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THIS MODERN WORLD

By TOM TOMORROW

I SAW YOU

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ISawYou@metronews.com Send us your anonymous rants and raves about your co-workers or any badly behaving citizen—or about citizens you admire. I SAW YOU, Metro, 550 S. First St., San Jose, 95113, or via email.

Plain Jane You’re one of the “less-thanaverage-looking” women, slightly overweight, who snarl and sneer at those who are “more attractive” than you. When those “attractive” women are friendly, you accuse them of flirting. When they succeed, you spread rumors that they “slept their way up.”

When they fail, you call them “dumb bimbos.” Your jealousy is so palpable that it creates a green cloud around your cubicle, and shows you to be nothing more than the jealous, lazy bee-otch you are.

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The original [Girl With the Dragon Tattoo] by far is better (Film Review, Dec. 28). I love David Fincher, but this remake sucked for me. They made the Lisbeth character into a dumb girl

with a crush. Instead of keeping this cold, brutal, unforgiving person. It looked great, but the added character elements totally killed the story.

EMERSON E. ARAZO | METROFB.COM

Start Over Two thousand years ago, Christ chased the money changers out of the temple. Four hundred years ago, Chief Seattle stated, “No one can own the Earth, She is our Mother, we must serve Her in gratitude for giving us life and sustaining us.”

Robber barons started the banks and began practicing usury (which has been declared illegal in Europe), and made three times their loans back in interest. They still do. For

hundreds of years the practice of “debt forgiveness” in Europe was done, every 40 years (the average life expectancy then).

Today, in the United States, more than 40 million people are in poverty while the top 1 percent—bankers, stock brokers, financiers and corporate CEOs—have 43 percent of the money.

I think it’s time to start over— equal. All debt erased. The United States was founded on the ideal of equality. Money is merely a measuring system; it’s like inches. It has no inherent value. Our monetary system must facilitate an even exchange of materials and services so that we each receive value equal to what we give.

FOREST STAGGS

2011 was not a good year for the meat industry. There were more reports of devastating health impacts. In May, the World Cancer Research Fund advised limiting meat consumption to reduce the risk of bowel cancer. The August issue of The Lancet projected that, on the current meat-based diet, half of the U.S. population will be obese by 2030.

Last August, Salmonella contamination forced the world’s largest meat processor, Cargill, to recall 36 million pounds of ground turkey. University of Florida placed the national financial burden of pathogens in meat products at $4 billion.

Accordingly, USDA projected that Americans will consume 12.2 percent less meat in 2012 than in 2007.

Every one of us can welcome this trend by resolving to cut our meat consumption in 2012. Entering “live vegan” in our favorite search engine brings recipes and tons of other useful information.

STEVEN ALDERSON | SANTA ROSA

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THE FLY

Election Rejections Iowa just held its Republican Primary to ring in the New Year, which means two things: It’s ofďŹ cially election season from now through Nov. 6, and the opinions of Iowans no longer matter.

Much was made about the 2010 Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which, according to the court’s interpretation of the First Amendment, means the government can’t limit spending on elections by companies and nonproďŹ ts.

A battle is now being fought at the local level in Milpitas, where community activist ED RIFFLE is challenging the constitutionality of a new ordinance passed by the City Council that limits campaign contributions to $500 per election. In an email Rife was circulating before a Jan. 3 council meeting, he attached the supporting analysis of JOHN EASTMAN, a former Don’t dean at Chapman forget University School of to tip!

Law in Orange, Calif.

Eastman says in a FLY@ WSS. WS. METRONEWS. letter to the council COM that he has challenged other cities with similar ordinances, and according to Chapman law school’s Wikipedia page, he also spends his free time ďŹ ghting the legalization of same-sex marriage. Rife argues that campaign limits protect incumbents, and DEBBIE GIORDANO was the lone member of the Milpitas council to support this take.

Of course, Giordano isn’t too keen on some of her colleagues, like Mayor JOSEE ESTEVES. For now, the battle between those two is on hold as PATRICIA LUCAS,, a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge, denied Giordano’s petition for emergency consideration of the release of security camera videos and key card security logs at the Milpitas City Hall for Esteves and Councilmember ARMANDO GOMEZ.

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Nearly 10 years later, those ambitious

days seem like a distant memory.

The 107,000-square-foot facilityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; officially completed at the end of 2010 at a cost of $90.8 millionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is currently one of ďŹ ve publicly funded buildings in the last 15 months that have yet to open or were closed the same day they were completed.

A decade of budget shortfalls has left the city with no option but to keep the substation shuttered along with the Bascom Library and Community Center ($28.4 million), Calabazas Library ($7.4 million), Educational Park Library ($10.7 million) and Seven Trees Library. (Seven Trees did open the community center portion of the building; the total cost of the project was $34 million.)

Leaving aside Seven Trees, the city has spent more than $137 million on four public facilities that deliver no public services.

Leading the processional through

the substation are Police Chief Chris Moore and David Printy, a senior architect for the Public Works Department, which maintains control of the substation for now.

The tour starts with a look at a piece of artwork in the entryway that features a grid of San Jose. â&#x20AC;&#x153;An array of LED lights ties to an infrared camera,â&#x20AC;? Moore says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As you walk through the site, [the artwork] takes an infrared image of you and any moving object. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little more impressive at night.â&#x20AC;?

For now, like the facility itself, the artwork remains dormant. Even an environmentally friendly living roof layered atop the building seems to lack life. Seen from the vast, cubicled offices and meeting areas throughout the second and third ďŹ&#x201A;oors, weeds have overtaken the overhangs.

Conference rooms to discuss crime ďŹ ghting strategies have chairs but no bodies. Sophisticated scramble pads to unlock doors of holding cells go untouched. Not a single cruiser parks in the expansive subterranean garage.

San Jose is the largest city in the nation without an operational police substation, and no one

Not a Bunker In 2006, San Jose Police Chief Rob Davis submitted a five-year plan to the council that recommended adding almost 600 new personnel positions. There were more than 1,300 SJPD staff positions at the time, and Davis lamented the department’s inability to deal with property crimes.

Currently, the department has less than 1,100 officers and there are no plans to add any soon. If anything, more officers are expected to retire or transfer to other cities. Meanwhile, SJPD announced last month that it will no longer respond to property alarms unless a witness follows up with a report.

San Jose’s police substation could house about 450 officers, according to Moore, who says that is the same number of officers now expected to join the force by 2027. Uncertainty affects every part of the political machinations at City Hall, from how Moore and City Manager Debra Figone apply for federal grants—as the police union has repeatedly done—to officials questioning Mayor Chuck Reed’s tunnel vision focus on pension reform through ballot measures.

“It’s really frustrating, because if we shifted our focus to police staffing and keeping community centers and libraries, and then looked at our debt and how to serve the community with being fiscally responsible, then I think we would open that substation

sooner,” says Kalra, who has been at odds with Reed on the legality of ballot measures.

Because bond money built the substation, it can’t be sold or used for anything other than its initial use. Luckily for San Jose, and many other municipalities across the country that are looking to reduce operational costs of public buildings, community centers and libraries can be designated for reuse by nonprofits and cultural organizations.

Currently, 29 of the 35 facilities in San Jose designated for potential reuse have left city hands. Depending on the lease agreements, the city still pays for some maintenance costs.

“It saves the city money in that we don’t have to operate the facility, we don’t have staff there or programs there,” says Matt Morley, San Jose’s deputy director of facilities management.

The elephant in the room, however, will continue to be the substation, which despite being useless at the moment still has no shortage of admirers.

“For all those security provisions, we were able to also make it a very enjoyable place to be,” says Printy, who as a senior architect with the city had a hand in picking the site as well as navigating through the challenges of construction. “It’s not a bunker, and certainly our direction was, ‘Don’t build a bunker.’”

In a time when morale is admittedly lower than at almost any time in the department’s past, a change of scenery to new digs for some officers could make the substation a facility that lures officers into staying or joining the force.

“It’s like the saying, ‘When you feel good, you work good,’” says Sgt. Jason Dwyer, a public information officer also on the substation tour. “It’s as simple as that.”

Later in the tour, Chief Moore admits that excitement over the substation will come with complaints once the building is put into use. But his comments seem to also speak to the greater issue that San Jose finds itself in—owning a host of new facilities built with bond money but having no plans for the future.

“The day we move in,” Moore says, “people will go, ‘You know what, we should have done this.’”

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seems to know when that will change, as police officers could face layoffs for the second straight year.

It would cost almost $4 million to relocate people and pay utilities on the building, according to the police chief.

“Everybody wants it open,” Moore says. “The reality of the budget is it won’t be in fiscal 2012–13. But 2013–14? We’re hoping.”

San Jose City Councilmember Ash Kalra, whose district includes the substation, has similar hopes but admits that might be wishful thinking.

“It’s highly unlikely we’re going to see the police substation any time soon,” he says, “because if I have to vote for opening a substation or having patrol officers, just like anyone on the council, I’m going to choose patrol officers.”

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TECHNOLOGY & CULTURE IN SILICON VALLEY

BY BRENDAN NYSTEDT

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many different programmers that might otherwise not have coded for a mobile platform. A former director of software for Palm says that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Palm was ahead of its time in trying to build a phone software platform using Web technology, and we just werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to execute such an ambitious and breakthrough design â&#x20AC;Ś perhaps it never could have been executed because the technology wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there yet.â&#x20AC;?

How HP Killed The TouchPad

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New York Times tech journalist Brian Chen tracked down former HP employees to get comments on what exactly went wrong. Firstly, it sounds like the project was bogged down by a clash of corporate cultures. Chen writes:

But the time has come to stop wondering about what could have been and instead focus on what will be. The TouchPad was killed after HP decided to switch gears on its hardware business. Most of the units produced were blown out at the ďŹ resale price of $99. HP WebOS has been open sourced by new CEO Meg Whitman, and now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up to HP and the WebOS community to make a future for this operating system.

PixelQIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Resolution In a year when both LCDs and Eink displays were more popular than ever, San Bruno-based PixelQI (Pronounced Pixel Chee) is seeking to split the difference with its lowpower displays.

Famously used in Nicholas Negroponteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s One Laptop Per Child

CEO Mary Lou Jepsen wants to push the envelope next year, developing rollable displays and pushing for more adoption of their unique display technology. Already, thanks to OLPC and other devices, PixelQIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s screens are found in 3 million devices, and in order to survive, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be ďŹ ghting tooth and nail in the new year.

Stanford Holds Secret Cache of Apple History When Steve Jobs returned to the company in 1997, Apple donated a ton of historical material to Stanford University. This collection was slated to go into an Apple museum, but the project was Jobsed along with other projects he deemed unnecessary.

Among the materials donated were commercials, transcripts of interviews and videos documenting the early years of the company.

The Associated Press was recently invited to see the collection by Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s curators, and detailed some of the gems of the previously forgotten hoard: Ă­ $ FRPSDQ\ YLGHR VSRRÄ?QJ WKH movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ghostbusters,â&#x20AC;? with Jobs and other executives playing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blue Busters,â&#x20AC;? a reference to rival IBM.

A former employee in sales at Palm who worked on the WebOS team at HP said the company expanded the team with layers of vice presidents, and added hundreds of engineers to develop the TouchPad. Secondly, that unďŹ nished software with so much potential turned out to be a little ambitious given the development of technology. Palm WebOS, when launched in 2009, was the only smartphone operating system based on web standard programming languages. This opened up development to

devices, the displays that PixelQI makes are dual-mode: when the backlight is activated, a full-color image can be displayed. When the displayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backlight is off, it goes black and white, in a mode that is more like E-ink where the power draw is minimal, and the screen is easy to read in sunlight, a la Amazonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kindle.

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latter of whom pulled out of the company less than two weeks after its founding.

• A 1976 letter written by a printer who had just met Jobs and Wozniak and warns his colleagues about the young entrepreneurs: “This joker (Jobs) is going to be calling you … they are two guys, they build kits, operate out of a garage.”

Samsung Draws Ire of Androidists Last week, it was revealed by Samsung that some of its Android devices wouldn’t be updated with the latest version of their operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich.

Because of the way that Google gives Android away to any and all buyers, phone makers have taken it upon themselves to bolster the user experience. Not only does this mean that companies like Samsung and HTC can improve the occasionally lackluster operating system, but they can also add features to differentiate phones from one another in the eyes of consumers. However, this has caused another problem in the world of Android. Unlike iOS or Windows Phone 7, Android phone makers are in charge of their own updates.

Furthermore, this has led to the big issue within the Android community—the “F” word: Fragmentation.

Because there are so many phones running so many versions of Android at any given time, it’s hard to make an app that will take advantage of the latest and greatest software.

While this has been going on for years, the problem just came to a head for Google. Since Ice Cream Sandwich, the company is eager to get it into the hands of users in order to show them that Android can compete with iOS in design and performance. Samsung, one of the top Android phone producers has just announced that one of its Galaxy S, the flagship Android device, won’t be able to receive the ICS update, because there isn’t enough room on the phones to accommodate the operating system and Samsung’s TouchWiz enhancements to the OS. And rather than have its phones running the stock OS, Samsung prefers its users stay behind the pack.

This looks bad compared to Apple’s update policy. Apple phones usually get about three years’ worth of updates after they’re released. But because Android is an open source OS, Google’s hands are tied and they end up looking like chumps by association.

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The archive also houses a collection of Jobs’ black turtlenecks, with a timeline of employee bloodstains in correlation with product release dates.

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SanJoseInside.com An inside look at San Jose politics

AVID READERS Libraries in San Jose, such as Martin Luther King, Jr. Library downtown, might need volunteers to survive budget cuts.

Volunteers for Our Libraries

BY PIERLUIGI OLIVERIO SAN JOSE CITY COUNCILMEMBER

DUE TO flat tax revenues and escalating pension costs, the city of San Jose has been forced to cut library hours year after year as well as make million-dollar sacrifices in all other city departments.

Even with all of the eliminations, San Jose continues to have a budget deficit. The current direction for the Library Department for fiscal year 2012–13 is to cut an additional $2 million, which ultimately equates to library staff layoffs and less hours of operation.

It is unlikely that the four libraries currently closed in four different council districts will open in the coming years with the existing library delivery model. Instead, there is a high probability that library hours across the city will be reduced again to balance the budget. At a time when we need to preserve our police staffing, it is unlikely our libraries will receive any windfall of tax revenue.

San Jose is gifted with beautiful libraries funded by voter-passed bonds. Our goal should be to open our libraries for as many hours a week as possible.

We need to re-examine the current

delivery model for San Jose libraries.

Volunteers could add value. For example, they could augment current library staff to extend the number of hours a specific library is open. This does not mean laying off current staff, but rather simply augmenting staff with volunteers to gain an extra open day a week. Or, in a worse case scenario, retaining the current hours in the face of budget cuts. In relation to volunteering for civic purposes, 71 percent of firefighters in this country are volunteers.

I hope that the mandatory meeting process—which is known as “meet and confer”—between the

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unions and the city might result in some movement to incorporate volunteers. My fear is that if we don’t make some changes now, then the council may have to consider another cost-saving alternative like outsourcing the libraries to a third party. Although outsourcing would extend the hours and days of operation, it would also most likely bring layoffs.

As I mentioned above, the vast majority of firefighters in the US volunteer, and I believe mustering volunteers for a library would be less difficult in comparison. More than 3,000 volunteers near and far have come out to support the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden, and I believe people would do the same for libraries given the opportunity.

Don Gagliardi Plenty of people in San Jose use libraries in part because they cannot afford a computer to go online.

Many are disadvantaged youth, the primary constituency of our neighborhood libraries. They would find it far more difficult to access libraries if they were all consolidated in a single place clear across town. ... We have made a sound investment in our neighborhood libraries. We need to protect that investment by keeping our branch libraries open and operating on a daily basis.

By John Rasmussen

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What’s happening in Santa Cruz County this week cast a shadow over the band’s work, from Fela Kuti to Thomas Mapfumo, James Brown to Bob Marley. But the Kenyan-born Silas and his crack 10-piece band have completely synthesized these inspirations, creating an kinetic, ecstatic sound that is undeniably their own. It’s farreaching music from a global village that only grows more interconnected by the day, delivered by musicians with chops and energy to burn. Crepe Place; $10; 9pm.

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ROBERTA GAMBARINI QUARTET

The Groggs play the Crepe Place Friday.

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THE GROGGS Stirring up a swirling sonic concoction of garage, surf, soul, post-punk, psychedelia and straight-ahead rock, the Santa Cruz-based Groggs bring to the local music scene a swaggering,

ass-kicking good-time. The power trio—Keith Thompson on guitar and vocals, Ryan Allbaugh on bass and Justin Ward on drums—takes the anti-rock-star stance, playing music for the sake of the party and working crowds into a frenzy with a hard-hitting blast of heavy, dingy, Nuggets-inspired rock & roll. Crepe Place; $5; 9pm.

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AFROFUNK EXPERIENCE You can hear a whole host of African and American influences in the music of Silas and the Afrofunk Experience.

The godfathers of modern African music, ’70s funk and vintage reggae

Voted “Rising Star Female Vocalist”

by Downbeat magazine, the Grammy-nominated Roberta Gambarini has been eliciting rave reviews and audience buzz for her dynamic presence, rich musicality and virtuosic vocal acrobatics.

Regularly compared to vocal legends such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan, the Italian-born, New York-based Gambarini has polished her skills performing alongside some of the best in the business including Herbie Hancock, Christian McBride, Toots Thielemans and legendary pianist Hank Jones, who called Gambarini the “best singer to emerge in 60 years.” Kuumbwa; $22 adv/$25 door; 7pm.

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AN IS short for fanatic, and to be a true fan you have to go above and beyond for your team.

Sometimes this means painting yourself, or your carâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or your infant. In the South Bay, there is much variety in expressing that fanatical passion; our ďŹ re engines have shark ďŹ ns, for example. For a group of talented 49ers fans, this fanaticism turned into a rally song now on YouTube.

Produced by Ben Araiza, and featuring his vocal talents, alongside Marcus â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lelâ&#x20AC;? Daniels, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Back in the Bay/49ers Faithful Anthemâ&#x20AC;? harks back to the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prior glory days as it looks forward to hopes for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Super Bowl. The video has been picking up quite a bit of steam and has been recognized by Brandon Tierney from Sports Radio 95.7 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Game.â&#x20AC;? Tierneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wise words to the fans were, â&#x20AC;&#x153;49er fans need to crank this up right now, and be heard ... rock that cubicle, screw your boss!â&#x20AC;?

The production of the song has been a long road for Araizaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crew. Even though he has put considerable time and money into the project, Araiza says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to make it 100 percent free for the fans.â&#x20AC;? It was originally conceived to

pump up the fans for last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season.

The ďŹ rst incarnation of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Faithful Anthem/Back in the Bayâ&#x20AC;? featured PďŹ fe Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest, but after the less-thanspectacular beginning to the season, the Niners shelved the track. It was a blow to all fans, but especially to Araiza, who had invested his time, money and heart in the project. The new season erased bad memories, however, and brought a new fervor to the crew and an updated rally anthem for the faithful. As Araiza puts it, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You gotta live and die with your team.â&#x20AC;?

This incarnation of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Faithful Anthem/Back in the Bayâ&#x20AC;? replaces Phife Dawgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance on the second verse with Araizaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. ConďŹ&#x201A;icts in scheduling forced Araiza to step to the mic. With the season heating up, the group decided to release the track for the beneďŹ t of the fans rather than not participate in their teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drive to dominance. The video was shot in two days. Araizaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cousin Marcus St. Marcus heard the track and decided to do the video immediately. The tailgate footage was pulled from Gabriel Masinasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; collection of fan videos. Araiza has never met Masinas, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great example of how two fans brought their passion together to create something all the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s followers can appreciate. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Tomek Mackowiak

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The CreaTiVe Awards, though, are the crème de la crème. A variety of finalists in a variety of categories

parade their stuff at the reception and awards ceremony, which goes down this year on Jan. 7 at the California Theatre. The afterparty will take over Eulipia immediately following the ceremony.

Categories include Creative Excellence awards for directors, producers and editors. Awards will go to best Bay Area Public Community Access TV Series, as well as PSAs, short documentaries and works from students aged 13 and up. Tuxedo rental shops will make a fortune.

Even better, this year’s CreaTiVe Awards will officially merge with First Fest, a virtual awards ceremony that usually takes place every New Year’s Day, offering a lighthearted mashup of new, novel and pioneering achievements in Silicon Valley.

Each year, anyone can nominate the “first” of anything across a handful of categories, as long as it happened in

San Jose or Silicon Valley.

Some examples: San Jose native and rock promoter Paul Catalana was the first promoter to bring the Beatles to the Bay Area. Barbara Day Turner founded the first professional chamber orchestra in San Jose in 1991. In the late ’60s, Doug Englebart invented what became the computer mouse at the Augmentation Research Center at Stanford Research Institute.

On the 1,939-acre Rancho Potrero de Santa Clara, Christopher Shelton introduced the first honeybees to California in March 1853. And long before he invented the Wave at some other sport up the freeway somewhere, Krazy George revolutionized the pro sports experience at Spartan Stadium during San Jose Earthquakes matches in the ’70s.

This year will be the fourth incarnation of First Fest. About 100 to 150 nominees each year are whittled down by several judges, including Steve Wozniak. 1stACT Silicon Valley, a venture-ish organization that seedfunds specific initiatives and projects, helped with the initial funding, took part in each fest on previous New Year’s Days and now envisions CreaTV

as the partner that can rightfully embed the First Fest and manage it for the long term.

“So much of First Fest has become a matter of how do you archive all this stuff, how do you maintain it,” said Joshua Russell, 1stACT’s director of communications and emerging initiatives, “which is, for us, the reason CreaTV is such a great partner. We usually focus our energy around the time of the festival itself. And then it falls back after that. With CreaTV, they have the desire to promote it, find ways to include different firsts throughout the rest of the year, and it gives the whole thing a lot more life, a lot more legs.”

On the First Fest website (www. firstfest.org), one can view all the nominees and winners from the last three years, as well as those up for glory this time around. Six categories of firsts comprise the competition: Personal, Business & Tech, Sports, Arts & Culture, Historical and People’s Choice.

We learn, for example, that Alan Simpkins from San Jose invented the first leak detector for the U.S. space program, and that he also invented the first scramble phone for the White House. We discover that Antoine Delmas, for whom the street is named, was the first to bring the zinfandel grape to Northern California in 1852 and later won many awards for his wine grape varieties.

And so much more: TiVo, of course, was founded in Alviso. The first Togo’s sat on William Street between Seventh and Eighth streets in downtown San Jose. The Mirassou family has been making wine since 1854 and has the proud distinction of being America’s oldest continuous winemaking family.

“I’m sure every region has its own unique firsts, and that’s what then becomes a rallying point for that area,” Russell declared. “Our unique firsts are our own. So let’s celebrate them. If we don’t do it, nobody else will.”

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POLITICS The electoral college will be replaced by a system where voters will choose the polling firm they trust the most. Barack Obama will be re-elected because his vice-presidential running mate Joe Biden will be replaced by Hillary Clinton, thereby gaining the women’s vote. Failed Republican campaigners will all take other jobs. Mitt Romney will start smoking a pipe and portray the character Bob Dobbs in a movie about the cultish Church of the SubGenius. Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain will form the Adultery Party to run in 2016, joined by Democrats John Edwards and Bill Clinton. Ron Paul will unite with RuPaul,

and they’ll perform on Dancing With the Stars. Rick Santorum will be caught in an airport bathroom stall having a gay encounter. Michele Bachmann will launch a lie-detector company. Rick Perry will copyright the word “Oops.” And it will be revealed that Donald Trump was actually born on Mars; he will have a birth certificate to prove it, along with a photo of him as a Martian baby with the first comb-over ever.

change his name to Tofuloaf.

Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy will win Academy Awards for best male and female actors.

Angelina Jolie will legally adopt Brad Pitt. Kim Kardashian will get married and divorced on the same day. The Tea Party will become a popular sitcom.

Capital-punishment executions will become a top-rated realityTV series. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ will occur live on a three-hour special to be telecast on every single channel simultaneously, with an offstage voiceover narration by God. Atheists and agnostics will picket the production, only to be struck by lightning. Howard Stern will expose himself on America’s Got Talent. The Taliban and al-Quaeda will be the final competitors on The Biggest Terrorists. Hulu and Netflix will merge as Huflix.

SHOW BUSINESs Vegetarian converts will include Lady Gaga, who will wear a dress made entirely of heirloom tomatoes, and Meatloaf will

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FASHION TRENDS Square Hitler-style mustaches will finally become stylish after decades of ridicule. Botox will become a soft drink that will get rid of unwanted wrinkles from the inside. Pornography will be allowed in public libraries, but moaning out loud will definitely not be permitted.

Fetus transplants from poor pregnant girls to wealthy antiabortion women will become a controversial new fad. Arizona, Mississippi and Tennessee will refuse to recognize Leap Year. Lottery winners will be fingerprinted. Private prisons will be turned into ashrams.

Inspired by Steve Jobs, many industries will continue his legacy by transforming planned obsolescence into a virtue.

Prescription drugs will become children’s names, such as Ambien

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and Lipitor. Travel agents will begin arranging guilt trips for clients who have given up on airplanes. Combination vibrators and insomnia cures will be invented, trademarked as Dildoze.

Pope Benedict XVI will permit condoms to be marketed if there are tiny pinhole pricks in the reservoir tips in order to ensure a fighting chance for spermatozoa to get through. Serial pedophiles, gay bashers and Internet hackers will form unions.

THE ECONOMY The Department of Energy will release a report concluding that so-called “clean coal” is, in

point of fact, “filthy dirty.” The largest protest in history will take place by ongoing Occupythe-Federal-Reserve-System demonstrations. The recession will evolve into a depression, which will end quickly as the war on drugs morphs into legalization as every single strain of cannabis will be designated as medical marijuana. Facebook members will be taxed for every friend, Twitter users will be taxed for every tweet, Monsanto will be taxed for every genetically modified food, and masturbators will be taxed for every ejaculation. The Supreme Court will download all corporations into embryos.

Several million jobs will be created as Unemployment Insurance clerks.

made in China will be increasingly pirated by American entrepreneurs.

Global warming will continue to melt icebergs as well as Sarah Palin’s cold heart. World will end on Dec. 21, but will begin all over again on Dec. 23, just in time for last-minute Christmas shopping.

The most popular gift will be cans of pepperspray in a variety of flavors. Pakistan will continue to be bribed by us. The Nobel Peace Prize will be secretly awarded to Anonymous.

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Google will address charges that it favors its own services by reinventing itself as a portal and eliminating all non-

Google URLs from its search results.

Wearable video devices resembling Bluetooth earpieces become the latest fashion accessory, prompting Facebook to introduce “Realtimeline,” in which everyone’s waking moments are broadcast and archived. The service’s popularity, however, causes Facebook’s first “unscheduled maintenance” service outage.

Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt and Larry Page will host This Old Hangar, a PBS show about the refurbishment of Moffett Field’s Hangar One.

Facebook will be confronted with a serious threat from new social-media website YourSpace, where people can create profiles for everyone else but not themselves.

Apple will release the iPad3 to much fanfare. It will feature beefed-up specs and a super-high-resolution display.

It will be hailed as the most powerful tablet yet, but old people will still insist on typing everything into the Google search bar.

Apple will unveil its new iPod Nano, which will be so small that a number of theories will arise that the company is selling empty boxes (Apple will be unable to prove otherwise).

FILM In the new year, 4-D films willt become the latest hope for movie exhibitors reeling from the worst box office receipts in more than a decade. The state-of-the-art 4-D system, “360 Degree Chronotropia”™, is unveiled in a Santa Clara research park. 4-D glasses (available for a $10 surcharge)

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There is something that is supposed to occur in 2012 involving Bolon Yokte, the mysterious Mayan god of judgment; Quetzalcoatl, a snaky deity who’s been curled up in Plaza de Cesar Chavez for two decades, is also rumored to make an appearance this year.

Recent support for all this end-of-world talk comes from an inscription found on the so-called “Comalcalco Brick,” which ostensibly corroborates the Tortuguero stone tablet that inspired the 2012 popculture frenzy.

The brick calibrates the end of 13th Baktun, a roughly 394-year period, to December. A crack in the weathered block makes the complete text hard to decipher, though some scholars read the glyphs as saying: “He will descend from the sky.”

NASA scientists say no celestial objects are headed our way, however, and that the dwarf planet Eris will remain at a safe distance of about 4 billion miles away.

“Nothing bad will happen to the Earth in 2012,” they assure, though they obviously were not talking about capital markets, the coming presidential election or the Iranian nuclear program.

At minimum, ancient metaphysical constructs present useful opportunities to think about the present state of the world. In this week’s issue, our writers seize the opportunity to share their predictions for the coming year, whether we make it to the end or not. —Dan Pulcrano

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Rival engineers proclaim 4-D dead with their development of 5-D technology.

After the founders flee to Venezuela with the IPO money,

the 5-D system is revealed as nothing but a VHS cassette of 45 minutes of footage of pop sensations the Fifth Dimension.

In order to enhance user experience and entice back disgruntled former subscribers, Netflix will replace Streaming with Miming. A Netflix employee will come to renter’s

house and personally re-enact— Marcel Marceau style—the movie of their choice.

Meryl Streep will nab three highly coveted roles in the coming year, including Condoleeza Rice, the lead in the Steve Jobs biopic and Christian Bale’s replacement in the next Batman film. There will

obviously be an outcry, however, since she is, well, over 40.

MUSIC After widespread success from Oakland rapper Kreayshawn and her White Girl Mob in 2011 (more than

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28 million views on YouTube in six months), â&#x20AC;&#x153;basic bitchesâ&#x20AC;? ditch their chic Gucci wardrobe for cheap thrift store threads, excessive piercings and tattoos of fast-food menu items.

Bob Dylan will release an album of pro-Occupation anthems in honor of the ďŹ rst major protest revival since his

The San Jose Police Department will ďŹ ght a new late-night foe in the downtown area: tumbleweeds.

Rolling rogue Russian thistles, growing in front of abandoned nightclubs and shuttered local businesses, will go wild at night.

They will break speed limits and endanger the few pedestrians who arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t being pulled over by the police for slovenliness and bad attitude. Meanwhile, moaning winds and dust devils will fracture San Joseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough

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new noise-control and airquality regulations.

In December, West Valley DisuniďŹ ed Four-Year Feeder College releases will list of the Most Overused Words of 2012. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aiyeeeeee!â&#x20AC;? leads the list, with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arrgh!,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nooooo!â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Medic!â&#x20AC;? as the runnersup. Officially â&#x20AC;&#x153;banned from the English languageâ&#x20AC;? are sentences like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, my God, this isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happening!,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Please spare my life, kill the kids insteadâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Welcome, Sacred Tentacled Overlords, I am your quivering slave.â&#x20AC;?

Downtown San Jose will displace San Francisco as the Bay Areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hip, high-tech hub.

Dozens of new startups staffed by single-speed-bike-pedaling twentysomethings will ďŹ&#x201A;ood into downtown spurring a housing and restaurant boom.

A lively music scene will emerge, spawning what will become known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;San Jo soundâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;punkedout electronica-meets-low-ďŹ yodeling. New cafes selling premium quality coffee will multiply. Then someone will complain about the noise and lack of parking, and police will shut it all down. All the cool kids will go back to San Francisco.

Construction of a high-speed rail line between Sacramento and L.A. will continue, and will be completed roughly around the time of total unemployment, give or take a week.

Occupy San Jose will grow

dramatically as the weather grows warm, with June seeing the group reach at least a dozen members.

A liberalized North Korea will become the newest low-wage destination for Silicon Valley outsourcing, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;commie kimchiâ&#x20AC;? will replace Greek restaurants as the trendiest local culinary trend.

The murder rate in Santa Clara County will have no choice but to go down due to the sheer number of people killed in 2011.

The Hells Angels will ďŹ nally break the catch-22 of having to hold funerals for members who are killed at each othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; funerals.

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Team Cougar rejoices while football fans grab a refill.

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POP CULTURE After the shocking news that Russell Brand and Katy Perry are getting a divorce, state legislators will recognize the special nature of Hollywood marriages. Given that that the average union between actors and pop stars lasts a mere 17.5 months, lawmakers will create the “Kardashian Union,” a legally binding contract between a

famous man and famous woman that sunsets in six months, and houses built-in endorsement deals for the divorce.

Harold Camping will make another of his seemingly endless Rapture predictions, this time envisioning the world’s end on Novemebr 16, the opening weekend of the final Twilight film—a date most anticipated as the return of culture, not the end of it.

Alarmed at their lack of native reality TV stars, San Jose city officials will in March produce a birth certificate showing James Durbin was actually hatched from the Quetzalcoatl statue in Plaza de Cesar Chavez. After this is proven to be fake, Chuck Reed and Sam Liccardo will oversee a top-secret project to build a new Kardashian from spare parts. Their plot will be exposed, however, after they unwisely name Kim’s “long lost sister” Sharkie.

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That would be a mistake. The key to Village Falafel’s identity can be found tucked away in much smaller font on the sign outside its (also rather nondescript) location

in Cupertino: “Armenian and Mediterranean Cuisine.”

More specifically, the food at Village Falafel is Lebanese-Armenian.

The Armenian genocide under the Ottoman Empire in World War I led to a diaspora that saw Armenians resettling all over the world. There was a large influx of Armenians into Lebanon, and there are many thriving Armenian communities there to this day.

Not surprisingly, considering its geographical spot at the crossroads of several cultures, Armenian cooking has incorporated traditions and flavors from all over through the centuries.

But it has many proud culinary specialties of its own, and one of the things I love about the folks at Village Falafel is their genuine warmth and willingness to help a neophyte navigate them.

Let’s face it, most non-Armenian visitors are not likely to have experienced Armenian food before, and there are plenty of menu items

that they’re more familiar with (shawerma, falafel, hummus, etc.).

And yet, after just a couple of minutes of peppering one of the chefs with questions about the ins and outs of certain dishes, he was making me a delicious Lebanese-style labneh wrap—labneh is a thick strained yogurt, like a sublime version of cream cheese—that isn’t even on the menu.

That friendliness, and the general family atmosphere at Village Falafel, is reflected in the number of regulars, both Armenian and non-Armenian, who frequent it. The ambience is quite casual, and takeout is easy, but there are reasons to sit down and stay a while, too. One is the plate of pita chips and hummus that they bring to each table to hold you over while you’re waiting for your food. Another is the dish of spicy sauce at each table—why do Mediterranean places always have the tangiest and tastiest hot sauces?

Portions are large and service attentive. Lunch can get very busy, but dinner seems more relaxed, with loud mood music and a lot of interaction between diners and the kitchen.

Wraps ($6–$12) are the easiest way to try out the Armenian meats. My favorite was the soujouk, a seasoned beef sausage that is almost like an

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Armenian chorizo, It’s subtle but smoky, with just a hint of cinnamon.

Armenians are known for some of the best basterma in the world.

Basterma is air-dried cured beef and takes some getting used to because it’s very salty, but it grows on you. If basterma tastes a little like pastrami, that’s because it is pastrami—at least, the two meats share a Yiddish root (pastromeh), and basterma is also called pastirma. The ma’aneh, on the other hand, is a beef sausage with more of a pepperoni taste and is much more instantly accessible for the nonArmenian eater.

Khorovats is the Armenian word for barbecued or grilled meats, and their skill with them is renowned. They are listed under the better-known category of “shish kebab” here, but in any language, they are amazing. The chicken shish kebab in particular is so tender and delicately spiced, with just enough of a charbroiled edge to add to the flavor, but not enough to distract from the essence of the meat.

The hummus is a bit tart for me, favoring lemon over tahini, but the baba ghannouj is remarkable, the absolute creamiest and brightest I’ve had. Village Falafel does a lot of impressive things with vegetables, in fact, including an eggplant wrap.

Despite the many meats featured in Armenian cooking, there are a number of vegetarian options .

The obvious question for a place named Village Falafel is: How is the falafel? Flavor-wise, very good, but rather soft for me in terms of texture.

I much prefer a crispy outer shell. I wish they had better fries, but I have to admit I’m still tempted to try the “french fry wrap,” made with pickles, cole slaw, ketchup and aioli.

Dessert should not be missed. It’s rare to say that about a Mediterranean place, especially with so much subpar baklava floating around, but it’s on a whole other level here. Moist and honey-drenched, it has an unusual rosewater finish.

Even better is the kenafeh, a syrupysweet pastry of shredded phyllo.

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AMBER INDIA Northern Indian, tandoori. $$. Meals unfold like a bolt of rare silk, served with care and efficiency in a rich, luminous interior. Dishes are complex and varied. 11:30am2:30pm, 5-9:45pm daily. 2290 El Camino Real. 650.968.7511.

AMICI’S EAST COAST PIZZERIA Pizza/Italian. $$.

When it’s done right, East Coast pizza can be a glorious thing.

Dough is rolled ultrathin and served noticeably charred on the sides and bottom, the ideal combination for a “foldable” slice on the go. It’s done right here. 11am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri, 11:30am-11pm Sat, 11:30am-10pm Sun. 790 Castro St. 650.961.6666.

BODRUM CAFE Turkish. $$.

The menu at Bodrum Cafe is extensive and covers a lot of ground, but it’s the lamb dishes that stand out. A good place to start is with the lahmacun (Turkey’s take on pizza) and the kebabs. 10am-10pm daily. 383 Castro St. 650.396.7010.

CASCAL Spanish tapas. $$$.

The tapas menu yields big tastes in small portions at this pan-Latin charmer. Calamari, roasted quail and minted lamb meatballs are among the delicacies. Full bar. 11:30am10pm Mon-Sun. 400 Castro St. 650.940.9500.

CHAAT PARADISE Vegetarian Indian. $. Golden spices predominate at this popular spot for inexpensive, fun-toeat traditional Indian fare.

Casual shopping-center surroundings. 11:30-10pm Mon-Sun. 165 E. Camino Real.

650.965.1111.

CHINA CAFE Mandarin, Szechuan. $$. A little surprise in the Blossom Valley Center promises uptown ambience, spotless surroundings and well-presented classical Chinese cuisine. 1760 Miramonte Ave. 650.968.2298.

DON GIOVANNI Italian. $$$.

This pumpkin-hued eatery faces the bustling downtown with a handsome demeanor of mahogany and candlelight. Full bar. 11am-2pm, 5-9pm Mon-Fri, 11am-9pm Sat-Sun. 235 Castro St. 650.961.9749.

LE PETIT BISTRO Classic French. $$. There’s a lot to like about this pinch of a place with its simple, practiced French cuisine and quiet dining. Casual. Beer, wine. 5:309:30pm Tue-Sat. 1405 W. El Camino Real. 650.964.3321.

MARU ICHI Japanese noodles. $. Maru Ichi is a true noodle shop. While there are a few appetizers on the menu, the slurpable house-made noodles—ramen, soba and udon—are what you want.

Go for the house specialty kuro ramen or the soy sauce ramen. Beer and wine. Cash only. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5-10pm Mon-Fri, 11:30am-10pm Sat, 11:30am-9pm Sun. 368 Castro St. 650.564.9931.

NAMI NAMI Japanese. $$$.

Nami Nami specializes in kappo-style Japanese food, prepared in the artful, laborintensive, seasonally driven style associated with the city of Kyoto. For diners willing to open their minds and mouths, it offers one of the most exciting restaurant experiences in the Bay Area. 11:30am-2pm Tue-Sun, 7-10pm Tue-Thu and 6-11pm Fri-Sat. 240 Castro St. 650.964.6990.

NETO CAFFE AND BAKERY Cafe. $$. Neto Caffe and Bakery is a busy, good-looking

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space that has a happy buzz about it. There’s a little bit of everything including a number of Middle Eastern specialties.

7am-10pm daily. 135 Castro St. 650.625.9888.

PHO TO CHAU Vietnamese noodle house. $. The pho here is an honest noodle soup. Firsttimers might want to stick with the basic pho chin, topped with slices of beef brisket.

11am-10pm daily. 853 Villa St. 650.961.8069.

THE SPICE ISLANDS CAFE Singaporean, Malaysian, Indonesian. $$. This restaurant will send your taste buds to the tropics. Talented chefs put out dishes full of spice and passion, like jumbo chile prawns, papaya salad and Malaysian spareribs. The menu is expansive. Prices are reasonable. 210 Hope St. 650.960.1888.

SUSHI TOMI Japanese. $$.

Sushi Tomi serves Japanese food with an elegant simplicity.

Sushi and sashimi are ocean fresh. For a real treat, ask for an omakase dinner and let the chef put together a tasting menu for you. Lunch 11:30am2pm daily; dinner 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Fri, 5-9:30pm Sat, 5-9pm Sun. 635 W. Dana St. 650.968.3227.

TAQUERÍA LOS CHARROS Mexican. $. This clean and fetching diner is the place for authentic fare. Generous portions. 6:30am-10pm MonFri, 6:30am-11pm Sat, 8am10pm Sun. 854 W. Dana St. 650.969.1464.

VASO AZZURRO Ristorante Italian. $$$. Entrees are

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Dessert lives up to the rest of the meal. Beer, wine. 11:30am2pm Mon-Fri, 5-9pm Mon-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat, 5-9:30pm Sun. 108 Castro St. 650.940.1717.

XANH RESTAURANT Modern Vietnamese. $$.

Xanh (pronounced “zahn”) epitomizes the new breed of upscale, contemporary Vietnamese restaurant. The appealing menu ranges from the traditional to the unconventional and includes rolls, salads, noodles, small plates and full-size entrees.

11:30am-2pm, 4:30pmclose Mon-Fri. 110 Castro St. 650.964.1888

YAKKO Japanese, sushi bar. $$. A pairing of swift service with an exotic range of sushi and udon makes this a favorite among sushi lovers. Beer, wine. 11:30am-2pm Mon-Sun, 5:30-9:30pm Sun-Thu, 5:3010:30pm Fri-Sat. 975 W. Dana St. 650.960.0626.

ZUCCA Mediterranean. $$.

Time slows and the paella glows at this Turkish/Spanish charmer: lamb kofte, spicy shrimp, steak, baklava.

11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 510pm Mon-Sun. 186 Castro St. 650.864.9940.

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BISTRO ELAN California French. $$$. The only problem with the menu is that it’s all tempting. Using seasonal produce, the chef allows flavors to speak for themselves. Wine, beer. 11:30am-1:30pm Tue-Fri, 5:30-9:30pm Tue-Sat. 448 California Ave. 650.327.0284.

BISTRO MAXINE Cafe. $$.

Bistro Maxine is a bright, friendly little spot, a coffee shop and creperie rolled into one. If you’re lucky, you’ll snag one of the five indoor or two outdoor tables while perusing the long but straightforward menu. 8am-2pm 6-10pm Tue-Fri, 9am-4pm Sun. 548 Ramona St. 650.323.1815.

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CAFE BRIOCHE Southern French. $$. Mediterranean magic: exceptional cuisine on oversize plates is whisked to tables as soon as it’s created.

Breakfast 9-11am, lunch 11am3pm, dinner 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Fri; brunch 9am-3pm, dinner 5:30-10pm Sat-Sun. 445 California Ave. 650.326.8640.

CAFFE RIACE Trattoria. $$. An absolute joy. Every dish is made with honest expertise—no tricky trendiness here.

The homey offerings are based on wholesome Italian staples. Beer, wine. 11:30am2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5-10pm Mon-Sun. 200 Sheridan Ave. 650.328.0407.

CALAFIA CAFE AND MARKET A GO-GO Eclectic. $$. Calafia Cafe and Market A Go-Go combines elements of the fast-food world and the laborintensive slow cooking of more-high-end restaurants.

Chef and owner Charlie Ayers (who was Google’s first chef) calls his concept “slow food fast”—good-to-eat and goodfor-you food that he hopes will appeal to Silicon Valley’s frenetic, too-busy-to-eat pace of life. Look for good burgers, pizza, salads and fresh fish.

11am-9pm Mon-Fri, 9am-9pm Sat-Sun. 858 El Camino Real.

650.322.9200.

COUPA CAFE Venezuelan. $$. Venezuela is best known for its oil production and resilient populist president; Coupa shines attention on the country’s premium coffee and chocolate. The beautiful storefront also serves excellent arepas, white corn griddle cakes stuffed with various fillings. 7am-11pm daily. 538 Ramona St. 650.322.6872.

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420 Emerson St. 650.326.0983.

FUKI SUSHI Japanese. $$$.

For over two decades this superb Japanese restaurant has served sushi to Nobel laureates and other grateful foodies. Open daily. 4119 El Camino Real. 11:30am-10pm Tue-Sun. 650.494.9383. www. fukisushi.com.

GORDON BIERSCH New American. $$$. Food takes equal billing with ambience and fine handmade beers at the first in this group of successful brewpubs. The menu is so fine-tuned, though, it could thrive even without a brewery attached. Beer, wine.

11:30am-10pm daily. 640 Emerson St. 650.323.7723. Also 33 E. San Fernando St, San Jose. 408.294.6785.

GREEN ELEPHANT GOURMET Burmese. $$. Burmese food draws influences from its three largest neighbors: China, India and Thailand. Standouts here include the coconut chicken soup, tangy tea leaf salad and refreshing glass noodle salad. Lunch 11am2:30pm, dinner 4:30-9pm daily. 3950 Middlefield Rd (Charleston Shopping Center).

650.494.7391.

GYROS GYROS Mediterranean. $. The lunch crowd turns out in force to grapple with the oversize, and messy, lamb and beef gyros, chicken gyros and other treats. That’s especially true on sunny afternoons, when the sidewalk tables fill with folks downing the juicy sandwiches. 11am-11pm daily. 498 University Ave. 650.327.0107.

California grill. $$. Waiters with charm to spare, an energetic clientele and a menu packed with grilled, roasted and smoked intensity make Empire Grill much more than simply a smart place to sip a cosmopolitan. Full bar. Tue-Sun 11:30am-10pm. 651 Emerson St. 650.321.3030.

JUNNOON Contemporary Indian. $$$. This attractive Palo Alto restaurant serves eclectic modern Indian food, the kind you might get at an upscale restaurant in Bangalore or Mumbai. You could easily make a meal from the great selection of appetizers. 11:30am-2:30pm and 5:30-10pm Mon-Fri, 5:3010:30pm Sat. 150 University Ave. 650.329.9644.

EVVIA Contemporary Aegean.

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$$$. Forward flavors and plenty of laughter—that’s Dionysian dining. Evvia feels like a little taverna on Paros, only with an unmistakable Bay

Cuban/California. $$$. Themed after a vintage Havana haunt of Ernest Hemingway’s, this zesty restaurant serves

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LAVANDA Mediterranean. $$$. This urban grill at the top of University Avenue offers eclectic, small tasting plates, along with heartier fare such as roasted sea bass with chanterelle mushrooms and guinea fowl with sautéed chard. 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Sun, 5-10pm Mon-Thu, 5-11pm Fri-Sat, 5-9pm Sun. 185 University (at Emerson).

650.321.3514.

MANTRA French, American and Indian. $$$. Mantra serves inventive French and American food that speaks with an Indian accent. It isn’t fusion, but a more subtle blend of surprisingly compatible flavors and techniques. Lunch 11:30am2:30pm Tue-Fri, dinner 5-10pm Sun-Thu and 5:3010:30pm Fri-Sat. 632-636 Emerson St. 650.322.3500.

MAYFIELD BAKERY AND CAFE American. $$$. With its simple but handsome décor, open kitchen fronted by a long counter and tidy stacks of split almond logs tucked against the wall for the great-smelling woodburning oven, Mayfield Bakery and Cafe presents updated versions of seasonally driven Mediterranean and American classics—big, bold, rustic flavors and simple preparations that aim to let locally grown ingredients speak for themselves without any undue manipulation or pretence. You know the stuff: Niman Ranch burgers, spitroasted meats, frisée salads with crumbled bacon and a poached egg on top, pizzas, grilled fish, crusty, fresh bread and hearty, satisfying desserts.

8am-4pm and 5-9pm MonFri; 9am-4pm and 5-9pm Sat-Sun. 855 El Camino Real.

650.853.9200.

OSTERIA Italian. $$.

Authentic Italian cooking done by skilled chefs from Italy. Be

sure to make a reservation, or you’ll be lucky to put a single foot through the door. Beer, wine. 11:30am-2pm MonFri, 5-10pm Mon-Sat. 247 Hamilton St. 650.328.5700.

PAMPAS Brazilian steakhouse. $$$. Pampas is a meat lover’s haven. The $44 rodizio service gets you unlimited spitroasted meat. The sprawling side bar offers one of the most extensive selections of vegetarian options you’ll find in a nonvegetarian restaurant.

Lunch 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, dinner 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 5-10:30pm Fri-Sat and 5-9pm Sun. 529 Alma St. 650.327.1323.

QUATTRO RESTAURANT AND BAR Italian. $$$$.

Quattro Restaurant and Bar brings high-style, impeccably sourced Italian cuisine to the South Bay, an area that has about as many great Italian restaurants as it does snow days. Breakfast 6:30-11am Mon-Sun, lunch 11:30am2:30pm Mon-Sat and dinner 5:30-10pm Mon-Sun. 2050 University Ave. 650.470.2889.

REPOSADO Mexican. $$$.

Reposado offers modern, refined Mexican food served in a lively setting. The restaurant is easily one of Palo Alto’s most striking.

The soaring, exposed beam ceilings make the dining room feel at once industrial and inviting because of the warm colors, wood accents and dramatic light fixtures. There’s a beautiful bar and cozy booth seating on one side and spacious table and banquette seating on the other. Great selection of tequila. 11:30am10pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-11pm Fri-Sat and 11:30am-9pm Sun. 236 Hamilton Ave. 650.833.3151.

RESTAURANT SOLEIL New American. $$$$. A mouthwatering menu and an elegant, golden-hued room shine together at Soleil, upstairs in the Westin Palo Alto. Local ingredients and provocative sauces create dishes worthy of the wine list.

Breakfast 6am-11am, Dinner 5-10:30pm. 675 El Camino Real. 650.321.4422.

ST. MICHAEL’S ALLEY New California. $$$. Reservations

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are a must at this smart bistro, whose menu includes inventive potato, meat and seafood dishes that tilt toward New American cookery. Beer, wine. 11:30am-2pm Tue-Fri, 5:30-9:30pm Tue-Sat; brunch 10am-2pm Sat-Sun. 806 Emerson St. 650.326.2530.

SHOKOLAAT. Modern European. $$. Shokolaat’s open kitchen and pastry display counter are as gleaming and clean as a laboratory, a fitting setting for the restaurant’s technically precise, modern European cooking. Counter open 8am9pm (to-go only 4-9pm); lunch 11:30am-2pm TueSun, dinner 5:30-10:30pm Tue-Sun. 516 University Ave. 650.289.0719.

SPALTI RISTORANTE Italian. $$. Along with a handsome interior, Spalti offers good wine and sparkling flavors.

Beer, wine. 11am-2pm MonFri, 5-9:30pm Mon-Sun. 417 California Ave. 650.327.9390.

STRAITS CAFE Singapore exotica. $$. Blending culinary motifs from India, China and Thailand, the food of Singapore is anything but timid. The menu at Straits is lavish and diverse. Full bar.

11:30-2pm Mon-Fri, 5:309:30pm Sun-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 3295 El Camino Real.

650.494.7168.

TAMARINE New Vietnamese. $$$. A mesmerizing back bar of natural bamboo and glass sleekly adjoins a wall showcasing original artwork.

Even the waitstaff is sleek, clad in Prada black. Entrees are gorgeous and deeply aromatic. 546 University Ave. 650.325.8500.

THREE SEASONS Modern Vietnamese. $$$. Much of the menu is familiar, but the food at Three Seasons scores because of its superior execution and light touch. A cool, two-level dining room dominated by a striking circular stained-glass ceiling and an ornate wooden bar that serves great cocktails help set Three Seasons apart, too. Lunch 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri; dinner 5:30-10pm Sun-Thu and 5:30-11pm Fri-Sat. 518 Bryant St. 650.838.0353.

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LEMON PARTY Blank Club, San Jose Wed – 9pm; free

San Francisco outfit Lemon Party has lots of raw grooves and hyper punk energy, but it’s peppered with a spastic, neurotic indie-rock vibe, so the songs end up sounding more like eruptions of internal turmoil than outward aggression.

The style is reminiscent of classic indie-rock bands such as Sebedoh, which make listened feel like they are all alone with the band rather than part of movement. The album cover for Lemon Party’s new 7inch, “Mannish Water,” features a simple childlike drawing that is both fun and an expression of

the frantic id. The image seems to capture exactly where Lemon Party is coming from. Opening the show is Yulia, Sim Castro’s (formerly of Albert Square) new band. (AC)

NOFX The Catalyst, Santa Cruz Wed – 8pm; $25 Aging punk bands used to be a joke, and maybe some still are, but thankfully there’s still NoFX. For almost 30 years straight, the deviant minds of Fat Mike, El Hefe, Eric Melvin and Erik Sandin have been writing songs ranging from the crude to the political, and always with a great sense of humor. With roughly a dozen albums under their belt, not to mention a slew of singles and EPs resulting in more than 300 songs, NoFX has pounded its way to the top of the punk food

chain, all while never signing to a major label. If that’s not punk, then I guess I’m blind. Must be something stickin’ in my eye. No Use for a Name opens. (MW)

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FASCINATING CREATURES OF THE DEEP Blank Club, San Jose Fri – 8pm; $30 Santa Cruz’s Fascinating Creatures of the Deep are fairly new to the scene, part of the latest wave of bands to prove that the shimmering, rumbling appeal of surf-rock will never die. How many instrumental rock genres

have lasted as long? At this show, Fascinating Creatures get to play on the same bill as their hero, Dick Dale—the very man who gave a voice to the tides in rock & roll. They’re part of the cult that’s grown up around Dale in the last 20 years, as he’s been reinvented as a pick-shredding, power-riffing force of nature, losing some of the subtlety of his original sound, but adding a raw power that confounds everyone from surfers to metalheads. Dale plays with a full band at this show, and Beachkrieg also opens. (SP)

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ME THE MOUNTAIN

The Refuge, Cupertino Sat – 6pm; $10 Long gone are the days of making fun of Stryper’s bumblebee outfits—Christian metal is huge. Thanks to bands like Devil Wears Prada, As I Lay Dying and especially Underoath, God-fearing metalcore in particular has been converting the mainstream in numbers no one thought possible.

San Jose’s Me the Mountain got in on the action last summer with their debut album Speak, and unlike some of the cagier arewe-or-aren’t-we Christian metal

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DICK DALE

MACEO PARKER Jan 11 at 7:30pm, Montalvo Arts Center

TUMBLEDOWN

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL Jan 13-15 at HP Pavilion

SIMONE DINNERSTEIN Jan 14 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center

THEATRE OF VOICES Jan 25 at 8pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford

DIAVOLO DANCE THEATRE Jan 28 at 8pm, Memorial Auditorium, Stanford

WILCO Jan 28 at the San Jose Civic

ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET Jan 29 at 2:30pm, Dinkelspiel, Stanford

RICHARD EGARR, BACH RECITAL Feb 1 at 8pm, Dinkelspiel, Stanford

ERIC BIBB Feb 4 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center

SOCIAL DISTORTION Feb 9 at Santa Cruz Civic

WILLIE K Feb 10 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center

SPENCER DAY Feb 11 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center

ERA goes country in MxPx rocker MIKE HERR

TUMBLEDOWN, who play

the Blank Sunday.

SUPER LOVE JAM Feb 11 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion

KRONOS QUARTET bands these six guys don’t beat bands, around the burning bush, mixing personal and religious themes and even reaching into biblical apocrypha for allusions to the archangel of Death in “Azrael” (no, he wasn’t just Gargamel’s cat).

(SP)

mixing since he was a tweener tweener.

When he caught the ear of Bay Area trendsetter DJ E-Rock, the deal was sealed. He soon had a gig on Wild 94.9’s “Club 949” (now “Club 997” on Movin 99.7), and dropped his original moniker “HellaMiles,” which was reportedly considered a little too Yay Area in some circles. (SP)

DJ MILES MEDINA

ANOTHER VOID

Studio 8, San Jose Sat – 10pm; $20 after 11pm

Caravan, San Jose Sat – 9pm; free

The fact that Miles Medina was spinning in 21-and-over clubs before he was out of his teens might make it seem like he had an awfully short road to becoming one of the hottest DJs in San Francisco. But in fact he won his first DJ battle when he was 14 years old (at Guitar Center, no less), and had been fooling with

If the name reminds you of the Black Sabbath’s “Into The Void,” then you’re not that far off. Another Void’s sound comes from the depths of the souls of seasoned local musicians. Combining elements of hard rock and heavy metal, they’ve taken cues from the Prince of Darkness’ first band, Alice in Chains and Helmet. Brevity is

the soul of wit wit, and Another Void is not here to waste your time.

Their songs hit solid and hard with dark lyrics inspired by the trials and tribulations everyone must face. (BD)

*sun TUMBLEDOWN Blank Club, San Jose Sun – 8pm; $8 Last month, pop-punkers MxPx announced a forthcoming album, to be called Plans Within Plans. Vocalist and bassist Mike Herrera has plans within plans himself—who knows where he’s finding time to put together the band’s ninth album as he

tours with his alt-country side project, Tumbledown. It’s a wellestablished fact at this point that all punkers will eventually turn to cowboy music, and Herrera expressed his love for writing country songs nearly a decade before putting Tumbledown together, so it was no surprise.

But it’s still weird to hear “My Life Story” played acoustic with twang. Hurricane Roses and Northern Son open. (SP)

Feb 12 at 7pm, Dinkelspiel, Stanford

EDDIE PALMIERI Feb 12 at 7:30pm, Montalvo Arts Center

CHUCHO VALDÉS Feb 19 at 7pm, Dinkelspiel, Stanford

ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO Mar 3 at 8pm, Dinkelspiel, Stanford

RICARDO ARJONA Mar 14 at 8pm, HP Pavilion

BLAKE SHELTON Mar 16 at HP Pavilion

LADY ANTEBELLUM Mar 23 at 7pm, HP Pavilion

PHILIP GLASS Apr 7 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center

COLDPLAY Apr 27-28 at 7pm, HP Pavilion

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MARGARET WINGROVE

OPENING

The local choreographer presents “A Passion for Dance” program. Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 3pm. $25-$45. The Stage Theatre, San Jose.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS & TEXTILES

Theater

CONTINUING

CMT AUDITIONS

CANTOR ARTS CENTER

Children’s Musical Theater San Jose holds auditions for performs ages 14-20 for March production of “Legally Blonde.” Wed-Thu, 7pm. CMT Rehearsal Hall, 1401 Parkmoor Ave, Suite 100, San Jose.

Classical Concerts ST. MICHAEL TRIO A fifth-anniversary special with an eclectic program and surprise guests. Sat, 7:30pm. $5/$10. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

Comedy CLUB FOX Sun, 8pm: Silly Sunday with Kabir Singh, Cory Robinson and Mike Betancourt. $10/$14. Club Fox, 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 Thu, 8pm, Fri, 9pm, Sat, 8 and 10:30pm, Sun, 8pm: Eric Schwartz, a.k.a. Smooth-E. $12/$18. Sunnyvale.

SAN JOSE IMPROV Thu, 8pm, Fri, 8 and 10pm, Sat, 7 and 10pm, Sun, 7pm: Tommy Davidson. $20.

San Jose.

Catalog release party for “Invisible Lineage.” Fri, 68pm. San Jose.

“The Legend of Rex Slinkard.”

Oils and works on paper by the influential California artist of the early 1900s. Thru Feb 26. “Rodin and America: Influence and Adaptation, 1876-1936.” Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-8pm.

Stanford.

More listings:

METROACTIVE.COM Thru Mar 11. “Book-ish.” A show about how the printed book has influenced visual artists, featuring works from the permanent collection. Thru Jan. 15. “So, Who Do You Think You Are?” Portraits of various kinds address the issue of personal identity. Thru Jan. 15.

“Bill Owens: Ordinary Folks.”

A selection of photographs taken by Owens in the 1970s. Thru Feb 5. Works by installation artist Anna Sew Hoy in the Beta Space. Thru Feb 26. Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS & TEXTILES “Invisible Lineage.” Works by a quartet of mid-20th-century artists in conjunction with four contemporary textile artists. Thru Feb 5. Tue-Sun, 10am-5pm. San Jose.

TECH MUSEUM

“Mammoth Discovery!” Plus activities and hands-on fun for kids. Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm, Sun, noon-5pm. Discovery Meadow, San Jose.

“Islamic Science Rediscovered.” A show about technological advances in the Islamic world before the Renaissance period in the West. Mon-Wed, 10am-5pm, Thu-Sun, 10am-8pm. San Jose.

DE SAISSET MUSEUM

TRITON MUSEUM OF ART

CHILDREN’S DISCOVERY MUSEUM

“Hobos to Street People: Artists’ Responses to Homelessness From the New Deal to the Present.”

“The Changing Face of Homelessness: Portraits by SCU Photography Students.”

“Between Struggle and Hope: Envisioning a Democratic Art in the 1930s.” “This Camera Fights Fascism: The Photographs of David Bacon and Francisco Dominguez.”

Thru Feb 5. Tue-Sun, 11am4pm. Santa Clara University.

HISTORY PARK SAN JOSE “Pioneering the Valley: The Chinese-American Legacy in Santa Clara Valley.” A new historical exhibit. Pacific Hotel Gallery, San Jose.

MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HERITAGE “A Child’s World: Antique Toys, 1870-1930.” Fri-Sun, 11am4pm. Palo Alto.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART “This Kind of Bird Flies Backward.” A retrospective of paintings by Bay Area figurative artist Joan Brown.

Works by Eve Page Mathias.

Thru Feb 12. Department of Art Faculty show. Thru Feb 5.

Tue-Wed and Fri-Sun, 11am5pm, Thu, 11am-9pm. Santa Clara.

Galleries ANITA SEIPP GALLERY “Waterforms.” Paintings and prints by Sukey Bryan. Thru Feb 3.Palo ALto.

ANNO DOMINI “Fresh Produce.” Annual group show and holiday sale. Thru Jan 14. San Jose.

BRUNI GALLERY “The Jazz Masters Series”

by BRUNI. “Sports Originals”

by Mark Gray. ““Figurative Sculpture” by Kristina Sablan.

Thru Dec 31. San Jose.

COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ART “To Great Lengths.”

Installations by Esther Traugot.

Thru Jan 22. Finn Center, Mountain View.

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“Cuban Connections: Near & Far.” A show with examples from Bay Area collectors of Cuban artists. Thru Jan 7.

San Jose.

“Impressions of Costa Rica.”

Watercolors by Barbara von Haunalter and sculptures by Jean Prophet. Thru Dec 31.

Mon-Sat, 11am-5pm, Sun, 11am-3pm. Los Altos.

MONTALVO ARTS CENTER “Soil to Site.” A look at the relationship between nature and culture with video artist Richard T. Walker and Bay Area artist Mari Andrews.

Thru Jan 15. “Sculpture on the Grounds: Traces, Twigs and Time.” Ongoing. Thu-Sun, 11am-3pm. Saratoga.

NEXTSPACE COWORKING Featuring work by Phantom Galleries artists Michele Guieu, Katie Guiterrez and Jeanne Yee. Thru Feb 1. San Jose.

SAN JOSE CITY HALL “City of Champions: 2001, a San Jose Soccer Odyssey.” An exhibit of photos and other historical items relating to the history of soccer in the city.

Thru Feb 29. Wing of San Jose City Hall.

SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART “One Thing Leads to Another.”

A group show about process and repetition in prints and drawings. Thru Feb 25. “Dos Mundos.” Works by Tim Craighead. Thru Feb 18. TueFri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon5pm. San Jose.

STANFORD ART SPACES Mixed media by Kathryn Dunlevie, paintings by Brian Huber and Leo Posillico. Thru Feb 25. Weekdays, 8:30am5pm. Allen Art Spaces Gallery, Stanford.

*books MEG WAITE CLAYTON

A party for the paperback release of “The Four Ms. Bradwells.” Thu, 7pm. Free.

Books Inc., Palo Alto.

RASHAD HARRISON A booksigning with the author of the novel “Our Man in the Dark.” Mon, 7pm. Free. Books Inc., Palo Alto.

JACQUELINE WIDMAR STEWART Meet the author of “The Parks and Gardens in Greater Paris.”

Sat, 3pm. Free. Books Inc., Palo Alto.

*kids

EL DIA DE LOS TRES REYES MAGOS A traditional Three Kings celebration for the family with mariachi, Mexican crafts and food. Sat, 10am-5pm, Sun, noon-5pm. $9/$10. Children’s Discovery Museum, San Jose.

JUNIE B. IN JINGLE BELLS BATMAN SMELLS A family show is on an extended run. Thu, 4:30pm,

Fri, 7pm, Sat, 2 and 7pm. $10/$12. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre.

*events DOWNTOWN ICE

A holiday tradition. Rink is open daily thru Jan 29. Circle of Palms, downtown San Jose.

SILICON VALLEY AUTO SHOW Four days featuring displays from manufacturers, test drives, hybrids, electrics and the exotic vehicle collection.

Thu-Sat, 10am-10pm, Sun, 10am-6pm. $7/$10/ McEnergy Convention Center, San Jose.

SJMA LUNCHTIME LECTURE A talk by artist Binh Danh.

Wed, noon. San Jose Museum of Art.

TAILS & NO TALES CAT SHOW Felines compete in cat competition, plus exhibitors and animal adoption information. Sat-Sun, 10am5pm. $4-$8. Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. Sat-Sun, 10am-4pm. $12/$15. Santa Clara Convention Center.

WEDDING FAIRE Information, vendors, fashion and more for people planning to get hitched, including appearances by celebrity wedding planners Preston Bailey, Bryan Rafanelli and more.

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S A YOUNG DANCER, Margaret Wingrove knew that she wanted to be a choreographer. She felt a need to express her emotions, insights and unique perspective through creations of her own. When an instructor in the San Jose State University dance department suggested that she take a choreography class, Wingrove jumped at the chance. Now, 30-plus years later, Wingrove is at the helm of the longest-standing modern dance company in San Jose.

The Margaret Wingrove Dance Company, whose upcoming performance, “A Passion for Dance,” runs Jan. 6–8 at The Stage in San Jose, specializes in what Wingrove calls a “hybrid” of modern dance and ballet. “I love the idea of mixing the two,” she says. “With ballet or tap or jazz, you have to stay within that realm, but with modern dance, you can use whatever vocabulary of movement you have to express your ideas.”

An insightful choreographer with an Margaret Wingrove appreciation for both the vulnerability and strength of the human experience, Wingrove Friday-Saturday, 8pm, finds inspiration all around her, but stresses Sunday, 3pm; $25-$45 the importance of her dances originating The Stage Theatre, San Jose from an emotional level. “I’m always open, but inspiration for a dance has to be something that I’m touched by,” she says. “It can’t be movement for movement’s sake. Sometimes it’s a piece of music, sometimes its an artist’s life, sometime’s its a particular theme.”

Taking inspiration from the works of Sylvia Plath, Vincent van Gogh, Khalil Gibran and more, Wingrove’s dances express joy, sorrow, loss, struggle, love and everything in between. “I really want the audience to be touched in some way,” she says. “Martha Graham said that the audience should go into the theater like they would go into a church, expecting to be nourished. I think we need that. Art is a reminder to audiences that they have a human soul.”

In “A Passion for Dance,” the company explores themes of seduction, repressed emotion, love, awakenings, emotional abandon and self-awareness, with music by George Winston, John Cage, Chopin and Cirque du Soleil, and poetry by Sylvia Plath and John Tupper. A highlight of the performance is a collaborative, co-choreographed piece with student dancers from Yerba Buena High School, whom Wingrove has been working with since August. “It’s a time in my life when I want to pass things on,” Wingrove says. “These students have a wonderful exuberance and openness. They’re ready to explore, which is what modern dance is about. I want people to see that this is the hope of our future.”—Cat Johnson

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THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS A Lamborghini Aventador is one of the many exotic high-end cars that will be on display—alongside some more practical models—at the Silicon Valley International Auto Show, which runs Thursday–Sunday at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose.

LIFT AND HOLD Wingrove dancer Mike Howerton balances Annette Williams in a moment of dynamic repose.

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Spy vs. Spy SUSPICION SPICION George Ge Smiley (Gary Oldman, standing) wonders who has betrayed the Circus— Haydon ydon n ((Colin Firth, from left), Esterhase (David Dencik) or Alleline (Toby Jones).

Gary Oldman’s George Smiley hunts for moles in a chilly adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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ABITS of secrecy, habits of arrogance, breed monstrous behavior in the stunning new version of John le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

The story unfolds in the early 1970s. The Cold War still has England frozen. The dome of St. Paul’s is always rimed with frost.

It’s as if World War II had never stopped. The enemy never stopped listening. Neither did the supposed friends in government. The secret service is the most paranoid place in this war. And its denizens face unignorable news: A mole at the top level is pipelining secrets to the U.S.S.R. Director Tomas Alfredson (of

the original Let the Right One In) creates a thick impasto of early1970s British despair, as compelling as an alternate universe. It’s a reminder that Terry Gilliam’s Brazil wasn’t so much imagined as it was rotoscoped.

Alfredson studies human creepiness in the reflection of windows. These spies are men preserved in dirty vitrines, dripping in athletic club shower rooms or swimming in a crowded pond of cold water. We peek through the portals of cheap tourist hotels or attend meetings in a soundproof foam bunker of a queasy burnt orange.

Such is the world of George Smiley (Gary Oldman), the man once certainly next in line for the position of Control of the British Secret Service. But he and his boss ( John Hurt) were forced to resign after a particularly bad fiasco in

Budapest.

There, British agent Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong) was shot in the back by the KGB. There was collateral damage, too; a civilian was killed.

Civilians get killed nastily: sitting, nursing a baby or swaying and almost giggling from KGB truth serum. Alfredson’s embellishments make Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy more than a deadly game of epigrams.

The director keeps the deepest cause of Smiley’s solitude offcamera: his straying wife, Ann. (The penultimate shot in the fascinating 1979 BBC series with Alec Guinness gave us Ann taking in the sight of her strange and estranged husband: “Poor George. Life is such a puzzle to you, isn’t it?”) Alfredson doesn’t show us Ann’s face, although we see her body being fondled by another man at an office Christmas party.

The faces are otherwise memorable. The mole suspects include one of the most baleful actors alive, Ciarán Hinds as Roy Bland; Colin Firth as Bill Haydon, an icon of condescension; Toby Jones as the pompous mediocrity Percy Alleline; David Dencik as a downy Toby Esterhase, last seen

wailing for his life on an airport tarmac; and Benedict Cumberbatch as the too-natty Peter Guillam (this new version gives Guillam a secret of his own). And out in the cold: the ominous Tom Hardy as Polyesterswathed legbreaker Ricki Tarr.

Oldman is startling, even after years of superb supporting work. If you recall his semiautobiographical film Nil by Mouth, you know that these Oxford-bred spies are not Oldman’s class of people. Oldman takes a different angle on Smiley than Alec Guinness’ sad portly vicar of an intelligencer, one of the many lonely hunters of the English detective story.

Oldman is less plummy. The sordid work of spying excites him internally—he has a fetishist’s gl gleam—and his performance is dark an and vivid, even if it’s superficially qu quiet. His Smiley (naturally, not a smiler) is a man who radiates au authority, even while fulfilling le C Carré’s description of someone who m makes a room emptier every time h he enters.

Those who love actors know that a silent man can be more urgent th than a noisy, flamboyant type. And they can be more hilarious—as when Smiley tempts a former colleague with a fifth of Johnny Walker Red, wiggling the bottle slightly, like a fisherman twitching the bait. The chill comes later; this wasn’t a friendly visit. A man like Smiley doesn’t have friends.

Le Carré (who makes a cameo appearance) writes about master plots, but he’s not always a master plotter. Some of the moves in this chess game are bewildering.

The mystery is solved through hypothesis, interesting coincidence and informants turning up unexpectedly.

But Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy differs from the usual mystery. It’s not one of those stories where a culprit gets caught but the society that gave him his chance to be a criminal gets away scot-free.

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THE DEVIL INSIDE (Unrated) A horror ďŹ lm about exorcisms starring Fernanda Andrade and the improbably named Simon Quarterman. (Opens Fri.)

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (R; 127 min.) See review on page 38.

Revivals JURASSIC PARK (1993) The dinosaurs get loose and cause all sorts of problems in Steven Spielbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic. (Plays Fri-Sun at the Retro Dome in San Jose.)

Reviews THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (PG; 107 min.) John Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; novel, small-scale jazz theme accompanies Saul Bassâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;worthy silhouette animation of HergĂŠâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comic-book characters during the titles. Our hero, the intrepid of all intrepids, and his wonder-terrier Snowy pursue a pearl the size of a grapefruit. They chase it through alleys, airports and the machinery of Bob Kaneâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;size giant typewriters.

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here delightfully. It ought to be grotesque to pose a realistic human character next to a character with a knob or banana nose or jumbo ears, but in this vaguely French, vaguely 1950ish backdrop everything ďŹ ts together. (RvB)

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIP-WRECKED (G; 87 min.) If you have to ask, you shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go.

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (PG; 97 min.) This animated childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ&#x201A;ick, which furthers the decades-long trend of releasing Christmas-festive ďŹ lms before Thanksgiving has even arrived, tells the tale of the titular Arthur, Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youngest son, who has to take charge of the high-tech North Pole operation when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s given a sudden and vital assignment. Until we get an animated, politically sensitive tale of Native American and pilgrim relations, it seems weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be feasting on turkey while lighting the tree. So it goes.

THE ARTIST (PG-13; 100 min.) Michel Hazanaviciusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; black and white and silent salute to silent ďŹ lm features his regular star. In the lead is the amazing Jean Dujardin, better known as the idiot secret agent of Hazanaviciusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; two OSS parodies. Here Dujardin plays a silent star named Valentin whose luck runs out when sound comes in at the end of the 1920s. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the other ďŹ lm this season besides

Hugo that recalls the vividness and universality of the silent age.

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A DANGEROUS METHOD (R; 99 min.) David Cronenberg attempts to critique Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Freud (Viggo Mortensen) as self-deluding, self-promoting opportunist doctors wandering in the dark.

Nothing wrong with that, but the days when these pioneers of psychoanalysis were considered ďŹ&#x201A;awless paragons is long past.

The two giants are illuminated by a woman neglected by history: Sabina Spielrein, a masochistic hysteria patient of Freud (and lover of Jung) who eventually becomes a scholar. Keira Knightley plays Spielrein, and the performance is a catastrophe: a series of strange contortions, funny accenting and gnashing of her teeth. The most dangerous thing in the picture are those choppers. Mortensen and Fassbender do their best, and there are moments of fun: Freud, always on the lookout for advantage, catand-mousing anyone in his vicinity.

And here Jung is a guilty, gentle idealist unnerved by a girl who craves a spanking. (RvB)

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XAVIER DURRINGER’S The Conquest reiterates de Gaulle’s idea that France is ungovernable—much like our own state of California. Snobbery may be the reason why this mordant film has it in for its protagonist. President Nicolas Sarkozy (Denis Podalydès) is known, as if he were a lost Marx brother, as “Sarko.”

Sarko has foreign roots and displays Americanisms; he is filmed exercising, and he eats hamburgers. And The Conquest shares in the low fun people had in mocking a politician whose wife wouldn’t stand behind him. “Who wants a cocu for president?” asks an observer. “If he can’t hold on to his wife, how can he hold on to France?” asks another.

In telling of Sarko’s rise, this juicy, fast and sarcastic film is down on all politicians.

Maybe the most badly behaved is Samuel Labarthe’s Dominique de Villepin.

He’s seen stroking his oar (on a rowing machine) in sweating, grinning ecstasy as he watches Sarko implode on TV. De Villepin and Sarko demonstrate politesse in public, though. Observe a genuine “After you, my dear Alphonse” incident as the two rivals try to figure out who goes through a door first.

As in Oliver Stone’s Nixon, The Conquest’s sympathy is reserved for the shameless

man’s spouse, in this case Sarko’s depressed second wife, Cécelia (Florence Pernel). The Nixonian parallels may be deliberate, since there’s no real French cinematic tradition for Durringer’s kind of muck-stirring. This Sarko resembles Tricky Dicky: the same rancor, swarthiness, snapping at the press and uncertain sanity.

“He’s not mad, he’s K_\ :fehl\jk just manic-depressive,” explains Sarko’s aide.

Unrated; 105 min.

Opens Friday, And just as poor Camera 3, Nixon was disavowed San Jose

by Eisenhower, Sarko gets shivved by his boss President Chirac (Bernard Le Coq) on TV: “When I decide, Sarkozy executes.” In French, as in English, the word “execute” has its smell of the guillotine. I’ve just read that Nixon broke a 68-year streak during which the tallest contender was always elected president. The Conquest reminds us Sarko is small but fierce. He is referred to by all as “the midget” and “little Nick.” When a man says things like “I did not choose politics, politics chose me,” it’s probably fair to remind him he is a shrimp.

The Nino Rota–like soundtrack amps the amusement of watching this dirty limbo game, which defines politics as “a stupid job done by smart people.”

—Richard von Busack

(R; 115 min.) A Hawaiian workaholic named Matt King (George Clooney) is forced to reckon with his family: his wife is in a coma, his daughter Alexandra (Shailene Woodward) parties hearty, and his cutely awkward, profane younger daughter (Pacific Grove’s Amara Miller, debuting) is causing a little trouble as well. It’s a movie almost everyone will enjoy. In the lead is our most unambiguously appealing movie star. Behind and around this eminently watchable actor is more Hawaii than I’ve seen in a feature film in decades, with the land and seascapes photographed with considerable care by Phedon Papamicheal. Director Alexander Payne made Sideways quite a few years ago. If this film is a successful comeback, a shoe-in for Oscars and so forth, it’s also very commercial: from the completely trustworthy narration to the final assurance to the audience that all is well. You can enjoy the classicism of it all, but it’s not taking movies to the next level.

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THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (R; 158 min.) David Fincher slathers on style, ultimately turning the facially perforated heroine, Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara, miscast), into a softer little-girl lost. He also makes a love triangle out of what once was a set of sleepover friendships between Lisbeth, Mikael (Daniel Craig) and his editor (Robin Wright, excellent). The title-sequence ballet of figures, knives and flaming ravens is iconic enough, but the film comes to a finish early and keeps on going.

The money scene of the raperevenge, stretched out by Fincher, is shot in a way that really ought to make people ask themselves what, exactly, is in it for them. (RvB)

HUGO (PG; 127 min.) A kid’s movie at heart, with its lock and key quest taken straight from a children’s book. Yet it’s bewitchingly different. In a Beaux-Arts composite of the Quai D’Orsay and Gare St. Lazare train stations in Paris, an orphan lives in the garret, tending the many clocks there. In his spare time, Hugo (Asa Butterfield) is repairing a robotlike clockwork automaton. Down below, the station is patrolled by a comically fierce gendarme (Sasha

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All that’s left is for the young detectives to solve the mystery.

Not everything in Hugo runs like, eh, clockwork, and yet it’s an absolutely captivating film.

Director Martin Scorsese’s use of 3-D is immaculate (the film must be seen in that format). With great charm, Hugo shifts from a boy’s search for family, to join the family one finds in the company of film watchers. (RvB)

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE— GHOST PROTOCOL (PG-13; 142 min.) The Cold War is rebooted, and the IMF find themselves on a New Austerity mission—cell phones break up, messages refuse to self-destruct and the rubber-mask-making apparatus malfunctions. Leader Tom Cruise, strange man-withoutqualities that he is, is supposed to be darker here, vengeful because of a dead wife. Several good sequences in this harmless caper film: a car chase in a blinding dust storm, the confounding of a Kremlin guard with an optical illusion and a fight in a futuristic tower parking garage. But the true money shot is only available in 15/70mm IMAX—Cruise crawling up the side of the Burj Khalifa, wearing some sort of fritz-prone electric climbing gloves. (RvB)

THE MUPPETS (PG; 98 min.) After a 12-year absence from the big screen, and the birth of a generation that likes anything even moderately retro, the Muppets are back, and just in time, too. When oil is discovered underneath the Muppet theater, Gary (Jason Segal, also the film’s writer) and his girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) begin to stage the Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever. But to do it, they need Kermit the Frog to reunite the gang, who in the 12-year span since the last flick have all gone their separate ways.

Bathed in a marketing blitz, the film should sound the triumphant return of the cultural giant, bringing in hoards of fans, new and old. It’s not easy being green, but it sure seems easy to make it.

NEW YEAR’S EVE (PG-13; 118 min.) Garry Marshall’s latest A-list orgy (or, as Hollywood calls it, “an ensemble cast”)

SHAME (NC-17, 101 min.) Steve McQueenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s previous ďŹ lm, Hunger, was about an imprisoned man starving to death. Shame is the story of a free man gorging himself. Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is ruled by his penis. Through days and nights, this executive compulsively sexes the pain away. Meanwhile, Brandon is trying to keep his enormously troubled sister, Sissy (Carey Mulligan), at armsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; length. As Sissy demands more attention, McQueen leaves the possibility of incest open. Shameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strength is the kamikaze acting by brave-as-alion Michael Fassbender. Because of him, there are glimmers: maybe Shame is arguing that Brandonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problem isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t his endless sexâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;rather, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his terrible guilt?

Likely not. Note the squeamishness about porn, the gloomy attitude about needs and the high-toned alienationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like watching people couple inside art-gallery vitrines. (RvB)

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG-13, 128 min.) Hasty and frequently low-class. The detective is treated as a clown throughoutâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with cheap wigs and beards and long-underwear

scenes. This time, Moriarty (Jared Harris, good) is kind of a Krupp.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a vaguely syphilitic quality to this citizen above suspicion, and the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true suspense is in the finale: a game of chess on what looks like a frozen castle in Mordor. The movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real romance is bromance, as a tuxedoed Holmes dances with Watson (Jude Law). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a moment is absent of all sexual magnetism.

Unless youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sexually aroused by stupidity. (RvB) (R; 81 min.) Continuing the longstanding comedy tradition that cursing is just funnier in front of unassuming children, The Sitter follows Noah (Jonah Hill), who has recently returned home after being expelled from college and is in need of money. In desperation, he accepts a baby-sitting gig, and soon finds himself entangled with two psychopathic drug kingpins in a chase through Manhattan.

The film is helmed by David Gordon Green, whose filmography includes everything from the taut drama George Washington to the hyperbolic-stoner comedy Pineapple Express. The Sitter falls more in line with the latter, though any viewer with a taste for the dramatics should Google pictures of star Jonah Hillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s postproduction weight loss.

WAR HORSE (PG-13; 146 min.) In 1914 Devonshire, a young man (Jeremy Irvine) befriends a thoroughbred.

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Spielberg could have engineered the harrowing camera pullbacks that display the mud and craters of the Western Front. And only Spielberg would have balanced all this historical buzzkill with somany barrels of sap. (RvB)

(R; 125 min.) Irked, drunk and 30-something young-adult fiction writer Mavis (Charlize Theron) returns to her home town in Mercury, Minn. Her mission is to retrieve her high school boyfriend Buddy (Patrick Wilson) from his wife, Beth (Elizabeth Reaser), who has just had a new baby. Instead, she ends up in the company of a depressed betamale (Patton Oswalt), whom she barely glanced at back in her glory years. Theron has a good time playing this disagreeable woman, but scriptwriter Diablo Cody gilds this story with an unbelievable level of alterna-culture; she even gives the unsteady main character supposed wisdom. (RvB)

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EFORE THEY broke up a decade ago, bizarro Bay Area folk duo Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits were getting regular national airplay on Dr. Demento’s show by shocking people with funny and politically incorrect lyrics. But it wasn’t their scene; they really just wanted to hang out with the punks.

“We realized that if we wanted to continue on the novelty circuit, we’d be playing for fat male virgins in Hawaiian shirts and kazoos. We were young. We liked girls,” says singer Corbett Redford.

But the legendary punk venue Gilman, for instance, said they weren’t punk enough, telling them

they were “Beavis and Butthead playing silly folk music.” With songs like “All My Friends Are Drug Fiends” and “The Dog Ate My Baby” (the two that got the most airplay), it was easy to mistake them for some kind of unhinged comedy act.

“We never considered ourselves a ‘joke’ band and found we were kind of occasionally too surly, artful or political for the wacky folks,” says Redford.

The duo got their first chance to play Gilman in 1998 when Eggplant, a local East Bay scenester, vouched for them. They started to draw fans from different scenes.

“Ten or so U.S. tours and tons of regional trips have brought us punks, rockers, indie, theater, comedy and other weird fans,” Redford says.

But it seemed that the more people started actually taking them seriously, the more pressure they felt.

Eventually, in 2000, it got to the point where it put a strain on their friendship and they broke up.

The got together unexpectedly une pec They nine years later. Initially, they were collaborating on what was supposed to be a pilot for an animated show called A Sausage Named Clarence. It was based off of an old rock opera they wrote. As they worked on it, they composed a few new songs, which inspired them to play a few shows. By 2010, they were going full throttle again. The new Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits were a bit more restrained, not as overtly offensive and more obviously satirical.

“I think the suburbs made us crazy, and age made us a little less so,” Redford says.

But then, even their goofiest and most outrageous songs have always stemmed from vulnerable parts of themselves. Take “Hermie Halbert.”

It is on the surface a tale about a fish with Tourette syndrome (giving them ample opportunity to swear gratuitously throughout). According to Redford, the song was inspired by his family, who were often vulgar and angry when he was growing up, something that was hard on him.

“I listen to it now, and there’s so much release of pain,” Redford says.

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Another song, “I Wish I Were Special,” is about a person pretending to have Down syndrome in order to receive government benefits. (“I get federal grants for shitting my pants/The life of a retard is good.”) They don’t play the song anymore, because it seems too offensive even to them. But even that song has a deeper meaning.

“It comes from growing up in the suburbs, being uneducated and feeling like I had no future. It’s a strangely personal song,” Redford says.

They dove back into touring and released a full-length (titled F) in 2009, along with several singles and splits. By the following year they played even more shows and were doing more projects. So far their plans for the first half of 2012 include two full-length albums (one will come with a story book), several EPs, three months of touring and a DVD with music videos for every song off of F. One number, “Life Is Excellent,” even has an optimistic edge to it that has touched their fans. (“I know that talk is cheap/I know that I am weak/But I’d like to be around next week.”). They’ve received emails and letters from people telling them that the song cheered them up.

“Maybe people need a song that reminds them that for all the bullshit in their lives, life is worth living,” says guitarist Dan Abbot.

They plan to shoot their most elaborate video ever for “Life is Excellent.” The budget is a whopping $12,000. Among other things, they will have a cast of more than 200 and will be renting a bear.

They’re as ambitious, it turns out, as they are strange. “My ambition is borderline obsession,” Redford says.

“I’m noted as being a ‘no gray’ kind of person.”

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In the Eyes of a Mistress Saturday at X Bar in Cupertino, 8:30pm; $5 “Party death-metal” sounds like the ultimate contradiction in terms, but San Francisco’s In the Eyes of a Mistress have actually managed to combine the two genres. It has to be heard to be believed, but then, this is a band that truly doesn’t care what anyone thinks. They made a video for “Tik Tok”—not of their cover of the song, mind you, but of them driving around in a van to Ke$ha’s version. (SP)

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

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Wed, 6pm: Ron Thompson & Friends. Thu, 6pm: Steve Willis Blues Band. Fri, 6pm: Chris Cain Band. Sat, 6pm: Shari Puorto Blues Band. Sun, 26pm: Zydeco dance party with Zydeco Flames. San Jose.

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“The soul king, best known for his work alongside James Brown in the ‘60s, is still awesome, able to ratchet up the funk like nobody else in the business.” - San Jose Mercury News Maceo Parker is the essence of Funk and his band is the tightest Funk orchestra around. Parker’s played with James Brown (he was with the Godfather of Soul for 20 years), George Clinton and Bootsy Collins. He’s the living, breathing history of Funk and he’s at the top of his game!

ERIC BIBB February 4, 8pm “Bibb may be the quietest blues player out there, but he is also becoming one of the best.” - Billboard Eric Bibb’s unique talent as a performer and songwriter continues to draw critical acclaim around the world. He has been recognized with a Grammy Award nomination, four W.C. Handy Blues Award nominations, and won the “Best Newcomer” title in the British Blues Awards. Bibb has been described by critics as “a total original” and The London Times raves, “A voice to die for.”

WILLIE K February 10, 8pm “Able to pretty much ace any kind of music from soulful Hawaiian to incendiary rock, Willie has recently been dazzling audiences with his extraordinary ability…” -The Maui News

CREW CUTS Language Arts Crew drops a collection of unreleased songs at their show Saturday.

Raised on Maui and known as the “Hawaiian Jimi Hendrix,” Grammy nominated Willie K (Willie Kahaiali`i) has been bringing audiences to their feet for standing ovations since the age of 10. From reggae to rock, blues to opera, Willie’s performances offer a wide range of musical styles that have earned him the reputation of Hawaii’s most versatile artist.

Language Arts Crew LANGUAGE ARTS CREW have been busy these days. Then again they are almost always busy, whether it’s live gigs, recording sessions or playing in one of their many other bands—Whiskey Avengers, Trashkannon and Insolence. To start off the new year, LAC are releasing Brand New Old Sh*t, Volume 1, a collection of songs they’ve recorded over the past four years but Blank Club haven’t been able to release. And as the title suggests, there is a second volume of these unreleased songs Sat, Jan. 7 coming, ’cause, well, they have a lot of songs.

Their “new” album will be available online for free beginning Saturday to coincide with this show, and those who go will receive a limited-edition physical copy of the album.

9pm; $8

Volume 1 is full of a lot of lost Language Arts Crew gems. Like most of their work, they’re a mixture of laid-back stoner-party rap and crazy cerebral rhythmatic flows. The music is smooth, bouncy and heavily funky, with a slight jazz feel.

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One of the reasons that Language Arts Crew have remained one of San Jose’s best-drawing rap groups through the years has been because they play so many other styles of music that they mix live instruments, hip-hop beats and DJ samples with such a fine balance that audiences get the rock and hip-hop experience in equal parts. The Language Arts Crew guys will occasionally hop on the instruments and play their own music, and they even sing their own hooks, a feat few rappers seem to be able to do. — Aaron Carnes

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46 BAREFOOT COFFEE ROASTERS Wed, 7pm: Musical open mic. Sign up by 5pm.

Santa Clara.

BLUE ROCK SHOOT Thu, 7:30pm: Open mic.

Saratoga.

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO Wed, 9:30pm: Open mic.

Cupertino.

SONOMA CHICKEN COOP

BLUE MAX

Wed, 8:30pm: Open mic.

Campbell.

Fri-Sat, 7pm: Karaoke.

Sunnyvale.

SUNNYVALE ART GALLERY

BLUE PHEASANT

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

BOGART’S LOUNGE

Wed, 8pm: Open-mic night with Anita.

Willow Glen.

Wed, Fri and Sun, 8pm-2am: KJ Dennis.

Sunnyvale.

Karaoke

BOSWELL’S

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CAFFE FRASCATI

HOT JAVA COFFEE ROASTING Tue, 6:30pm: Hot Acoustic Tuesdays. Open mic for instrumentalists, vocalists, poets and more. Morgan Hill.

Thu: Karaoke. Los Gatos.

BRANHAM LOUNGE

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN

CITY ESPRESSO

Tue, 6:30-9:30pm: Open mic. Music, poetry, etc.

Sunnyvale.

Tue: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

Thu and Mon: Karaoke.

San Jose.

Tue, 7pm: Open mic, happy hour all night.

Free. San Jose.

DA KINE CAFE

Tue, 7pm: Steve Tiger.

Cupertino.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT

Wed-Sat, 9pm: Karaoke.

Tue, 9pm: Karaoke.

San Jose.

Fri, 7pm: Open mic.

San Jose.

More listings:

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ALEX’S 49ER INN

Wed & Sun, 10pm: DJ UncleHank. San Jose.

Nightly, 9pm-2am: Karaoke. San Jose.

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO

AZÚCAR

Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke.

Cupertino.

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

BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN

Mon, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Menlo Park.

Wed, 9pm: August. Mon, 9pm: Comedy with Mr. Walker. San Jose.

THE BEARS

BRIX

BBC GASTROPUB

Fri, 9pm: Ryan. San Jose.

Tue: Karaoke. San Jose.

JOHNNY V’S

BENNIGAN’S GRILL

C&J’S SPORTS BAR

Wed: The Cypher. Hiphop open mic. San Jose.

Sat, 9pm: August.

Santa Clara.

Thu, 10pm: Melissa and Heather. Santa Clara.

MISSION CITY ROASTING CO.

BLACK CARD LOUNGE

THE COURTS LOUNGE

Thu, 8pm: KJ Bob and Starmaker Karaoke.

San Jose (upstairs at El Palenque Restaurant).

CREEKSIDE LOUNGE

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

Sat, 9:30pm & Mon, 9pm: Joe. Thu, 9pm: Vinnie.

San Jose.

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

Wed, 8pm, and Sat, 8:30pm: KJ Bob and Starmaker Karaoke. San Jose.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO

DASILVA’S BRONCOS

MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S

Tue, 6pm: Open-mic night. San Jose.

QUARTER NOTE Sun & Wed-Thu: Pro jam.

Sunnyvale.

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

BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY

Wed: Karaoke. Thu, 9pm1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

Fri, 9pm-1am: Danielle.

Sat, 9pm-1am: Karaoke.

Santa Clara.

DIVE BAR

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

Sunnyvale.

Wed, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

San Jose.

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

LIQUID

SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS

Thu, 8pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

Mon: Karaoke. San Jose.

Sun: Karaoke. San Jose.

EL TORITO RESTAURANT

MARIANI’S

STATION 55

Thu, 8pm: Chris. Santa Clara.

Thu, 8pm: Karaoke. Sun, 59pm: Family karaoke. Gilroy.

Fri: KJ Bob and Starmaker Karaokeat 7pm, followed by DJ at 10pm. Santa Clara.

FAHRENHEIT ULTRA LOUNGE Tue, 9pm: Partyoke. Beer pong and karaoke. San Jose.

MOJO LOUNGE Wed, 9pm: Vic. Fremont.

NETO’S MARKET & GRILL Fri, 6:30-10:30pm: Bands with live karaoke. Santa Clara.

NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE

FIREHOUSE GRILL & BREWERY

Fri-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Santa Clara.

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

OASIS

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

GALAXY Thu, 9pm-2am: August.

Milpitas.

GILROY BOWL Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Gilroy.

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

OFF THE HOOK

TEQUILA SHOT’S BAR & GRILL Wed, 9pm: Larry. Thu-Sun, 9pm: August. Milpitas.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Tue, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

TOUCHDOWN TOMMY’S Sat, 8pm-midnight: Karaoke.

San Jose.

WOODHAM’S LOUNGE

Sun, 8pm: Joe. Campbell.

Thu & Sat, 9:30pm: Wild Side.

Santa Clara.

OFFICE BAR

X-BAR

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

O’FLAHERTY’S IRISH PUB Sun-Mon, 8pm: Matt. San Jose.

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Homestead Lanes, Cupertino.

Dance Clubs

A PERFECT FINISH Thu, 8:30pm-midnight: Karaoke with Jordan River Productions. San Jose.

AGENDA Wed, 8pm: Salsa Wednesdays.

Thu: Antromix. Banda nights.

Fri: Rock en Español. San Jose.

Ph: (408) 916.4644

PEACOCK LOUNGE Tue, 9pm: DJ Ryan. Sun, 9pm: DJ and karaoke. Sunnyvale.

THE GOOSETOWN LOUNGE

PIONEER SALOON

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

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

HUDDLE

POINCIANA LOUNGE

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

JERSEYS Sat: Karaoke. Campbell.

JOHNNY V’S Sun: Sunday Funday. Karaoke.

San Jose.

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

Campbell.

KC BAR AND RESTAURANT Wed, 8pm: DJ Desmond.

San Jose.

KHARTOUM Thu, 9pm: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

KING OF CLUBS Thu & Sun-Mon, 8:30pm: Bruce of KOR Karaoke.

Mountain View.

KYOTO PLACE Wed, 7pm: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

LILLY MAC’S Thu: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

AZÚCAR 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.

Wed, 9:30pm: Wildside. No cover. Sun, 9pm: Joe. Santa Clara.

BAMBOO LOUNGE

QUARTER NOTE

BBC GASTROPUB

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

Fri: DJs. Menlo Park.

Sat, 9pm: Thick & Sexy Saturdays. $10. San Jose.

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THE BLANK CLUB RED STAG LOUNGE Nightly karaoke, 9pm-1:30am.

San Jose.

Sat, 9pm: Language Arts Crew, DJ Itchy the Killer. $8. San Jose.

REDI ROOM

BLUE PHEASANT

Thu-Sat, 9pm: DJ Curtis.

San Jose.

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

ROSIE MCCANN’S Tue, 8:30pm: Karaoke. No cover. Santana Row.

RUDY’S PUB Wed, 10pm: Purple. Palo Alto.

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

SHERWOOD INN Wed-Sun, 8:30pm: Thomas.

San Jose.

SHOOTERS BAR & GRILL Thu, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Sunnyvale.

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN Thu: Rotating DJ. San Jose.

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO Thu: DJ night. Cupertino.

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Sat: Rotating DJs, including Remedy, Goldenchyld and others. Sun: Live music.

San Jose.

Thu-Sat: DJs and dancing.

Sun: Reggae. San Jose.

THE SADDLE RACK LOFT BAR AND BISTRO Fri-Sat, 10pm: Live DJ. San Jose.

Wed and Fri-Sat, 9pm: Tony Rangel. Thu, 9pm: Mark.

Fremont.

MIAMI BEACH CLUB

SAN JOSE BAR & GRILL

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

Wed: Wingy Tango night. Thu: SoFA King Thursdays. Fri: Video Killed the DJ. Sat: Sapphire Saturdays. Sun: Sinful Sundays.

Mon: Manic Mondaze. Tue: Buck Wild Tuesdays. San Jose.

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

San Jose.

C&J’S SPORTS BAR Wed & Sat, 10pm: DJ. Fri, 8:30pm: Sizzling. Salsa night.

Santa Clara.

MOTIF

CAFFE FRASCATI

MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S

Thu, 7pm: Wigglerama, DJ Night. San Jose.

Wed, 7pm: House Party. Thu, 7pm: Throwback Thursdays.

Los Gatos.

CLUBHOUSE RESTAURANT & SPORTS BAR

MYTH TAVERNA LOUNGE

Sat: DJs and dancing.

San Jose.

Thu: Therapy. Fri: Soul Therapy.

San Jose.

CLUB ILLUSIONS

PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB

Thu: College night. Fri: Fuz Fridays first and third of month. Palo Alto. .

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.

DASILVA’S BRONCOS Fri-Sat, 6pm: DJ or live band.

No cover. Santa Clara.

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

EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR

Fri-Sat: DJs & dancing.

San Jose.

STUDIO8 Fri: DRB, Rich Kid Academy, Maniakal. Sat: Miles Medina.

San Jose.

TEMPLE BAR & LOUNGE Wed: RedRun with D. Luzion and Illtraxx. Thu: JazBiz and Dave Dynamix. Fri: Video Mixing, then DJ Radio Raheem and DJ Ready Rock. San Jose.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Fri-Sat: DJs. San Jose.

WILLOW DEN Wed-Sat, 10pm: DJs. Willow Glen.

PEACOCK LOUNGE

ZEN LOUNGE

Fri, 8pm: DJ dancing featuring R&B, Top 40. Sat, 9pm: DJ dancing featuring chill, R&B, Top 40. Sun & Tue, 9pm: DJ dancing. Sunnyvale.

Wed: Lil Saturday. House & electronica. Thu: 24 Thursdays.

Fri: Fabulous Fridays.

Mountain View.

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

THE ELEGANT PUB Fri-Sat, 9pm: DJ Checo.

Evergreen Inn, San Jose.

FAHRENHEIT ULTRA LOUNGE Wed, 9pm: Wine Wednesdays.

Thu, 9pm: The Heit Thursdays.

Fri, 9pm: DJs & dancing. $10.

Mon, 9pm: Industry. Tue: College Night. San Jose.

GALAXY

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SHEN YUN PERFORMING ARTS Costumes and dance of ancient Chinese culture with live orchestra. Jan 4-8 at War Memorial Opera House.

IDLE WARSHIP Talib Kweli and Res team up with live band for a soulful, modern-electro project. Jan 6 and 7 at Yoshi’s SF.

Mon: Ladies’ Night. Milpitas.

MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO

KATIE BLOOM’S

Long-running soul composer, singer and bassist tours with new album, ‘Weather.’ Jan 7 at Great American Music Hall.

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

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

LILLY MAC’S Sat, 9:30pm: Latin night.

Sunnyvale.

LIQUID Thu: DJ Tesfa and rotating DJs, reggae, hip-hop. Fri-

BATTLEHOOCH Quirky, arithmetic-addled post-rock courtesy of analog instruments and wild imagination. Jan 7 at Slim’s.

PHONTE & 9TH WONDER Two members of beloved hip-hop group Little Brother lay down a tight vibe. Jan 7 at New Parish.

More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.

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