Alex Morgan.) But for local fans with a soccer Jones, a couple big MLS events will be taking place in the next week. The San Jose Earthquakes (5-6-8), who have lost just twice in the last three months after a rough start, host the Vancouver

Whitecaps at 7:30pm Wednesday at Buck Shaw Stadium.

Leading the way for San Jose will be midfielder Bobby Convey and forward Chris Wondolowski, both of whom will be playing in the ESPN2-televised MLS All-Star Game on Wednesday, July 27. The MLS’s best will be facing the most famous franchise in the world, Manchester United, for an exhibition that might not stay friendly. San Jose is currently tied for sixth place in the Western Conference standings, and a win before the All-Star break over lastplace Vancouver could help propel the ’Quakes to a strong start in the second half of the schedule.—Josh Koehn

SJ Giants Trade Bait

With only a week and a half remaining until Major League Baseball’s official trade deadline, several San Jose Giants could be used as bait so the World Series champs in San Francisco can acquire another big bat.

Having cruised to the best record of any minor league team in the first half of the season, the Giants won 11 straight before a loss to Inland Empire on Sunday. No name is hotter in the rumor mill right now than Zach Wheeler (7-4, 3.70 ERA), a 21-year-old moose on the mound for San Jose who is considered one of the top prospects in all of baseball. Assuming he isn’t traded between now and Saturday, when Visalia comes to town for a fourgame series beginning at 6pm, Wheeler could be making his final start in a Giants uniform. But if he does stick around, expect Wheeler and company to continue beating up the California North league when Lancaster comes to take its lumps in a four-game series starting Wednesday, July 27.—Josh Koehn

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541 RAMONA ST., PALO ALTO; 650.326.1446.

The A/C helped take the edge off an 85-degree late morning in the spacious, crowded sports bar, but it was the Gordon Biersch Pilsner ($5.75) that really did the trick. At 36.5 degrees, it was one of the coldest drinks we tried in the valley, and it tasted frostier than even the digital readout. Brrr.

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one—and then discretely stuck the instruments into each glass, sometimes drawing puzzled looks from bartenders and occupants of nearby barstools.

It was challenging work, but like many of you, we recognize an ice-cold beer’s appeal on a hot day. Temperatures will of course vary by day to day, but our research provides a useful snapshot of some cold, wet truths. So pop a cold one and have a look at what we found.

We hit as many places as we could and still make it to work the next day. If you know of a place that merits a mention, please drop us a line at letters@ metronews.com or post something to metrofb.com so we can include it in follow-up coverage.

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The beer we tasted at the Blue Note in Milpitas was downright Arctic.

Q’S PLACE

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6075 CAHALAN AVE., SAN JOSE; 408.225.7961.

The joint was surprisingly busy on a Monday afternoon, with lots of regulars and some serious pool players. The other entertainment options include four TVs, touch-screen games and a jukebox (which has a few too many ’90s songs best left in the last millennium— Gin Blossoms?!). The Fat Tire $4 pint was as cool at the A/C.

VBAR

36.5°

INSIDE HOTEL VALENCIA, 355 SANTANA ROW, SAN JOSE; 408.423.5404. The chic-est place on the Row to clutch a chilled glass of good beer (Stella, for instance; $5 at happy hour) and contemplate your next move.

MEZCAL

37.2°

300sanjose.com 5420 Thornwood Dr. across from Oakridge Mall 408.578.8500

25 W. SAN FERNANDO ST., SAN JOSE; 408.283.9595. In true south-of-the-border style, our draft Dos Equis at Mezcal weighed in at a chilly 37.2 grados. “They do a grat job of cleaning the glasses here. It’s some of the best glassware I’ve seen,” observed Goodwill CEO Mike Fox, Jr., who grew up in the beer business and joined us for the inspection.

“We call this a ‘beer-conditioned glass’.” To illustrate his point, he stuck his thumbs in the mole sauce and dirtied up the inside of a tumbler, then asked for it to be filled with draft beer. “If you have a dirty glass. the foam won’t cling to the glass, and it loses the head,” he pointed out as the bubbles stuck to the sides instead of streaming to the top, and the beer went flat. “You don’t want that. It’s not appetizing.”

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN

37.3°

5027 ALMADEN EXPWY., SAN JOSE; 208.266.0550. The ancient island of Albion once reached out so far that the sun could never set on its outposts. Today, David Cameron must distance himself from Rupert Murdoch, but the higher standards are maintained at the Britannia Arms.

Those include 18 traditions on tap like Harp, Fuller and Bass, although we struck a blow for the New World with a chilly pint of Bud Light for $4.

COURT’S LOUNGE

37.5°

2425 S. BASCOM AVE., CAMPBELL; 408.559.9880. The pool tables were doing a brisk business on the mild evening we dropped by, thermometer cleverly hidden in our shirt pocket. We went for a pint of Blue Moon at $4.50, and then realized that at happy hour prices we could have had 20 ounces for only 50 cents more. C’est la guerre.

DIVE BAR

37.5°

78 E. SANTA CLARA ST., SAN JOSE; 408.288.5252. We stopped by for happyhour prices and ordered a $3 Fat Tire draft for testing. The friendly bar has a long, narrow front section and a skylight back room with pool table and TV. Bonus points for high-quality selections on the jukebox.

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37.7°

73 N. SAN PEDRO ST., SAN JOSE; 408.971.9346. 52 .; ,21?< >B.?2 @.9<<; <332?@ 4<<1 3<<1 . /64 /.? .;1 .; <0A2A <3 A.= @2920A6<;@ A D.@ .; ./<C2 /.9:F " 124?22@ .A !$ =: D52; D2 @A<==21 6; @< A52 5<C2?21 @<:2D52?2 /2AD22; 9BEB?F .;1 ;202@@6AF 52 5<08 <= <B;02@ 3<?

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38.1°

321 S. CALIFORNIA AVE., PALO ALTO; 650.321.2550. 56@ /29<C21 16C2 /.? @B??<B;121 /F . @2. <3 =?602F 0<;3<?:6AF @2?C2@ . @2920A6<; <3 A.= /22?@ A5.A @A?2A052@ .99 A52 D.F 3?<: 9<0.9 :60?</?2D@ A< :.7<? /?.;1@ B? A52?:<:2A2? ?246@A2?21 . 05699F " 6; . =6;A <3 .4B;6A.@ , 3<?

CARAVAN LOUNGE

38.5°

98 S. ALMADEN AVE., SAN JOSE; 408.995.6220. 52 02696;4 3.;@ .;1

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4TH ST. BOWL

38.6°

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MURPHYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LAW IRISH PUB AND SPORTS BAR

38.8°

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2214 BUSINESS CIRCLE, SAN JOSE; 408.279.9737. -2 @A<==21 /F A52 &.@0<: .;1 A2C2;@ ?228 @2:6 06?092 3<? . 9.@A

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TANQ

39.2°

301 S. MARKET ST., SAN JOSE; 408.280.1300.

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39.3°

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39.3°

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39.7°

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GRAND DELL SALOON

39.7°

1040 DELL AVE., CAMPBELL; 408.378.3970.

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208 BACHMAN AVE., LOS GATOS; 408.395.1233. ? )(8:,5+,8 (: :/09 5,0./)68/66+ 059:0:;:065 25,= :/09 =(9 /09 *63+,9: +8(-: 0,88( ,<(+( &(3, 3, 05 ( 9/68: 950-:,8 ),*(;9, :/, 2,. 09 36*(:,+ 05 :/, +,,7,9: *685,8 6- :/, *663,8 5 6;8 9,*65+ :807 ( +,.8,, %(87 =,5: +6=5 =,33 65 ( /6: ;5+(? (-:,85665

FLAMES

41.2°

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GORDON BIERSCH

41.3°

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KATIE BLOOMS IRISH PUB

41.3°

369 E. CAMPBELL AVE., CAMPBELL;

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BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO

41.4°

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41.4°

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The result is an amplified version of the starting beverage, higher in alcohol and often remarkably smooth tasting.

Ice distillation carries no risk of producing deadly methanol, and the alcohol levels are generally not great enough to pose a fire hazard. Still, the commercial production is heavily regulated in the United States by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau and is, essentially, illegal.

Importing the style from Europe, however, is perfectly legal, and ice beers—called eisbocks in Germany— are available from breweries like Kulmbacher, Eggenberg and Aventinus.

These beers are strong—between 8 percent and 12 percent ABV (alcohol by volume)—and easy to drink. “The idea is that [ice distilling] gives you a smoother beer, because the tannins have precipitated out,” says Peter Catizone, brewmaster at Faultline Brewing Company in Sunnyvale.

Peter Licht, brewmaster at Tied House Cafe, elaborates on the explanation: “Fermentation produces all kinds of byproducts that have flavors and aromas. The stronger the beer, the more byproducts you have, and the more flavor.”

But by taking a weaker beer, also lighter in flavor, and ice-distilling it, “you get a stronger beer without the fermentation characteristics,” Licht explains.

Larry Sidor, brewer at Deschutes Brewing Company in Oregon, regularly made ice beers in the 1980s. He says that they sometimes tasted “magical.” But Sidor didn’t realize that he was breaking the law.

Specifically, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau says that beer concentrated by freezing cannot be sold if the post-freeze beer amounts to three-fourths or less of its pre-freeze volume. In other words, beers highly concentrated by freezing cannot be sold and must be reconstituted with water if they are to be sold. Only beers ice-distilled by minuscule degrees—like Icehouse

from Miller and other similar lagers—are legal to brew and sell.

Blissfully ignorant of all this, Sidor says he made thousands of barrels of ice beer until the feds brought down the hammer, forcing him onto the path of the lawful.

Other American brewers have also dabbled in the craft. By accident, Tied House ice distilled a batch of beer more than a decade ago, according to the brewery’s co-owner, Ron Manabe. Technical problems with the brewing equipment caused a temperature crash, freezing a pale ale into a thick booze. The brewers had to wait several days for the beer to warm up and reassume its intended form.

In Scotland, the king of ice distillation is BrewDog, whose 2009 beer called Tactical Nuclear Penguin began life as an imperial stout. By freezing the ale down repeatedly in an ice cream freezer, the brewers produced a beer of 32 percent ABV. It tasted of smoke and rubbing alcohol and was for a time billed as the strongest beer ever made.

Then, in January, 2010, the German brewery Schorschbräu announced the release of several bottles of a new eisbock that scaled out at 40 percent ABV. BrewDog fired back with a 41 percent beer called Sink the Bismarck, and eventually ended the war—for now,

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Catizone at Faultline doesn’t see the point in ice distillation. “You can easily make a beer up to 12 percent alcohol by natural fermentation,” he says. Catizone has made beers as strong as 11.5 percent ABV via natural fermentation.

But Licht at Tied House is all for ice-distillation. “There’s always going to be the competition for bragging rights of who’s got the strongest beer,” he says. “And strong beers are interesting. I like interesting beers.”

Legend says that the process was discovered by accident, in Kulmbach, Germany, around 1890. Supposedly, a brewery apprentice left several barrels of bock beer in the yard. A deep freeze settled on the country that night, and when the staff arrived the next morning, the brewmaster was livid. His barrels had burst open and inside each was a mass of solid ice.

Upon further inspection, he found a thick, supercooled fluid the color of tobacco spit remaining at the center of each barrel. The angry brewer forced his apprentice to drink the juice, imagining it to be a putrid byproduct of a spoiled beer.

But it was not. Rather, the liquid was delicious, and the apprentice enjoyed his punishment. In fact— that is, according to the legend—the entire brewery team reveled in the spoils of the accident, and subsequently during each winter’s coldest days they took advantage of the weather and made an intentional batch of eisbock.

The famed Aventinus Brewery in Bavaria is said to have invented its own ice beer independently of the above tale. In the pre-WWII era, the brewery reportedly shipped its wheat beer throughout Bavaria in casks that often froze during transport.

Receivers transferred the beer to kegs and bottles, unaware that they were pouring off a distilled beverage.

Today, the brewery intentionally ice distills its beer, and some say that the Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock is the world’s most complex wheat beer.

As long as ice beers are not sold, they can be made in America—and it’s easy to do: First, crack the cap (to avoid explosion) on a bottle of your favorite strong beer. Place the bottle in the freezer. Wait a day. Drain the bottle upside down into a handsome snifter as the beer runs from the ice. Enjoy.

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NAGLEE PARK GARAGE

41.5°

505 E. SAN CARLOS ST., SAN JOSE; 408.286.1100. Under normal circumstances (i.e., not a blistering 95-degree day), the outdoor patio would be really inviting. A very cold Trumer Pils ($6) certainly helped.

TEQUILA SHOTS BAR & GRILL

41.6°

38 N. MAIN ST., MILPITAS; 408.262.7468.

The name points in a different direction, but Tequila Shots also serves eight tap beers, with a bent toward Mexican brews.

The bar was recently remodeled with a younger crowd in mind—every table now has its own tower to hold three pitchers of beer. The chilled pint of Modelo ($5) was a bracing treat.

JACK’S BAR & LOUNGE

41.7°

167 E. TAYLOR ST., SAN JOSE; 408.287.5225.

Jack’s enjoys a neighborhood vibe with a young crowd that likes its Giants games, despite the fact the A/C wasn’t on during our visit on a very warm night. As we finished testing and tasting our $4 pint of Pabst, a DJ was setting up for some latenight music.

BRITISH BANKERS CLUB

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1090 EL CAMINO REAL, MENLO PARK; 650.327.8769. From a wide choice of 16 beers on tap (From Scrimshaw Pilsner to Newcastle Summer Ale), we decided to test a pint of Victoria ($6), a popular Mexican lager that is just starting to appear locally and is giving Tecate, Pacifico and Corona some real competition.

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From a dozen taps (Dragon Slayer, Bass, Guinness), we went with an imperial pint (so much more important sounding than a mere pint) of Kronenbourg for $5.50 and said to hell with the heat wave (88 degrees with no sign of breaking outside).

BEARS COCKTAIL LOUNGE

42.1°

1872 W. SAN CARLOS AVE., SAN JOSE; 408.998.3425. We mulled over the options—Sam Adams Lager, Bud, Bud Light and Gordon Biersch Hefeweizen— and went colonial era with the Adams, at a chilled pint for $3. A shout-out to Miss Jesse for being a most charming bartender.

The Bears also boasts a great neon sign, the mark of a superior bar.

CINEBAR

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69 E. SAN FERNANDO ST., SAN JOSE; 408.292.9562. It was nearly 90 outside, so the A/C was working overtime at the

popular dive bar, so it didn’t matter that the pint of Pabst wasn’t served in a chilled glass. We counted five beers on tap when we stopped shivering.

O’FLAHERTY’S IRISH PUB

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25 N. SAN PEDRO ST., SAN JOSE; 408.947.8007. The band was playing traditional Irish tunes, which enhanced the already congenial tone set by the bartender, who worked 16 taps. We ponied up $4.50 for an imperial pint of Stella to cut the heat of a very warm evening.

BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY

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1031 MONROE ST., SANTA CLARA; 408.985.7201. An accommodating crowd of regulars made room for our visit. The bar boasts electronic dart boards, lots of TVs, pinball machines, a red-felt pool table and a modest stage. We tested a refreshing Shock Top pint ($4.75).

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IN THE PRUNEYARD, 1875 S. BASCOM AVE., CAMPBELL; 408.371.4404. The jukebox was stuck on Pearl Jam on an 80-degree evening, but Boswell’s has an A/C that could frost the Sahara, so no sweat on that front.

We went mainstream with a pint of Coors Light in an unchilled glass. The crowd, which skewed heavily male, had plenty of cool video games to choose from as well.

TIED HOUSE

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954 VILLA ST., MOUNTAIN VIEW; 650.965.2739. As befits its name, Tied House served its own made-on-thepremises brews—14 of them (up from 6).

We opted for the Alpine Gold (a pint for $4.50). The food is excellent as well.

LOS GATOS BREWING COMPANY

43.1°

130 N. SANTA CRUZ AVE., LOS GATOS; 395.9929. All of the craft beers at the LGBC are the same carefully controlled temperature, with the exception of the cask-conditioned stout, which is served a cellar temperature. Great beer; great food; nice people—and a big flat screen tuned to every Giants game. We sampled a Dog Tail Pale Ale.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH PUB

43.5°

10801 N. WOLFE ROAD, CUPERTINO; 408.446.3853. This polished wood and plush upholstered pub had a full range (17 by our count) tap beer, from standards like Guinness, Harp and Bass to some less familiar brews, such as Murphy’s and Smithwicks. Our Harp was served in a chilled glass for $6. Pluses include a full restaurant menu and an outdoor patio.

EMPIRE TAP ROOM

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in the middle of Palo Alto dazzled with a genuinely awesome selection of high-end beers. Our Pliny the Elder ($6.50) was one of the best brews we tried.

EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR

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3860 MONTEREY HWY., SAN JOSE; 408.281.3002. A cool little dive bar with two pool tables and wooden swivel chairs.

A crowd of locals attested to the popularity of this local hangout.

SAN JOSE BAR AND GRILL

43.8°

85 S. SECOND ST., SAN JOSE; 408.286.2397.

The TVs were going, the ceiling fan whirring and a rousing session of beer pong underway for our visit to the spacious bar.

The test case was a pint of Pacifico ($3.50), which easily passed muster. Ten beers on tap, from Shock Top to Sierra.

HENRY’S HI-LIFE

44.6°

301 W. ST. JOHN ST., SAN JOSE; 408.295.5414. It wasn’t easy just testing the beer (a $5 pint of Stella), because Henry’s is such a great place to eat as well.

We saw 15 beers on tap in the red twostory landmark, and bartender Jimmy was a crackup the whole time we lingered.

LOS GATOS BAR & GRILL

44.6°

15-1/2 N. SANTA CRUZ AVE., LOS GATOS; 408.402.5870. A terrifically hoppy Lagunitas IPA was enjoyed on the nice second-story deck, which looks out over a parking lot northwest up the valley toward Saratoga and the setting sun. The food is great, too.

ROCK BOTTOM RESTAURANT AND BREWERY

44.6°

651 EMERSON ST., PALO ALTO; 650.321.3030.

With a pleasant 72-degree day for our labors, we took special pleasure in the fantastic outdoor patio at the Empire. Our sense of well-being was enhanced by a 20ounce ($6.50) glass of Lagunitas IPA, one of 16 selections on tap.

IN THE PRUNEYARD, 1875 S. BASCOM AVE., SAN JOSE; 408.377.0707. As much an eatery as a bar, Rock Bottom is family friendly, with a pleasant staff, large menu and outdoor seating, plus lots of TVs. We sampled a pint of Rock Bottom’s own Red Ale ($5).

ROSE & CROWN

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547 EMERSON AVE., PALO ALTO; 650.327.7673. This English pub and restaurant in a Tudor-style building smack

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CJ’S SPORT BAR

2942 S. BASCOM AVE., SAN JOSE; 408.377.5436. The air conditioning was downright glacial when we stopped by. Six beers on tap, from which we downed a pint of Newcastle ($3.50).

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1550 LAFAYETTE ST., SANTA CLARA; 408.423.9013. It was fairly late in the evening, so temperature seemed less important than selection: 10 tap choices, from PBR to Newcastle and Bud Light (we picked a pint of Stella Artois for $4).

The expansive bar features a pool table, foosball and a dance floor.

CARRY NATION’S

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8 N. SANTA CRUZ AVE., LOS GATOS; 408.354.1771. Mike is the perfect bartender: attentive, smart, funny and familiar (he’s been at Carry’s forever). The place is packed on weekend nights but cool in the afternoon, where locals gather to enjoy a slice from Pizza My Heart or a taco from Andale. Twelve beers on tap.

ROSIE MCCANN’S

45.1°

355 SANTANA ROW, SAN JOSE; 408.247.1706.

This traditional Irish pub serves 12 beers on tap, and plenty of food along Santana Row. We considered the Bodingtons and Blue Moon, rejected the Bud Light (in a pub?) out of hand and hoisted a pint of Stella ($6).

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ST. STEPHEN’S GREEN

45.5°

223 CASTRO ST., MOUNTAIN VIEW; 650.964.9151. This classic Irish pub is spacious and dark. We saw 20 beers on tap, with Blackthorn, Harp, Lagunitas IPA, Anchor Stream, Sam Adams, Stella Artois and Bud Light among them. Our pint of Old Speckled Hen was $5.50 and came in an unchilled glass.

PATTY’S INN

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102 S. MONTGOMERY ST., SAN JOSE’ 408.998.4566. It was hot outside (95!) the day after the 4th of July when we stopped by for cold glass of Blue Moon, which, at $5, seemed like a bargain to go with the eggs frying on the sidewalk.

RUDY’S PUB

46.4°

117 UNIVERSITY AVE., PALO ALTO; 650.329.0922. The remodeled, expansive bar features very reasonably A/C, priced food and beer a bit on the warmish side.

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99 E. SAN FERNANDO ST., SAN JOSE; 408.998.9998. We appreciated the chance to test-sip a pint of Devil’s Canyon ($6), a beer that not many bars carry on tap but that is definitely worth seeking out.

RED STAG LOUNGE

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FIBBAR MAGEES

48.3°

156 S. MURPHY AVE., SUNNYVALE; 408.749.8373. The tequila list was surprisingly deep for an Irish pub, but we stuck to our mission and ordered a pint of Batch 19 ($4.25).

THE HUT

49.4°

1711 W. SAN CARLOS ST., SAN JOSE; 408.292.6777. Three beers on tap, and our old-school Pabst Blue Ribbon was a mere $2.40 for a pint. The companionable crowd directed its attention to a game on the TV.

3200 THE ALAMEDA, SANTA CLARA; 408.296.8934. Santa Clara U. students crowd this popular bar when school is in session. Multiple TVs covered the sporting world while we measured a 16-ouncer of Bud Light ($4).

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71 E. SAN FERNANDO ST., SAN JOSE; 408.293.8482. We sampled a Fat Tire, one of four beers on tap, but really, we asked ourselves, why aren’t we having something more appropriate, like a mojito. This is definitely a “cocktail” lounge in the best sense of the word.

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“They go together,” said Furman.

“It’s a process with a lot of variables that when put together right create good beer.”

He passes over a glass of berliner weisse, a cloudy, white beer with a sour, yogurt taste. A few years ago his stout took third place from the World Cup of Beer. Today, he’s brewing an Oktoberfest beer. He calls it, “Jimtoberfest.”

Furman is part of a growing trend in home brewing. At Beer & Wine Makers of America in San Jose (at 755. E. Brokaw Road), shop owner Rich Mansfield says a couple of factors are making home brewing more popular.

“There’s a do-it-yourself sort of mentality that seems to be sweeping the country for everything,” he explains, and that includes

everything from wine and cheese making to home improvement.

Cost is one reason. Home brewing can be cheaper than many brews available in stores and local bars— depending on what you like to drink. While Chimay beers can run around $10 a bottle, Mansfield says the same kind of beer can be brewed for around $2 at home.

“If your favorite is Corona, and you buy it on sale at some place, there’s probably not a big difference in what it would cost you to brew something like that at home vs. getting it on sale somewhere,” he laughs.

Starter kits at Beer & Wine Makers of America can run as low as $100, but Mansfield says most folks spend around $200 to start.

Another reason for home brewing’s recent popularity, Mansfield says, is a need for variety in their glasses. “People just want something different. People don’t want Budweiser and Wonder Bread anymore. They want things with flavors.”

Mansfield, who has owned the shop since 1990, says every morning customers line up outside waiting for the doors to open. It’s hard to calculate just how popular home brewing is around the South Bay; Mansfield said their trade association

recently “went into hibernation.”

“Because we’re such a small industry we don’t have the kind of budget to hire full-time marketing people and do statistical analysis and all that sort of thing,” he said. He guesses only 1 out of every 1,000 people home brew.

Brewing trends come and go.

Mansfield says IPAs and Belgian ales are the most popular, and his grain, yeast and hops selections mirror those trends. But with access to the biggest commercial brewing catalogs, beer enthusiasts can brew “an infinite number of combinations.”

While business is pretty steady year-round, there’s a dip whenever the weather gets too hot. “Nobody wants to be out over a boiling kettle of liquid when it’s 105 degrees out,” Mansfield says. “People like to brew outside with good weather.”

Beer and Wine Makers of America is one of about a half-dozen brewit-yourself shops in the South Bay. There are a few home brew clubs, including Silicon Valley Sudzers and the Grain Trust.

Fulmer says the monthly Worts of Wisdom meetings focus on one style of beer, with members sharing tips and tricks and news. “Then we drink a lot of beer,” he adds.

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It’s not a particularly civic-minded place. It’s a bar, really, that serves food. But since Park Place is located at De Anza and Stevens Creek boulevards, the de facto geographical center of town, it’s as good a choice as any. If fact, for a place to meet and hang out with friends and drink and eat, it’s a good choice.

I went to Park Place a few years ago, and the restaurant was much bigger then. Now, it looks like they chopped off the dining room and just left the bar and lounge. The bar seemed to do better business anyway, so I guess that made sense.

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the restaurant never really caught on. In a town dominated by Asian food, I would have thought the outpost of upscale new American food would fulfill a neat little niche. The food wasn’t particularly inventive, but it was satisfying and generous nonetheless. The old dining room is now reserved for private events. What’s left is an indoor/outdoor lounge and a lively bar. Park Place occupies the ground floor of the Cypress Hotel.

But you don’t have to be from out of town to enjoy Park Place.

For better-than-average bar bites and good cocktails, Park Place is the place to go in Cupertino. There are larger plates, but I think Park Place is best for drinks and small plates. I especially like it in warm weather, when you can sit outdoors in the shade and enjoy the fading light of the day.

The bartenders are fast and professional and know their stuff.

The lively bar is a long, good-

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looking space with several TVs ablaze with various games. (I would love a bar that wasn’t like walking into Best Buy with multiple monitors tuned to five different games; I come to enjoy conversation and my cocktail, not watch TV).

If you can look past such offenses as the Blueberry Lemondrop (Stoli blueberry vodka, Cointreau and blueberries) and the Apple Byte (Ketel One vodka, apple liqueur, butterscotch schnapps, cream and caramel), there are some respectable drinks, like a classic Old Fashioned made with Woodford reserve bourbon ($10), the refreshing Gin Splash (Plymouth gin, Pimm’s Cup, Drambuie and fresh mint, $10) and the highly shippable Park Place margarita (Cuervo Tradicional tequila, Cointreau, lime juice and agave syrup--$12).

The menu of starters and appetizers goes beyond the same old chicken wings and celery sticks. The duck confit nachos ($12) are messy but good. The savory duck meat is a definite improvement over ground beef. The Anchor Steam–steamed clams and mussels come with fries and a tarragon-flavored aioli. If that’s not beer-friendly food, I don’t know what is.

Speaking of fries, don’t miss the short-rib fries ($12). The chunky, succulent meat is ladled on the fries with gooey white cheddar and red wine gravy. I suggest a meaty zinfandel to wash this one down.

The kitchen makes a number of what it calls flatbreads, which look a lot like pizzas to me. I like the wildmushroom flatbread ($10) made with fontina, arugula and grana cheese. I mainly kept to the small items on the menu, but I enjoyed the house-made falafel burger, a moist, well-seasoned patty that’s memorable for its spicy, smoky harissa, a North African–inspired sauce.

Now when someone asks where to meet in Cupertino, tell them you’ve got the place right in the middle of town—and they serve food and drinks.

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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. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ďŹ nd all three here, and then some. 11:30am9:30pm daily. 1181 Lincoln Ave. 408.280.7738.

EL TULE Mexican. $$. Most of the menu is devoted to Mexican-American standards, but the separate menu of Oaxacan specialties is where El Tule really shines. The black mole is uncommonly delicious while lesser-known dishes like tlayudas and molotes are also good. 10am-9pm daily. 5440 Thornwood Dr. 408.227.1752.

FLOWER FLOUR French bakery. $. Mimi Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ&#x201A;ower shop/bakery charms visitors with freshly made to-droolover pastries, ready-to-go sandwiches and service with a smile. 8am-6pm Mon-Sat, 8am-4pm Sun. 896 Willow St. 408.279.0843.

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SVDINING 39 FOOD TOPIA Chinese and Taiwanese. $. Food Topia serves a great, low-priced menu of Taiwanese and Chinese food.

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.

FRANKIE, JOHNNIE & LUIGI TOO! Family-style Italian. $$.

Traditional Italian-American favorites—spaghetti and pizza—served with plenty of elbow room. Big portions and wholesome family-style service. 11am-10pm Sun-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat. 5245 Prospect Rd, San Jose. Full Bar. 408.446.9644. Also 939 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View.

650.967.5384.

FRATELLO Italian. $$. Bursting with simple flavors, Fratello boasts native Italian dining without affectation. 5-9:30pm Tue-Sun, Fri-Sat 5-10pm, 59pm Sun. 1712 Meridian Ave. 408.269.3801.

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

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earn high marks. Take out available. 11am-2:30pm, 4:309pm Mon-Fri, noon-9pm Sat. 1409 Bird Ave. 408.287.1688 or 287.1689.

HABANA CUBA Cuban and Brazilian. $$. A culinary oasis full of good flavors, Habana Cuba exudes cultural delights.

Sensuous foods of the Caribbean and Cuba, long on tomato and peppers, slowroasted meats and earthy black beans. Beer and wine. Lunch 11am-2:30pm Mon-Fri; dinner 5-9pm Tue-Thu, 5-10pm Fri, 4-10pm Sat, 4-9pm Sun. 238 Race St. 408.998.2822.

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 TueSun. Closed Mon. 1711 Branham Lane. 408.694.0740.

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

HUKILAU Hawaiian. $$. Simple,

Simplicity reigns here; just Ethiopian food—chicken, beef, lamb, vegetarian—and Ethiopian coffee. The flavors taste even better with honey wine. Beer, wine. Noon-9pm Sun-Thu, noon-10pm FriSat. 1261 W. San Carlos St. 408.295.9546.

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 ThuSat, 11am-2:30pm Sat-Sun, 5-9pm Sun. 230 Jackson St. 408.279.4888.

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HUNAN TASTE. Chinese. $$.

GOJO ETHIOPIAN RESTAURANT Ethiopian. $.

GREAT WALL Chinese. $$. This

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. 11am2:30pm, 4:30-8:30pm Mon-Sat. 998 N. Fourth St. 408.295.1186.

strip mall hideaway serves skillfully prepared Chinese dishes in an atmosphere where sandals and T-shirts are the perfect fashion. Beef and black mushrooms, salt-and-pepper spareribs and cashew chicken

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,

community hub that serves up wonderfully fresh, oldfashioned Mexican food with no trendy gimmicks.

Wholesome and filling. 10am9pm Mon-Thu, 10am-10pm Sat-Fri, 9am-9pm Sun. 1996 Tully Rd. 408.270.0973.

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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 Mon-Thu, 11am11pm Fri-Sat, 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. 11:30am2pm, 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Fri, 11:30am-3pm, 4:30-9pm 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.

11am-3pm, 5-10pm Mon-Fri, 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. 11:30am-2:30pm, 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 11:30am-2pm Fri; dinner nightly. 410 Saratoga Ave. 408.296.3730.

PRESIDENT RESTAURANT

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

408.423.8973.

Mongolian barbecue. $. This mom-and-pop eatery gears itself toward the common man with the uncommonly large appetite. Thrown into the bargain is a Chinese steamtable buffet. 11am-3pm, 4:309pm daily. 1190 Hillsdale Ave. 408.978.7188.

MENARA Moroccan. $$$. Since 1977, Menara’s been throwing back the pillows and bellying up to mint tea rituals, b’stilla (pigeon pie) and rabbit tagine.

Full dinner menu includes vegetarian option. Solid wine list. 6-10pm daily. 41 E. Gish Rd. 408.453.1983.

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

RAMEN HALU Japanese

Tucked into picturesque Willow Glen, this tiny bistro offers big tastes. Entrees such as Moroccan Cornish game hen, venison medallions and seasonal risotto battle for your appetite with a bread pudding dessert. Patio dining available.

1359 Lincoln Ave. 408.271.0837.

noodles. $$. Surfer-themed, casual-but-comfy, chef Kumao Arai’s noodle house imports traditional techniques to produce hearty, aromatic bowls stocked with pork-, sea-saltor soy-sauce-flavored broth.

Cash only. Call ahead; hours are irregular. 375-M S. Saratoga Ave. 408.246.3933.

SINO RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Modern Chinese. $$$.

RASA MALAYSIAN Malaysian. $$. Rasa Malaysian is a homey restaurant that offers a number of solid examples of Malaysian food including satay chicken, char tway keow and sambal kangkung. 11am-3pm, 5-9pm Mon-Fri, 11am-9pm Sat. 1290 Coleman Ave. 408.980.0668.

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REHOBOTH Ethiopian. $$.

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

Japantown isn’t all Japanese food. Rehoboth adds spice to the neighborhood with its diverse menu of Ethiopian standards. Carnivores, vegetarians and vegans are all well taken care of. Good coffee, too. 11:30am-9pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-10pm Fri-Sat. 665 N. Sixth St. 408.947.1717.

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.

REYHAN Persian. $. Reyhan restaurant is located in the most unlikely of areas—an industrial strip of Almaden Road in south San Jose. As such, the place is kind of an oasis—an oasis of kebabs.

11am-8pm daily. 1625 Almaden Rd. 408.293.3600.

PASTA POMODORO Italian.

SELAM Ethiopian and Eritrean.

$. Exuberant, inexpensive and fast cuisine made to order and served with sparkle. High concept and low costs make Pasta Pomodoro a dream trattoria for lovers of robust Italian flavors. 11am-10pm daily. 1205 The Alameda.

408.292.9929.

$. Often it’s the places you have to work to find that turn out to be the good ones. Selam is tucked away in a mall off Winchester Boulevard, but the food is a real standout. 10am10pm daily. 3120 Williams St. 408.984.9600.

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little Thai restaurant between Valley Fair and Santana Row. The menu offers a lineup of Thai standards and crowd-pleasing combinations with Americanized names like “cashew lover,” “Thai angry” and “pleasing garlic.”

There’s plenty to recommend.

11:30am-2:30pm, 5-9pm TueSat. 2910 Stevens Creek Blvd.

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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. 11:30am10pm Sun-Thu, 11:30am-11pm Fri-Sat. 334 Santana Row #1065. 408.557.8373.

SIENA MEDITERRANEAN BISTRO Mediterranean. $$$.

SIAM Thai. $$. Siam is a sweet

Sino is owned by Christopher Yeo, the restaurateur behind Straits. The restaurant offers both traditional Chinese cooking and a few modern riffs. Good dim sum, too. 11am-10pm SunTue, 11am-midnight Wed-Sat. 377 Santana Row. 408.247.8880. fusion. $$$. By night it’s a jam-packed hipster clubhouse; by day it’s Singaporean chef Chris Yeo’s latest chic fusion venue. Small plates share the menu with entrees such as the lobster and shrimp pad thai. Outdoor seating available.

11am-10pm Sun-Wed, 11ammidnight Thu-Sat. 333 Santana Row #1100. 408.246.6320.

SUSHI BOAT Sushi bar/ Japanese specialties. $. With a décor that is upbeat and sophisticated and sushi that is as dazzling as handmade jewelry, Sushi Boat walks on water! 11am-9:30pm daily.

Westgate Mall, 1600 Saratoga Ave. #119. 408.378.4000.

SUSHI FACTORY Sushi bar/ Japanese. $$. It’s all here: sushi, bento box meals and teriyaki and at great prices. 11:30am9:15pm daily. 4632 Meridian Ave. 408.723.2598.

TAIWAN RESTAURANT Chinese. $. For nearly 25 years this Willow Glen landmark has served a nonstop stream of Szechuan, Cantonese and Taiwanese specialties.

Beer, wine. 1306 Lincoln Ave. 11am-3pm, 5-9pm Mon-Sun. 408.289.8800.

THEA Greek and Turkish. $$. While some dishes have a tenuous connection to Turkey and Greece, the pretty restaurant serves a number of standouts like the roasted prawns, octopus salad and excellent moussaka. Full bar.

11:30am-3pm, 5-8:30pm daily.

3090 Olsen Dr. 408.260.1444.

VIN SANTO Italian $$. A beautifully simple and low-lit

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WAHOO’S FISH TACO Fish tacos/Cal-Mex. $. Beachside shack décor gives Wahoo’s a Disney quality. Fish is the dish at this L.A.-based fast-food staple, served flame-broiled or blackened in a spicy Cajun rub in tacos, burritos, bowls and salads. Beer. 10:30am-9pm Sun-Wed, 10am-10pm Fri-Sat. 3050 Olin Ave (Santana Row).

408.244.3991.

YANKEE PIER American seafood. $$. Veteran restaurateur Bradley Ogden brings a bit of Cape Cod to Santana Row, with a menu ranging from old-fashioned fish and chips to gourmet oysters and a mouth-watering Maine lobster roll. Sunday brunch available. 11:30am9:30pm Sun-Thu, 11:30am10pm Fri-Sat. 378 Santana Row #1100. 408.244.1244.

YAS Persian. $$. In keeping with this ancient cuisine’s traditions, entrees are dressed up with the clean, fresh tastes of lemon and saffron, and desserts wear a distinctive hint of rose water. Beer, wine. 11am9pm daily. 1138 Saratoga Ave. 408.241.5115.

ZENI ETHIOPIAN RESTAURANT Ethiopian. $$.

Zeni Ethiopian Restaurant rises above other Bay Area Ethiopian restaurants with fresh, vibrant food, much of it deliciously enrobed in berberé, Ethiopia’s signature—and spicy—seasoning. Traditional seating and coffee ceremony add to the experience. Full bar. 11:30am-10pm Tue-Thu, 11:30am-11pm Fri, noon10:30pm Sat, noon-9:30pm Sun. 1320 Saratoga Ave. 408.615.8282.

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BAY LEAF Indonesian and Thai. $$. Bay Leaf’s menu is divided

into Thai and Indonesian food and it’s the latter that stands out. While Thai food is characterized by bright, high notes, Indonesian food strikes a lower bass note. 11am-3pm, 59:30pm Mon-Thu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat, 11am-9pm Sun. 122 S. Sunnyvale Ave. 408.481.9983.

CHELOKEBABI Persian. $$.

Go straight for the baghali ghatogh, a fantastic appetizer made from delicate but rich baby lima beans, scrambled eggs and lots of garlic. Just as good is ghaymeh, a daily special made from tender chunks of beef, split peas, eggplant and tomato sauce.

11am-10pm daily. 1236 Wolfe Rd. 408.737.1222.

DISHDASH Middle Eastern. $$. Dishdash celebrates the culinary glories of the Middle East beyond falafels and hummus. The menu is made from traditional recipes and ingredients but presented with a contemporary flourish.

There’s also a small but wellchosen wine list to match.

11am-2:30pm, 5-9:30pm Mon-Fri, 10pm Sat-Sun. 190 S. Murphy Ave. 408.774.1889.

IL POSTALE Italian American. $$$. Its previous incarnation as a post office lends this space eccentric charm, and the food delivers full-bodied taste in generous portions. Veal marsala, thin-crust pizza and New York steak are featured.

11am-1:30pm, 4-9:30pm TueSun. 127 W. Washington St. 408.733.9600.

LUCKY DHABA Indian. $. A dhaba is a roadside fast-food joint in northern India. We’ve got our own version here at Sunnyvale’s Lucky Dhaba.

Located off busy El Camino Real, Lucky Dhaba offers a wide variety of good Indian food. 11am-10pm Sun-Thu and 11am-10:30pm Fri-Sat. 1036 El Camino Real. 408.617.0660.

PEZELLAS Family Italian. $$.

Serves popular Italian dinners with rich sauces and generous portions. East Coast seafood dishes like linguini and clams and calamari sautéed in tomato, garlic, and basil stand out. Pizza and pasta abound.

Full bar. 11am-2:30pm Tue-Fri, 5-10:30pm Tue-Sat. Closed Sun-Mon. 1025 W. El Camino Real. 408.738.2400.

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SAIZO Japanese. $$. Part bar, part eatery, Saizo served small plates of grilled and fried dishes made to go with sake and beer. It’s all good. Open daily for lunch and dinner Mon-Sat. 592 E. El Camino Real. 408.733.7423.

SENZALA Brazilian. $$.

Senzala restaurant is like a Brazilian cultural center that also serves food. Brazilian art and photographs cover the walls. Go for the feijoada, a hearty, smoky black bean stew made with chunks of beef and pork. 11am-10pm Mon-Sat. 250 E. Java Dr. 408.734.1656.

SHALIMAR Indian-Pakistani. $. Walk up to the counter, grab a menu and place your order.

One of the best dishes is the plain-looking haleem, a lentil and barley stew available with chicken or beef. Nihari, a rich beef shank stew, is also great. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30-10:30pm Sun-Thu, noon-3:30pm, 5:30-11pm Sat-Fri. 1146 W. El Camino Real.

408.530.0300.

SUGAR BUTTER FLOUR Bakery. $. Sugar Butter Flour’s desserts and pastries go well beyond the humdrum sweets found at most restaurants and bakeries. The bakery’s chocolate skills are particularly strong. 7am-7:30pm Mon-Thu, 7am-8:30pm Sat, 8am-5pm Sun. 669 S. Bernardo Ave. 408.732.8597.

TAVERNA BISTRO Old Mediterranean/Turkish. $$. Mustard and ruddy pomegranate hues warm the restaurant’s interior; zesty Arabic infusions warm the food. Choose from mezes such as hummus or tabouli. Entrees include lamb, beef or chicken gyros or lamb kebab. 11am10pm daily. 133 S. Murphy Ave. 408.735.9971.

UDUPI PALACE Indian. $$. Udupi Palace, a south Indian vegetarian restaurant, specializes in dishes—dosas and uthappams. Dosas are long, thin crepes made with rice flour. Uthappams are pancakes made with rice and lentil flour. 11:30am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-11pm Fri-Sat, 11:30am-10:30pm Sun. 976 E. El Camino Real.

408.830.9600.

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Avalon Nightclub, Santa Clara Wed – 8:30pm; $12-$15 Sleazy glam-rocker Faster Pussycat broke up in 1993, but lead singer Taime Downe reformed the group in 2001, releasing an industrial remix album of all their old classics. In 2006, original guitarist Brent Muscat reformed his own Faster Pussycat, too, playing their classic Crue-type rockers the way they used to back in the day. The two got in a legal battle, Muscat accusing Downe of committing an “awful remix album,” and Downe calling Muscat’s FP a “tribute band.”

Ultimately, Downe won and

continued to tour and write new material as the industrial version of Faster Pussycat. Judging by the 2009 live album, Front Row for the Donkey Show, though, Downe’s come around a bit, playing the old stuff the way fans want to hear it, while still mixing in new material.

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among the highlights is the long-playing “Jade,” a nearly nineminute melancholy anthem for 3am in the LSD Nation. (RvB)

HANS KELLER

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Blank Club, San Jose Wed – 9pm; free

Music in the Park Plaza de Cesar Chavez, San Jose Thu – 5:30pm; free

Amazing! World-class music theorist Hans Keller, dead some 24 years, is playing the Blank Club, where he’ll give us the benefit of “Wordless Functional Analysis.”

Wait, it’s a different Hans Keller.

Immediately recognizable among the members of this quintet of psychedelicists is KFJC DJ Grawer on guitar. Hans Keller re-creates that historical moment when surf started to go to Feedbackistan;

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The last time the English Beat played Music in the Park, I saw a girl who looked all of 14 wearing one of the their T-shirts—one that was classic (and faded) enough to look like it was straight out of the band’s heyday in the early ’80s. Where and how she got it I’ll never know, but it certainly speaks to the enduring power of what was arguably England’s best 2 Tone ska band. They lasted only five

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years and recorded three albums, but their legacy is immeasurable, with songs like “Mirror in the Bathroom,” “Save It for Later,” “I Confess” and “Hands Off She’s Mine” part of the skankin’ canon. Band leader Dave Wakeling now lives in NorCal, and his performances at Music in the Park— as tight and impassioned now as the band sounded 30 years ago—have made him an annual favorite. (SP)

THE TROPHY FIRE South First Billiards, San Jose Thu – 9pm; free The Trophy Fire are introspective and reflective, the type of indie rockers who never lose their cool.

With waves of distorted and lush guitars, the songs are slow and anthemic, heavily influenced by groups like the Postal Service, Coldplay and Death Cab for Cutie.

On July 22, they head out on a West Coast tour with none other than Los Gatos’ Dredg. But before they leave, they headline this intimate postMusic in the Park show at South First Billiards. It should be a fun, high-energy night. Maybe they’ll let their hair down a little bit. (AC)

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THE ANTIOXIDANTS The Venue, Los Gatos Fri – 6pm; $8 The Antioxidants are bringing back the ’90s melodic-punk sound—Green Day mixed with Fat Wreck Chords. The emphasis is less on speed and more on a midtempo standard beat with an

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CHRIS ISAAK Jul 222 at 7:30pm, Mountain Winery

JOHN CALLOWAY Jul 23 at 8pm, Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford

DJ POLITIK Jul 23 at Studio 8, San Jose

RUTH DAVIES Blu night at Stanford Jazz, with Blues Robben Ford, Jul 24 at 7:30pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium

FOREIGN EXCHANGE Jul 224 at 8pm, Landmark Ballroom, San Jose

FOUR ON THE FLOOR S Summer jazz series, Jul 24 at 4:30pm, 4:30p Regale Winery, Los Gatos

JASON ALDEAN Jul 27 at 7:30pm, Shoreline

AIDA Children’s Musical Theater, July 29–Aug Theater, San Jose 7, Montgomery M

KID ROCK With Sheryl Crow, Jul 29 at 7pm, W Shoreline

K.D. LANG Jul 331 at 7:30pm, Mountain Winery

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Their ethic is completely DIY, and if you don’t have enough money to buy one of their shirts, they will gladly spray paint their logo on the shirt you’re wearing. Also performing are Stickup Kid, Caleb Lionheart, Point of View, Casanova and California Smile. (BD)

CHRIS ISAAK Mountain Winery, Saratoga Fri – 7:30pm; $49.50-$99.50 Stockton-bred, blue-collar-born yodeler, interviewer, recent inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame—and pretty good cartoonist. Chris Isaak had a national hit in 1987 with the excellent orison to Orbison “Blue

Hotel,” but it’s the moan on 1989’s “Wicked Game” that sums up the particularly cinematic music of this roots rocker/balladeer whose work is now part of the fabric of David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick’s films. (RvB)

MUSIC@MENLO Various venues Jul 22-Aug 13; $20-$72 The summer classical season begins in earnest with the latest edition of David Finckel and Wu Han’s Music@Menlo season. This year, the festival focuses on Brahms and his multiple influences. Among nearly a score of concerts, the Orion String Quartet’s evening devoted to Brahms quartets looks extremely promising, as does a program devoted to 20thcentury composers whose works

resonate with Brahms’ musical ideas, including Rachmaninov, Schoenberg and John Harbison.

The festival includes many conversations with the artists, master classes and youth performances. The venues are Stent Family Hall and Martin Family Hall on the campus of Menlo School, plus St. Mark’s Episcopal in Palo Alto and the Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton. (MSG)

REDWOOD PAL BLUES FESTIVAL Downtown Courthouse Square, Redwood City Fri – 6pm, Sat – 11am-8pm; free The Redwood City Police Activities League is what makes a number of local youth-sports and afterschool programs possible. And what makes PAL possible is this festival,

which though free to the public accepts donations to fund the nonprofit’s various community programs. Over the last five years, however, it’s become more than a fundraiser. It’s a gathering of the Bay Area blues community, appropriate since with the Redwood City Blues Jam (now every week at Club Fox), it’s pretty much the epicenter of the scene.

This year’s performers include such Bay Area blues powerhouses as Earl Thomas & the Blues Ambassadors on Friday night, and Tip of the Top, Ron Hacker, Rusty Zinn and Mark Hummel on Saturday. As Saturday’s headliner, Mississippi native Johnny Rawls gets to be an honorary Bay Area bluesman for a day. (SP)

TTarget Summer Pops Series, Jul 30–Aug 7, SJSU

KIHNCERT 2011 With Yes, Styx and Kansas, Aug 3 at 5:30pm, Shoreline

BLUES TRAVELER Aug 4 at 7:30pm, Montalvo Arts Center

THE DOOBIE BROTHERS Aug 4 at 7:30pm, Mountain Winery

TOBY KEITH Aug 5 at 7pm, Shoreline

DISASTER RELIEF BENEFIT With CS&N, Jackson Browne and more Aug 7, Shoreline

PAT TRAVERS Aug 11, Avalon, Santa Clara

KATY PERRY Aug 12 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion

SAN JOSE JAZZ FEST Aug 12–14, downtown San Jose

CHRISTOPHER CROSS Aug 19 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center

SAN JOSE PRIDE Aug 20–21, downtown San Jose

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The busy Retro Dome presents an evening devoted to classic and beloved hummable songs from Broadway’s best composers from the mid-20th century, including Leonard Bernstein, Richard Rogers, Jules Stine and John Kander. The second edition of the series, on July 31, will focus on composers from 1970.

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Alex Ramon Magic Saturday, 3pm; San Jose Repertory Theatre; $25–$45 Among magician Alex Ramon’s many tricks was the way he convinced Ringling Bros. to make him one of the youngest ringmasters in the storied history of the circus. Ramon goes big for his magic shows, levitating volunteers and confounding even skeptics.

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HO’OKAHI KA PILINA A night of Hawaiian and French Polynesian dances by area schools. Sat, 5pm. $25$45. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

Theater ALEX RAMON MAGIC A young ringmaster from Ringling Brothers performs feats of mystification and magic. Sat, 3pm. $25-$45.

San Jose Repertory Theatre.

AVENUE Q The popular Broadway musical about snarky puppets and people comes to town in a San Jose Stage Company production. WedThu, 7:30pm, Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs thru Jul 24. $25-$50. The Stage, San Jose.

CALIFORNIA THEATRE CENTER For summer, the company mounts several productions

in repertory. “Around the World in 80 Days”—final week Fri, 7:30pm. “The Servant of Two Masters”— final week Sat, 7:30pm.

“Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee”—final week Thu, 7:30pm, Sun, 3pm. The whole series runs thru Jul 24. $10$25. Sunnyvale Community Center Theater.

2 and 7pm. $19-$69. Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto.

CELEBRATING SONGS FROM 1940 TO 1970 An evening of classic tunes by Kander, Rogers, Bernstein and more. Sun, 7pm. $20/$25. Retro Dome, San Jose.

City Lights presents the musical based on Fellini’s famous film “8-1/2.” Runs Jul 21-Aug 28. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 7pm (Jul 31) or 2pm (Aug 7, 14, 21 and 28). $25$35. City Lights, San Jose.

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OLD TIMES

A musical mystery play

by John Kander and Fred Ebb in a Foothill Music Theatre production. Preview Thu, 8pm. Opens Fri, 8pm.

Regular Shows: Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 2 and 8pm, Sun, 7pm.

Runs thru Aug 14. $13-$26.

Lohman Theater, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills.

FLY BY NIGHT A TheatreWorks presentation of a musical about New Yorkers during the 1965 power outage. Regular shows: Wed, 7:30pm, Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 2 and 8pm, Sunday

THE MUSIC MAN Broadway by the Bay performs a classic musical.

Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm.

Runs through Jul 31. $22$48. Fox Theatre, Redwood City.

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An adaptation of Harold Pinter’s drama. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun 2pm. Runs thru Jul 24. $15/$25. Piggott Theater, Stanford.

SHAKESPEARE SANTA CRUZ “The Comedy of Errors,” “Henry IV, Part One” and “The Three Musketeers” run in repertory. Through Aug 28.

UC-Santa Cruz campus.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC The hills are alive with the famous musical at West Valley Light Opera. Regular

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Comedy ANGELICA’S BISTRO Wed, 8pm: Comedy night with Dan St. Paul hosting. No cover. Redwood city.

CLUB FOX Fri, 9pm: Hannibal Thompson, Gary Anderson and Keon Poiee. $10/$15.

Redwood City.

COMEDYSPORTZ Fri, 9pm and Sat, 7 and 9pm: Live improv comedy. Fri, 11pm: The Midnight Show. Inside the Camera 3 building, San Jose.

ROOSTER T. FEATHERS Wed, 8pm: New Talent Showcase. $10. Thu, 8pm, Fri, 9pm, Sat, 8 and 10:30pm, Sun, 8pm: Tom Rhodes. $12$18. Sunnyvale.

SAN JOSE IMPROV Wed, 8pm: Big Al’s Big Ass Comedy. $12. Thu, 8pm: Chicano Kings. $12. Fri, 8 and 10pm, Sat, 7 and 9pm, Bob Saget. $25. San Jose.

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Museums ART MUSEUM OF LOS GATOS “In the Abstract.” Abstract works by artists Paula Schales, Ewa Gavriellov and Neal Boor. Thru Jul 21. Los Gatos.

CANTOR ARTS CENTER “The Art of the Book.” A show about five fine presses in the Bay Area. Thru Aug 28. “Illustrated Title Pages: 1500-1900.” A show of 80 illustrated book pages from the museum’s collection.

Thru Oct 16. “True Colors:

Rediscovering Pigments of Greco-Roman Marble Sculpture.” Thru Aug 7. WedSun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am8pm. Stanford.

CHILDREN’S DISCOVERY MUSEUM “Mammoth Discovery!” Plus activities and hands-on fun for kids. Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm.

Sun, noon-5pm. Discovery Meadow, San Jose.

HISTORY PARK SAN JOSE “Nature’s Beloved Son: Rediscovering John Muir’s Botanical Legacy.” A show dedicated to the many biological specimens collected by the naturalist.

Runs thru Sep 11 at Pacific Hotel. “Celebrating Local Artists.” Thru Sep 18 at Pasetta House, History Park, San Jose.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART “Bill Owens: Ordinary Folks.”

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Thru Sep 25. “Laboratory.”

The museum’s new Beta Space hosts experimental shows. First exhibit features installations by Kevin Appel and Ruben Ochoa. Runs thru Aug. 14. “Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern and Contemporary Art From India.” Thru Sep 4. Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

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“Navigations of the Fantastic.” A group show

by Elizabeth Gomez, Betty Davis, Jose Arenas and Veronica Felix. Thru Aug 13.

Wed-Thu, noon-7pm, Fri-Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.

Paintings by Haiying Wang, digital art by Mark McAfee Brown, photography by Gabe Sheen. Thru Jul 23. Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm. Paul G. Allen Art Spaces Gallery, Stanford campus.

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“Aloha—Return to Paradise.” Works by Foster City artists Nancy and Robert Terrebonne inspired by Hawaii. Thru Aug 7. Wed-Sun, 10am-3pm. Redwood City.

“Idiom-Synchronies: A Show of Common Oddities.” A group show. Thu, noon-4pm, Fri, noon-6pm, Sat, noon-4pm.

365 S. Market St., San Jose.

METRO LOBBY “This Is Me.: Dolls ’n’ Drag.”

Thru Jul 31. Metro, San Jose.

“Primary Structures.” A look at sculptural art knitting.

“Southwestern Banded Blankets: Three Cultures, One Horizon.” Thru Aug 7. TueSun, 10am-5pm. San Jose.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Exhibits about science, technology and the world.

Ongoing. Mon-Wed, 10am5pm, Thu-Sun, 10am-8pm.

San Jose.

TRITON MUSEUM OF ART “Non-Traditional Landscapes.” Six artists display abstract images of landscape settings. Thru Jul 20. “Lou Bermingham— Ancient Dreams for New Realities.” Thru Jul 24. TueWed and Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-9pm. Santa Clara.

Galleries BRUNI GALLERY Jazz portraits by Bruni, plus sports art by Mark Gray.

Thru Aug 31. Daily, 1-6pm.

San Jose.

FILOLI “Botanical Art Exhibit.” Thru Jul 31. Woodside.

GALLERY SARATOGA “Wild.” Photography by Judy Bingham. “Images Remembered.” Paintings by Dorothy Atkins. Thru Jul 31.

Reception Sat, 2-6pm. TueSun, 11am-6pm. Saratoga.

LOS GATOS COMPANY “Variations, Different Faces of the Same Place.” Oil paintings of Los Gatos by Riki R. Nelson. Los Gatos.

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“Cars, Gates and Landscapes.” Paintings by Alexis Grant. Thru Jul 31.

Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View.

Paintings by Gail Ragains.

Thru Aug 22. Mountain View.

OLIVE HYDE ART GUILD Members juried show. Thru Aug 13. Thu-Sun, noon-5pm.

Fremont.

PHANTOM GALLERIES “Defragmentation 66.” An installation by Michele Guieu. Thru Jul 23. Storefront windows on South First Street, San Jose.

RED BERRY COFFEE BAR “Fresh Out of Ink.” Figurative works in ink on paper by Leslie Lambert. Thru Jul 30.

San Jose.

SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART “Lift Off.” A show of works by recent MFA art grads from SJSU. Thru Sep 10. “Frames of War.” Works by Hanna Hannah. Thru Sep 10. Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm.

San Jose.

SANTA CLARA CITY HALL Biennial “Indoor Sculpture Exhibition.” Thru Sep. Santa Clara.

SARATOGA LIBRARY Photographs of West Coast people and places by Charles DiLisio. Thru Aug 31.

Saratoga.

*books ANDREW BAGGERLY

The author discusses “A Band of Misfits,” his chronicle of the 2010 champion SF Giants. Thu, 6:30pm. Free. Barnes & Noble, Stevens Creek, San Jose.

PRISCILLA GILMAN The author of “The AntiRomantic Child: A Story of Unexpected Joy” speaks. Thu, 7pm. Free. Kepler’s, Menlo Park.

NAFISA HAJI A booksigning with the author of “The Sweetness of Tears.” Sun, 3:30pm. Free.

Barnes & Noble, Eastridge.

NILS PETERSON The first Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County reads.

Thu, 7pm. Free. Willow Glen Library, San Jose.

DARLENE QUINN The mystery novelist signs copies of her books. Sat, 1pm. Free. Barnes & Noble, Stevens Creek, San Jose.

KIYO SATO Sato talks about “Kiyo’s Story: A Japanese-American Family’s quest for the American Dream.” Sat, 1pm. $5. Japanese-American Museum of San Jose.

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Inevitably, the principal test would be one of Bach’s two extant passion oratorios. As heard—and seen—Sunday afternoon at Carmel’s Sunset Center, Goodwin plunged into the drama of the St. John Passion and kept it vividly in focus throughout. Moreover, he made sure it was played out in human terms, as a semistaged tragedy.

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This vitality carried the drama. The narrator (called Evangelist) all the character parts (Jesus, Pilate, et al.) and the quartet of aria singers sang from memory, and moved about the stage as actors in a play. Andrew Megill’s crack choristers served two functions: rowdy crowd on one hand and the congregation of the faithful on the other.

As Evangelist, tenor Rufus Müller sounded a bit hoarse (he has the most to sing by far) but acted his role with uncommon authority. Tight and dutiful early on, the solo quartet, Kendra Colton, Daniel Taylor, Matthew Anderson and Alexander Dobson loosened up and gained expression as the performance unfolded.

The production will repeat Sunday, July 24, at 2:30pm. While this notice only speaks to it, the 74th Carmel Bach Festival offers plentiful and wideranging programming, through July 30. Goodman also conducts more Bach along with Corigliano, Handel and Haydn on Monday, and Vaughan Williams and Beethoven on Friday. New festival concertmaster, Peter Hanson, leads the strings on Monday. Megill celebrates St. Cecelia at Carmel Mission on Wednesday. Pianist Stephen Prutsman plays Bach and jazz on Thursday.

Myriad recitals complement the above. —Scott MacClelland

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STUART LITTLE A family play by Peninsula Youth Theatre. Thu-Fri, 10am, Sat, 2 and 7:30pm, Sun, 1pm. Thru Jul 24. $10-$22.

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YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN A family show based on the comic strip characters

presented by Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. Runs Jul 20-30. Thu-Sun, 6:30pm.

Palo Alto.

*events A TASTE OF THE VALLEY

A evening of wine and tequila tasting, plus art and dancing.

Proceeds will go to benefit Latino youth programs through Sabor del Valle. Fri, 6:30pm. History San Jose (see www.sabordelvalle.org for tix info.)

ART ON THE SQUARE A showcase for arts and crafts held in conjuction with Music on the Square concert.

Fri, 5pm. Free. Downtown Redwood City.

CELEBRATE JOHN MUIR A day of family activities

centered on the exhibit “Nature’s Beloved Son— Rediscovering John Muir’s Botanical Legacy. Sun, 12:303:30pm. History Park, San Jose.

FARMERS’ MARKET Downtown weekly market.

Fri, 10am-2pm. San Pedro Square, San Jose.

SARATOGA CLASSIC CAR SHOW Featuring rolling marvels of the past. Sun, 10am–5pm.

Downtown Saratoga.

TASTE OF COMPASSION West Valley Community Services celebrates with a dinner; proceeds go to prevent hunger and homelessness. Sat, 5:30 and 7:30pm. $24/$26. Park Place Restaurant, Cupertino.

Mark Kitaoka

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Night Owls IF I gave you directions to immediately buy a ticket to see Fly by Night, would you follow them? Maybe, because you trust the authority of the printed word. Maybe you wouldn’t, because I didn’t give you any indication why you should see TheatreWorks’ newest rock musical, an offbeat romance about a man changing his life in the period of the famous New York City blackout of 1965. Maybe you would buy a ticket and then put your trust in a map that would lead you to the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto. Maybe you would like the show. Maybe you wouldn’t.

In life, we are constantly looking to signs. We read horoscopes, hit the gas at green lights and read reviews before buying tickets to a show. But, as we and the characters in Fly by Night discover, signs that fill us with hope can also suddenly lead to disappointment. Prophecies go unfulfilled, reckless drivers hit cautious ones and critics sometimes have different taste in musicals than their readers. Fly by Night maintains that sometimes direction, paradoxically, can best be found in the uncertainty of darkness.

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So, what if I said that Fly by Night is a conceptually rich yet ultimately anticlimactic musical? If I claimed that the show disregards its most likable characters, the widowed Mr. McClam (James Judy) and ordinary yet honorable Miriam (Kristin Stokes), in favor of its least likable, the flippant aspiring Broadway star Daphne (Rachel Spencer Hewitt) and her miserable husband, Harold (Ian Leonard)—would you care? If I said that the show misses the opportunity to transform from palatable to poignant by giving the captivating Mr. McClam, a cheery melody accompanying what could be a touching ballad about his departed wife—would it matter? If I mentioned Wade McCollum’s riotous role as the omnipresent narrator, might you buy a ticket just to watch him weave the tangled narrative?

Maybe yes, maybe no. Fly by Night sustains the notion that signs can lead us astray, so rather than take my word for it, go and see for yourself ? You might just be surprised.—Alyssa Kies

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New A BOY CALLED DAD (Unrated; 80 min.) A teen faces big issues when he fathers a child at a young age. Part of the series of British indie films. (Plays Jul 21 at 7 and Jul 23 at noon in San Jose at Camera 3.) (RvB)

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (PG-13; 125 min.) The latest superhero comic gets adapted to the big screen, with Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell and Tommy Lee Jones.

(Opens Fri.)

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS (R; 109 min.) A relationship comedy with Mila Kunis and Justin Timerblake. (Opens Fri.)

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GIVEN ITS essential talking-heads quality (albeit dressed up nicely with graphics and a few props), the new Errol Morris documentary, Tabloid, is as salty as it is strangely lighthearted. No one’s life is at stake this time, as was the case in The Thin Blue Line. Instead, there is merely the question of whether Joyce McKinney, a Wyoming beauty queen, committed a very unusual sexual assault 30 years ago. “It’s a love story,” McKinney insists.

And if you believe her when she insists something, you’re headed for trouble.

In 1977, McKinney went to England to get her hands on the love of her life, a Mormon missionary she had met back in America. (“I did what any American girl would do.”) Three day’s dalliance in what she describes as “a magical moonlit cottage” in Devonshire made her the wellreimbursed toast of the English tabloids.

(Lucky thing for Morris that the public exposure of the viciousness of the News of the World coincides with the opening of this movie.)

Unfortunately, McKinney got caught in the rivalry between two other fish wraps, the Express and the Daily Mirror (the “Daily Brute” and “Daily Beast” of Evelyn Waugh’s novel Scoop). While one rag presented her as a gun-toting romantic in search of “a melding of two souls,”

(Unrated; 87 min.) See review at left.

the other did some digging and found a richly unsavory past. McKinney denies this, as well she might.

Revivals THE BIRDS

The truth? It’s out there somewhere.

Morris gives you a choice: smirking British tabloid journalists, relishing scandal (“There was something in this story for everyone”) and a KXYcf`[ first-person account by McKinney, a bail-jumper Unrated; 87 min. who served a little time in Opens Friday the very same Holloway Jail saluted in the Kinks tune.

McKinney teaches us one unarguable lesson: For a person seeking affection, there’s no substitute for the “age-old wisdom” and “Christ-like love” of their doggies—though even they can turn on you.

An incredulity-struck Morris rolls around in this berserk, muddy story, framing it with found footage and an uproarious clip from Zeffirelli’s 1972 Brother Sun, Sister Moon. Keywords the witnesses use to shape memories flash onscreen, like the subliminal titles in a John Waters movie. It’s a reminder of how people use phrases, and even simple, single words, to reinforce their memories of how the past absolutely must have been.

—Richard von Busack

(1963) On one level, a terrifying thriller about nature on the warpath; on another, an often almost avant-garde tale of karmic payback for a family that has lost the ability to understand one another. Hitchcock’s still-influential disaster film is innovative in a number of realms; every zombie movie ever made owes this picture a lot. The Birds is loaded with ideas like the famous phone-booth scene: (Hitchcock to Truffaut: “Here, the human beings are in cages, and the birds are on the outside.”).

Commences with a bird parade of perhaps brooding feathered denizens of Andy’s Pet Shop. (Plays Jul 20 at sundown on Post Street between Market and First; free.)

(RvB)

GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) The reds and blacks, especially profound—are only part of the reason a current audience might greet Gone With the Wind with the exclamation “What a dark movie!” A revisit hauls you through war, spousal rape, miscarriage, illegitimacy and adultery—not bad for a film that epitomizes the family era in cinema. The courtship of Scarlett and Rhett is like a mirror of the Civil War, with conflict between the northernized Rhett (Clark Gable), who is from Charleston, but he don’t talk it, and the fox-crazy

anti-heroine Scarlett (Vivien Leigh).

It is overstuffed, deeply racist, and it’s cast with some of the worst child actors ever. Still, Gone With the Wind is that unimaginable thing, a flexible masterpiece: thrilling, vivid, moving and funny when you least expect it. (Plays Jul 22-24 in San Jose at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)

HOW TO TAME YOUR DRAGON (2010) A Viking reject gets a new pal. (Plays Jul 22 at sundown in Mountain View at Whisman Park; free.) (RvB)

ICE AGE (2002) There’s an uncredited, sturdy old Western movie plot embedded in Chris Wedge’s computeranimated feature, filmed once by John Ford as Three Godfathers, about three misfits escorting a baby across the wastes. In this instance, the wastes are the ice-age glaciers of 20,000 years ago. Here, the three baby-sitters are Manfred the Mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano), the chattering, annoying Sid the Sloth (John Leguizamo) and Diego (Denis Leary), a turncoat sabertoothed tiger. All three learn about teamwork, but the lesson’s hard to take when it’s our elephant version of John Wayne who’s the most attractive character. (Plays Jul 21 at sundown in Old Courthouse Square in Redwood City; free) (RvB)

NILES FILM MUSEUM Jul 23: Triple Trouble (1918) with Charlie Chaplin. No Father to Guide Him (1925) has Charlie Chase trying a spousal kidnap of his son. In The Balloonatic (1923), Buster Keaton goes from the frying pan into the water. The Finishing Touch (1928) has Laurel and Hardy as inept handymen. Greg Pane at the piano.

(Plays Jul 23 at 7:30pm in Fremont at the Edison Theater.) (RvB)

ON THE TOWN (1949) Big, sometimes clumsy and pushy. Sinatra sells “It’s a Wonderful Town” to the back rows. Gene Kelly can get in a viewer’s face (a tendency self-parodied in his best movie, Singin’ in the Rain). But it’s essential to how the Big War changed the American musical, and Comden and Green and Leonard Bernstein are the collaborators on this shore-leave musical about 24 hours in New York City. (Plays Jul 22 at 7:30pm in Fremont at the Edison Theater.) (RvB)

REAR WINDOW/ROPE (1954/1948) Photographer L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart) is laid up in a wheelchair in his

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studio apartment, recovering from a broken leg. One day, he sees evidence in a neighboring apartment that a husband has murdered his wife. The boundlessly clever techniques in this Hitchcock masterpiece come to a terrifically simple point. In an instant, Jefferies is transformed from a watcher to the watched, the focus of all eyes in his courtyard.

BILLED WITH Rope. The Leopold and Loeb story, done Hitchcock style, with Jimmy Stewart as the philosophy professor whose lectures on Nietzsche have been misinterpreted by homosexual (and homicidal) pupils John Dahl and San Jose’s own Farley Granger.

It’s earnest. Filmed in a series of 10-minute takes in Technicolor, the film was an experiment that Hitchcock later deemed “a stunt”; if so, it’s an unusually aesthetically pleasing stunt, with its bijou New York outside, the artificial sky gradually darkening at sunset, its spun-glass clouds traveling across the imitation skyline. (Plays Jul 23-28 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

TRIGUN: BADLANDS RUMBLE (2010) Vash the Stampede returns in a relaunch of the 1996 spacecowboy anime. (Plays Jul 23 at 9:30pm in Camera 3.) (RvB)

VERTIGO/PSYCHO (1958/1960) A beautiful society woman (Kim Novak) is apparently possessed by the spirit of a longdead ancestor; the case tantalizes a guilt-ridden SFPD detective, on permanent disability after a crippling accident during a chase.

Plagued by vertigo, the detective, Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart), is lured to great heights again and again by the woman, in a mysterious movie that equates falling in love with falling to your death. The best movie ever made in San Francisco. BILLED WITH Psycho. “To me it’s a fun picture” (Hitchcock to Andrew Sarris).

And yet Anthony Perkins gives it a tender side; he’s a tormented Universal Pictures monster of the old school. Perkins plays a motherfixated loner, operating a moribund motel somewhere in the lower San Joaquin valley; Janet Leigh plays the guest who checks in but doesn’t check out. Shot on the cheap with a small crew and a string-quartet soundtrack, this powerful-and fun-thriller continues to influence hundreds of much lesser films.

(Plays thru Jul 22 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

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BEATS, RHYMES AND LIFE (R; 98 min.) A documentary about hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest.

BEGINNERS (R; 104 min.) Sweet, harmless, utterly coy. We meet Oliver (Ewan McGregor) as heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cleaning up his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house after his death. The late father, who came out of the closet after 40 years of marriage, is played by an Oscar-bound Christopher Plummer. Seeing the actorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sterling professionalism is like watching a man play Rachmaninoff on a toy piano. Meanwhile, Oliver has his own off-again, on-again thing with Anna (MĂŠlanie Laurent), one of those French child-women essential to 1960s cinema. Beginners, with its sense of a too-gentle graphic novel come to life, is excruciatingly cute.

The downside of a story for aging children is, in a word, childishness, and Beginners has it heavy: the subtitled pooch; the roller-skating dates followed by slumber parties; the little cartoons scribbled out by Oliver at his desk. (RvB)

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is a Milwaukee woman going downhill. Her ex-boyfriend (Jon Hamm) uses her for sex. Suddenly, Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best pal, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), announces her impending marriage. Lillian also introduces a new gorgeous friend (Rose Byrne) who elbows Annie aside and takes charge of the wedding. The wedding planning becomes more pretentious, more expensive and ever more humiliating for Annie.

Wiig is at her most comically nonchalant as the desperation seeps out of her pores. In her capacity to register degrees of comedic suffering, this actress suggests what happens when like when a movie is really loose down deep in its soul, and is not just wobbly and formulaic. But Judd Apatow was the executive producer, and Bridesmaids is shaped like an Apatow ďŹ lm: itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a half-hour too long. Though itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s released as a chick-ďŹ&#x201A;ick alternative, we still get the traditional pointless ďŹ ght between Annie and her new man (Chris Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dowd). (RvB)

BUCK (PG; 88 min.) Buck Brannaman, subject of this excellent documentary, spends most of the year driving through the West and holding clinics on the gentling of out-of-control horses. An inspiration for the novel and the movie The Horse Whisperer, Brannaman had been a rodeo performer from early childhood. The ďŹ lm is most startling in the way we see temperamental, misbehaving horses not broken but rather tamed in front of us. Brannaman speaks of avoiding â&#x20AC;&#x153;rudenessâ&#x20AC;? to them.

Finally, this instructorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s methods and courage are tested by a real hellhorse: a huge, brain-damaged stallion from a ranch outside of Chico, whose killer rage is like nothing youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever seen. Buckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s encounter with this maddened creature stimulates his most philosophical words about the relations between horses and humans. (RvB)

CARS 2 (G) An animated Bond parody. Agent Finn McMissile (a sentient Aston Martin voiced by Michael Caine) is on the track of a mysterious professor. Events lure Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) into a race demonstrating alternative fuels in Paris, London and Tokyo. Tow Mater attracts the attention of McMissileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assistant, Holley Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer), who stays as subordinate as the 007 girls of three decades ago.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not really bad, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cute and relentless, and paced to tickle 5-yearolds. (RvB)

GREEN LANTERN (PG-13; 105 min.) Arrogant test pilot Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) receives a ring of power from a dying alien warrior. Director Martin Campbell revived such venerable action heroes as Zorro and James Bond, and he should be able to make this DC comic-book character live.

Certainly, Reynolds is aesthetically pleasing, and the scenes of him gliding through the air have the excitement of old comic books come to life. Still, the movie, like Reynolds, lacks a personality, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s short in love interest. (It was a mistake to promote Blake Lively to the big screen.) Under furious rewriting, the scenes donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always connect; one neither gets a sense of the technical stops being pulled out, nor of a dreamy fairy tale of ultimate power and responsibility.

Worse, Mark Strong never lives up to his characterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name, Sinestro.

As a super-psychic who looks like a cross between Philip Seymour Hoffman and a beluga whale, Peter Sarsgaard couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be more fun. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s raving mad and big in the voice, and when he slaps Jordan down with the power of his mind, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nightmare vision of a bad father. (RvB)

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 (PG-13; 130 min.) The saga wraps up in a cluttered, confusing, if fast-paced adventure in which Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) confronts Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the end game set up in the vastly superior ďŹ rst part; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be lost if you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rewatch the ďŹ rst half within a week of seeing this one. The 3-D frame-breakers work well, such as an abused albino dragon snapping its head out of the screen. Evanna (Luna Lovegood) Lynch and our lovely Snape (Alan Rickman, rolling every syllable as if it were Sisyphusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rock) steal their parts of the show. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nocturnal ďŹ lm, and director David Yates is at his best borrowing from Fritz Lang in the formations of men lined up in the dark, or conferring with each other in the shadows. (RvB)

HORRIBLE BOSSES (R; 100 min.) This may not be the ďŹ rst hit comedy of the summer, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deďŹ nitely the ďŹ rst good one. Not only does the ďŹ lm bring the laughs, but it also boasts a well-written script and skilled directing. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the cast, led by Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day, that puts the nail in the cofďŹ n. Horrible Bosses may not be the most original or sidesplitting comedy of all time, but it has all its pieces in the right spot. The kernel of the story is that friends Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt

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LARRY CROWNE (PG-13; 99 min.) Tom Hanks stars as a laid-off big-box-store employee who learns to rebound thanks to community college classes taught

by Julia Roberts. Hanks directed and co-wrote (with Nia Vardalos).

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG-13, 94 min.) Whatever happens, one can’t go wrong filling up the screen with Paris. Woody Allen’s newest includes some sweet vistas.

Owen Wilson is Gil, a disenchanted Malibu screenwriter who wants to be a novelist. As a result, he gets midnight visitations by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda. (The gilded couple is played by Tom Hiddleston, Loki in Thor, and Alison Pill.) The nights continue, and Gil meets the artistic and literary lights of the 1920s, magically reincarnated.

One night, he meets a flapper (Marion Cotillard) with a similar yet drastically different taste for nostalgia. The not very pungent point is stretched into a culturevulture’s version of Play It Again, Sam. Midnight in Paris is a harmless, gentle nothing, but it’s also a moldy vision of the city during its era of artistic adventurousness. (RvB)

SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN (PG-13; 104 min.) A two-track film about women in 19th-century China and in modern Shanghai. Directed by Wayne Wang.

SUPER 8 (PG-13, 112 min.) The Ohio River steel town of Lillian in 1979: a train wreck attracts a team of kid filmmakers. Suddenly, sinister Air Force Col. Nelec (Noah Emmerich) arrives and launches something distressingly called “Operation Walking Distance.” The young actors are talented (Elle Fanning the most impressive of them all), but director J.J. Abrams doesn’t make more than just a mere visual connection between his monster and the titanism of all

the industrial hardware. Super 8 has one monster trapping people, when it could have had two of them: a creature on the loose and the Moloch-like mills. Few of the classic 1950s monster movies were shot with this kind of daring or visual density. But the too-close reading of Close Encounters of the Third Kind makes for a final split between serious terror and Steven Spielberg’s own brand of syrup and awe. (RvB)

TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG-13; 157 min.) Blending in TV and newsreel footage, the new Transformers tells how Transformerism was hushed up in the 1960s. On the moon, Optimus Prime jumpstarts an aged robot sentinel. Meanwhile, evil Megatron vows revenge in the African veldt.

The final battle (45 minutes of drowse-inducing clash) takes place in Chicago after an opening act in D.C. A strange variety special with killbots, the film approaches entertainment through the unleashed flamboyance of the actors. John Malkovich lolls at the feet of a robot like a puppy. Alan Tudyk supplies some European suaveness as a Dutch bodyguard.

Frances McDormand’s disgust with the entire film is infectious.

Strange how well 3-D improves matters, too. The technique forcibly slows the editing and gives some visual dimension to what used to look like wrathful lawn-art junk sculptures, or $300 million versions of the roller-skating saps in a production of Starlight Express. (RvB)

THE TREE OF LIFE (PG-13, 138 min.) A memory of loss transfixes a man of today, Jack (Sean Penn). Jack is led back to his early childhood home in the outskirts of Waco, Texas, in the late 1950s. In this world, his father is Jack’s ruler and his bitter enemy.

In his lean, unsparing performance, Brad Pitt recalls the fierceness of the fathers of those days. The calm center of this film is the mother Mrs. O’Brien. Jessica Chastain plays this “lover of the way of grace,” and she is as much a dancer as an actress. With a strong theme of feminine mercy vs. masculine authority; with its acute longing for reconciliation with the past; with its tender faith that “No one who loves the way of grace comes to a bad end,” director Terrence Malick’s new film is peaceful, and yet it breaks out in storms of color and rage. (RvB)

WINNE THE POOH (G; 70 min.) A gritty look at the dark underbelly of the 100-acre woods— not. Just a genial G-rated animated film for the young ones.

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG-13, 132 min.) This on-again offagain prequel uses Cold War paranoia and the Cuban Missile Crisis to add historical resonance to the comicbook strife between Professor Xavier (James McAvoy), the world’s most powerful psychic, and his rival, Michael Fassbender, as the bitter concentration camp survivor Erik, who is later to become master of magnetism Magneto. There’s a clever spy-movie motif; Fassbender is very suave in black turtleneck or scuba suit going on the trail of a powerful ex-Nazi.

He, Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon) has a private nuclear submarine loaded with a serious collection of post-Impressionist art as well as a lingerie-clad psychic moll, Emma Frost (January Jones). This is, as it sounds, great fun. But someone also thought this movie should be Harry Potter. Thus dead-on-the-screen scenes of the students sharing their powers over Cokes and Oreos. (RvB)

ZOOKEEPER (PG; 102 min.) The world holds its breath in anticipation of the newest Kevin James comedy masterpiece about an animal caretaker who seeks romance with the help of his furry friends. With appearances by such beloved stars as Sylvester Stallone and Adam Sandler.

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(Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day) all have horrible bosses (played

by Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Donald Sutherland and Jennifer Aniston).

Playing nicely (and subtly, thank you) into the current economic crisis, they realize it would be easier to off their bosses than look for new work. From there it’s a basic comedy of errors but with some nice detours. Aniston, surprisingly enough, is really the breakout star of this. Finally playing against type, she and Day play off each other unexpectedly well and she creates many of the film’s best scenes. (MM)

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This was the first Cracker album that sounded less like a collection of potential hit singles and more like an epic, cohesive whole. On Forever, Cracker dialed back their big, dusty Southernrock-meets-Southern-California sound and added a layer of shimmering sonic gloss that gave the songs an almost mystical feel.

And while Cracker frontman and primary songwriter David Lowery has written some bizarre characters into his songs—dating all the way back to his

early days with Santa Cruz college-rock heroes Camper Van Beethoven, on stuff like “Take the Skinheads Bowling” and “She Divines Water”—the songs on Forever featured some of his finest and weirdest.

There were mermaids and potdealing sailors in “Brides of Neptune” (a write-in contender for Cracker’s best song ever), ag-festival beauty queens and bike-riding cross-dressers in “Miss Santa Cruz County.” Along with “Guarded By Monkeys” and even “Merry Christmas Emily,” they were like little self-contained micro-mythologies in themselves.

Cracker never really followed up on the territory it staked out on Forever, shifting direction entirely for their last two records, Greenland and Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey. So it’s interesting that Lowery’s new solo album, The Palace Guards, finally returns him to that odd and vaguely hallucinogenic place.

Tracks like “I Sold the Arabs the Moon” and even the title song, a Syd Barrett–like slice of psychedelic paranoia about mysterious characters who work in laboratories and “keep the little

piggies safe in their little straw homes” might have even fit on Forever, in fullband versions.

“I think it has been a while since I’ve done stuff like that,” admits Lowery.

“It was exciting for me. The last two Cracker records were very realist. They had a harsh edge to them—the last record starts out with the soldier in Iraq.

They’re just very real.”

Interestingly, The Palace Guards might indeed have been Lowery’s follow-up to Forever, if he hadn’t been sucked back into the siren song of the Cracker creative process.

“When we get the Cracker guys all together, there’s a lot of momentum that happens really fast,” he says. “We’re good at writing and arranging songs really quickly, throwing a lot of ideas out. So twice albums were made by Cracker before I could finish my solo record.”

It didn’t help that Lowery kept poaching his own solo ideas for the Cracker records, as was the case with two songs on Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey. “‘Turn On, Tune In’ works great as a Cracker song, but that sort of started out [on the solo album], and so did ‘Darling One.’ They ended up moving over to the Cracker record,” says Lowery.

For the latter, all they ended up doing

CRACKER Music in the Park July 28, 5:30pm, Plaza de Cesar Chavez, San Jose; free.

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to the original solo demo was adding guitar from Cracker co-founder Johnny Hickman, bass from Sal Maida, and a guest spot from Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz, who Lowery calls part of “our little Northern California mafia.”

Lowery admits the biggest question about The Palace Guards is “Why, after 27 years, make a solo album? Especially if you’re the main songwriter.” Not only that, but he’s in two bands, Camper and Cracker, with a diverse enough sonic range to let him do just about whatever he wants musically.

“It’s not necessary at all,” he confesses.

“It’s just so much easier to explain ‘this is a solo record’ than to say, ‘This is a record I made with the guys at my studio,’ and throw a third band into the mix. We’ll probably do another one, cause it was fun. It’ll take another 27 years to do, maybe, but yeah.”

Meanwhile, Cracker is continuing to play live, as they will next week at Music in the Park in San Jose on July 28.

Lowery has also been performing solo; at a recent show at Café du Nord in San Francisco, he told stories in-between songs and played songs from the new album as well as acoustic versions of Cracker favorites like “Big Dipper” and “I Want Everything.”

Camper Van Beethoven is gearing up for a tour in which the band will perform the Key Lime Pie album in its entirety. And Lowery continues to post the song-by-song history of his career on his 300songs.com blog, which has also become a place for him to put up some interesting demos from throughout his bands’ histories. The rediscovery of those demos may have influenced The Palace Guards.

“My wife is always telling me, ‘There’s something about the demos I really like. You just sound a little crazier in the demos,’” says Lowery. “That extends also to when me and Johnny are working together. We sound more unhinged or something like that. In a certain way, this solo album was designed to preserve a little of that. Like, yeah, basically we don’t get out very much.

We spend a little too much time in the studio in the dark. That’s sort of what the idea was.”

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Sunday at Landmark Ballroom in San Jose, 8pm; $15

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Much like our own Limousines, rapper Phonte Coleman and producer Matthijs “Nicolay” Rook had never even met when they started making music together. They may have been 4,000 miles apart (Coleman in North Carolina, Rook in the Netherlands), but their 2004 debut lived up to its name: Connected.

On their latest, Authencity, they’ve shifted from beatheavy hip-hop to gorgeous neo-soul. (SP)

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Sunday at Mountain Winery, 7pm; $39-$49.50 As Disney continues its onslaught of manufactured teen superstars, it’s refreshing to think that two decades after the release of their Grammy Award– winning debut, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are still around creating thoughtful, politically charged music. The folk duo found mainstream success in the late ’80s and early ’90s with songs like “Closer to Fine,” then went back to their indie roots after they were dumped from their label in 2007. (AF)

Los Lonely Boys & Los Lobos

JULY 22 • Chris Isaak 23 • Grace Potter & The Nocturnals 24 • Indigo Girls

Tuesday at Mountain Winery in Saratoga, 7pm; $39.50-$85 I seriously doubt Los Lonely Boys were ever lonely, but since their 2004 hit “Heaven” they’ve been spending most of their nights with thousands of fans.

What these Texans did, essentially, was find a way to bring Tex-Mex to the mainstream, a feat that no one has really ever been able to pull off … except, arguably, Los Lobos, who’ll join Los Lonely Boys at the show as co-headliners. (SP)

Rock/Pop

Brothers Deluxe. $8. Sat, 9pm: Cute Lepers, Maids of Honor, the Uglies. $8.$10. San Jose.

ANGELICA’S BISTRO Fri, 8:30pm: Miss Charlotte and the Umbrella Band. Sat, 5:30pm: Molly Bolten. $8-$11.

Redwood City.

AVALON Wed, 8pm: Faster Pussycat. $12/$15. Sat: Men of Exotica.

Santa Clara.

Sat, 9:30pm-1:30am: Live music.

Santa Clara.

BOSWELL’S THE BLANK CLUB Wed, 9pm: Hans Keller. Free.

Fri, 9pm: Human Toys, Booty Chesterfield, the Graves

Wed: Jack Rip Off. Thu: Sexy Back. Fri: Junkshaker. Sat: Joe Bazooka. Sun: Chili Sauce. Mon: 20 til 2. Campbell.

Shawn Colvin

19 • Barenaked Ladies 20 • Ziggy Marley 21 • Don Henley 22 • Boz Scaggs / Michael McDonald 23 • Smokey Robinson 24 • B.B. King / Buddy Guy 25 • Tony Bennett 26 • Duran Duran 27 • Dr. John & The Lower 911 / Little Feat

and his band performing songs from Crazy Heart and More

AUGUST

27 • Devo 28 • Michael Bolton / Kenny G

with special guests The Blind Boys of Alabama

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with Jessica Lea Mayfield

4 • The Doobie Brothers with Lara Johnston

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23 • Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion “Summer Love” Tour 24 • An Evening with Brian Wilson 26 • Academy Award Winner JEFF BRIDGES

16-17 • Chicago 18 • Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers

with Justin Jones

7pm show

Sat, 6:15pm: Afton Presents, live bands. Cupertino.

BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY

with special guests Michelle Branch

with special guest Kenny Wayne Shepherd

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO

with special guest ALO

26 • Los Lonely Boys / Los Lobos

2 • George Thorogood & The Destroyers

Fri, 10pm: Spazmatics. Sat, 10pm: Goodfellas. San Jose.

20 • Toad The Wet Sprocket 21 • Goo Goo Dolls

29 • An Evening with Melissa Etheridge 30 • Creedence Clearwater Revisited / Three Dog Night 31 • k.d. lang and The Siss Boom Bang

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19 •Lewis Black

8pm show • mature content

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6 • Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo / Dennis DeYoung: the music of Styx 7 • An Evening with The Beach Boys 9 • Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes and Tonino Baliardo 13 • Huey Lewis & The News

28 • John Prine 29 • Emmylou Harris

8 • The B-52s

with special guests

with The Human League and Men Without Hats

Court Yard Hounds

30 • DeVotchKa / Gomez

9 • Tears For Fears with Michael Wainwright

10 • Daryl Hall and John Oates 11 • Willie Nelson and Family 14 • The Psychedelic Furs / Tom Tom Club 15 • Kenny Loggins with Blue Sky Riders

OCTOBER 2 • Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson 4 • ZZ Top 7 • Blondie with The English Beat 12 • Billy Idol

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Palo Alto.

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

Campbell.

CARAVAN Thu: The Pinks, Human Toys, Talk Tina. Fri: The Lonnies, the Trims.

San Jose.

CLUB FOX Fri, 9pm: An evening with Pop Fiction. $12/$15. Sat, 8pm: San Francisco’s Summer of Love Revue. $8. Redwood City.

JASON-STEPHENS WINERY Fri, 6pm: Den of Antiquity. Gilroy.

JOHNNY V’S Sat: Longliner. San Jose.

LILLY MAC’S Fri: Aftermath. Sunnyvale.

LANDMARK BALLROOOM Sun, 8pm: Foreign Exchange.

San Jose.

LOS GATOS CIVIC CENTER

NINE LIVES Thu, 8pm: Battle of the Bands with Tuco Ramirez, F.L.I. High, Big Wood and the Epidemik.

Fri, 8pm: Rivals, Los High Tops, Curious Quail. $10 Sat, 8pm: Thrive, Dino Planet. Gilroy.

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Fri: Tehya. $5. Sat: L.E.D.Zeppelin Tribute, $5. Sunnyvale.

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

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AZÚCAR

Fri, 8pm: One Werd. Sat, 8pm: Eddie Cohn. Mountain View.

Thu, 9pm: DJ Che live video mixing. Fri, 9pm: Latin rock en espanol. Sat, 9pm: Salsa, merengue, cumbia, urban & Latin fusions. Tue, 9pm: Salsa.

San Jose.

THE REFUGE Fri, 6pm: Battle of the Bands with Artist Versus Empire, East of Avery and more. Sat, 6pm: Aethere, Fights Without Fears Within and more. Cupertino.

SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS Thu: The Trophy Fire, Rin Tin Tiger, Orangutang. Fri: I Am Beats. Sat: As Giants and more.

San Jose.

LOS GATOS LODGE

STREETLIGHT RECORDS

Fri: The Russell Barber Band.

Sat: Frank Bey. Fremont.

MOUNTAIN VIEW SUMMER CONCERTS Thu, 6:30pm: Evolution, tribute to Journey. Cuesta Park, Mountain View.

MOUNTAIN WINERY Fri, 7:30pm: Chris Isaak. $49.50 and up. Sat, 7:30pm: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. $35 and up.

Sun, 7:30pm: Indigo Girls with Mount Moriah. $35 and up. Tue, 7pm: Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos. $39.50 and up. Saratoga.

Fri-Sat, 9pm-1am: Live music.

Gilroy.

Sat, 4pm: San Francesa, the Trims. $5. San Jose.

SUNNYVALE SUMMER SERIES Wed, 5:30pm: Busta Groove.

Free. Downtown Sunnyvale.

TEMPLE BAR & LOUNGE Sat, 8pm: Live music. San Jose.

THE VENUE Fri, 6pm: Stickup Kid and more.

Sat, 6pm: Dissipate, Wrath of Vesuvius, To the Winds and more. Los Gatos.

WILLOW DEN Fri, 8pm: Bob Gonzalez Band, jazz. Sat, 8:30pm: Road Dogs.

Willow Glen.

MURPHY’S LAW

WOODHAM’S LOUNGE

Fri-Sat: Live music. Sunnyvale.

Fri and Sun: Pro Jam with local rock musicians. Santa Clara.

MUSIC IN THE PARK Thu, 5:30pm: English Beat, Wicker. Free. Plaza de Cesar Chavez, San Jose.

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AGENDA LOUNGE

Fri, 7:30pm: Bi-Polar Bears. Sat, 7:30pm: Kaye Bohler Band. $10.

Santa Clara.

ANGELICA’S BISTRO

Wed: Jam night with Backfire and Diva Stativa. Thu: Blind Pilots. Fri, 9:30pm: Cocktail Monkeys. $10. Sat, 9:30pm: The Hitmen. Los Gatos.

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with Pantea. Fri: Salsa. Sat: Latin night. Mon: Argentine Tango. Tue: Salsa with Pantea.

Mountain View.

Thu, 8pm: Les Campagnards for Bastille Day celebration. $12/$15. Fri, 8:30pm: Serenades and exotic dances sponsored

by Motherhealth Inc. Sun, 7pm: Murder in Morocco, dinner theater celebration Bastille Day. $65 with dinner. Redwood City.

Sun, 5-7pm: Take 2. Part of the Los Gatos Music in the Park series. Los Gatos.

Fri-Sat: Live rock bands. Los Gatos.

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CAFFE TRIESTE Fri, 8pm: Cuban music by Marcos Perda. Sat, 7pm: Kavanaugh Brothers Celtic Experience. San Jose.

MOROCCO’S MV Wed: Wine tasting and Accolade. Thu: Flamenco with Levitate. Fri: Late-nigh flamenco with Chris Cucuzza.

Sat: Belly dancing with Adriana.

Sun: Latin guitar, Vic Moraga.

Mon, 5pm: Live blues. Tue, 5pm: Flamenco. Mountain View.

MOROCCO’S SJ Wed, 5pm: Flamenco with Levitate. Thu: Jason Bellenkes Duo, jazz. Fri, 5pm: Belly dancer Adriana. Sat: Late-night flamenco with Chris Cucuzza.

Sun, 5pm: Moroccan music and belly dancing. Mon, 5pm: Blues.

Tue: Vic Moragao. San Jose.

PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB Thu-Sat: Live music. Sunnyvale.

SENZALA Fri, 9:30pm: Claudia Gomez. $10. Sunnyvale.

STEPHENS GREEN Tue, 7:30pm. Irish music.

Mountain View.

Jazz/Blues ANGELICA’S BISTRO

Wed, 8pm: Salsa. $5. San Jose.

ALBERTO’S Wed: Bachata. Thu: Salsa

Thu, 7pm: Blues Jam. Sat, 8pm: Russo Alberts Jazz Trio with Andrew Speight. $15/$20.

Redwood City.

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The ARTTEC 2011 Summer Concert Series Blues Traveler Thu, August 4, 7:30pm From jam-band to mainstream stardom more than 24 years ago, the band’s best-known single, “Run-Around,” was the longestcharting radio single in Billboard history. Along the way, they played more than 2000 live shows to more than three million people.

Christopher Cross Fri, August 19, 8pm This five-time Grammy winner was the biggest new star in the ‘80s with the #1 hit “Sailing” followed by “Ride Like the Wind”, “Never Be the Same”and the #1 “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do),” from the popular movie starring Dudley Moore that earned Cross an Academy Award. Opening the evening is Cupertino native Jenn Grinels.

An Evening with Herb Alpert & Lani Hall Sun, August 21, 7:30pm

the Metro photo exhibit featuring local photographers

South First Fridays @ 550 S First

Music legend Herb Alpert and his wife, vocalist Lani Hall (the original lead singer of Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66) will celebrate their newest release I Feel You, performing an evening of innovative arrangements and skilled improvisations that make old songs new and bring new songs to their audience.

Air Supply Sat, August 27, 8pm

For complete schedule, visit montalvoarts.org

Box Office, 408.961.5858, M-F, 10am-4pm ticketmaster.com or montalvoarts.org

15400 Montalvo Road Saratoga, CA 95070

Illustration by Chris Hack

With heavily orchestrated sweet ballads, this Australian soft rock duo (Graham Russel & Russel Hitchcock) became a staple of early ‘80s radio, scoring a string of hits including “Lost in Love,” “All Out of Love,” “Every Woman in the World”, “The One That You Love”, “Without You”, “Here I Am” and “Making Love Out of Nothing At All”.

metroactive MUSIC BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO

LOS GATOS BREWING CO. S Thu & Sat: Dueling pianos.

San Jose.

C&W/Folk

Sun, 6pm: Jazz Jam. Cupertino.

MAGGIANO’S LITTLE ITALY

THE GRAPEVINE

CAFFE TRIESTE

Thu, 7pm: John Michael and Essence perform songs by Sinatra. Santana Row, San Jose.

Thu, 7pm: Hootenanny. Sat, 7pm: Mark Rodriguez. Willow Glen.

MOROCCO’S MV

Fri, 8pm: Cafe Musique. Sat, 7:30pm: Phil Johnson. Santa Clara.

Fri, 8pm: Adam Everett and Ben Flood. San Jose

CAMPBELL RECITAL HALL Thu, 7:30pm: Stanford Jazz Mentors. $14-$24. Sat, 8pm: John Calloway and the Latin Collective. $20-$32. Mon, 7:30pm: Judi Silvano and Joe Lovano. $18-$28. Tue, 7:30pm: Edmar Castaneda Trio. $18-$28.

All shows part of Stanford Jazz Festival. Stanford University, Palo Alto.

CLUB FOX Sat, 9pm: After Burner Blues Meltdown with HipShake. $5 cover. Tue, 8pm: Ed Reed with Born to Be Blue Recording Band. $14/$15. Redwood City.

DINKELSPIEL AUDITORIUM Wed, 7:30pm: Pamela Rose Wild Women of Song. $18-$28.

Sun, 7:30pm: Ruth Davies Blues Night with Robben Ford. $24$38. Both part of Stanford Jazz Festival. Stanford University, Palo Alto.

FLAVORS OF JAZZ Tue, 6:30pm: Live bands on the Row. Santana Row, San Jose.

GRAND DELL SALOON Thu, 8pm: Blues Jam with Aki. Sat, 8pm: Jimmy Dewrance.

Campbell.

HEDLEY CLUB Wed, 7:30pm. Jazz Jam. Thu, 8:30pm: Russo Alberts Trio. Fri, 8:30pm: Rick Vandivier. Sat, 8:30pm: Planet Loop. San Jose.

JAZZ ON THE PLAZZ Wed, 6:30pm: Kendra Shank.

Free. Los Gatos Town Plaza.

J.J.’S BLUES CAFE Wed: Blues Angel. Thu: Madylan Rose. Fri: Nuthin’ But Trouble.

Sat: Three bands. Sat: Mike Osborn. $10. Sun: Early show (4pm) with Ruckus; evening show Gene Washington and Special Purpose Band. Mon: Pro Jam. Tue: Blue J followed by Liar’s Club. San Jose.

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

LOS GATOS BREWING CO. Fri: Dueling pianos. Los Gatos.

Mon, 5pm: Blues. Mountain View.

MOROCCO’S SJ Thu: Jason Bellenkes Duo, jazz.

Mon, 5pm: Blues. San Jose.

MURPHY’S LAW Wed: Chris Cobb Band. Thu: Maneck. Fri: Bone Drivers. Sat: South City Blues. Mon: Pro blues jam. Sunnyvale.

MISSION CITY COFFEE

NAGLEE PARK GARAGE Wed, 7pm: Sig’s Good Time Family Band. San Jose.

You’re invited to an opening celebration!

ORCHARD VALLEY COFFEE Sat: Jonah’s Head. Campbell.

THE SADDLE RACK

Sun: Live blues. San Jose.

Wed-Fri, 9pm, Sat, 10:15pm: Christian Simmons with Miss Jessica. Fremont.

A PERFECT FINISH

SAM’S BBQ

Fri, 9pm: Sweeney Schragg Jazz Trio. Sat, 9pm: Kirk Tamura Trio.

San Jose.

Wed, 6pm: Siddesaddle and Co. Tue, 6pm: South County Special.

San Jose.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT

OLD WAGON SALOON & GRILL

Wed, 6pm: Ron Thompson and friends. Thu, 6pm: Mark Hummel and Nathan James Duo. Fri, 6pm: Ron Hacker and the Hacksaws. Sat, 6pm: Lara Price Blues Revue. Sun, 1pm: Frank Bey Blues Band with Anthony Paule. San Jose.

REDWOOD CITY Wed, 6pm: BlueState (in Stafford Park). Free. Fri, 6pm: PAL Blues Festival. Sat, 11am8pm: PAL Blues Festival. Fri, 6pm: Earl Thomas and the Blues Ambassadors for Music on the Square. Mon, 6pm: Mads Trolling Quartet for Jazz on Main. Free.

Downtown Redwood City.

Thu, 9pm: Doug Rose and Bit and Spur Band. Willow Glen.

VASONA COUNTY PARK Sat, 5-7pm: Jessica Johnson.

Free. Los Gatos.

Open Mic ANGELICA’S BISTRO Wed, 7pm: Open mic.

Redwood City.

BAMBOO LOUNGE Mon, 7pm: Musical open mic for singer-songwriters. Sign up at 7pm. Free. San Jose.

TESSORA’S

BLUE ROCK SHOOT

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

Campbell.

Thu: Open mic. Saratoga.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Sun, 8pm: Jerry Sauceda & Friends. Tue, 7:30-10:30pm: Modesto Briseno Septet. Willow Glen.

UNWINED Thu & Sat, 7pm: Live jazz. San Jose.

WILLOW DEN

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO Wed, 9:30pm: Stand-up comedy. Cupertino.

CAFFE TRIESTE Tue, 7pm: Open mic. Free.

San Jose.

CITY ESPRESSO Fri, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.

MISSION CITY ROASTING CO.

Fri, 8pm: Bob Gonzalez Band, jazz. Willow Glen.

Thu, 7pm: South Bay Folks Open Mic. Santa Clara.

WINE AFFAIRS

MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S

Wed-Thu, 7:30pm: Live music.

San Jose.

MONTALVO ARTS CENTER

Wed, 8-11pm: Live music, comedy and poetry. Los Gatos.

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FRIDAY, JULY 29, 6PM - 9PM Park Grounds and Project Space Gallery | FREE admission The Sculpture on the Grounds exhibition features new works by Lucas Artists Residency Fellows and local artists. The Project Space Gallery highlights works based on the concept of mapping, developed from the artists’ personal investigation into geography and identity. Final Fridays with Mexican composer Ernesto Martinez at 6pm.

Join us for a lively evening that will include live performances by DJ Jeff Evans, Nancy Popp, Janetta Coleman & the Monsoon, the Cardboard Box Theatre Project and temporary installations by sonicSENSE and UCSC’s OpenLab. Some of your favorite gourmet FOOD TRUCKS will be on hand to offer a variety of delicious food on the Great Lawn. No-host bar.

RSVPs encouraged, but not required; please call 408.961.5858 to make reservations or for more information.

Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga, CA 95070

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metroactive MUSIC 67 QUARTER NOTE Sun & Wed-Thu: Pro jam.

Sunnyvale.

RED ROCK COFFEE CO. Mon, 7pm: Cavin and King’s Open Mic. Mountain View.

SUNNYVALE ART GALLERY First and third Thursday of every month, 7pm: The Canvas. Open to all performers. Sunnyvale.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Wed, 8pm: Open-mic night with Anita. Willow Glen.

Karaoke

More listings:

METROACTIVE.COM

AZÚCAR

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN

Wed, 9pm: English and Spanish karaoke. San Jose.

Wed and Sun, 10pm: DJ Hank.

San Jose.

THE BEARS

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO

Fri, 9pm: Ryan. San Jose.

Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke.

Cupertino.

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

BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN

BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY

Wed, 9pm: August. Mon, 9pm: Comedy. San Jose.

Fri, 9pm-1am: Danielle.

Santa Clara.

BRITISH BANKERS CLUB

BLUE BONNET BAR

Mon: Karaoke. Menlo Park.

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

BRIX Tue: Karaoke. San Jose.

BLUE MAX Fri-Sat, 9pm: Karaoke.

Sunnyvale.

BLUE PHEASANT Tue, 7pm: Steve Tiger. Cupertino.

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

Santa Clara.

THE COURTS LOUNGE Mon, 9pm: Joe. San Jose.

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CREEKSIDE LOUNGE

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

ACAPULCO RESTAURANT & CANTINA Fri-Sat, 7pm-midnight: KJ Bob and Starmaker Karaoke.

Santa Clara.

BOGART’S LOUNGE Wed, Fri and Sun, 8pm-2am: KJ Dennis. Sunnyvale.

BOSWELL’S Tue: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

BOULEVARD TAVERN Thu: Karaoke. Los Gatos.

BRANHAM LOUNGE ALEX’S 49ER INN

Thu and Mon: Karaoke.

San Jose.

Nightly, 9pm-2am: Karaoke.

San Jose.

Wed and Mon-Tue: Stephanie.

Thu and Sat: Randy. Fri: Jerry Sauceda. San Jose.

DASILVA’S BRONCOS Wed: Karaoke. Thu, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

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

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

EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR Thu, 8pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

THE ESCAPE Mon, 8:30pm-1:30am: DJ Curtis.

San Jose.

San Francisco’s City Guide

FAHRENHEIT ULTRA LOUNGE

PORTUGAL THE MAN

T 9pm: Partyoke. Beer pong Tue, and karaoke. San Jose.

Recent major-label signees celebrate release of “In the Mountain In the Cloud” with in-store. Jul 20 at Amoeba SF.

FIREHOUSE BREWERY Sun, 7pm-close: Uncle Dougie Show. Palo Alto.

BETTYE LAVETTE High-kicking, full-force soul belter takes down entire skyscrapers with a single note. Jul 21 at Yoshi’s Oakland.

FLAMES COFFEE SHOP Wed-Sat and Tue, 9pm: Uncle Dougie Show. No cover. San Jose.

EARTH Glacial stoner metal courtesy of the guy who bought the shotgun for Kurt Cobain. Jul 22 at Slim’s.

ODD FUTURE The music blogosphere’s favorite argument. Rescheduled from June. Jul 22 at the Regency Ballroom.

CULTS New York two-piece owes to classic girl-group sound with a dash of Animal Collective. Jul 25 at Bottom of the Hill.

More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.

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

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Cupertino.

KATIE BLOOMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Campbell.

Dance Clubs AGENDA Wed, 8pm: Salsa Wednesdays. Thu: Anthromix.

Fri: DJs. San Jose.

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GRAND DELL SALOON Tue, 9pm: Live DJ. Campbell

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Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: DJs and dancing. Campbell.

Wed, 9pm: Vic. Fremont.

Thu, 9pm: DJ Che live video mixing. Fri, 9pm: Latin rock en espanol. Sat, 9pm: Salsa, merengue, cumbia, urban & Latin fusions. Tue, 9pm: Salsa. San Jose.

OFF THE HOOK

THE BLANK CLUB

Fri, 9:30pm: Club Brinca. Tue, 9pm: Nox. Mountain View.

Sun, 8pm: DJ Joe. Campbell.

Thu, 9pm: Atomic with DJ Basura. $5. Free. San Jose.

MIAMI BEACH CLUB

LILLY MACâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Thu: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

MOJO LOUNGE

A PERFECT FINISH Thu, 8:30-11:30pm: Karaoke.

San Jose.

PEACOCK LOUNGE

BLUE PHEASANT Wed-Sun, Tue, 7pm: DJ and dancing. Cupertino.

KHARTOUM Wed: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

KING OF CLUBS

Thu-Fri: Top 40, club hits, hip-hop, Latin. Sat: DJ Nelly presents Oro Solido. San Jose.

Thu, 9pm: Brian. Sun, 9pm: DJ and karaoke. Tue, 9pm: Ryan.

Sunnyvale.

MYTH TAVERNA

PIONEER SALOON

Thu, 8pm: DJ Akustik. No cover. Fri, 8pm: DJ Mayo.

Sat, 8pm: DJ Mayo and DJ Akustik. Sun, 7pm: Latin Beat. Sun, 9pm: Sonidero Night. Sunnyvale.

Tue, 8:30pm: Acoustic karaoke with Sam Marshall.

Woodside.

QUARTER NOTE Mon-Tue, 9pm: Karaoke. No cover. Sunnyvale.

Thu: Therapy. San Jose.

PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN Wed & Sun, 10pm: DJ Hank.

Thu: VJ Don. Mon, 9pm: Beer Pong. Tue: Pub-stumpers Trivia. San Jose.

RED STAG LOUNGE

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO

Nightly karaoke, 9pm-2am.

San Jose.

Thu, 10pm: DJ Tosh.

Cupertino.

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BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN

Tue, 8:30pm: Karaoke.

No cover. Santana Row.

RUDYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PUB

Thu: VJ Mixing with DJ David Q. Sat, 10pm: DJ Aspect. No cover. San Jose.

Wed, 10pm: Purple. Palo Alto.

BRIX

SABOR TAPAS BAR Thu-Sat: DJs and dancing.

Sun: Reggae. San Jose.

SAN JOSE BAR & GRILL Thu: SOFA King Thursdays.

Fri: Video Killed the DJ. Sat: Sultry Saturdays. Sun: Sinful Sundays. Mon: Manic Mondaze. San Jose.

STEPHENS GREEN Thu, 11pm: DJ Ulises. Fri, 10pm: DJ Cesar. Mountain View.

Thu: Therapy. Fri: Flirty Fridays. Mon: Power Hour.

San Jose.

STUDIO8

Thu, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Sunnyvale.

THREE FLAMES Mon, 8pm-

DIVE BAR

midnight: DJ Curtis. Willow Glen.

Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: DJs. San Jose.

Wed: RedRun. Thu: JazBiz and Dave Dynamix. Fri: Video Mixing, Ready Rock. Sat: Bands. San Jose.

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EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR

Sat, 8pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

Fri-Sat, 8pm: Old School Dance Party. San Jose.

SHOOTERS BAR & GRILL

WILLOW DEN Wed, 9:30pm: DJ JR. San Jose

THE ELEGANT PUB Thu, 9pm-1:30am: Throwback. Fri, 9pm: DJ. Sat, 9pm-1:30am: Snapshot Saturdays. Evergreen Inn, San Jose.

WOODHAMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LOUNGE Wed-Thu, Sat, Tue: 9:30pm: Vinnie. Santa Clara.

FAHRENHEIT ULTRA LOUNGE Thu, 9pm: The Heit

Sat: DJ Politik. San Jose.

TEMPLE BAR & LOUNGE

WILLOW DEN Thu, 10pm: DJ Uncle Hank.

Fri, 10pm: DJ Itchy and grouch. Sat, 10:30pm: DJ Noble. Willow Glen.

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The Stuff of Myth WITH his new Greek restaurant and nightclub, Myth, co-owner Isaac Barrera wants to bring a different vibe to San Jose nightlife. “We’re going for a more mature crowd. We don’t spin hip-hop. San Jose is very hip-hoporiented. We’re like San Francisco meets San Jose. We rock a fine line,” says Barrera.

With that in mind, the club is spinning house, techno and Top 40 remixes 10pm–2am every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Barrera explained that while lots of clubs in San Francisco can successfully play nothing but obscure house and techno songs, Myth has created a fusion by playing a lot of house and techno remixes of the Top 40 and hip-hop songs people in San Jose love. “It’s similar, but the presentation is different. You gotta have those beats and vocals for San Jose,” Barrera says.

Last Saturday night, the music was pumping inside and out on the patio—loud enough to want to get down to, but not so loud that people were unable to have a conversation if they wanted to. The setup is smart: dim lights, waterfalls on the wall, simple yet classy ambience. It is a fairly narrow club, but there’s plenty of room out in the patio, with bars available both inside and out. There’s no cover to get in, but there is a dress code: fashionably casual. So far, since their grand opening on July 8, the laid back, mature vibe seems to be working.

The fact that Myth is also a Greek restaurant puts a little twist on the concept of club dining. There is a limited version of their menu available till closing. There’s also Greek beer (Mythos) available at the bar.

Those looking to make their experience even more upscale can hang out in the roped-off VIP section in the patio. There they can sit down at comfortable plush white couches and have a table all to themselves. There is a $250 table minimum at the VIP tables.

There’s live music at Myth on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays between 6pm and 8pm, with reggae and cover bands. The live music is there mostly to create an entertaining backdrop for dinner; the real party begins after hours. So far everything has gone been better than expected,” Barrera says.

“People are excited that we’re not playing the same music as all the other clubs.”—Aaron Carnes

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“Just taking a quick walk around the block to go scare a few little girls with my wang.”

Sure, people should do what pleases them sexually—if they’re doing it with other consenting adults. Leaving the house without a blindfold shouldn’t be considered a form of consent. Most of Vermont is clothing-optional. (One town passed a law against it, and I’m guessing there are signs reading “no pants, no shoes, no service.”) But because it’s legal to take your meat out for a bobble in front of the ice cream store doesn’t mean it’s right to force other people to look at it. On a lesser note, the same goes for nosepicking, which is legal in Canada, the 50 states, Puerto Rico and Guam. Also, what’s legal in Vermont is nudism (going naked), not lewdism (going naked with a sexual intent), which is why the latter comes with a maximum of five fully clothed years in a Vermont prison.

A sexual oddity becomes a psychiatric disorder called paraphilia when somebody can’t get off without it and is intensely compelled to engage in it—say, to the point where he’s risking jail time.

Sex researchers Masters, Johnson and Kolodny write in Heterosexuality that

though paraphilias play out sexually, the preoccupation isn’t the pursuit of pleasure but fleeing from psychic pain, as with “compulsive handwashing or the person who must constantly line up all the jars and boxes in the pantry into neat, perfect rows.” Unfortunately, though there’s been some success in treatment with therapy and antidepressants, they find that getting somebody to give up “what he or she deems to be a source of his or her most intense pleasure is likely to be fraught with problems.”

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TAURUS T AURUS (April 20–May 20): FiFillill in the blank blanks, s, TTaurus. aurus. a Don ’t let the blank emain vacan ren any longer Don’t blankss rremain vacantt and bar barren longer..

D on’t aallow llow tthem hem ttoo kkeep eep sscreaming creaming aatt yyou ou w ith ttheir heir Don’t with freaking blankss with accusatory silence. Just fill in the fr eaking blank w hatever yyou’ve ou’ve ggot ot ttoo fi hem w ith—with yyour our bbest est whatever fillll tthem with—with gguesses, uesses, w ith bborrowed orrowed m ojo, w ith aany ny m iscellaneous with mojo, with miscellaneous m aterial yyou ou hhave ave aatt hhand. and. I rrealize ealize yyou ou m ay bbee ttempted empted material may to wait ar ound ffor or a supposedly mor m around moree ideal moment.

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SSoo pplease lease eexpress xpress tthe he hhell ell oout ut ooff yyourself ourself iin n tthe he eempty mpty spaces, my dear; cr eate yourself anew a in the void— create however impr ovisational or inexa ct it might ffeel. eel. improvisational inexact GEMINI (May 21–June 20): “Doo you know how to

rresolve esolve aan n uunresolvable nresolvable pparadox?” aradox?” aasked sked a FFacebook acebook friend named Pi. He answer ed hiss own question: answered “You figuree out the ‘‘error’ initial premise “Y You o figur error ’ in the in nitial pr emise or assumption.” And that ’s my prescription presccription for for you this that’s week, Gemini. Do not be tempted to bang your head aagainst gainst tthe he w all ssoo aass ttoo sshake hake lloose oose a nnonexistent onexistent wall aanswer nswer ttoo tthe he w rong qquestion. uestion. IInstead, nstead, sstop top yyourself ourself iin n wrong the middle of your angst and thin k: “What would be a think: m ore pproductive roductive w ay ttoo fformulate ormulate tthe he rriddle iddle I nneed eed ttoo more way untangle?”

CANCER ((June June 221–July 1–July 222): 2): A An n iinnovative nnovative jjob-seeker ob-seeker named Travis Travis Broyles Broyles put an ad onn Craigslist Craigslist in Atlanta.

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Among tthe he ttasks asks hhee ssaid aid hhee w ould pperform erform ffor or m oney Among would money were the ffollowing: ollowing: g dr aw yyour fface ace on a balloon; email were draw bout you; build you a you a list of 250 things he likes ab about cardboard ccar ar aand nd m ake vvroom-vroom room-vroom ssounds ounds w hile cardboard make while eanings; rename rename your you drive it; change his political le leanings; Pokemon; or pr ovide you with sta eatment ffor or a Pokemon; provide starr tr treatment month, hiding in the bushes like a papar paparazzi azzi and taking ecommen nd that you come up candid photos of you. I rrecommend ancerian. It with your own version of a list likee this, CCancerian. will help help sstimulate timulate yyour our iimagination magination aabout bout what what gifts gifts will you hhave ave ttoo ooffer ffer tthe he w orld, w hich iiss eexactly xactly w hat tthe he you world, which what astrological omens ar g. astrological aree suggesting suggesting.

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