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Talib Kweli and Res make beautiful music together p55 Resuscitating Silicon Valley one hotspot at a time p8

Technologies and aesthetics of yesteryear make a comeback with 8-bit electro music at the forefront p18 THE GLOWING STARS

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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.

Working Stiff I heard you, at the Fourth Street Cafe, exclaiming to the server, “Yay! It’s Friday night, time to chill-latte!” as if everyone in the world has a Monday through Friday nine-to-fiver. Your comments weren’t hurtful as much as they were inane and unthinking. You clearly take your job for granted, forgetting that many around you are unemployed, or have a crappy job working nights and weekends waiting on self-absorbed idiots like you.

I’m at the point where I’d take any job, even one that sucks like a Dyson vacuum, and I had to bite my tongue to restrain myself from snapping at you. Those comments may have been mildly amusing in a better time, but right now, they’re like a red cape being waved in front of bulls.

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Attacking the Messenger Mr. Macias has some explaining to do (Letters, Feb 1; The Fly, “Say What?”

Jan. 25). Simply claiming that one

was impersonated when ugly, vicious and racist comments are posted in one’s name is not adequate.

Now, Macias is attacking the journalists who reported the post. Yet he won’t furnish any information supporting his claim of impersonation or say if he is speaking with law enforcement regarding the claimed identity theft. And he doesn’t explain how his webcam photos wound up in the hands of his ostensible impersonators.

Looks to me like he just got caught and is trying to squirm his way out of it. The threats of libel shouldn’t worry anyone. When you run for office you open yourself for scrutiny.

Public figures lose the legal rights to win punitive damages, since they are no longer private citizens.

San Jose Inside, thanks for posting the additional material, so we could see the posts for ourselves.

R. NOBLE | SAN JOSE

Tax Base I find it odd that at the same time San Jose is saying it cannot regulate medical marijuana, Oakland has just approved four new dispensaries in order to support the local tax base! (“No Más!” 420, Feb. 1).

READER | SAN JOSE

Natural State It is not mysterious ... that when the fear center of the brain settles down (from the use of MDMA), feelings of

inner peace and a connection to inner wisdom are experienced (“Home of the Rave,” SVNews, Jan. 25). That is our natural state, although usually it is covered over by fear. When the fear is removed our spiritual nature remains.

Let’s hope this drug is approved for veterans, sexual abuse survivors and others with PTSD. DIANNE SEE | SANTA CRUZ

Tale of the Tails You should have titled this as “Show Me More Reed Skirt-tail Holders” (“Show Me the $,” The Fly, Feb. 1). To me, it looks like [Mayor Chuck] Reed is losing his skirt-tail followers, and money has nothing to do with it!

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Guinea Pig Going back several years, though, that experience hasn’t been harmonious.

In the summer of 2004, Global Netoptex, Inc. deployed Internet access points around Plaza de Cesar Chavez, the Fairmont Hotel and San Pedro Square to sponsor San Jose’s first public wireless network. Ron Gonzales, mayor at the time, lauded the effort. “We want people to know they are in the Capital of Silicon Valley when they are in downtown San Jose,” he said.

But the WiFi service was so marginal that the program was ruled obsolete before Gonzales left office two years later. Global Netoptex is now defunct.

In 2006, Mountain View–based MetroFi stepped in and bestowed its own wireless network system to San Jose. The company first experimented with network coverage in Cupertino and Sunnyvale, focusing on a subscription-only model for residents.

Soon thereafter, MetroFi changed its

business model and decided to open up the networks to include an adsupported cost-free option as well as the previously available $20 per month plan.

Unfortunately, the advertisement income MetroFi was counting on never materialized. In 2008, the company teetered on the brink of bankruptcy and tried desperately to liquidate its hardware assets. MetroFi reportedly hit up the city of San Jose for $60,000 in exchange for the downtown infrastructure. San Jose turned down the offer and, shortly thereafter, MetroFi ceased to exist.

Learning from the missteps of MetroFi, Sammeta and the companies working on the current project decided to make the new network free instead of relying on ads and subscriptions. “Ads don’t really work,” Sammeta says. “This is one of those things where municipal WiFi models have boomed and busted before.”

City Councilmember Sam Liccardo, whose district includes downtown, hinted at the WiFi project last month in an op-ed piece. The councilman openly admits his dismay at how the so-called Capital of Silicon Valley has lost its luster as a place for entrepreneurship.

“The Googles and the Facebooks have gobbled up much of the best talent,” Liccardo says. “We recognize that the economy of the valley really depends on innovation.”

Liccardo hopes the wireless initiative will help lure more businesses like NextSpace and TechShop, which specialize in offering office space for startups.

In addition to unshackling laptops from coffee-shop tables, the new WiFi project will provide a stronger backbone for wireless-dependent city services such as digital pay-to-park signage and parking meters, Sammeta says. But there is a cost.

In return for the technology provided

by SmartWAVE and Ruckus, San Jose will act as a guinea pig as the companies work out the wireless kinks.

“Part of the partnership is to provide them with a closer location that allows them to test their software and firmware updates. A little sandbox environment, if you will,” Sammeta says.

“That’s in trade for them giving us a sweetheart deal. But instead of pointing to a map of South Korea when selling potential clients on its networking prowess, Ruckus can tell them to take a drive down southbound 280.”

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Ruckus Wireless brings the equipment to run the network, including access points. The company successfully supplied Seoul, South Korea, with what is said to be the world’s fastest municipal 802.11n network, which is the technical term for the latest and greatest version of WiFi. Ruckus’ patented technology is designed to outwit bandwidth blockage and amplify signal strength to where it’s needed most—two crucial factors in a municipal wireless system’s success.

“Everybody gets on the WiFi network, and the more people you get on the network, the worse the performance gets,” Callisch says. “It’s also subject to interference. WiFi is getting increasingly noisy because of all the access points out there. Our technology mitigates that noise. We have a special antenna system to shoot the signal like a lighthouse. We’re able to focus that WiFi energy towards where it’s needed.”

To get the ball rolling on the project, which is still being negotiated, Sammeta first posted a competitive solicitation. “Not being a cash-rich city, it became an opportunity for us to try and see if there was a partnership deal out there,” he says. “We found SmartWAVE, who went and found Ruckus and put together a package that was compelling. It expanded the boundaries of downtown WiFi and really shot for a Silicon Valley experience.”

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TECHNOLOGY & CULTURE IN SILICON VALLEY

BY BRENDAN NYSTEDT

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of share where each piece of Facebook he owns allows him 10 votes instead of just one. In total, the math works out to around 57 percent. Investors who might want a piece of this golden “Class B” stock will be disappointed because once it changes hands it automatically converts into regular old leaden “Class A,” good for only 1-vote-pershare.

So if you want to hop on board the Facebook train with your hardearned cash, you’ll have to deal with the fact that a 27-year-old Harvard dropout has your future in his hands. If you can rest easy with this notion without suddenly waking up in the middle of the night, then go right ahead and invest.

Zuckerberg, photographed here in his Monday-Friday casual attire, is surely as giddy as a fourth grader, which, interestingly enough, once took a nearly identical picture.

Zuckerberg Is a Supermajority of One The big tech news of the week was, without a doubt, Facebook’s reveal of a $5B IPO on a $100B valuation, the largest for any social networking company yet.

Cook’s Apple Already More Generous Apple has a reputation. Although their former CEO would famously answer emails from customers, the company is like a submarine on silent running. Their MO is to remain as indifferent to the outside world as possible, focusing solely on the mission that is the most holy calling of the almighty Jobs: create the best products possible. Now that Jobs has passed on, his successor at the helm has already begun putting his

Last September, Cook instated a donation-matching program for fulltime employees of the company. This year, he’s extended the program to part-time workers as well. When an Apple worker gives anything up to $10,000 to a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) org, Apple will match it.

So far, according to sources for The Verge, the Cupertino company has already donated $50M to Stanford Hospital without any fanfare. Cook broke the news to Apple employees in an all-hands meeting last week. He also brought up Apple’s participation in Project (RED).

Apple’s had (RED) iPods for about 5 years, and for each special iPod sold, Apple has always donated a percentage to HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa. The percentages have added up to $50M. With Cook’s defensive tirade regarding Apple’s factory worker treatment, and now this, it’s clear he seeks to make Apple into a more humane corporate entity. If his aim is true, everyone could benefit.

Netflix Launches Its First Original Series Netflix may be ailing at the moment, but they’re carrying through with plans to build a library of media that users can’t get anywhere else.

Netflix is in a unique position to begin really competing with the likes of HBO and Showtime as a premium “channel.” The Los Gatosbased company has kicked off its line of original content today with the online premiere of “Lilyhammer.”

Starring E-Street Band guitarist/ Sopranos actor Steven Van Zandt, “Lilyhammer” was a production of NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Company) and premiered in Norway in late January.

One little-known piece of information has surfaced regarding Facebook’s IPO filing paperwork and who exactly will control the social networking company. Normally, a publicly traded company reports to its shareholders. Whoever has the most shares gets the most votes in large decisions (buyouts, mergers, etc.) as dictated by the company’s governance structure. At Facebook, that means that Mark Zuckerberg will be in control.

That fact that Zuck only holds 28 percent of the company’s stock is technically correct. However, Zuck has a special type

own mark on the company. For the first time ever, Apple has started charitable giving on a large scale.

What’s Cooking: Apple is finally stepping in and using its industry standing for good.

Van Zandt plays Frank, a New York goodfella in the witness protection

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Judging from the picture, the show is about an Italian thrown into Norway, and a season-long arc dealing with his apparent constipation.

program. But, there aren’t Amish people involved, a la that one Harrison Ford movie. Instead, Frank is a fish out of water in Lillehammer, Norway.

The series was shot on location and, according to Netflix, is a quirky dramedy. The best part is that viewers don’t have to wait for episodes to be released– the whole first series is ready to watch right now.

Final Cut Pro X Update Too Little, Too Late?

Last year, Apple rolled out the latest version of their professional video editing software, Final Cut Pro X. Immediately, a backlash ensued from production houses and independent professionals who could no longer sustain their business on an application missing so many crucial features. In an attempt to win back users, Apple has slowly but surely crossed off the most-wanted features from the Pro wish list,

Industry standard Final Cut Pro saw a brutal revision this past year that left many clueless as to how to begin implementing the new software.

Already, many FCP-loyal professionals such as Bunim/Murray Productions have left the flock, switching to solutions from Avid and Adobe.

Although there is a huge cost converting a video production business over to a new software platform, users have shifted dramatically in order to avoid being left high and dry by Apple in the future at the cost of their livelihoods.

Final Cut Pro X may be dramatically easier to use and its underpinnings greatly souped-up from past versions but there may be no turning back.

Apple may have lost its grip on professional users forever, barring a real attempt at winning them back which has yet to be seen.

Google Releases Chrome Beta for Android In an extremely confusing move, Google has released a new browser for its Android mobile operating system. No, it’s not an updated version of the existing browser software but rather a mobile version of its Chrome web browser. Chrome supposedly boasts a more robust rendering engine for faster, better looking websites on a mobile device.

But the big question is: Why? Why isn’t Chrome just the browser for Android in the first place? Why cause so much confusion? A huge criticism of Android has been the fragmentation of versions, and now Google has created another issue for itself—browser fragmentation.

By supporting two browsers in the same operating system, the search company has lost the plot entirely.

Android should represent the best of Google’s services and software in a single place instead of muddling up the gene pool with offshoots and first cousins. Maybe someday, this will be the default browser but for now it’s just confusing.

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resulting in a product that is just now starting to fully replace the old, reliable Final Cut Pro 7. But, is this a case of too little, too late?

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SanJoseInside.com An inside look at San Jose politics

(West Sacramento), who is openly gay. —Josh Koehn

DOWN WITH PROP H8 More than three years after voters in California passed Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in the state, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law is unconstituional.

Mayor Reed Opposes Freedom To Marry Campaign DON’T expect to see San Jose’s Chuck Reed join the growing list of mayors who have pledged their support to the Freedom to Marry campaign.

Announced in January, more than 100 mayors across the country have signed on to the Freedom to Marry campaign, which has a goal “to overturn DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) and is working across the country to win marriage in more states and educate the public about why marriage matters to same-sex couples and their families,” according to the organization’s website.

In an interview with San Jose Inside, the mayor said he has “always been a supporter of civil unions, domestic partnerships. I’ve voted several times during my career to extend benefits to domestic partners.”

But the mayor draws the line at marriage.

“I was in favor of Prop 8,” Reed said.

Proposition 8 is the state initiative in 2008 that defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman.

California’s ban on same-sex marriage went to trial in 2010 and was ruled unconstitutional by the 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals this week.

“In terms of marriage,” Reed said before the ruling, “it’s really up to

the Supreme Court. The voters in California have one view, and we’ll have to wait and see if the Supreme Court supports that or not.”

More appeals are expected, but for now San Jose is the largest city in the country not to have its mayor supporting the Freedom to Marry campaign.

According to the Bay Area Reporter, mayors from California who have given their support include: Ed Lee (San Francisco); Jean Quan (Oakland); Antonio Villaraigosa (Los Angeles); Jerry Sanders (San Diego); Stephen Cassidy (San Leandro); David Glass (Petaluma); Marie Gilmore (Alameda); Don Lane (Santa Cruz); and Christopher Cabaldon

CUBESOULS

Can We Agree Now? that EVERYTHING Chuck Reed does is Republican in nature and philosophy?

Gay marriage? Gifting of public land for a ballpark, which will help his buddies, as well (as) himself. Pension gutting, union busting, etc. Come on, Chuck. Quit being a closet Republican. You are a true politician, trying to play both sides. Quit hiding behind that “D” you attach your political affiliation to.

Dot No other way to say it: Opposing marriage equality is anti-gay bigotry. Sad day for San Jose. Where is the rest of the City Council on this one? Are they just going to let Chuck tarnish San Jose’s civil rights record?

Ash Kalra I opposed Prop 8 and am unequivocally in favor of marriage equality for the LGBT community. This is a Civil Rights issue, and I believe the mayor is wrong. I cannot imagine how members of the LGBT community feel living in supposedly progressive San Jose knowing their mayor’s position. He does not speak for the City Council. If the Supreme Court does not permanently reverse the Prop 8 decision, I would support action by our state legislature, similar to Washington state, legalizing same-sex marriage.

Regardless of the court action, I support another vote of the electorate rejecting Prop 8 and supporting same-sex marriage.

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Shadzi wasn’t talking about a Bugatti Veyron, a Koenigsegg Agera, or a SSC Ultimate Aero. He was referring to the humble Volkswagen GTI. Well, not a stock GTI. This particular “people’s wagon” is equipped with a 3.0 litre Audi power plant that sits where the back seat used to be. It also borrows the rear suspension from a Porsche 996 Turbo and has a 6-speed transmission. Yes, it also has a huge turbo, and the engine can produce more than 1,000hp.

This is what 034 Motorsport does. The art of making cars go really, really fast, requires quite a bit of engineering and imagination.

Shadzi showed me his shop and answered some questions about the world of ultra-performance cars.

034 Motorsport favors function over fashion. Its late-model Audi A4 outperforms expertly tuned BMW M3’s. It even outperforms a Mercedes C63 AMG. To put things in perspective, the Mercedes starts at around $70,000, while the used Audi can be had for about $7,000.

Of course, if you want to play with the big boys, you’ll need to invest in a serious upgrade.

This side of 034 Motorsport has a very “underdog” vibe to it. It’s Che Guevara and the Scarlet Pimpernel

at the same time. The people that engage in this type of tuning revel in the “sleeper” aspect of their trade. Their vehicles look like something that shuttles children to soccer games but can outrun, and outcorner, what are commonly known as “supercars.”

Shadzi has had some excellent results with his cars. Outrunning a modified BMW M3 with an Audi A4 that was bought used and abused is like the turtle beating the gazelle. Of course, this turtle would have a carbon fiber shell, modified control arms, and a turbo attached to its nostrils.

Shadzi’s 15,000-square-foot complex is equipped with CNC machines, welders, programmers and expert mechanics. A lot of the original equipment manufactured (OEM) components can’t handle the power the modified engines produce. That’s why companies like 034 Motorsport and Morgan Hill’s Dinan have in-house manufacturing facilities.

Still, part of the game is to maintain the look and comfort of the original design. “We want to build a car that’s more Daniel Craig than Hulk Hogan,” Shadzi says.

On the streets, the cars maintain their elegance and functionality.

Surprisingly, they’re also not as annoyingly loud as some would think. At this level of performance and refinement, the cars are powerful, elegant and unobtrusive— unless they are on a track. Then it might get loud.—Tomek Mackowiak

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Valley High MASTER MEETING Metallica (lower right), San Jose skate great Steve Caballero (in green shirt) and Tony Alva (to his left) showed up for the ‘Obey Your Master’ show.

Growing up in the suburbs of San Jose, the author found solace in thrash metal and metal wheels By

GARY SINGH

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HENEVER he roams, the anti-man-abouttown seems to wind up in revelatory situations that directly relate to his teenage San Jose memories. No matter what lies buried and repressed within his personal unconscious, it always comes back.

This time he attended the “Obey Your Master” art show at Exhibit A Gallery, an exhibit of work inspired by Metallica songs. San Jose skateboard icon Steve Caballero contributed a painting to the show.

At the reception, without even trying, the anti-man-about-town recalled how, in 1985, he was possibly the only person in high school with

a Metallica shirt. The band was not big yet. His conventional heavy metal friends hated the new extreme form of metal that Metallica was playing. To those friends, the band was “too close to punk.” They didn’t get it.

The only other miscreants at school who appreciated a Metallica shirt, oddly enough, were the skaters. At that time, Caballero was already a pro and a highly influential figure, especially in San Jo. A huge Metallica fan, he often skated to Kill ’Em All and Ride the Lightning, the band’s first two LPs. That was 27 years ago. Now, skip to 2012 at Exhibit A Gallery in L.A., conveniently co-owned by ’70s skateboard icon Tony Alva.

Present at the reception were the four members of Metallica and their entourages, plus all the participating artists, rock celebs and aging skateboard legends that originally revolutionized the sport in the modern era.

Literally, it was Dogtown and Z-

Boys meets the Metal Militia. I felt an overwhelming sense of counterculture kismet, like everything had come full circle in some odd fashion. It was surreal.

Across the board, the entire show characterized exactly the myriad influence one would expect Metallica tunes to inflict. Shepard Fairey supplied prints based on “Disposable Heroes.”

He wrote: “Metallica first appealed to me because the aggression and rage in their music mirrored my own teenage feelings of frustration. I could vent my anger ... vicariously through Metallica, and directly by grinding curbs and coping on my skateboard.”

Andy Biersack, who contributed a painting of deceased bass player Cliff Burton inspired by “Creeping Death,” described the band as “equal parts darkness, intellect and vitriol.”

Shawn “Clown” Crahan of the band Slipknot created a gigantic mixed media sculpture inspired by the tune “Damage Inc.” Victor Castillo, who contributed an acrylic on canvas, said he first heard Metallica in Chile when he was 14.

Artist, photographer and filmmaker Chad Michael Ward created an original giclee print based on “The Unforgiven,”

and said he originally became smitten with two gorgeous stoner girls wearing Metallica shirts in junior high in 1986, and the rest was history. Caballero’s painting of a monstrous robot was based on the track “Metal Militia.”

Again, the reception was a revelation for the anti-man-about-town. In 1985 in San Jose, the high school Metallica shirt scenario had a deep effect on his already-troubled psyche. He craved adventurous music, and, growing up in the valley’s suburbia, it was difficult finding similar people to hang out with.

He was considered gifted as a youth, along with which came hypersensitive inclinations, and to be rejected by seemingly everyone for his forwardthinking musical taste felt catastrophic at the time. Rejected by everyone except for the skaters, that is.

But somehow, everything sorted itself out at the “Obey Your Master” reception. After all, he probably has Caballero to thank for the skaters originally digging his Metallica shirt when no one else would. And 27 years later, there they all were: some of the world’s most revolutionary skateboarders—Caballero, Tony Alva and more, plus Metallica—all hanging out in Alva’s own gallery. This mind-blowing space-time continuumshattering circle of events was so extraordinary that the anti-man was finally able to dislodge the negative imprint from high school and the healing came from within.

He felt interconnected with all beings and phenomena. He no longer needed to repress the memories.

Throughout the entire experience, including writing this column, he conquered the trauma of having no friends in high school that understood his Metallica shirt. His presence at this reception compensated for all the high school reunions he never attended.

If you harbor repressed memories from your teenage years in Silicon Valley, however insignificant, and they occasionally haunt you, stay positive.

Things will work themselves out.

Writing can help you discover hidden things about yourself. If it helped this dork from Leigh High School, it can help you too.

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NDY KUNTZ remembers when arcade games suddenly became the hottest nostalgia item in Silicon Valley. It was during the dotcom boom, when the coin-op craze was gone and seemingly forgotten, and home consoles already ruled the video-game industry.

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Kuntz and his brother, Chris, were running T Minus One, a company that rents, sells and services arcade games and pinball machines around the Bay Area. They had seen their business model shift dramatically as interest in classic arcade games dwindled. But nobody had counted on the impact all those hours and quarters spent in arcades had made on the new tech workforce.

“These startup companies were just giving money away,” says Kuntz.

“You had all these nerds who had grown up playing Ms. Pac Man, and now they had a ton of money

to spend. All of a sudden they’re making $80,000, $90,000 a year, and they’ve got all this money to blow. They didn’t go buy sports cars.

They bought games.”

Kuntz has long been bringing arcade games and pinball machines to California Extreme, the coin-op gaming convention now in its 16th year in Silicon Valley. And he will also be bringing games to Rockage, the first Bay Area festival to combine old-school gaming with chiptune, or chip music. This underground subculture born from video-game nostalgia incorporates the sounds and themes from classic games, and is often played on actual video-game equipment, usually Game Boys.

Held at the Landmark Ballroom in San Jose Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 11–12, the event will feature 20 bands and 50 classic arcade games on nonstop free play, as well as 10 console setups.

The live music lineup combines indie-rock headliners like Tera Melos, Slackers’ lead singer Vic Ruggiero and Kepi Ghoulie with several acts

that have come out of the Bay Area’s thriving chiptune scene.

“If I had to pick a spot for something like this, it would have to be Japan or here,” says Kuntz of Rockage. “This is where it all started.

This is where Atari and all these companies were born.”

Ghost Chasers

Silicon Valley was home not just to the companies that made the games, but also to the world’s first and best video-game players.

A famous photo shot for Life magazine in 1982 featured the world’s top arcade players, including Todd Walker of Milpitas. Walker competed in the first “Video Game World Championship,” held on the TV show That’s Incredible in 1983.

Walker came in second, but in the 2007 documentary Chasing Ghosts, the player who won, Ben Gold, basically admits that his victory was a total fluke.

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CRASHING THROUGH Morgan Tucker, a.k.a. Crashfaster, is largely credited with fostering the rising Bay Area chiptune scene.

“Todd was the best player,” Gold admits in the film. “At that point in time, he was the best player in all of the United States.”

Walker was on the first U.S. National Video Game Team, also founded in 1983, with Eric Ginner of Mountain View and Mark Bersabe of San Jose, among others.

One of their teammates was Billy Mitchell, who went on to cult fame in another arcade-nostalgia documentary, The King of Kong, as the supposedly ruthless and Machiavellian player obsessed with holding on to his decades-old worldrecord score on Donkey Kong.

Competitive video gaming remains popular, and there will be tournaments at this weekend’s Rockage festival. One of those competing is Alex Esquivel, a

gaming devotee who competes in tournaments for Street Fighter and other fighting games.

At only 29, Esquivel missed the golden age of the arcade, but he did spend a lot of time catching up on his Nintendo, and in the arcades still scattered around the Bay Area.

“When I was a kid, I used to beat all the older kids,” Esquivel recalls.

“As I got older, I met more people and played with them. There’s sort of an underground scene that has a bunch of really dedicated players.”

More importantly, Esquivel will also be performing at Rockage, under his stage name A. Rival. He is best known for his chiptune music, like his 8-bit cover of Busta Rhymes’ “Break Ya Neck.” His most recent release was a tribute to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, for which he

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Chipping Away Although he discovered chip music through Chibi-Tech, a former Silicon Valley chiptune artist who has since moved to Japan to work in the video game industry, Esquivel has been obsessed with re-creating the music of the video games he’s loved from a young age.

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plans to release an actual game as a companion piece.

“I had an idea to do a really big drum and bass version of the Ninja Turtles theme. Sort of as a joke,” he says.

“But I went home and tried it, and it actually sounded pretty awesome. I thought it was balls out. It’s sort of a love letter to Ninja Turtles, along with some of my favorite electronic artists, like Pendulum.”

“When I was in seventh grade, I tried to make my own video game music, out of MIDI,” he says. “But I could always tell the NES [Nintendo Entertainment System] stuff was its own thing; I couldn’t get those tones.

It wasn’t until way later, I’d say 2003 or 2004, that I found out about Nerdtracker. Nerdtracker was the first way that I could actually make music that sounded like the NES.” Nerdtracker is an MS-DOS-based software designed to let musicians easily create songs that not only sounded like they came from a Ricoh 2A03—the 8-bit microprocessor used in the Nintendo Entertainment System—but were actually compatible with the NES. The accessibility of Nerdtracker and subsequent similar programs led to a new wave of artists creating what has been called “NES music” and “8-bit music,” but is more commonly known as chiptune or chip music.

Musicians have long been sampling arcade games, but few imagined that by the 2000s electronic artists would be plugging Game Boys into sound systems at club.

Some chiptune still sticks close to the video-game sound, but more and more therange of what chiptune and chip-influenced music sounds like is expanding. L.A.’s Cristina Fuentes, under the name Wet Mango, uses Game Boys and synthesizers to combine chiptune and breakcore.

Kool Skull plays chipthrash. Other acts are even harder to define.

Esquivel notes that many of the newer artists are younger than the games they’re basing their music on, or didn’t grow up gaming, making their motivation for making chiptune music very different than his.

“For me, personally, I think a lot of it is nostalgia,” he muses. “But as time goes on, and the genre evolves, it becomes less so. There are some people who have no background in video games who are making chip-style music. It comes out very different. A lot of people who’ve just come into it don’t use the instrumentation and style of the composers of the old games.”

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ROCKAGE < 21 Morgan Tucker remembers seeing Esquivel play in 2009, at a show Tucker was producing in San Francisco that featured several chiptune artists.

“It was mind-blowing,” Tucker recalls. “They made anything I was doing pale in comparison. The really sad thing was there were like 10 people there. The people who were there were really into it, but I had this vision of these artists getting bummed out and not making this music anymore because they’d feel like it wasn’t worth it.

‘You had all these nerds who had grown up playing Ms. Pac Man, and now they had a ton of money to spend. They didn’t go buy sports cars.

They bought games.’

—ANDY KUNTZ “I really decided then and there that not only did these guys deserve to feel like the rock stars that they truly were, but that people needed to hear this music. That was the point at which I devoted a lot of time and effort and money into promoting big chip shows.”

Along with showcasing local artists, Tucker brought to the area acts like Anamanaguchi, who gave chiptune a huge visibility boost when they had their music used in the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

Tucker formed the chiptune organization 8 Bit SF, and his efforts are the reason he’s credited with making the Bay Area arguably

the top region in the country for chiptune, despite the fact that it was largely an East Coast phenomenon when it started a decade ago.

“Morgan was a big reason why. He always organized the shows, and he sort of became the hub,” says Esquivel.

“What I didn’t realize at the time was that San Francisco and Silicon Valley, the Bay Area in general, are the perfect place for this music to take hold. You’ve got a lot of people who work in tech and who have common backgrounds in that they grew up with these games,” says Tucker.

“There is a nostalgic element that’s something we all share. It’s something that was able to take hold and catch on.”

Tucker will perform at Rockage, too, under the banner of his project Crashfaster. He is also undergoing a bit of a metamorphosis; last year he went from performing solo to playing live with a band.

“I think what you’re seeing is people want to branch out a little bit,” Tucker explains. “They don’t want to be pigeonholed. I think for me, chiptune was a great musical renaissance, in that it really refocused me as a musician.”

What had happened, he says, is “I had gotten really into creating my own synthesizer sounds and things like that, and you can spend weeks tweaking and making really cool soundscapes. But then you don’t have any music to show for it.

“When I really started diving into the chiptune stuff, the setup is so simple that it forces you to focus on the composition and what you’re doing, in a way that really reignited my passion for writing music. Not to sound cheesy or trite, but it’s really been life-changing for me.”

Nostalgia Notions Interestingly, that same simplicity is the reason many feel that the nostalgia for classic games continues to grow. Some gamers simply don’t want to spend 45 minutes just making a character and getting down the controls on a complicated new game that takes dozen of hours to get through.

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ACUPUNCTURE DIFFERENT ’TUNES Lizzie Cuevas and Matthew Payne of Glowing Stars incorporate live instruments into their chiptune songs but also use a Game Boy. Extreme, Ken Chaney has come to understand that himself. “The game play has got this elegance that’s simple but compelling,” says Chaney of the best classic arcade games.

“Anybody can just step up and play it. It takes you two seconds to understand the game, and you can keep playing it and playing it and playing it.”

Each new development in the complexity of technology seems to inspire a new wave of nostalgia.

Vinyl purists claimed CDs couldn’t capture the warm, realistic sound of records, and their even deeper hate for MP3s has pushed specialty vinyl releases back into regular rotation for indie and punk bands.

Smartphone apps like Hipstamatic attempt to re-create the fuzzy, quirky photographic lenses of cheap plastic cameras. Even slot-car racing has made a comeback, with big-money

replicas of famous raceways like the 60s-era Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway and San Marino Grand Prix going for around $10,000.

The arrival of The Artist, with its fond look back at Hollywood’s heyday, has evoked a retrospective reverie for 35 mm film as opposed to digital movies. In the last year or so, digital screens overtook traditional film screens as the primary projection method at theaters. In reaction, theaters like the New Beverly in L.A. are trumpeting their 35mm prints as a selling point.

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ROCKAGE < 25 “When Doom 2 came out, I loaded it up, and a week later I came out of my room. Once I figured out what had happened, I said never again. It was too much. I don’t want to go that far down the rabbit hole,” he says.

Though he agrees that the core constituency of his business is nostalgia, he and the other organizers of California Extreme want to take it beyond that.

Enlisting new, younger players helps to keep the hobby alive, which is one of the reasons he’s glad to see Rockage combining underground music with video game culture. He’ll be bringing a lot of games and some pinball machines there.

“I’ve seen a lot of kids discover games that are much older than they are,” he says. “You can have nostalgia for something you’ve never experienced before. There’s something in you that connects to it on a personal level. There’s some kind of generational leakage that seems to happen.”

Crossing Over The idea for the Rockage festival first came to Eric Fanali three years ago. He grew up on games, both at home and in South Bay arcades like Aladdin’s Castle and Galactica 2, and has worked in video-game PR for the last 12 years.

So he was instantly hooked when he heard Nintendo cover bands like Sacramento’s the Advantage and Arizona’s Minibosses back in 2004. As a longtime promoter of underground shows locally, he saw Rockage as the perfect way to bring together music and gaming.

“Those are my two loves,” he says.

“They can collide on the dance floor.”

He also wanted to have a lineup of bands that cut across genres. “It’s important to have rock music and chip music. I think those cultures are similar. We really just want everyone to rock together,” he says.

For a long time, he thought he’d never really get Rockage off the ground. But then the popularity of the chip music scene grew, and last summer California Extreme let him bring in some bands to their event for the first time, giving him a better sense of how Rockage could

work. He attended the most recent MAGFest (Music and Gaming Festival) in Maryland, which drew 6,000 gamers to exactly the type of event he wanted to produce.

“They’ve really got it down,” he says.

In the end, he talked to more than 50 venues in the South Bay, searching for the right place, before he made a deal with the San Jose Women’s Club. Still, he had no idea what he was in for.

“I’ve done bigger shows, like Death Cab for Cutie,” he says. “But this has been the most work.”

For Tucker, Rockage is like a dream come true.

“It truly embodies what I had hoped to do. I didn’t want to just put on concerts, I wanted to do exactly what he’s doing—have games, have that culture there, rock music and chip music, this shared experience,” he says. “He’s nailed it.”

Tucker is also psyched to see Bay Area chip acts like the Glowing Stars and A. Rival get the spotlight at the festival.

“There are some phenomenal artists in the area who are finally getting some notoriety, and it’s exciting for me to be a part of that,” he says.

Part of the reason for that is mainstream artists like Ke$ha, whose “Tik Tok” was hugely influenced by chiptune.

Matthew Payne of Glowing Stars remembers that the sound of chiptune was once often dismissed as “Mario at a rave.” But his band employs live instruments along with the video-game elements— Lizzie Cuevas handles guitar and lead vocals, while he drums and provides some vocals in addition to programming. Though they’ve only been performing as Glowing Stars for about a year, the two were previously in a punk band together, and had long talked about doing an 8-bit-type project.

“She sent me some songs she was working on, and I just picked up a Game Boy and started programming, and it all came together,” says Payne, who’ll be performing at Rockage not just as part of the band but also solo (he describes his solo music as a combination of doom metal and folk music, with chip elements).

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At their first show, Cuevas jokingly referred to the Game Boy as “the third member of the band,” but that’s actually a pretty good way to describe how many chiptune acts incorporate the video game equipment they use onstage and in the studio.

“Usually, it’s just trying to get the point across that this game console is making the music live,” says Payne.

There’s even been a backlash among some chip artists against being linked too closely to game nostalgia.

“In New York, they’ve been doing it longer, and there’s really been an effort to move away from being categorized as ‘video game music,’” says Tucker. “Because people who aren’t familiar with what’s going on, sometimes they don’t even know that you’re playing something. They think you’re just turning on a video game system and pressing start.”

Tucker foresees a lot of growth— and maybe growing pains—in the genre.

“I think like anything there will

always be the purists, and we need those guys to keep us in check. For a while in the beginning, I kind of ascribed to that—if it’s not pure chip, it’s garbage—but over time, I’ve realized that’s a little limiting.

I think what you’ll see if a lot more of these hybrid kind of acts, where it’s an element of the music, but it’s not necessarily the dominant thing.

You’re already seeing that in pop music and hip-hop and club music.”

For him, though, and for many of those who will be at Rockage this weekend, it’ll always go back to the greatness of the original games, and their music.

“The truly amazing thing about some of these epic staples—Mario Brothers, Legend of Zelda, etc.— those things are more prevalent in my mind than any pop music from the era, and they’ll always be with me,” he says.

“These little loops and these little bars these guys were able to squeeze out of these machines. When I go back and listen to that stuff, I’m constantly awe-struck at how genius some of those compositions are.

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ETTINA POPE’S dream was to own a bakery.

After leaving her career as a private education administrator in Florida, her dream has become a reality—and she hasn’t had more than two days off since she and her husband, Mark, opened San Jose’s La Lune Sucrée in September.

Pope, who was born in Germany and counts her mother as a major influence on her cooking, has always loved baking. But when she decided to make a career change from school administrator to baker, she

realized she needed some additional education.

She enrolled in classes and worked with veteran pastry chef Michael Ostrander, owner of Sweet Caroline’s Bakery in Palm Harbor, Fla. She spent last summer in the Loire region of France apprenticing under pastry chef Olivier Grimaud.

“I wanted to take my skills up a notch,” she says. “I got to see how a commercial pastry shop works.”

Then she headed west to be closer to her children and grandchildren, who all live in San Jose. When a bakery on Paseo de San Antonio near San Jose State University opened up, she jumped on it, and La Lune Sucrée (“the sweet moon”) was born.

Pope is the only baker in the shop, but she’s training an employee to

help out out. “It’s a huge challenge challenge, but it’s fun everyday,” she tells me.

The bakery offers a little bit of everything—pastries, crepes, sandwiches and other savory items.

The almond croissant is my bellwether for judging a baker’s skill.

The one I tried at La Lune Sucrée is not as layered and flaky as the gold standard croissant at Fleur de Cocoa in Los Gatos, but it’s a solid contender. The pastry ($3.75) is moist and buttery and conceals a sweet but not too sweet marzipan interior.

It’s also made with marzipan and chocolate, the solution to my “chocolate or almond?” croissant dilemma.

Equally good is the peach tart ($3.99), sliced fruit layered into a sweet but not-too-sweet cream cheese filling with a great, almond pastry crust. And then there’s the flourless chocolate cake, a hulking wedge of ridiculously chocolatey and nutty cake for $5.49.

For something smaller, don’t miss Pope’s cannelles ($2.25), a French version of a cinnamon twist only more delicate, crispier and moister than the American version.

The almond croissant is moist and buttery and conceals a sweet but not too sweet marzipan interior. It’s also made with marzipan and chocolate, the solution to my ‘chocolate or almond?’ croissant dilemma.

The turkey bistro sandwich ($6.99) comes with Pope’s own plum jam.

The croque monsieur ($6.99) is a good ham and cheese, but I was expecting the mornay or béchameltopped version. This was more like a ham and cheese panini.

Pope also makes a few family recipes from Germany including a good quiche ($5.25) with ham, mushrooms, cheese, crispy onions.

For Pope, sweet dreams, and the hard work that comes with it, do come true.

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La Lune Sucrée’s sandwiches are worth seeking out, too. They’re made in the minimal Parisian style, just a fresh baguette layered with a few ingredients. What makes them especially good is the bread, beautifully crisp and moist baguettes pulled hot out of the oven.

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ANTONELLA’S Classic Italian standards in a relaxed, family-friendly Rose Garden neighborhood setting. 11am9pm Mon-Fri, 8am-3pm and 49 pm Sat-Sun. 1701 Park Ave., 408.279.4922

ARCADIA Steakhouse. $$$.

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

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

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

BILLY BERK’S Eclectic. $$. Billy Berk’s restaurant looks and tastes like the offspring of the Hard Rock Cafe and Chili’s. The downtown San Jose restaurant offers a populist mix of American, Mexican and Asian food. Most dishes are designed for sharing—appetizer-size portions, nibbles and finger foods that pair well with the prodigious drink list.

11:30am-10pm Mon-Wed, 11:30am-10pm Thu, 11:30am11pm Fri, 5-11pm Sat. Bar open till midnight. 99 S. First St. 408.292.4300.

DALAT Vietnamese. $$.

San Jose’s second-oldest Vietnamese restaurant continues to draw those in search of delicious traditional fare. Surroundings are clean and friendly. Lunch and dinner daily. 408 E. William St. 408.294.6989.

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

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

FLAMES EATERY AND BAR American. $$. In Silicon Valley, the home-grown Flames restaurant chain is the area’s definitive coffee shop. And now they’ve opened in downtown San Jose to great acclaim.

7am-midnight daily. 88 S. Fourth St. 408.971.1960.

4TH STREET PIZZA CO. Pizza. $. 4th Street Pizza Co. occupies a prime corner spot on East Santa Clara and Fourth with big windows to watch the comings and goings at City Hall across the street. The thin-crust margherita fell short but the thicker-crust pies are better. 11am-9pm Sun-Thu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat. 150 E. Santa Clara St. 408.286.7500.

HOUSE OF SIAM Thai. $. This popular establishment runs the gamut of Thai treasures. Beer, wine. 11:30am-2:30pm MonFri, 5-10pm daily. 151 S. Second St. 408.295.3397.

IL FORNAIO Regional Italian. $$. Embraced by the graceful Sainte Claire Hotel, this

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location (there are several up and down the coast) transports the diner. The menu showcases a different region of Italy monthly. 7am-10pm Mon-Thu, 7am-11pm Fri, 8am-11pm Sat, 8am-10pm Sun. Full bar. 302 S. Market St. 408.271.3366.

KOJI SAKE LOUNGE $$.

Japanese. In spite of Koji’s well-tuned atmosphere, it’s the sakes that really set the tone. Koji’s sake list includes tasting notes that help you find one that suits you. Happy hour 6-9pm Wed-Fri with $3 beers and $5 small plates.

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

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

LA VICTORIA TAQUERIA Mexican. $. La Vic’s famously addictive orange hot sauce merely tops off its tasty taqueria fare: big burritos of the breakfast and lunchtime varieties, overflowing nachos, delectable chile rellenos. 7am3am daily. 140 E. San Carlos St. 408.298.5335.

LOS CUBANOS Cuban. $$.

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

Lunch 11am-2:30pm MonFri; dinner 5-9pm Mon-Thu, 5-10pm Fri, 1-10pm Sat and 4-8:30pm Sun. 22 N. Almaden Ave. 408.279.0134.

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Thanks to him (or maybe it was a her), we don’t need such courage. Just an appetite.

ARCADIA Yes, Arcadia is a steakhouse, but the restaurant also serves some great oysters. They’re especially good sitting at the restaurant’s stylish bar.

100 W. San Carlos St., San Jose. 408.278.4555.

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CRAWDADDY The boiled crawfish are the specialty of the house, but this Story Road restaurant also sells fresh, fat oysters by the bagful.

779 Story Road, San Jose. 408.286.2729.

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THE FISH MARKET The Fish Market seems like it hasn’t changed in 20 years, and that’s a good thing. The restaurant is a no-frills source for fresh fish, and the changing lineup of oysters is part of the appeal. Happy hour deals make the bivalves go down even easier.

1007 Blossom Hill Road, San Jose. 408.269.3474.

MCCORMICK & SCHMICK’S While it doesn’t have an oyster bar per se, this downtown San Jose seafood house does offer a good list of premium oysters. If available, the Hood Canal oysters from Puget Sound are especially tasty.

170 South Market St., San Jose. 408.283.7200.

YANKEE PIER The tidy oyster bar at this Santana Row restaurant has a little oyster bar with tagged bags of oysters resting on a bed of crushed ice. Although few people probably ever look at them, the tags are proof of the oysters’ place of origin and your best assurance that you’re not being sold a lesser-quality oyster under a different name for more money.

378 Santana Row, San Jose. 408.244.1244.—Stett Holbrook

MCCORMICK AND SCHMICK’S Seafood. $$$. Harks back to big-city fish houses with stately, masculine interiors. Menu follows the freshest fruits of the sea, grilled, pan-seared, steamed. Desserts will hook you. 11:30am-10pm daily; 11pm happy hour Fri-Sat. 170 S. Market St. 408.283.7200.

MEZCAL Regional Mexican. $$. Mezcal specializes in

delicious regional cuisine from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. People who need nachos and sour-cream-topped burritos on the menu will probably be miffed, but for those willing to venture beyond the same old Mexican-American standards, Mezcal offers an excellent point of departure.

11:30am-11pm Sun-Fri and 511pm Sat. 25 W. San Fernando St. 408.283.9595.

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

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of Crescent City classics like po’ boys, barbecued shrimp, gumbo and muffaletta.

Live music on Fridays and Saturdays. 11am-9pm MonThu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat, 10am-8pm Sun; brunch 10am2pm Sun. 91 S. Autumn St. 408.292.5837.

to visit. 11:30am-9:30pm daily.

131 E. Jackson St. 408.294.3303 or 998.9427.

SCOTT’S SEAFOOD Seafood.

AMATO’S Sandwich shop.

MUCHOS Mexican. $. A small player with a big rotisserie, this taqueria cultivates a devout lunch following. All standards get billing, but the mesquiteroasted chicken is the star.

Beer. 11am-10pm daily. 72 E. Santa Clara St. 408.277.0333.

$$$. Culture lovers and power brokers alike find impeccable sourdough, a sea of marine treats and other entrees and a panoramic view (there’s a sister eatery in Palo Alto). For maximum pleasure, get there at sunset. Full bar. 11:30am5pm Mon-Fri, 5pm-close Sat, 4:30pm-close Sun. 185 Park Ave. 408.971.1700.

$. The sandwiches make for greasy, sloppy, ferociously delicious eating. There are 34 varieties, categorized in three groups: hot, cold, specialty.

10am-11pm Mon-Fri, 10am9pm Sat, 10am-7pm Sun. 1162 Saratoga Ave. 408.246.4007.

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New American. $$. Lots of restaurants would like to think of themselves as friendly neighborhood joints but few deliver. The Garage does. Small but satisfying menu of wellexecuted comfort food classics.

5-9:30pm Tue-Thu, 5-10pm Fri, 9am-1pm, 5-10pm Sat, 9am1pm Sun. 505 E. San Carlos St. 408.286.1100.

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

Closed Sun. 11:30am-1pm, 59pm Mon-Sat. 71 N. San Pedro St. 408.971.8523.

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

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

PAGODA RESTAURANT Chinese. $$$. The cuisines of China share top billing with the opulence of the décor. Pagoda offers the gamut of regional all-stars. Full bar. 6-10pm Tue-Sat. Fairmont Hotel, 170 S. Market St. 408.998.3937.

PAOLO’S New Italian. $$$$.

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

The impeccable service compensates for the modest portions. Full bar. 11:30am2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5:30-10pm Mon-Sat. 323 W. San Carlos St. 408.294.2558.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO New Orleans. $$. Poor House Bistro offers a low-priced menu

SONOMA CHICKEN Mixed. $. If you don’t mind carrying your own tray and fighting for a table you’ll be rewarded with hearty spit-roasted chicken that requires at least six napkins. 11am-9pm SunThu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat. 31 N. Market St. at San Pedro Square.

408.287.4098.

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

VUNG TAU Vietnamese. $$.

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

Encyclopedic menu. 10am3pm, 5-9pm daily. 535 E. Santa Clara St. 408.288.9055.

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

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

BANGKOK TASTE Thai. $$.

Humble strip mall gem with a loyal following. Beef Pi-Roj is a house favorite. Veggies love the Rama tofu. 11am-3pm Mon-Fri, 5-9:30pm daily. 1769 Blossom Hill Rd. 408.358.2525.

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

6:30am-3pm daily. 302 N. Bascom Ave. 408.287.2455.

CAO NGUYEN Vietnamese, Chinese-Vietnamese. $.

Gargantuan menu features nearly 200 Vietnamese menu options, including smoked duck, sautéed frogs and clay pot catfish. 10am-10pm MonFri, 9am-10pm Sat-Sun. 2549 S. King Rd #A-16. 408.270.9610.

CASA VICKY Family-style Mexican. $. Nothing fancy, but a hearty brand of Mexican food wrought from popular family recipes. Breakfast plates and warm sweet pastries in abundant supply. 7am7pm daily. 792 E. Julian St. 408.995.5488.

CITRUS New American. $$$.

DIA DE PESCA Mexican. $.

As you might guess from the name (Dia de Pesca means “gone fishing” in Spanish), the restaurant specializes in seafood—fish tacos, ceviche, shrimp cocktails and soups. It’s all good. 10:30am-8:30pm daily.

55 N. Bascom Ave. 408.287.3722.

favorites—spaghetti and pizza—served with plenty of elbow room. Big portions and wholesome family-style service.

11am-10pm Sun-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat. 5245 Prospect Rd, San Jose. Full Bar. 408.446.9644. Also 939 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View. 650.967.5384.

COCOLA French bakery. $.

Bistro Mozart

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DI LAC Vegetarian Asian. $$.

FRATELLO Italian. $$. Bursting

$50.00 - Includes a free bottle of Italian Wine!

Cocola is a fine place to while away an afternoon sipping tea and sampling a pear tart with vanilla custard and slivered almonds. For heartier fare, try the gourmet sandwiches. 8am11pm Sun-Tue, 8am-noon WedSat. 333 Santana Row #1045.

408.551.0018.

A bite of veggie heaven. The spacious Di Lac serves up an appetizing array of foods, all of which are made fresh daily, including the soy milk and tofu.

9am-9pm daily. 1644 E. Capitol Expwy. 408.238.8686.

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

~ shared appetizer ~ choice of entree ~ shared dessert

CONSUELO Mexican. $$.

Good regional Mexican food made with lesser-known ingredients in an attractive, upscale atmosphere. The food is served tapas-style and meant to be shared. Fantastic tequila list. 11:30am-9pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-11pm Fri, 11am-11pm Sat, 11am-9pm Sun. 377 Santana Row #1125. 408.260.7082.

setting is fit for royalty, and there’s a menu to match: lobster with special sauces, Peking duck, emerald-colored mustard greens, even suckling pig. Or try the more delicate fare: dim sum every lunch. 11am-2:30pm, 59:30pm Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm, 59:30pm Sat-Sun. 1001 Story Rd, second floor. 408.286.6668

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

CRAWDADDY Cajun. $$.

Crawdaddy specializes in boiled live crawfish flown in from Louisiana. The mud bugs are served steaming in a plastic bag swimming in a buttery, garliclaced sauce that ranges from mild to ridiculously hot. 3-10pm Mon-Fri and noon-10pm SatSun. 779 Story Rd. 408.286.2729.

DEEZI’S CAFE Persian. $$. Deezi is a hearty lamb shank stew and it’s quite good here. But the soul of the menu is the kebabs, and the koobideh kebabs are outstanding. Made from ground beef blended with puréed onions, garlic and various spices, the skewered and grilled meat stick is beautifully grilled and so tender and juice-filled it squirts when you bite down on it. The joojeh (chicken) kebab scores as well. Try the fresh made dogh (a yogurt drink). 11:30am-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-10pm Sat-Sun. 1312 Saratoga Ave. 408.244.0300.

DYNASTY CHINESE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT Chinese $$. The

EDNA RAY Chinese. $$. Now in a new location, Edna Ray continues to serve classics of Chinese-American food with the same quantity, familiarity and reasonable prices. You’ll find all three here, and then some.

11:30am-9:30pm daily. 1181 Lincoln Ave. 408.280.7738.

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

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

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

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

408.873.7628.

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

Traditional Italian-American

GIORGIO’S Family-style Italian. $. Simple Italian cooking—the rugged kind with Southern Italian leanings, full of robust flavors and tangy tomato sauces. 11:30am-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-10:30pm Fri-Sat, 11:30am-10pm Sun. 1445 Foxworthy Ave. 408.264.5781.

GOJO ETHIOPIAN RESTAURANT Ethiopian. $. Simplicity reigns here; just Ethiopian food—chicken, beef, lamb, vegetarian—and Ethiopian coffee. The flavors taste even better with honey wine. Beer, wine. Noon-9pm SunThu, noon-10pm Fri-Sat. 1261 W. San Carlos St. 408.295.9546.

GOVEA’S Mexican. $. A community hub that serves up wonderfully fresh, oldfashioned Mexican food with no trendy gimmicks. Wholesome and filling. 10am-9pm MonThu, 10am-10pm Sat-Fri, 9am-9pm Sun. 1996 Tully Rd. 408.270.0973.

GREAT WALL Chinese. $$. This strip mall hideaway serves skillfully prepared Chinese dishes in an atmosphere where sandals and T-shirts are the perfect fashion. Beef and black mushrooms, salt-and-pepper spareribs and cashew chicken earn high marks. Take out available. 11am-2:30pm, 4:309pm Mon-Fri, noon-9pm Sat. 1409 Bird Ave. 408.287.1688 or 287.1689.

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

Sensuous foods of the Caribbean and Cuba, long on tomato and peppers, slowroasted meats and earthy black beans. Beer and wine. Lunch 11am-2:30pm Mon-Fri; dinner 5-9pm Tue-Thu, 5-10pm Fri, 410pm Sat, 4-9pm Sun. 238 Race St. 408.998.2822.

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In Santana Row’s chic Hotel Valencia, Citrus peels back the hotel dining myth. Here, diners match their own main dishes with their choice of rub, sauce and side dish. Fun continues in skilled desserts. 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Sat. 355 Santana Row. 408.423.5400.

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

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

HUKILAU Hawaiian. $$.

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

HUNAN TASTE. Chinese. $$.

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

ISABELLA’S Peruvian. $$.

bowl of ramen when they find one. And they’ve definitely found one here. 11:30am2pm, 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Fri, 11:30am-3pm, 4:30-9pm Sat-Sun. 4330 Moorpark Ave. 408.255.8244.

and bellying up to mint tea rituals, b’stilla (pigeon pie) and rabbit tagine. Full dinner menu includes vegetarian option.

Solid wine list. 6-10pm daily. 41 E. Gish Rd. 408.453.1983.

KRUNGTHAI Thai. $$.

Cowboy continental. $$$. The Grandview is an old-school roadhouse with a warm atmosphere. Add dishes like surf and turf, rack of lamb chasseur and chicken Cordon Bleu and you’ve got yourself a destination. 5-10:30pm Wed-Sun. 94 Mt. Hamilton Rd. 408.251.8909.

Perennial Metro “Best Of” winner, Krungthai has been around since 1988, but still tastes fresh and new.

11am-3pm, 5-10pm Mon-Fri, noon-10pm Sat-Sun. 640 S. Winchester Blvd. 408.260.8224.

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

KUMAKO Ramen. $.

Japantown now has its missing ingredient—good ramen.

Kumako’s menu is simple: ramen, curry rice and a few appetizers. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Sat. 211 E. Jackson St. 408.286.2111.

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

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

LE PAPILLON Contemporary French. $$$$. From start to finish, a meal at Le Papillon casts a spell on everyone who enters. The feeling is only broken when you walk out the door and abruptly step back into the real world outside. Full bar. Lunch 11:30am-2pm Fri; dinner nightly. 410 Saratoga Ave. 408.296.3730.

One of the South Bay’s few outposts of Peruvian food, Isabella’s has much to recommend. Tacu-tacu, a starchy, beany blob enlivened with onions, garlic, oregano and other spices served with a thin steak, is great. Seafood dishes like the ceviche and cau-cau mariscos are also good. Don’t miss the delicious chicha morada, a Peruvian punch made with purple corn, pineapple and apple juice that’s boldly seasoned with cinnamon. 11am-10pm MonThu, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat, 2-8pm Sun. 700 S. Winchester Blvd.

408.248.PERU.

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

The food is a cut above standard, with roast chicken and veal marsala standing out. 11am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat, noon-10pm Sun. 3055 Olin Ave. #1000.

408.423.8973.

KAHOO Japanese. $. The

MENARA Moroccan. $$$.

people queuing up are ramen aficionados who know a good

Since 1977, Menara’s been throwing back the pillows

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MY KHE QUAN HUE Vietnamese. $. Food from central Vietnam is underrepresented in San Jose and that’s part of what makes this small restaurant such a find. Excellent noodle soups. 9am-9pm daily except Wed. Cash only. 960 Story Rd. 408.920.9603.

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

OMOGARI Korean. $. Omogari makes getting to know Korean food easy. The menu includes pictures of many dishes, the service is friendly and the food is consistently good. Try the dae gee bul go gi, spicy marinated pork. 11:30am9:30pm Mon-Sat. 154 E. Jackson St. 408.280.6588.

ORLO’S New American. $$$.

On the lush grounds of the historic Hayes Mansion, this is one beautiful, luxurious dining room, with menu and excellent service to match. 5:30-9:30pm Tue-Sat. Hayes Conference Center, 200 Edenvale Ave. 408.226.3200.

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

408.292.9929.

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day at TusCA Restaurant February 14, 2012, 5:30 p.m. — 10:00 p.m.

Treat your valentine to something special this year and enjoy our three-course dinner at Hyatt Regency Santa Clara. Choose between our heirloom tomato stew or beef carpaccio for appetizer; followed by entrée choices of roasted black bass, veal tenderloin scaloppini, braised duck agro dulce or ricotta ravioli alla arrabbiata; finished off with a trio of desserts including tiramisu, citrus tart and chocolate ricotta cake. For reservations, call 408 510 6480 or visit santaclara.tusca.com. Hyatt. You’re More Than Welcome.

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

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

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

RASA MALAYSIAN Malaysian. $$. Rasa Malaysian is a homey restaurant that offers a number of solid examples of Malaysian food including satay chicken, char tway keow and sambal kangkung. 11am3pm, 5-9pm Mon-Fri, 11am9pm Sat. 1290 Coleman Ave. 408.980.0668.

REHOBOTH Ethiopian. $$.

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

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

SIAM Thai. $$. Siam is a sweet little Thai restaurant between Valley Fair and Santana Row. The menu offers a lineup of

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Thai standards and crowdpleasing combinations with Americanized names like “cashew lover,” “Thai angry” and “pleasing garlic.”

There’s plenty to recommend.

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

408.246.0304.

SIENA MEDITERRANEAN BISTRO Mediterranean. $$$.

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

1359 Lincoln Ave. 408.271.0837.

SINO RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Modern Chinese. $$$.

Sino is owned by Christopher Yeo, the restaurateur behind Straits. The restaurant offers both traditional Chinese cooking and a few modern riffs. Good dim sum, too. 11am10pm Sun-Tue, 11am-midnight Wed-Sat. 377 Santana Row. 408.247.8880.

STRAITS RESTAURANT Asian fusion. $$$. By night it’s a jam-packed hipster clubhouse; by day it’s Singaporean chef Chris Yeo’s latest chic fusion venue. Small plates share the menu with entrees such as the lobster and shrimp pad thai. Outdoor seating available.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3090 Olsen Dr. 408.260.1444.

TLAQUEPAQUE NO. 3 Mexican. $. Willow Glen’s Tlaquepaque No. 3 occupies that sweet spot between a taqueria and a more formal sit-down restaurant.

And then there are those highly gulpable chavelas. 7am9pm Mon-Sat. 699 Curtner Ave. 408.448.1230.

THREE FLAMES Continental. $$. A Willow Glen favorite with an enormous menu. Among the best choices are scampi, rack of lamb and pepper steak.

Full bar. 11am-3:45pm daily, 4-10pm Mon-Thu, 4-11pm Fri-Sat. 1547 Meridian Ave. 408.269.3133.

VIN SANTO Italian $$. A beautifully simple and low-lit dining room sets the stage for offerings of earthy aromas, bold sauces and well-seasoned market-fresh meats and produce. Extensive wine list plays host nearly as well as the informative servers. 5-10pm Tue-Sat, 5-8pm Sun. 1346 Lincoln Ave. 408.920.2508.

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

408.244.3991.

WILLOW STREET WOODFIRED PIZZA Pizza. $$. Silicon Valley’s three Willow Street pizza locations prepare the definitive upwardly mobile California pizza.

Crispy, thin crusts breathe with accents of almond from the Italian wood-fired oven. Check out the new Neapolitan-style pizzas—delicate, light and satisfying. Hearty pastas, salads and sandwiches, too. 11:30am9pm Sun-Wed, 11:30am-9:30pm Thu, 11:30am-10pm Fri-Sat. 1072 Willow St. 408.971.7080.

For other locations see www. willowstreet.com.

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Appetizer (your choice of) Insalata de Valentino Intermezzo

Entrees (your choice of)

Petite Angus Tenderloin Beef & Jumbo Shrimp Scampi Angus Filet Mignon Béarnaise Sea Bass Provençal Risotto Vegetarian Paella

Dinner entrées served with a glass of Lychee Sangria

Dessert (your choice of)

Warm Chocolate Molten Lava with Caramel Filling La Fontana Berry Napoleon

$55 Per Person

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Morris Dailey Auditorium, San Jose State Thu – 6:30pm; $20/$25 This hip-hop duo came up in the Bay Area in the ’90s, firmly in the mold of earlier alt-hop acts like A Tribe Called Quest. Clearly rapper Zumbi got his ears cleaned out

by Q-Tip back in the day, because he carries on the message of positivism, while his partner AmpLive is a genre-bending DJ who did the famous “Rainydayz Remixes” of Radiohead. They’re doing this “Vision Showcase” as a benefit for Camp Taylor, a free summer camp for children with congenital heart disease, along

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ZOMBIE POOL PARTY Johnny V’s, San Jose Fri – 9pm; free Braaaaaains! And bathing suits?

Combining elements of rock, funk and hip-hop, Zombie Pool Party gets funky fresh and is the perfect band to perform when the place looks dead. It’s like when someone puts on an old Michael Jackson song—you can’t help but get down. Besides being arguably the best thing to come out of Hollister, these guys obviously know how to

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have a good time. With songs like “Party in the Graveyard,” Zombie Pool Party just might have what it takes to bring the dead back to life. (BD)

of synth-pop. There is rumor that they’ve added a “screamer” to the band, too. Indie-rap-screamopop? (AC)

HOPE IN DISGUISE

RS2 SOLID SOUND

Nickel City; San Jose Fri – 6pm; $8

Blank Club, San Jose Fri – 9pm; $5

Hope in Disguise has a fresh approach to the white boy rapper; lead vocalist Chris Ayala straddles a line somewhere between rapping, speaking and singing, much like Yoni Wolf does in the bizarre indie rap outfit, WHY?.

Ayala’s vocals are intentionally awkward, aimed at jolting the listener away from their preconceived notions of genre.

Musically, the songs have an old school ’80s rap feel, with elements

It’s a needless chore attempting to count the number of bands Ray Stevens II has been in. There are just too many. He’s most famous for being a part of the legendary early-’80s San Jose skate-punk bands Los Olvidados and the Faction. But there are more, so many more, like RS2 Solid Sound for instance. Originally, Stevens started the band as an outlet for his solo material, but it eventually blossomed into a full-fledged

group of its own—a mellower one, compared to Los Olvidados, at least. RS2 play a lot of reggae, dub and just plain ol’ feel good jams. (AC)

*sat KIDS WE USED TO BE Refuge, Cupertino Saturday – 6pm; $10

What do Christian dudes scream about? Well, judging by the names of the Kids We Used to Be’s song titles—“Values,” “Nostalgia,” “Romans”—I, uh, have no idea.

But scream they do; in fact, they sound as though they are in a

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SOCIAL DISTORTION Feb 9 at Santa Cruz Civic

WILLIE K Feb 10 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center

LE JAZZ HOT Feb 11 at 8pm, Sunnyvale Theatre

SPENCER DAY Feb 11 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center

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

KRONOS QUARTET Feb 12 at 7pm, Dinkelspiel, Stanford

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

BIG TIME RUSH Feb 19 at 7pm, SJSU Event Center

CHUCHO VALDÉS Feb 19 at 7pm, Dinkelspiel, Stanford

MEGADETH Feb 23 at 6:30pm, SJSU Event Center

TOTEM, CIRQUE DU SOLEIL Opens Mar 2, downtown San Jose

ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO Mar 3 at 8pm, Dinkelspiel, Stanford

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constantly on the verge of losing consciousness. The music is loud, hard and unrelenting. It carries with it the kind of emotional intensity and passion that you’d expect every lonely, misunderstood kid in America would connect to— well, except that they’re singing about Romans and values. (AC)

DJ ROXANNE DAWN Studio 8, San Jose Sat – 9pm; $20 after 11pm Some of the centerfold DJs try to downplay their pin-up years in a bid to be taken seriously. Roxanne Dawn is having none of that. After modeling for Playboy, she got her start as a professional DJ at a Playboy party. She’s known for keeping a sexy vibe on the dance floor, too, and named her clothing

line La Freak. But don’t for a minute doubt that she takes her turntable work seriously—this woman has “Technics” tattooed on her wrist. (SP)

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THE SLACKERS Catalyst, Santa Cruz Sun – 8:30pm; $12/$15 Ska isn’t quite the force it was a decade or so ago, when it dominated alternative airwaves with frustrating insistence, but the benefit of the ska bubble bursting is that it separated the two-stepping lifers from the pretenders. New York’s the Slackers are clearly in for the long haul,

about to enter their third decade turning out ska tinged with garage rock. While the band members are respectful traditionalists, they have an impressive range, bringing in elements of jazz, rocksteady reggae and ’60s soul, demonstrating that there is a sophistication and level of accomplishment that eludes many of their peers. (PMD)

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TAO: THE ART OF THE DRUM Stanford Memorial Auditorium, Palo Alto Tue – 8pm; $28-$68 Thanks to the renowned San Jose Taiko (who also perform

this week), the South Bay is no stranger to the art of the drum.

The Tao group is like the Harlem Globetrotters of taiko—purists might complain that there’s too much of an emphasis on spectacle, but there’s also real craft at the heart of their performances. At their compound on the island of Kyushu, they build their discipline with a training regimen that includes 12-mile runs followed by four hours of nonstop drumming.

Their shows are multimedia extravaganzas that put a modern spin on taiko’s marriage of sound and motion with edgy choreography, anime and other unexpected visual touches. (SP)

BLAKE SHELTON Mar 16 at HP Pavilion

LADY ANTEBELLUM Mar 23 at 7pm, HP Pavilion

ETIENNE CHARLES QUINTET Apr 4 at 8pm, Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford

PHILIP GLASS Apr 7 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center

RADIOHEAD Apr 11 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Apr 24 at 8pm, HP Pavilion

COLDPLAY Apr 27-28 at 7pm, HP Pavilion

VAN HALEN Jun 5 at HP Pavilion

NICKELBACK Jun 18 at HP Pavilion

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Walker’s World IMAGE MAGE M GE AND REALITY Walker Evans’ ‘Houses and Billboards in Atlanta, 1936’

A new n exhibit at Stanford compiles both memorable and unexpected images from the life of photographer Walker Evans

By RICHARD VON BUSACK

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ALKER EVANS’ indelible photos of the Depression have acquired a nostalgia factor, a cruel thing to happen to work made in protest.

Today, the pictures of pine-walled cabins and farmers of seemingly untouchable integrity hit you like a Johnny Cash song. The fascination has to be something more than a longing for purity, orderliness and hand-made objects.

The Cantor Arts Center’s new show of 100-plus photos from the Fisher Collection is priced for the New

Depression: absolutely free. And we see there was more to Walker than just his images of the 1930s.

Evans was from St. Louis. He went to Paris in the 1920s to write, drawn by the realists and the poets alike. In France, Evans switched mediums.

An early photo shows the funnel shape of the looming Brooklyn Bridge, as seen from its underside. The image illustrates Hart Crane’s poem; they were published by the decadent Harry Crosby’s Black Sun Press.

Years later, in 1962, Evans took a picture of a heavy New York manhole cover encrusted with litter and cigarette butts—a sight, Evans wrote, that he wished Baudelaire could have seen.

Maybe Evans anticipates the Manhattan spleen of the photographer

Weegee in his pictures of mean, exhausted or suspicious faces. Evans was a spy in the cities, everywhere from Chicago to the Havana markets.

Evans is internationally remembered for the photos he took to accompany author/film critic James Agee’s survey of three sharecropping families, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. We see inside the farmer’s shacks, and they’re clean and poor and simple.

So clean, Agee enthused, you couldn’t lick them cleaner. It’s not quite that simple upon a closer viewing.

Sometimes, the pieces of cardboard glued up to keep the cold wind out are salvaged from advertising signs and pieces of billboards, one of Evans’ obsessions. Glossy figures give the rooms a touch of the fantastic, just as the odd angles and crevices of the slapped-together walls keep these rooms from prettified starkness.

The faces of the farmers are complex.

Evans’ 1936 portrait of the thin-lipped and formidable Allie Mae Burroughs has the flatness of a Tudor portrait.

As in Holbein’s pictures of royals, the plainness is a kind of power in itself.

The somnolence of the South drew

Evans again and again. A grand old plantation-era building is hung with banners—and has become a car-parts warehouse. The rising damp flecks the walls of an empty riverside mansion.

We see the brickwork of dozing downtown Selma, Ala., a town 30 years away from its date with civil-rights history. Black folk at a barbershop rest on benches in front of a row of offplumb plank buildings.

Evans’ 1930s work predicts how we’ll remember the Depression. Here we see the oft-anthologized photo of a billboard of Carole Lombard, beautifully coiffed but with a big black eye promoting the 1936 film Love Before Breakfast. The streetcar-size ad is plastered on a fence in front of a pair of shabby unpainted houses in Atlanta.

Welcome to Potemkinville.

The aftermath of such images also excited Evans—showbiz after the rain.

Weathered posters shed their paper like eucalyptus bark. It’s the age-old contrast of the rough with the smooth, con the mixed-message of things for sale that tha can’t be bought because they’re gone. gon Evans’ photos done for the Resettlement Administration show Re the quality of art that can be had by spending a little government money. spe Still, Evans also worked for Fortune and an other Luce magazines. He did still lifes life of chrome tools; they are lustrous, slightly threatening, but absolutely functional as advertising.

Evans’ pictures of soon-to-bedemolished buildings could, to the businessman’s mind, look like a celebration of progress. In the 1950s, he surveyed the worn heraldry on the sides of railroad boxcars; the caption on one reads, “Before They Disappear.”

If Evans’ work is greatly accessible, he also had the eye able to make art with the handy and inexpensive Polaroid camera. His 1970s work anticipates Basquiat: squares of graffiti and dripping, hand-painted warning signs.

We see the man himself last, in D. Kent’s Polaroid portrait, taken the year before Evans died, with a Rembrandt frown and a huge Santa Claus beard.

Weary, but still the real thing.

Walker Evans Photographs Runs Through April 8 Cantor Arts Center, Stanford

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La Traviata Feb. 11–26; California Theatre, San Jose; $51–$101 Love is rarely a bed of roses in a good opera. Verdi’s La traviata layers on the tragedy in the tale of a doomed French courtesan (familiar to Garbo fans as Camille). Violetta (Jovanca Jean Baptiste, pictured) loves well but not wisely when she falls for a young man with disapproving parents. This Opera San Jose production is directed by José Maria Condemi, who crafted last year’s The Barber of Seville.

SAP Open Tennis Tournament Feb. 13–19; HP Pavilion, San Jose; $25 and up

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A large roster of top tennis players appears for the annual SAP Open, along with some grand old lions of the game—none grander than still feisty John McEnroe (pictured), who will pair with Milos Raonic for a doubles exhibition on opening day. The singles competitors include Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt and Radek Stepanek.

San Jose Taiko Saturday, 8pm; San Jose Repertory Theatre, San Jose; $20/$25 The long-standing San Jose–based Japanese drumming troupe rumbles into the Rep with “HIMAWARI.” The concert brings together San Jose Taiko with three of the members of the group Kanayui along with guest performer Yoshikazu Fujimoto of Kodo for a sonic dive into the roots of the art form.

Art Feb. 9–March 4; Northside Theatre, San Jose; $15/$20 What starts as an aesthetic disagreement over an abstract painting escalates into a three-way emotional slugfest in Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award– winning play. The three pals who can’t get along are played by John Rutski, Tom Shamrell and Christian Pizzirani in Northside Theatre’s production.

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12, 19 and 26 at 3pm. $51-$101. California Theatre, San Jose.

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Verdi’s famous work interpreted by Opera San Jose. Runs Feb 11-26. Feb 11, 16, 18, 21 and 24 at 8pm; Feb

A drama about a politician and his missing aide. Written by Rob Handel and presented by City Lights. Runs thru Feb 19. Thu-

Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. $25-$35.

City Lights, San Jose.

ART Two friends get into an argument over a piece of art that turns into something deeper. A Northside Theatre Company presentation. Runs Feb 9-Mar 4. Thu-Sat, 8pm,

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BECOMING BRITNEY A musical (of course) about the ups and downs of the pop star’s career. Runs Feb 10-Mar 11. FriSat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm, $33-$44.

Retro Dome, San Jose.

CROSSING DELANCEY Susan Sandler’s play tells the story of a woman who wants to move into Manhattan’s literary scene. Presented by Tabard Theatre. Runs thru Feb 19. ThuFri, 8pm, Sat, 3 and 8pm, Sun, 2pm. $15-$35. Theatre on San Pedro Square.

DOUBT, A PARABLE At a Catholic school, allegations of sexual misconduct affect the lives of four people. A Bus Barn Stage Company production.

Runs thru Feb 18. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 3pm, plus Wed (Feb 8 and 15), 7:30pm. $24-$30. Bus Barn Theatre, Los Altos.

FINIAN’S RAINBOW South Bay Musical Theatre presents a story of an Irish family, a pot of gold and a leprechaun. Runs thru Feb 18.

This week: Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. $18-$38. Saratoga Civic Theater.

GREEN WHALES A middle-aged woman with a disease that makes her look like a 13-year-old navigates life and romance. A Renegade Theatre Experiment production. Runs thru Feb 25. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 7pm. $12.50-$27.50. Historic Hoover Theatre, San Jose.

MARVIN’S ROOM Two sisters are brought together after years of estrangement in a dark comedy

by Scott McPherson. Presented

by Dragon Productions. Runs thru Feb 12. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. $16-$30. Dragon Theater, Palo Alto.

NEIL BERG’S 101 YEARS OF BROADWAY A revue featuring hits from decades of great musicals. Runs Feb 14-18. Tue-Wed, 7:30pm, Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 3 and 8pm. $29-$69. San Jose Repertory Theatre.

South Valley Civic Theatre. Runs thru Feb 11. Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. $14/$18. Morgan Hill Community Playhouse.

OUT! A musical by the Gunn High School Choir. Wed-Thu, 8pm. $10/$15. Spangenberg Theatre, Palo Alto.

THE PITMEN PAINTERS TheatreWorks mounts a West Coast premiere of Lee Hall’s play about coal miners who take up fine art. Runs thru Feb 12. Wed, 7:30pm, Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 2pm, Sun, 2pm. $29-$49.

Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

SAN JOSE TAIKO “Himawari” concert mixes taiko, voice and dance. Sat, 8pm. $20/$25. San Jose Repertory Theatre.

SOLITUDE A play about the millionimmigrants right march of 2006.

A Teatro Visión presentation.

Runs Feb 9-12. Thu-Fri, 8pm.

Sat, 2 and 8pm, Sun, 2pm. $10$45. Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose.

Classical Concerts DANCES AND OTHER MEMORIES Chamber music presented by National Assoc. of Composers, SF Bay Area Chapter. Sat, 8pm. $12/$17. Covenant Presbyterian Church, Palo Alto.

GUITAR FACULTY SHOWCASE The Friends of Music at Stanford presents Charles Ferguson, Stephen Sano and Rick Vandivier. Wed, 8pm. Free.

Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford.

IVES QUARTET The group is joined by violinist Anna Kruger and cellist Tanya Tomkins for a program of Haydn and Tchaikovsky. Fri, 8pm. $15$25. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Palo Alto.

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the Alim Qasimov Ensemble.

Sun, 7pm. $44/$50. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford.

MISSION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Christina Mok, violinist, is the guest soloist for a program with a Valentine’s Day theme that features works by Copland, Piazzolla and Respighi. Sat, 7:30pm. $10-$25. Le Petit Trianon, San Jose.

MUSIC@MENLO The winter series concert “Winds of France” includes selections by Emmanuel, Ibert and Poulenc. $20-$50. Sun, 4pm. Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton.

PAN-ASIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL The annual world-music affair continues. Fri, 8pm: “Old Traditions, New Approaches, New Sounds: Stanford New Ensemble.” $5/$10. Dinkelspiel Auditorium. Sat, 8pm: “Reimagining the Musical Tradition: Stanford Philharmonia Orchestra. $5/$10/ Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford.

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE HER Molly Bell channels Britney Spears in a new revue at the Retro Dome.

Girl in the Mirror INSPIRED by the head-shaving incident of a certain pop star, Becoming Britney is not a typical musical. Featuring original numbers that pay homage to everything from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Annie, the show is essentially what would happen if the Britney Spears E! True Hollywood Story went to Broadway.

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Star and co-writer Molly Bell got her start with the Los Altos Youth Theater, where she Becoming Britney co-star Keith Pinto (he plays Kevin Federline to her Britney). Close friendships and creative endeavors seem to go hand-in-hand for Bell, Feb. 10–March 11 who would later be inspired to write the musical The Retro Dome, San Jose with pal Daya Curley. Initially, Bell envisioned a sketch show parodying Spears in the form of an Eliza Doolittle–like character trying to become a pop star. But in 2007, when Spears suddenly appeared to go off the rails, Bell sensed the potential for something more substantial. “There’s more of a story there about a little girl [whose] family was in need of money,” Bell says. “And whether or not they realized they were doing it ... they used [Britney] to a certain extent to get them out of debt.”

Cellist Boris Andrianov and pianist Alexander Kobrin perform works by Beethoven and Shostakovich. Fri, 8pm. $10-$25. St. Luke’s Church, Los Gatos.

The pair set to work, with Bell focusing on the music and lyrics and Curley on the book. “We call it a period piece,” jokes Bell. “Minus the corsets and the bouffant hair. It stops when [Britney] shaved her head. So when she enters into her downward spiral, she goes into [rehab] and they go back and examine her childhood and what’s happened to get her to that place.”

REDWOOD SYMPHONY The orchestra presents Mahler’s Symphony no. 5. Sat, 8pm. $10-$25. Cañada College Main Theatre, Redwood City.

SAN JOSE WIND SYMPHONY A concert titled “Tiptoe Through the Tubas” features guest tuba player Marty Erickson. Sun, 3pm. $5-$20. McAfee Center, Saratoga.

TAO: THE MARTIAL ART OF DRUMMING A performance by visiting taiko troupe for Stanford Lively Arts.

Tue, 8pm. $28-$68. Memorial Auditorium, Stanford.

Comedy

Bell did not intend to be in the production. But when Becoming Britney was accepted to the New York International Fringe Festival in 2008 and the creative team needed a lead, it was only logical for her to step in. “I can dance like her,” says Bell. “And I sort of look like her—blond hair, 5-foot-3.” Bell’s performance earned the festival’s Outstanding Actor award.

The play is “not a parody,” Bell emphasizes. “You don’t just go off and shave your head when you’re Britney Spears without having crisis in your life, and we examine what that crisis is. So when people come in expecting a spoof, they’re surprised that it’s really a story of a girl that is totally lost. And it’s only just now that she’s really started to come back.”

A solo guitar performance presented by South Bay Guitar Society. Sat, 8pm. $15-$30.

Trinity Cathedral, San Jose.

ANGELICA’S BISTRO

ON THE TOWN

KRONOS QUARTET

The Bernstein, Comden and Green musical is staged by

CLUB FOX

The avant-garde group appears for Stanford Lively Arts with

Sun, 8pm: Silly Sunday with

Wed, 8pm: Comedy night hosted by Dan St. Paul. No cover. Redwood City.

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complicates her relationship with Ian (Keith C. Marshall).

Youth Movement SAN JOSE’s Renegade Theatre Experiment brings to an end its 10th-year anniversary season with Lia Romeo’s bizarre romantic comedy Green Whales.

Under the direction of Ana-Catrina Buscher, the cast takes a risk, touching on the sensitive subject of pedophilia, and it pays off, unexpectedly, with major laughs.

Karen Wilson, played by Gloria McDonald, is a 38-year-old professor who finds herself consistently without a date. Karen suffers from Turner Syndrome, a genetic condition in which a woman doesn’t have the usual two X chromosomes. It can cause Green Whales many different side effects, but in Karen’s case, she never aged past her preteens in appearance.

Runs through Feb 25; She looks like a pre-pubescent 13-year-old, and $12.50–$27.50 every man she’s ever dated can’t get past that Historic Hoover Theater, fact. Her condition gives the classic love story an San Jose unconventional twist.

Karen returns home to New Jersey after her mother’s passing and falls into the hands of her drunken sister, Joanna, who works out a plan to find Karen a man. Joanna, played by Sara Luna, has decided that if a man can’t accept Karen for looking too young for her age, then maybe he will accept her as a 13-year-old girl. This fabrication touches on the very touchy subject of pedophilia. In the process, Karen meets Ian (Keith C. Marshall), who has been marred by past relationship problems. He is attracted to Karen’s youthful exuberance. Ian believes she’s only 13 years old and knows that the age difference is inappropriate, but he feels a deeper connection to Karen that he can’t let go.

Green Whales looks past its shocking subject to see the honest connections between people. Joanna may be urging her sister to find someone, but it’s her own relationship, with a man named Ray (Michael Wayne Rice), that drives her to drink. Their romance is rocked by Joanna’s desire to marry and Ray’s fear of losing his independence.

McDonald’s nervous manner conjures up the manner of a preteen girl who is unsure of her words, movements and emotions. Albeit cast in the awkward role of a possible pedophile, Marshall evinces enough sincerity as Ian to let us know that there’s more to him than meets the eye.

Luna’s ability to go from dumb to sexy to serious adds to the complexity of Joanna. Her emotions are written across her face, and her impulsive movements and perfect timing generate laughs every time. Rice, with his facial expressions and eyebrow-raising glances, adds depth to the character of Ray in a performance that is comedic and dramatic all rolled into one.—Jen Nowell

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Sal Calanni and Kirk McHenry. $10/$14. Redwood City.

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

ROOSTER T. FEATHERS Wed, 8pm: New Talent Showcase. $10. Thu, 8pm, Fri, 9pm, Sat, 8 and 10:30pm, Sun, 8pm: Wendy Liebman. $13/$19.

Sunnyvale.

SAN JOSE IMPROV Wed, 7pm: Unfiltered Underground. $12. Thu, 8pm, FriSat, 7 and 10pm: Carlos Mencia. $30. Tue, 7:30pm: Jerry Rocha. $20. San Jose.

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Museums OPENING SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS & TEXTILES

DE SAISSET MUSEUM “Andy Warhol: Polaroids and Portraits.” Thru Jul 1. “Golden States of Grace: Prayers of the Disinherited.” A documentary photo exhibit by Rick Nahmias about marginalized communities and spirituality.

Thru Mar 28. Tue-Sun, 11am4pm. Santa Clara University.

EUPHRAT MUSEUM “Invoking Peace.” A group show features varying approaches to a call for peace. Reception Thu, 5:30pm. Runs thru Mar 17.

Mon-Thu, 10am-3pm. De Anza College, Cupertino.

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.” Thru Apr 29. FriSun, 11am-4pm. Palo Alto.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART

Statewide Photography Competition and Exhibit. Feb 11Apr 22. Reception Feb 23, 7-9pm.

Tue-Wed and Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-9pm. Santa Clara.

“Renegade Humor.” A show about the uses of humor in art, with pieces by Roy De Forest, John Bankston, M. Louise Stanley and more. Thru Jul 8 “This Kind of Bird Flies Backward.” A retrospective of paintings by Bay Area figurative artist Joan Brown. Thru Mar 11.

Works by installation artist Anna Sew Hoy in the Beta Space. Thru Feb 26. Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

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“Quilt National.” A juried show of contemporary quilt and fiber art.

Feb 14-Apr 29. Tue-Sun, 10am5pm. San Jose.

TRITON MUSEUM OF ART

“Source Material: Works by Darla McKenna, Jeanne Tillman and Josette Urso.” Assemblage pieces. Thru Mar 9. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm. Los Gatos.

“Islamic Science Rediscovered.”

A show about technological advances in the Islamic world before the Renaissance period in the West. Mon-Wed, 10am5pm, Thu-Sun, 10am-8pm. San Jose.

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“Walker Evans.” A celebration of the image of the great American photographer. Thru Apr 8. “The Legend of Rex Slinkard.” Oils and works on paper by the influential California artist of the early 1900s.

Thru Feb 26. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-8pm. Stanford.

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

Works by Eve Page Mathias.

Thru Feb 12. Statewide Painting Competition and Exhibit. Thru Feb 12. Tue-Wed and Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-9pm.

Santa Clara.

Galleries OPENING GALLERY AT FIBRE ARTS DESIGN “Anima: The Self Within.” An exhibit by 11 artists about the

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SJSU GALLERIES Works by Sean Paul Richards, the Dirty Brushes Group, Eliza Ranjeet, Vaness O’Hanlon, Nathan Cox and Lauren O’Connor Korb. Feb 13-17. Reception Tue, 6pm. Inside the Art Building and Industrial Studies Building, SJSU.

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

ANNO DOMINI “Cakewalk Championship.” A group show of hallucinations by members of N/TENCE. Tru Mar 17. San Jose.

ART ARK “DYAD.” The show looks at juxtapositions of two works of art that compliment or comment on each other. Thru Feb 17. San Jose.

BRUNI GALLERY “The Jazz Masters Series” by BRUNI. San Jose.

CAFFE FRASCATI Henna-inspired paintings by Lisa Mejia and portraits by David Mejia. Thru Feb 28. San Jose.

DOWNTOWN YOGA SHALA “Simply Seen.” Photos taken with toy and plastic cameras

by Marco Zecchin. Thru Feb 24.

San Jose.

GOOD KARMA CAFE “Blessed Are the Beasts, for They Shall Inherit the Earth.”

Works by Katrina Marie Loera.

Thru Feb 25. San Jose.

KALEID GALLERY “Lunar Phases.” New digital photos by Centa Schumacher.

“Brutal/Tender.” Sculptures, paintings and more by Al Preciado. Thru Feb 24. San Jose.

MACLA “Chicana/o Biennial.” A group show featuring new works by Chicano artists. Thru Mar 10.

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

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V Is for Valentine’s FRIDAY SEXUAL INTELLIGENCE Marriage counselor and therapist Dr. Marty Klein talks abut his brand-new book, “Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want From Sex and How to Get It.” 7pm. Books Inc., Palo Alto.

SATURDAY CHOCOLATE AND WINE FOR VALENTINE

dinner seating at 5:30, 6 or 6:30pm. $65.

Angelica’s Bistro, Redwood City.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO Valentine’s Day Sunday Brunch with Gail Dobson Jazz Band. Noon. San Jose.

TUESDAY NANCY GILLILAND

A chance to try local wine and fine sweets; plus a silent auction. It’s a benefit for Teachers’ Aid Coalition. 2-5pm. $25/$30. The Granary, 17500 Depot St., Morgan Hill.

An evening of romantic tunes from the great age of American composers (Gershwin, Porter and the like) by pianist and vocalist Gilliland. 7:30pm. $18/$20. Club Fox, Redwood City.

DIRTY VALENTINE’S PARTY

ARYA VALENTINE’S

DJ Roxanne Dawn hosts an evening devoted to the deeper meaning of the holiday; opening spins by DJ Brian V. Studio8, San Jose.

SPENCER DAY Singer/songwriter Day croons love songs for the holiday. The concert can be bundled with a prix-fixe dinner prepared by Le Papillon.

Concert at 8pm, $27-$35; dinner at 5:30pm, $130. Montalvo Arts Center.

SUPER LOVE JAM An oldies concert for lovers with the Delfonics, Tierra and more. 7:30pm. $29-$39.

San Jose.

Belly dancing and arias by Italian tenor Pasquale Esposito plus four-course dinner. 6 and 8pm. $70 per person. Arya Restaurant, Cupertino.

AZÚCAR VALENTINE’S A dinner accompanied by the music of Angel Zelada. Azúcar Restaurant, San Jose.

KAYE BOHLER A Valentine’s show of earthy blues and R&B dedicated to the late Etta James, with trumpeter Tommy Poole, who played with James. 8pm. $20. Theatre on San Pedro Square.

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Fri: Billy Martini Show. Sat: Bob Gonzalez. Tue: Music for Lovers. Santa Clara.

The Mission Chamber Orchestra presents romantic, dance-themed selections from the classical canon, including Copland’s “Dance Panels” and Respighi’s “Ancient Airs and Dances.” Guest violinist Christina Mok performs Dvorák’s Valse and Scherzo from Serenade for Strings. 7:30pm. $10-$25. Le Petit Trianon, San Jose.

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SUNDAY

Some laughs on a day occasionally burdened with angst, all thanks to Jerry Rocha. The event is balcony seating only and includes a glass of champagne per person. 7:30pm. $20.

San Jose Improv.

A DEADLY VALENTINE FOR A GANGSTER A dinner theater special performance. 7pm,

A Valentine’s show with jazz vocalist and pianist Scales, whose repertoire ranges from gospel and funk to classical; Deltrina Johnson and Alexis Rose also perform. 8pm. $15/$20.

Angelica’s Bistro, Redwood City.

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FINE FIBER Pat Pauly’s ‘Pink Leaf’ shows as part of the ‘Quilt National.’

Quilt Complex SHOWCASING the work of some of the country’s premier contemporary quilters, the “Quilt National” exhibit, which opens Tuesday at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, takes the traditional image of what a quilt looks like and tosses it out the window. These quilts stretch the boundaries of what quilts can be, moving them from the realm of utility into that of fine art.

“These are not the typical patchwork quilts that Grandma used to make,” says curator Deborah Corsini. “Quilters today are much more sophisticated in how they compose their quilts. Some of them are still using patchwork, but it’s more abstract. The quilts in the exhibit are spectacular examples of the current artistry.”

Quilt National Feb. 14–April 29 San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles

Bound to tradition through the three-layer design of top, batting and backing, that’s where the similarity to the quilts of old ends.

Artists use a variety of quilt-making means including digital photography, custom fabrics, stitching, embellishments and patchwork to create visually stunning, texturally rich designs that give a respectful nod to the tradition while re-imagining the parameters of the craft.

“Somewhere in the late-’60s and ’70s, people began to appreciate quilts in a different way,” Corsini explains. “They were utilitarian objects, but people started experimenting with them as art. There are still people who are making beautiful utilitarian quilts and there are hobbyists who just enjoy the process, but artists have expanded the vocabulary of making quilts.”

Originating in Ohio, the “Quilt National” is a traveling, juried show. From more than 1,000 entrants from the United States and 22 other countries, a jury selected 85 quilts. In its only West Coast appearance, this portion of the exhibit—a small collection of quilts is touring separately—brings together the work of 46 artists, four of whom are from Northern California, including Bonnie J. Smith from San Jose.

“Quilting is different than painting, but it’s every bit as artistic as other mediums,” says Corsini. “I’m blown away by the creative capacity that these artists have. There’s always something new. They’re always pushing the envelope of what quilting is.”—Cat Johnson

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Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art & Culture 200 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 www.asianart.org 415.581.3500

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Paintings by Ricky Gumbrechi.

Thru Mar 24. San Jose.

PSYCHO DONUTS Group show by local artists.

Ongoing. San Jose.

PARC GALLERY A show about information culture by L.A. artist Katie Herzog. Thru Mar 30. Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm. Xerox, Palo Alto.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;City of Champions: 2001, a San Jose Soccer Odyssey.â&#x20AC;? 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.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Femme Fatale.â&#x20AC;? A group show about the complexities of the feminine. Thru Mar 17.

San Jose.

SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART â&#x20AC;&#x153;One Thing Leads to Another.â&#x20AC;?

A group show about process and repetition in prints and drawings. Thru Feb 25. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dos Mundos.â&#x20AC;? Works by Tim Craighead. Thru Feb 18. Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm.

San Jose.

SLG ART BOUTIKI â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hearts and Arrows.â&#x20AC;? A show about love by local artists.

Reception Fri with live music and more. Thru Feb 24. 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.

WELTON GALLERY â&#x20AC;&#x153;Self-Help Book Club.â&#x20AC;? An exhibit of new works by ďŹ rstyear MFA students. Thru Feb 26.

Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun, 1-5pm. Stanford.

Books MARTY KLEIN An appearance by the author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want From Sexâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and How to Get It.â&#x20AC;? Fri, 7pm. Books Inc., Palo Alto.

REBECCA MACKINNON A booksigning with the author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Consent of the Networked.â&#x20AC;?

Wed, 7pm. Books Inc., Mountain View.

SEBASTIAN SEUNG The author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Connectome: How the Brainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wiring Makes Us Who We Areâ&#x20AC;? speaks. Tue, 7pm. Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Menlo Park.

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WALKER EVANS LECTURE In conjunction with a new

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BARRY HENLEY The ďŹ lm and TV actor will talk about the history of black artists in stage and cinema. Fri, 8pm. $18/$20. Smith Center, Ohlone College, Fremont.

SAP OPEN TENNIS With big-name players competing. Feb 13-19. HP Pavilion.

SJ BEERWALK A change for beer lovers to try many different brews. Sat, 2-5pm. Various locations in Japantown, San Jose.

SCAPEGOAT A talk about the Chino Hills murder case and the conviction of Kevin Cooper under dubious circumstances.

Sun, 2pm. San Jose Peace and Justice Center.

SPAY NEUTER MONTH For the month of February, the Humane Society Silicon Valley offers discounts on spay and neuter surgeries for pet owners; up to 40 percent off.

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metroactive FILM CHRONICLE (PG-13; 84 min.) Captured entirely on home video, three high school students discover a weird star-shaped crystal buried deep in the Earth, just outside of Seattle. They develop superhuman powers: invulnerability and telekinesis that, when manipulated, allows them to fly. Director Josh Trank doesn’t stick with the Blair Witch/Cloverfield idea that only the hero’s cameras can pick up the story; by the end, when there’s a war of two supermen in the air around the Space Needle,

we’re seeing the POV from everyone’s camera, from the police helicopters to cell phones). The acting is quite worthwhile; The Wire’s Michael B. Jordan is a sort of Young Obama (he’s likable class-presidential timber); Dane DeHaan is the dad-bashed underdog; and Alex Russell is Matt, a philosophycrazed student who can’t go into a cave without talking about Plato. The movie never really figures out a way to integrate women into the plot. The most uninteresting camera angle in the film is the girl-cam; was Ashley Hinshaw’s Casey a Lois Lane character at some draft of the script? She’s barely developed enough to be even

an accidental hostage by the end of the film. In Cheap-Camera Vision, the special effects at the end are actually a knockout—you wouldn’t want to be working on the effects in the new Superman movie and have it served to you like this. (Plays valleywide.) (RvB)

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who reprises his role as Sean, the only teen more interested in maps than girls), the crux is the same: A signal intercepted leads to a family-wide expedition to a mysterious island that may or may not have been the inspiration behind Treasure Island, Gulliver’s Travels and Verne’s own Mysterious Island. The film introduces two new elements: High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens and 3D. The latter will surely result in many a high-flying gag made literal, and the former is definitely an example of the term “star” being used fast and loose. Dwayne “The Artist Formerly Known as the Rock” Johnson stars, as does Sir Michael Caine. Though it’s probably not the star power bringing the kiddies in. (Opens Fri.)

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Size Doesn’t Matter FOR THE Oscar-betting pool on Animated Short Subjects: Note that the big nominations went to retro films (Hugo, The Artist and so on). Thus Moonbat Studios, creators of “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore,” should be clearing some mantelpiece space. This computer-animated nonesuch opens with nods to the storm scene in Steamboat Bill, Jr., in which the straw-hatted hero is transported to an Ozlike land of living books.

Pixar’s fatally cute “La Luna” notwithstanding, the competition is first rate. Two Canadian cartoons remind us that the National Film Board used to make some of the finest animation in the world. “Dimanche” observes a little boy of the early 1960s being bored half-way to death on a provincial Sunday.

Even better, the remarkable “Wild Life” features Atom Egoyan–worthy indirect storytelling. Set in 1910, it tells of what they used to call “a remittance man”—a British expatriate with inherited money and little sense. He is bewitched by the Alberta prairie, where the foolish don’t survive.

If the Oscar was mine to give, it would go straight to “A Morning Stroll”: Warner Bros. rowdyism meets New Yorker cartoon drollness in a glimpse of 200 years in the

life of a phenomenal urban chicken. Plus it has zombies.

The live-action short subjects program has only one outstanding nominee: Norseman Hallvar Witzo’s absurdist comedy “Tuba Atlantic,” which stirs up reminders of The Song of Roland. A profane old geezer on the freezing coast is given six FjZXi$ days to live by his doctor.

Efd`eXk\[ The government assigns J_fikj )'() him an “Angel of Death” Opens Friday (i.e., a dim blonde student with braces on her teeth) to ease him through the Kübler-Ross stages. He has a last wish to fulfill, involving a mammoth tuba, which he has pointed at North America.

Yet “Raju” seems to be the most likely choice for an Academy that wept over Slumdog Millionaire. In “Raju,” a well-off German couple goes to Calcutta to close the deal on an adopted child, before finding out the adoption agency has a secret. The other nominees include a nouveau-Brooklyn chrononaut comedy, “Time Freaks,” which doesn’t add up to anything more than the idea “It’s hard to talk to girls.” Likewise, a pair of bland Irish contenders—one, “The Shore” by the noted director Terry George—are just reassuring anecdotes.—Richard von Busack

SAFE HOUSE (R; 115 min.) Denzel Washington plays a fugitive who ends up on the run with the CIA operative tasked with transferring him (Ryan Reynolds) after their safe house comes under attack by neighboring rebel soldiers. The film, which will surely feature top-notch eyebrow acting by Reynolds and a lot of “rational” yelling by Washington, is director Daniel Espinosa’s first American feature. And he’s clearly studied up on what makes a good American thriller-staring Washington work: stand back and let his overgrown pupils do the rest. (Opens Fri.)

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Comédie Française-style perfection of Carole Lombard or Claudette Colbert, and her reluctance, refusal or inability to “nail down” the part is what makes this possibly creaky story live. As his unfortunate rival, Armand, Robert Taylor has just the right combo of handsomeness and weakness.

Marguerite’s reluctance to succumb to him often looks like harsh common sense. BILLED WITH A Night at the Opera. And then there are other ways of dealing with ideas of honor and love—lie the path of Groucho Marx.

He and his lethal brothers take on the world of classical music. Home of the famous “stateroom scene.” (Plays Feb 7-9 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

THE DEVIL TO PAY!/ EMPLOYEE ENTRANCE (1930/1933) Ronald Colman stars as a rakish blueblood who returns to his family, only to get involved with a debutante (a 17-year-old Loretta Young). It’s love on his part, but she fears it’s money he’s after. BILLED WITH Employee Entrance. “My code is smash or be smashed!” Warren Beatty in the bedroom and J. Montgomery Burns in the boardroom, Warren Williams pursues a married shopgirl (Young) through the corridors of the department store he owns. Seventyfive minutes of the kind of drama that got the Production Code enacted in the first place. (Plays Feb 14-16 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

FATAL ATTRACTION (1987) The Retro Dome honors Oscar contender Glenn Close with a reprise of her most famous performance, as Alex, the spurned lover of a married Manhattan executive (Michael Douglas). Knowing that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach (it’s why she carries a knife), Alex tempts her would-be boyfriend with a simmering pot of hasenpfeffer. (Plays Feb 10-12 in San Jose at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)

(PG-13; 104 min.) “The Vow” is the book Nicolas Sparks forgot to write. It tells the tale of Paige and Leo (Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, respectively), a couple torn apart by a car accident that leaves Paige with no memory, and Leo with the pieces of a shattered love, trying his hardest to put them back together again. The sappy tale of memory and love lost hinges on whether She will get her memory back, or if He can convince her that memories are secondary to love—or that love is secondary to memories, or something like that, or nothing like that. The message of the film is surely on a key chain somewhere. Until then, come for the sap and bring your own tissues.

(Opens Fri.)

(1924) Ronald Colman plays a nobleman without money who poses as a heart specialist, the better to court an heiress (Constance Talmadge).

Dennis James at the Stanford’s Wurlitzer. (Plays Feb 10 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

Revivals

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP

CAMILLE/A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935/1936) With her bouquet of camellias concealing a bloody handkerchief, Greta Garbo has been the definitive Camille since this film was made. Garbo doesn’t have the

HER NIGHT OF ROMANCE

(1943) The service comedy ordinarily deserves to be filed in a drawer below revenge and stock-car-racing movies, but this is one of the rare exceptions.

It’s the Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger adaptation of a popular cartoon strip by David Low. Roger

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Here Dujardin plays a silent star named Valentin whose luck runs out when sound comes in at the end of the 1920s. It’s the other film this season besides Hugo that recalls the vividness and universality of the silent age. Recommended. (RvB)

NILES FILM MUSEUM

(R; 110 min.) This remake of a 2009 Icelandic thriller features Mark Wahlberg as a former drug-runner who has to get back in the game to save his brother-in-law after a botched run puts him in debt with a brutal drug lord (Giovanni Ribisi).

The film also stars Kate Beckinsale as Wahlberg’s tough-as-nails wife, who makes new strides in wifely requests by asking him to risk his life on behalf of her brother’s. When she and their sons get kidnapped, Wahlberg has to use his network of criminal connections to track him down. Just in time for awards season.

Regularly scheduled programs of vintage and silent film. Feb 11 at 7:30: Valentino’s last film, and one of his best; he has a dual role as both the father and the Son of the Sheik (1926).

Plus three shorts by George Méliès, and the Western short “The Man From Tia Juana” (1917). Feb 12 at 4pm: Laurel and Hardy in the 1931 short “Our Wife” and Our Relations (1936), in which the two are reunited with their twin brothers; plus Our Gang in “Sprucin’ Up” (1935) (Plays Feb 11-12 in Fremont at the Edison Theater.) (RvB)

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) The Bawdy Caste explain the movie as best they can. (Plays Feb 11 at 10pm in San Jose at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)

THE ROOM (2003) See a beautiful man’s sensitive independent film callously mocked by donut-eating scoffers.

(Plays Feb 11 at 11:55pm in San Jose at Camera 3.) (RvB)

Reviews ALBERT NOBBS (R; 113 min.) Based on a George Moore novella, Albert Nobbs has some plusses. It’s a plausible story, and a well-staged and beautifully costumed re-creation of 1898 Dublin for Ulysses-philes to daydream over.

What Albert Nobbs doesn’t have is a director who can harmonize the various acting styles. Rodrigo Garcia helms with the same fits and starts of his connect-the-dots dramas, most notably Nine Lives. Glenn Close is the frozen-in-fear title character, a waiter at a pretentious hotel. She hides her sex in male clothes and also conceals a trove of hard-earned money hidden in the floorboards of her dingy room.

Close’s portrait of a bound-in woman is the kind one can admire rather than feel. (RvB)

THE ARTIST (PG-13; 100 min.) Michel Hazanavicius’ black and white and silent salute to the pre-talkies features his regular star. In the lead

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THE GREY (R; 117 min.) An inflationary take on Jack London–style material, with hard-man dialogue. Liam Neeson plays Ottway, an Arctic legend busted down to wolf shooter on an Alaska oil drilling rig. The flight home doesn’t make it through a storm, and he and his cohorts are picked off by a pack of wolves—large, computer animated, almost human in their malice. One believes Neeson’s ability to growl down anything from a moose to a Mountie. But The Grey is overamped with CGI-aided ordeals. It has crepe hair on its chest, as the editor Max Perkins said of Hemingway, and it’s ultimately an adventure sliced too thick for anyone but Sarah Palin.

(RvB)

HAYWIRE (R; 93 min.) A thriller about a spy seeking revenge, starring MMA champion Gina Carano and directed

by Steven Soderbergh. (RvB)

RED TAILS (PG-13) The heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen will never be forgotten. Red Tails, however—forget about it.

Executive producer George Lucas once used excerpts of World War II-era movie dogfights to let 20th Century Fox know what he had in mind for the not yet completed outer-space battle sequences in Star Wars. Red Tails seems to have rewoven all those loose snippets together into one film. It follows the history of the African American 332nd Fighter Group, and its officers Col. Bullard (Terrence Howard) and Maj. Stance (Cuba Gooding,

Jr.) Director Anthony Hemingway disinters every pre-Catch-22, devildogs-of-the-air line of dialogue ever written. We even get a scarfaced German called “Pretty Boy” (Lars van Riesen) attacking in a Messerschmitt 262 jet fighter, shouting, “Die, you foolish African!”

There’s not much more of the unexpected in the tender courtship of an Italian girl (Daniela Ruah from “CSI: Los Angeles”) and the hot-shot “Lightning” Little (David Oyelowo).

Hopes are that patriotism will make us turn a blind eye to the weary falseness of this poorly written film and the synthetic visuals of its

digitally animated aerial scenes.

(RvB)

A SEPARATION (PG-13; 123 min.) In Iran, a potential divorce is complicated by a criminal case when a pious nursemaid (Sareh Bayat) tending to an aged member of the splitting-up family claims that she was made to miscarry. The significant glances and open-faced lies make the title a play on words— the film is actually about the split between the world of men and the world of women. This is obviously worse in an Islamic republic that works to keep the two as separate

as possible. Director Asghar Farhadi’s astonishing drama shows the problems of legislated morality, but he seems to have his eye on a more metaphysical, ancient statute: the hidden laws of bad luck, and how that luck inevitably worsens because of the acts of desperate men and women. (RvB)

THE WOMAN IN BLACK (PG-13; 96 min.) Susan Hill’s 1983 novel is the source for this Victorianera gothic about a hard-pressed lawyer (Daniel Radcliffe) going to investigate a reputedly haunted house.

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SHIPPING HIPPING OUT Idle Warship performs at Pagoda Lounge in San Jose on Saturday, Feb. 11.

Talib Kweli and Res change up their style for Idle Warship

By AARON CARNES

D

OING THE UNEXPECTED is nothing new for Talib Kweli and Res, the duo behind alternative R&B/ hip-hop group Idle Warship.

Kweli has made a name for himself as a consciousunderground rapper with a sound all of his own. Back in the mid-’90s he formed the group Black Star with Mos Def. They became pioneers in the budding indie-rap movement of the time.

Res’ approach to soul music has been equally innovative. Her 2001 debut album, How I Do, was an underrated gem. She seamlessly blended R&B with rock and indie-

pop in a way few artists had yet to attempt.

When Kweli and Res started working together, not only did they want to continue this tradition of musical experimentation, they also wanted to make sure their collaboration didn’t sound like their solo work. According to Res, Idle Warship’s debut full-length release, Habits of the Heart, is the most accessible album either of them has yet made. But this may have to do more with the changing times than with the material on the album.

“It’s very reflective of what’s going on today. Everybody listens to everything. I’ve been told that How I Do was before its time. The music I make with Idle Warship is right on time,” Res says.

It’s true that there is more acceptance of genre crossover than even before, and there is a lot of it in Habits of the Heart—so much that

it’s a difficult album to classify. There are elements of hip-hop, soul, rock, electronic music and retro-pop, all with a mildly avant-garde twist. The album sounds unlike anything else out there.

Since Kweli has a big hip-hop fanbase, he has been warning his fans in interviews that Idle Warship is not a hip-hop group.

“Kweli is rapping, but he’s also singing. He’s directing the band.

With a hip-hop show, usually they don’t have a band, or the band plays exactly what’s on the record,” Res says. “For me, that’s a little bit boring. We put a different groove on it if we feel it’ll work better live.”

The live band includes a bass, guitar, drums and keyboard lineup.

No DJ. The band grooves, jams, links songs together and even goes into the occasional cover song (like “Sweet Dreams” by the Eurythmics), basically giving people the full-on rock & roll live show.

Something else that might surprise Kweli fans is that Idle Warship has a lot more of Res singing lead than Kweli, a decision he made to showcase her talent.

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So in a sense, Idle Warship is a less of a departure musically for Res than Kweli. Not just because there’s more singing on it, but because she’s already recorded unusual cross-genre soul songs on her own. (Her version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” is a gorgeous, heartfelt rendition that falls somewhere between folk-rock and traditional soul). Still there are major differences between her solo work and Idle Warship.

“Ninety-nine percent of the songs I did for Idle Warship, I would not have put on a solo record. My stuff is usually more a woman’s reflective take on things versus Idle Warship is like the aggressive woman’s take on things,” Res says.

The aggressive part of Idle Warship is the hard-hitting, hiphop beats and the strong, in-yourface lead vocals, neither of which are found in Res’ solo music. Idle Warship also has synthesizers and W retro ’80s dance beats, plus the lyrics ret are more straightforward. The album unintentionally emerged with a un theme, and once they realized it, the they fine tuned it. the “It’s an album about being young and in love and doing the right and an bad things from being in love, the ba ups and downs of the way you act when you’re in love,” Res says.

Kweli and Res’ collaboration started out casually; first a few tracks, then a mixtape.

“In the beginning, we weren’t spending a lot of time together. We recorded back and forth over the computer,” Res says.

It evolved into something more as Kweli invited Res to join him to join him on more tour dates. The two got to work together more in person.

The chemistry was right, plus they were already fans of each other’s work.

“Kweli felt like I should have more notoriety. There’s been different times in my career that I wanted to not do music. I think he definitely looks at Idle Warship as his way of saying, ‘Yes Res, you need to be around. I’m going to force you to stay around,’” Res says.

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Q&A: WILL SPROTT OF THE MUMLERS The Mumlers is one of San Jose’s greatest exports. Lead vocalist William Sprott spoke with us about his music, his escapades in the Bay Area and life in general.

MADONNA ANNOUNCES SAN JOSE CONCERT The controversy over M.I.A.’s middle-finger salute at the Super Bowl may not have been exactly the publicity Madonna was looking for when she signed on for the halftime show. But if there’s one thing we know about Madge, it’s that she’ll take publicity any way she can get it, especially with the nicely timed new announcement of her 2012 World Tour, which will arrive at HP Pavilion in San Jose on Oct. 6.

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Rock/Pop

CAPERS

JOHNNY V’S

Fri, 8:30pm: Live music.

Campbell.

ANGELICA’S BISTRO

THE CARAVAN

Fri: Zombie Pool Party, String Theory, Thirsty Three.

Sat: Autumn’s First Fire, Silly Creature, Voulge and more. San Jose.

Sat, 8:30pm: The Women of Soul, with Judith Harris Coleman, Ladee Chico and Stacy Carter. $20/$25.

Redwood City.

Sat, 9pm: The Seizure, Seizure Circus, Blackwood Royalty. San Jose.

CLUB FOX

AVALON

Call for info. Redwood City.

Sun: Tony MacAlpine. Santa Clara.

FLINT CENTER

THE BLANK CLUB Fri, 9pm: RS2 Solid Sound, Karinie-A, Sweet Hayah. $5.

San Jose.

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN Thu, 8 and 10pm: Jason Wolf Hamlin from “American Idol.” Fri, 10pm: Groove Nugget. Sat: Live music. San Jose.

Fri, 6:30pm: Fresh Beat Band. $29.50 and up.

Cupertino.

THE GRAPEVINE Thu, 7pm: Daemon City Lights and Peter Chung.

Willow Glen.

HP PAVILION Sat, 7:30pm: Valentine’s Super Love Jam with the Delfonic, Tierra and more. $29-$39. San Jose.

LILLY MAC’S Fri, 9:30pm: Fill in the Blanks. Sunnyvale.

LOS GATOS LODGE Fri-Sat: Live rock bands. Los Gatos.

NETO’S GRILL Fri, 8:30pm: Chris Burt Band $5. Sat, 8:30pm: Strawberry Souls tribute to Beatles. $5.

Santa Clara.

NICKEL CITY Fri, 6pm: Seventh Day Breakdown, Don’t Fight the Giant and more. Sat, 6pm: California Smile, Four O’ Clock Heroes, Clockwork Hero and more. San Jose.

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Himawari “HIMAWARI” MEANS “sunflower” in Japanese, and the seeds of this one were planted in 2000, when San Jose Taiko and the members of Japan’s Hanayui San Jose Rep got together to create a program that combined the traditional dances from Japan with modern Sat., Feb. 11 American taiko. They debuted the project in Hawaii in 2002, naming it after the sunflower because of its 8pm; $20/$25 history as a Japanese symbol of energy and strength.

The two groups represent some of the best their countries have to offer: San Jose Taiko is known for its innovative approach to the ancient drumming art, while Hanayui is an offshoot of Kodo, one of Japan’s top taiko groups. Kodo members Chieko Kojima and Yoko Fujimoto teamed up with Okinawan dance expert Mitsue Kinjo for a group specializing in Japanese song and dance.

This show will also feature Kodo member Yoshikazu Fujimoto as a guest artist.— Steve Palopoli

NINE LIVES

NUMBER ONE BROADWAY

PAGODA LOUNGE

Thu, 8pm: Battle of the Bands with Pounders, Silly Creature and more. $10. Sat, 8pm: South County Derby Girls Valentine’s Masquerade Party. $10. Gilroy.

Thu, 9:30pm: Bone Drivers.

Fri, 9:30pm: Pacific Standard Time. $10. Sat, 9:30pm: The Megatones. $10. Sun: Ample Sound. Los Gatos.

Fri: Idle Warship with Talib Kweli and Res. The Fairmont Hotel, San Jose.

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BBC GASTROPUB

Fri, 8pm: David Friedman and Paul Fisher, bossa nova and samba. San Jose.

Fri, 6pm: Live jazz.

Menlo Park.

CASCAL Fri, 9:30pm & Sat, 9pm: Live music. Mountain View.

Fri: Billy Martini Show. Sat: Bob Gonzalez. Tue: Music for Lovers. Santa Clara.

CLUB FOX

FAIRMONT HOTEL

Fri, 9pm: Hard Salsa. $10.

Sat, 8pm: Tempest with Ol’ Cheeky Bastards. $16/$18.

Redwood City.

Fri, 7pm: The Sinatra Show with singer John Michael and Essence. $75. San Jose.

HUKILAU Fri: TRR. Sat: Aldon Sanders.

San Jose.

Thu, 8pm: Alvon Johnson.

Fri, 8pm: Troublemakers. Sat, 8pm: John Garcia. Campbell.

Fri: Hip-hop. Sat: Rebelskamp.

LILLY MAC’S

HEDLEY CLUB

Tue: Irish dancing. Sunnyvale.

STATION 55

LIQUID

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

Tue: Rock en espanol. San Jose.

TEMPLE BAR & LOUNGE

MOROCCO’S MV

Sat, 8pm: Live music.

San Jose.

Wed, 6pm: Middle Eastern music. Thu, 6pm: Acoustic guitar with Mark. Fri, 6pm: World music. Sat, 6pm: Belly dancing. Sun, 6pm: World music. Mon, 6pm: Moroccan music. Mountain View.

Every first and third Wed, 7:30pm: Hedley Club Jazz Jam. Thu, 8pm: RussoAlberts Trio. Fri, 8:30pm: Kat Parra. Sat, 8:30pm: John Worley. Hotel De Anza, San Jose.

Mental Notes. Thu: Pro Jam hosted by Vicious Grooves.

Fri: Derailed, Vital Sings. $7.

Sat: Diamond Chip. $5. Sun: ProJam. Sunnyvale.

RED ROCK COFFEE Fri, 8pm: Michael Steven. Sat, 8pm: Rabbit Quinn with Kevin Mason Hill. Mountain View.

THE REFUGE Sat, 6pm: Treason, Guttershark and more.

Cupertino.

SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS

WOODHAM’S LOUNGE Fri: Pro Jam with local rock musicians. Santa Clara.

World AGENDA LOUNGE Wed, 8pm: Salsa. $5. Thu, 8pm: Banda nights. Fri, 8pm: Rock en Español. San Jose.

ALBERTO’S Wed: Bachata. Thu: Salsa with Pantea. Fri: Salsa. Sat: Latin night. Mon: Argentine Tango. Tue: Salsa with Pantea. Mountain View.

ANGELICA’S BISTRO

the Metro photo exhibit

Fri, 8pm: Elias Lammam, Oriental accordionist and singer. $12/$16. Sat, 6:30pm: Doris Williams, Celtic and American Valentine.

Redwood City.

ARYA GLOBAL CUISINE

featuring local photographers

Fri-Sat, 8pm: Live music and belly dancing. Tue: Dinner and performance by Italian tenor Pasquale Espositio.

Cupertino.

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AZÚCAR Thu, 9pm: DJ Che live video mixing. Fri, 9pm: Latin rock en espanol. Sat, 9pm: Salsa, merengue, cumbia, urban & Latin fusions. Tue, 9pm: Dinner, live music with Angel Zelada and more for Valentine’s. San Jose.

MOROCCO’S SJ Wed, 6pm: Flamenco with Paul Renslow. Fri, 6pm: World music. Sat, 6pm: World music and magic. Sun, 6pm: Moroccan Music. Mon, noon on: French music. San Jose.

BLUZ BY-YOU

GRAND DELL SALOON

J.J.’S BLUES CAFE Wed: Ron Tomasello and Friends. Thu: Dan Goughs.

Fri: Liars Club. Sat: Marvin Bank. $10. Sun, 5pm: Voodoo Zydeco. Mon: Wayne’s Way Band. Tue: Dennis and Stuart.

San Jose.

LIQUID Wed: JC Smith Band. San Jose.

LOFT BAR AND BISTRO

PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB

Thu, 7-10pm: Live jazz.

San Jose.

Thu-Sat: Live music.

Sunnyvale.

LOS GATOS BREWING CO.

STEPHENS GREEN

Fri: Dueling pianos. Los Gatos.

Tue, 7:30pm. Irish music.

Mountain View.

Jazz/Blues AFFINITY

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

San Jose.

MOJO LOUNGE

Wed, 7:30pm: Erik Jekabson Quartet. Free. Hilton Hotel, San Jose.

Fri: Scott T. Miller and the Electric Porkchop Band. Sat: Neckbeard. Fremont.

ANGELICA’S BISTRO

MONTALVO ARTS CENTER

Fri, 6:30pm: Peter Daldry. $10/$14. Sun, 7pm: A Deadly Valentine for a Gangster, dinner mystery. $65 plus.

Tue, 8pm: Valentine’s show with Ricardo Scales and Friends. $15/$20. Redwood City.

ART BOUTIKI Every second Thu, 7pm: Jazz jam. $5. San Jose.

Sat, 8pm: Valentine’s concert with Spencer Day. $27-$35.

Sun, 7:30pm: Eddie Palmieri and the Brian Lynch Jazz Quartet. $40-$50. Saratoga.

MOROCCO’S MV Thu, 6pm: Johnny Williams.

Mountain View.

MURPHY’S LAW Fri: Mofos. Sat: Vegas Night. Mon: Pro blues jam.

Sunnyvale.

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The Seizure L.A.’S THE SEIZURE play indie rock with a hard beat and some intricate guitar work, not to mention great song titles. Unfortunately, “Oh God You Devil” isn’t Caravan about the George Burns movie, but it does feature a fantastic Cure-type gloom rave-up. The band’s Fri. Feb. 10 certainly not goth, and they’re not exactly ’80s-retro, either. But they do borrow from all kinds of New 9pm; free Wave and rock from that decade, mixing it with the sound of current guitar indie. By the way, “Night Eating” really is about night eating.— Steve Palopoli

A PERFECT FINISH Fri, 9pm: Quasimodal. Sat, 9pm: Blue House. San Jose.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO Wed, 6pm: Ron Thompson & Friends. Thu, 6pm: Tia Carroll and Hard Work. Fri, 6pm: Pat Wilder Band. Sat, 7pm: Mark Hummel and the Blues Survivors with Steve Freund.

Sun, noon: Valentine’s Day Sunday Brunch with Gail Dobson Jazz Band.

San Jose.

SMITH CENTER

THEATRE ON SAN PEDRO SQUARE

with Margaret and Victor.

Campbell.

Tue, 8pm: Kaye Bohler Valentine’s Day Show, tribute to Etta James. $20. San Jose.

THE SADDLE RACK

UNWINED

Wed, 9pm: Rodeo House.

Thu-Fri, 9pm & Sat, 10:15pm: Diablo Road. Fremont.

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

SAM’S BBQ

WINE AFFAIRS Wed-Thu, 7:30pm: Live jazz.

San Jose.

C&W/Folk

Sat, 8pm: Jazz pianist Paul Posnak. $18-$20. Ohlone College, Fremont.

ALICE’S

SUNNYVALE THEATRE

MISSION CITY COFFEE ROASTING

Sat, 8pm: Le Jazz Hot. $22/$28. Sunnyvale.

TESSORA’S Fri, 8:30pm: Live music.

Campbell.

Thu, 7pm: Live acoustic music.

Woodside.

Sat, 8pm: Pete and Ann Sibley.

Santa Clara.

RED ROCK COFFEE Sun, noon: Bluegrass

Wed, 6pm: Dark Hollow. Tue, 6pm: Cabin Fever. San Jose.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Thu, 9pm: Bit & Spur Band.

Sun, 8pm: Rebecca West.

San Jose.

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

Redwood City.

BAMBOO LOUNGE Mon, 7pm: Musical open mic

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M@J@FE HL<JK San Jose soul singer Tracy Cruz started exploring her vocal range at a young age, while growing up on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Even now, her neo-soul is subtly influenced by the Filipino music she heard growing up, though it’s easier to hear the echoes of her R&B heroes like Jill Scott. Releasing her first EP in 2005, and the award-winning full-length ‘Feel’osophy’ in 2008, she followed it up with ‘Universoul Symphony’ and the single ‘Love’s Galaxy’ last year. She performs Thursday at San Jose State as part of the “Vision Showcase” to benefit children with congenital heart disease. 6:30pm; $20/$25.

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BAREFOOT COFFEE ROASTERS

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POOR HOUSE BISTRO

Fri, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.

Tue, 6pm: Open-mic night.

San Jose.

DA KINE CAFE Tue, 6:30-9:30pm: Open mic.

Music, poetry, etc. Sunnyvale.

Wed, 7pm: Musical open mic.

Sign up by 5pm. Santa Clara.

HOT JAVA COFFEE ROASTING

BLUE ROCK SHOOT

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

Thu, 7:30pm: Open mic.

Saratoga.

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

Cupertino.

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

SONOMA CHICKEN COOP Wed, 8:30pm: Open mic.

Campbell.

Wed: The Cypher. Hip-hop open mic. San Jose.

SUNNYVALE ART GALLERY

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

Tue, 7pm: Open mic. Free.

San Jose.

Sun & Wed-Thu: Pro jam.

Sunnyvale.

JOHNNY V’S

MISSION CITY ROASTING CO.

CAFFE FRASCATI

QUARTER NOTE

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

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

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

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Thu: Karaoke. Los Gatos.

Thu, 9pm-2am: August.

Milpitas.

BRANHAM LOUNGE Thu and Mon: Karaoke. San Jose.

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN

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Gilroy.

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Santa Clara.

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Sunnyvale.

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Fri-Sat, 7pm: Karaoke.

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

BRIX Tue: Karaoke. San Jose.

C&Jâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SPORTS BAR

BLUE PHEASANT Tue, 7pm: Steve Tiger.

Cupertino.

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

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

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

JERSEYS Sat: Karaoke. Campbell.

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Sun: Sunday Funday.

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

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Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Campbell.

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

EL TORITO RESTAURANT Fri: KJ Bob and Starmaker Karaoke at 7pm, followed by DJ at 10pm. Santa Clara.

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

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

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Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke.

Cupertino.

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

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

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.

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MOJO LOUNGE Wed, 9pm: Vic. Fremont.

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NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE Fri-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Santa Clara.

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Carriage House Theatre Concert Series

“Lynch and Palmieri are arguably each the most important Latin Jazz voices of their respective generations...” - ALL MUSIC GUIDE Nine-time Grammy Award-winner, Eddie Palmieri (with a successful musical career that spans over 50 years) is known for his distinctive blend of jazz piano with Latin rhythms. With a discography that includes 36 titles, Eddie Palmieri embraces the future of his music by blazing a distinctive musical path, to the delight of fans across the globe. A true powerhouse of brilliance, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer commented, “The Sun of Latin Music shone so hot Wednesday night it’s a miracle the pianist didn’t melt off the walls of Jazz Alley…” Describing his unconventional style, The New York Times simply states, “Mr. Palmieri…can make a piano roar.”

Joining Palmieri is the Brian Lynch Quartet. Lynch is a Grammy Award-winning New York-based jazz trumpeter.

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SAN JOSE BAR & GRILL

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Valentine Celebration Dinner & Concert Package catered by Le Papillon: $130 per person; call 408.296.3730 for reservations

Dance Clubs

(Dinner held in the historic Villa at 5:30 pm; beverage, tax and gratuity not included)

Vocalist-songwriter-pianist Spencer Day brought down the house when he performed at the Carriage House Theatre in February 2011. At 30, he has enjoyed a musical career remarkable for someone twice his age. His voice inspires comparisons to that of Harry Connick Jr. and his compositions to those of Cole Porter, Paul Simon and Rufus Wainwright.

The San Jose Mercury News describes the celebrated young singer as “a balladeer for the new century” and the Village Voice raves that Spencer Day is a “Prodigious singing/songwriting talent.”

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OFFICE BAR

Tue, 10pm-close: Kamikaze Karaoke. San Jose.

Wed, 8pm: Salsa Wednesdays.

Thu: Antromix. Banda nights.

Fri: Rock en Español. San Jose.

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

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Wed-Sun, 8:30pm: Thomas.

San Jose.

Thu, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Sunnyvale.

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.

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Sun, 8pm: Joe. Campbell.

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

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

Sunnyvale.

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

San Jose.

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

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

QUARTER NOTE Mon: Ed. Tue: Sue and Sherrie.

No cover. Sunnyvale.

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

San Jose.

REDI ROOM Thu-Sat, 9pm: DJ Curtis. San Jose.

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

SHOOTERS BAR & GRILL

Sun: Karaoke. San Jose.

STATION 55

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

Thu, 8pm: Karaoke. Sun, 5-9pm: Family karaoke. Gilroy.

BBC GASTROPUB

TEQUILA SHOT’S BAR & GRILL

THE BLANK CLUB

Wed, 9pm: Karaoke Contest.

Thu-Sun, 9pm: August. Milpitas.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Mon, 8pm: Chris. Tue, 9pm: Randy. San Jose.

15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga, CA 95070

Fri: DJs. Menlo Park.

Thu, 9pm: Atomic with DJ Basura. $10. Sat, 9pm: New Wave Prom with DV Vitus and DV Kevin. $10. San Jose.

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

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

San Jose.

WOODHAM’S LOUNGE Thu & Sat, 9:30pm: Wild Side.

Santa Clara.

X-BAR Fri & Mon, 9pm: Vinnie.

Homestead Lanes, Cupertino.

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SAN JOSE BAR & GRILL

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

Fri-Sat: DJs & dancing.

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

MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S

Thu: Therapy. Fri: Flirty Fridays.

Mon: Power Hour. San Jose.

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

Los Gatos.

STEPHEN’S GREEN

BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN Thu: VJ mixing with DJ Benofficial. Fri, 10pm: DJ Radio Raheem. Sat, 10pm: DJ David Q. San Jose.

C&J’S SPORTS BAR

MOTIF

Wed & Sat, 10pm: DJ. Fri, 8:30pm: Sizzling. Salsa night.

Santa Clara.

MYTH TAVERNA LOUNGE

CLUB ILLUSIONS

PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB

Thu: College night. First and third Fri: Fuz Fridays. Palo Alto.

Sat: DJs and dancing. San Jose.

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

PEACOCK LOUNGE

CLUBHOUSE

Fri-Sat, 6pm: DJ or live band.

No cover. Santa Clara.

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

EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR

SABOR TAPAS BAR

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

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

Evergreen Inn, San Jose.

FAHRENHEIT ULTRA LOUNGE

STUDIO8

Thu: Therapy. Fri: Soul Therapy.

San Jose.

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.

DIVE BAR

Thu, 11pm: DJ Ulises. Fri, 10pm: DJ Cesar. Sat, 10pm: Vibe Saturdays. Mountain View.

Thu: Thirsty Thursday. Sat: Dirty Valentine’s Party with DJ Roxanne Dawn. 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, 9pm: DJs. San Jose.

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

Thu-Sat: DJs and dancing.

Sun: Reggae. San Jose.

ZEN LOUNGE

THE SADDLE RACK

Wed: Lil Saturday. House & electronica. Thu: 24 Thursdays. Fri: Fabulous Fridays. Mountain View.

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

Fremont.

Wed, 9pm: Wine Wednesdays.

Thu, 9pm: The Heit Thursdays.

Fri-Sat, 9pm: DJs & dancing. $10. Mon, 9pm: Industry. Tue: College Night. San Jose.

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GALAXY

LANA DEL REY

Mon: Ladies’ Night. Milpitas.

The Internet’s new favorite argument justifies her existence in free in-store. Feb 9 at Amoeba SF.

KATIE BLOOM’S 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-Sat: Rotating DJs, including Remedy, Goldenchyld and others. Sun: Live music. San Jose.

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

DON CARLOS From Jamaica to Black Uhuru and beyond, reggae sensation survives. Feb 9 at the Independent.

ESTELLE “American Boy” hitmaker polishes off a dance-oriented brand of R&B. Feb 10 at the New Parish.

SOCIAL DISTORTION Mike Ness & Co. celebrating over 30 years of fury and frustration from Fullerton. Feb 11-12 at the Fox Theater.

BILL COSBY Pioneering standup and television comedian needs little introduction, dives right into the jokes. Feb 11 at the Paramount Theater.

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