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Curse of Reed The city’s fearless and occasionally politically tone-deaf leader, CHUCK REED, was riding high after successfully placing pension reform and binding arbitration on the ballot with a carefully stitched-together coalition that seemed to spell the end of organized labor’s control of the San Jose City Council. The afterglow was short-lived, however. Reed threw the new majority into chaos with his divisive endorsement of gay marriage opponent LARRY PEGRAM for a council seat, just a day before a California court overturned Prop 8. Though he won’t say so publicly, among the dismayed was cat-herder SAM LICCARDO, the downtown district councilman who helped orchestrate the 7-4 vote. JUDY CHIRCO, who holds the council seat for which Pegram is now battling DON ROCHA, was “visibly sickened” by the mayor’s announcement, according to one 18th floor source. As Fly noted last week, it’s the latest in a series of Reed endorsements that seem to be based more on Don’t personal loyalty than forget high strategy. These to tip! have ranged from his support for labor FLY@ back-watcher DOLORES METRONEWS. CARR, the defeated COM DA, and his baffling recent endorsement of RICHARD CALDERON, who also lost.

The Pegram bombshell also recalls Reed’s disastrous 2007 endorsement of HON LIEN against KANSEN CHU, which showed that Reed couldn’t even secure his own council district for a successor.

While Reed’s personal popularity remains high in polls, his endorsement seems to be more of a curse than a blessing these days. The effect will likely be to drive Rocha, who was hoping the mayor would stay out of the race, more tightly into the clutches of the South Bay Labor Council, rather than cost him the election.

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garbage bills and been threatened with eviction on his business and foreclosure on his house. Last month, he was kicked off the San José Small Business Development Commission.

Duong’s money problems seem to begin in 2005. That’s when the Long Beach Mortgage Company notified him that the mortgage on his house at 2342 McLaughlin Ave. was in arrears, and demanded $506,511.23. The default notice said the California Reconveyance Company would be selling the home at public auction if he did not pay up. By September 2009, Duong faced foreclosure on the home.What’s more, he and his wife, Hieu Duong, have failed at least three times to pay property taxes on their home, as well as MHD Home Furniture and Décor, their Brokaw Road furniture store.

Santa Clara County tax collector Martha L. Williams says that one October 2009 tax lien she issued

Duong for $2,643.29 remains unpaid.

In 2008 Duong’s store was threatened with eviction when Duong fell $10,450.14 behind in his rent. And he got behind with the city of San Jose last year, when he didn’t pay $237.51 in garbage bills.

Though he lists his position as a San Jose Small Business Development Commissioner at the top of his qualifications on his campaign mailers, in reality Duong was thrown off the board on July 20 by City Clerk Lee Price following three unexcused absences from commission meetings.

Asked about the laundry list of money troubles, Duong says he wasn’t aware of the foreclosure and tax violations, and would have to confer with his accountant.

“I’m surprised that there are so many things popping up,” Duong said in a telephone interview Friday, “But if they are, they must be an oversight and I’ll certainly dive into the details on that.”

As to his furniture store’s eviction notice, Duong explains that one of employees failed to send a rent check when he and his wife were on vacation.

“I went to the management office and said, ‘Look, I have had this the whole time, it’s just that the person who I delegated the work to didn’t send it in,’” Duong says. “I handed it to them and it was done, finished. So that was a

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With countless dusty throngs waiting in the Black Rock Desert for the 25th annual Burning Man to begin, San Jose-based PayPal almost thwarted the construction of an elaborate “Temple” at the heart of the beloved annual bacchanalia. PayPal, which invented one of the first safe ways to spend and collect money on the Internet, and later was purchased by eBay, froze tens of thousands of

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very minor misunderstanding.”

While campaigning, Duong has repeatedly emphasized his experience as a local businessman who, having achieved the “American Dream,” wants to bring his expertise in responsible budgeting to voters.

“We can not spend more than we can take in,” Duong said at a meeting of the San Jose Downtown Association (SJDA) last Friday.

As “someone who has signed both sides of the check, who knows what it’s like to turn a profit,” Duong continued, “I understand what it’s like to live between the means.” Friends Like These The Republican got a huge shot in the arm last spring when he was endorsed by the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce over incumbent Nguyen.

Chamber head Pat Dando was not available for comment at presstime, but when the ChamberPAC first announced its endorsement last spring, Dando said Duong’s consistent business-centric campaign line stood out in comparison to Nguyen.

“Quite frankly, just looking at Madison’s voting record over the past year, she had clearly not been a real friend to business,” Dando said.

According to Nguyen, Duong’s past money issues are no secret in San Jose’s tight-knit and all-to-often drama-filled Vietnamese community. She says the local Vietnamese-language media have been all over his record of financial inconsistencies.

dollars destined for the Temple of Flux, a massive artwork being built by artist JESS HOBBS and a crew of 200 volunteers. According to the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s STEVEN T. JONES, the online money-transfer giant refused to release the money because the IRS has not yet granted the Burners tax-exempt status. “[PayPal] will take the donations and their fees, but they won’t give us our money until we get our nonprofit status,” Hobbs said, a week before PayPal backed down and released the money. The artist said her team, unlike other famously informal groups responsible for the spectacular

displays that spring out of the desert every September, filled out the reams of IRS paperwork required to win their 501c3 status, but have been waiting on Uncle Sam: “The IRS is so backed up they’re taking at least six months to give out nonprofit status.

“To the delight of Burners everywhere, PayPal decided to release the funds a few days after the SFBG article was published. Silicon Valley biz-watcher Fast Company notes that Burning Man’s website points visitors to PayPal to purchase their $300 tickets, and that the Burning Man organization is a $10 million-a-year business, so “it pays PayPal not to upset Burners.”

“If he can’t balance his own checkbook, how can voters expect him to balance the city budget?,” Nguyen says. Duong says focusing on his personal life draws attention away from the important issues currently facing District 7 residents. He accuses the Nguyen campaign with tarnishing his name.

“If I’m going to talk about my opponent, I’m going to talk about issues that are relating to the residents and what’s not been done for them, and how our leaders have misused and abused and mislead the district,” Duong says. “I’m not going to dig into my opponent’s personal life.”

Nguyen says that Duong has a pattern of not taking responsibility for his actions.

“He consistently apologizes for his mistakes, but never intends to correct them,” she says. “He’s like, ‘Sorry, I didn’t know,’ but he just keeps on letting it happen again and again.”

This is Duong’s second attempt at getting on the San Jose City Council.

He ran a failed campaign for Dave Cortese’s old District 8 seat against Rose Herrera in 2008.

In addition to the issues that have just come to light, Duong was fined $500 by the San Jose Elections Commission last month for violations of city campaign disclosure laws. Specifically, he was penalized for not reporting that he was sued in January 2010 for $22,459 by Ronald Wong, a campaign consultant on his first bid at City Hall. The Elections Commission also determined Duong had filled out several election filing forms incompletely and

incorrectly—errors he says were entirely unintentional.

Signs of TroubleIn related news, eight large blue-and-white “Reelect Madison Nguyen” signs were knocked over or torn up Sunday night at different locations around District 7.

In a strange twist, Nguyen says that she got a text Sunday evening from Rudy Rodriguez, Duong’s campaign manager, admitting that he was going to be taking action against her signs.

The texts, which were forwarded to Metro by Nguyen’s campaign, read: “Madison—Your volunteers or you have placed signs on my Latino supporters who are now supporting Minh. These signs will be removed tonight. Call me if you would like to discuss.”

Nguyen says the property owners did not authorize anyone to remove or destroy the signs, which were worth about $40 each. The police are investigating the matter as possible misdemeanor vandalism.

Before he took over the Duong campaign, Rodriguez himself ran for the District 7 seat in the June primary.

Duong was not available for comment Tuesday, but told CBS 5 on Monday that nobody from his campaign was behind the sign destruction. Even so, he admits his campaign manager Rodriguez did in fact sent Nguyen the above text “in a moment of passion.” sign destruction.

Even so, he admits his campaign manager Rodriguez did in fact sent Nguyen the above text “in a moment of passion.”

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sv 411.com Hulu Is Not Ready To Go Public HULU IS TESTING the waters for an IPO, hoping to get a valuation of $2 billion, according to the New York Times. A Hulu IPO would be a pure play on the transition of TV to the web. While the company has not yet filed with the SEC, in the past it claimed to have 2009 revenues of $100 million, and is perhaps on track to double that this year.

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You can’t watch CBS shows on Hulu, and earlier this year Viacom decided to pull its most popular shows from Comedy Central. And NBC’s new owner Comcast has its own plans for streaming TV on the web. It is not clear how long it will continue to support Hulu.

Until we see its actual SEC filing with audited financials, investors won’t be able to make an informed decision one way or another. Maybe I’ll be blown away by the numbers and they will change my mind. But from what I know right now, I’d say Hulu still has some proving to do.

Hulu is preparing to launch a premium subscription service for $10 a month, which will supplement its advertising revenues. The subscription service will still shows ads, but it includes a deeper catalog of shows that never expire (as they do on the site).

Meanwhile, Hulu’s biggest competitor in streaming video is perhaps Netflix, which is streaming more and more movies online, and TV shows as well. In June, more people went to Netflix.com than Hulu for the first time, and that trend continued in July. —ERICK SCHONFELD, TECHCRUNCH.COM Lucian Armasu They are having a classic innovator’s dilemma. The companies owning Hulu know Hulu is the future, but they can’t put their whole weight behind it because that would mean killing their current business much sooner. If they don’t, others will do it for them—like Netflix.

Harry Hulu will never make it until the networks and production companies let them stream everything and to everyone.

Jonathan A Hulu IPO is an exit for the group of networks that have holdings in the company. That’s the sole reason for it to happen mrvco Good luck on the IPO. Hopefully you can capitalize on a little irrational exuberance among techignorant investors

Is It Worth $100 Million to Be Governor?

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman’s quest to buy the California governor’s seat continues. She just donated another $13 million to her own campaign, bringing her total contribution to $104 million.

Her opponent, Jerry Brown, has spent less than $1 million. ADRIAN CHEN, VALLEYWAG,GAWKER.COM

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Chimaera California, consider yourself on notice. If you don’t elect Gov. Moonbeam in ‘10, no one gets to bitch when we elect Palin in ‘12. *shudder* Xavier Lucage Last week I was the victim of the most annoying pushpoll. One question tried to frame Brown as an elite millionaire. “Did you know Jerry Brown just bought a house for over $1.4 million?” I told the lady that’s about what Whitman pays for dry cleaning and hung up.

Jac Well The sentiment around here is clear: a rich, female, formerCEO spending her own money to try to get elected governor is pretty much offensive. At least, she is if she is Republican.

Colonel Mustard She’s running on a platform of “California’s problem is that Schwarzenegger wasn’t conservative enough,” which may play in Riverside and Orange County, but will fail impressively in the cities where, like, most of California’s residents live and are unemployed.

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Clueless Commentators: ‘Stop Wikileaks’ Marc Thiessen is a former Bush speechwriter, who seems to have tried to make a second career out of saying really clueless things as loudly as possible. Lately he’s been on a rampage against Wikileaks, first suggesting that it somehow made sense to use U.S. military power to track down and capture Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

This resulted in a reporter pointing out that Thiessen’s response to Wikileaks is like the RIAA’s response to Napster: destined to backfire due to a basic misunderstanding of the Internet.

Apparently Thiessen either didn’t read or didn’t understand that response. Or, perhaps in the business of being loud and wrong, he just doesn’t care. He’s since written a few more pieces attacking Wikileaks, including directly blaming it for an Afghan tribal leader being killed . . . though in the very next sentence he admits he doesn’t know if that had anything to do with Wikileaks.

But, last Friday, Thiessen moved things up a notch on the RIAArepeatifier, and suggested that with Assange’s recent promise to release the remaining 15,000 documents in the recent collection—after scrubbing them of identifying information—the U.S. should somehow “shut down” Wikileaks.

Yeah, good luck with that. . —MIKE MASNICK, TECHDIRT.COM

Nate I realize it’s convenient to try to paint everything as a “new media vs. old media” struggle, but some issues fit that mold easier than others. The fact remains that real people’s lives have been placed in imminent danger as a result of a willful disclosure of sensitive information.

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The rebirth of the Rose Garden could not have been done by only park maintenance staff or volunteers.

It is the combination of both that allows for this fantastic achievement.

And the leadership of Beverly Rose Hopper and Terry Reilly.

Just over three years ago, I walked through the Rose Garden park with concerned neighbors and saw the decline and devastation. I knew then that our city did not have the resources to pay for staff to care for the park, nor would a band-aid approach allow the park to reach its potential. I also knew the city was behind the times with its volunteer policy. Instead, I proposed a pilot for outsourcing park maintenance. That caused the unions to assemble and defend the status quo.

Although outsourcing park maintenance, even as a pilot, was not approved in May 2007, I did push for and was successful in having council support amending the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s volunteer policy in October.

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a stipulation that corporations be allowed to have their employees donate time at San Jose parks on their community service days.

This change allowed 250 Google employees and 150 Recology employees to volunteer in the Rose Garden this summer.

Municipal governments will continue to shrink as revenues will be constrained as pension costs rise. Thereforeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;now more then everâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;residents could provide small increments of their time improving their local park, trail, traffic medians etc. . . . Waiting on government will be taking longer then ever before.

As the Wall Street Journal reported recently, San Jose will be saving approximately $4 million a year by outsourcing janitorial. The $4 million in savings was substantial enough to garner national attention and is the trend nationally.

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ZZOMBIES O M B I E S 19 sticky sstage sticky tagge blood, blood, she she decided decided tto o go go aass a gas-masked gas-masked zombie zombie hunter. hunter. She’s She’s rrepeating epeating the the costume costume this this week, week, only only with w ith a half-mask—“The half-mask—“The full full o one ne iiss ttoo oo hot. hot.”

Rob R o ob Corbin Corbin went to o the crawl craaw wl dressed dr essed as a zombified d Circuit Circuit City City emplo yee. “I was was coming com ming up the employee. rroad,” oad,”” he remembers, remembers, “and my my wif fe wife w as chasing a bystander bystand der who had was been b een waiting waiting iti att the th crosswalk. crrosswalk. lk He H circled cir cled back aaway way fr from om m her and came came around ar ound the corner corner rig right ght into me . . . and I jumped jumped at him. It was was fun.” fun.”

The T he S Second econd A Annual nnuall ZombieZombieO-Rama O -Rama in in San San Jose, Jose, which which takes tak kes place p lace on on Aug. Aug. 25, 25, aims aiims to to repeat repeat the the disgusting d isgusting magic magic with with a free free screening screening off 2009’s o 2009’s Z Zombieland, ombieland, a zzombie ombie ffashion ashion show show and an nd a monster monster pub pub ccrawl rawl throughout throughout downtown. downtown.

E vents staged staged by by the the Cacophony Caccophony Events S ocieties iin nS an Francisco Francisco and and L .A. Societies San L.A. m ay have have anticipated an nticipated this this kind kind o may off m ass costumed costumed event; event; in in the the early earrly mass 11990s, 990s, the the S.F. S.F. Cacophony Caccophony society society o rganized a mob mob of of unruly unruly Santas Santass organized tto o iinvade nvad de Union Union Square Squarre during during the the h eight o the sshopping hopping season. season. height off the A or zombies zombies themselves, themselves, Ass ffor iitt is is claimed claimed that that Sacramento Sacram amento o riginated this this kind kind of of mayhem mayhem in in originated 2 001. Ov er the h last l decade, d deecade d , cities ii 2001.

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JJust ust as as the the vampires vam mpires suck suck the the llifeblood ifeblood ffrom rom tthe he m iddle cclass—Wall lass—Wall middle S treet b ankers, for for iinstance—or nstance—or from from Street bankers, tthe he earth earrth itself—like itself—like BP—so BP—so zombies zombies rrepresent epresent tthe he u ndead victims victims lleft eft tto o undead fforage orage iin n a ravaged ravaged economy economy on on an an o verheating p lanet. As As I was was finishing finishing overheating planet. tthis his aarticle, rticle, T he N ew Y ork T imes The New York Times eeven ven u sed ““zombie” zombie” in in a headline headline used tto od escribe the the enfeebled enfeebled mortgage mortgage describe aagencies gencies Fannie Fan nnie Mae Mae and and Freddie Freddie

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Hastings’ Hasting gs’’ work includes the comics comics Smith, Br Brown, ow wn, J Jones ones o Alien A Accountants ccountants and the ch children’s hildren’s book book T Tarabella arab a ella Smoot Smo ot and the Unsung Monsters; Monstteerrs; his up upcoming com ming book book Murmur Murmur,, in ccollaboration ollaborattion with J.D. J.D. Arnold, is a four-year-long four o -year e -long project project he d describ ibes as a ““Finding Finding i di N Nemo done d describes b n King.”

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She –Santa Cruz theater arts arts She,, a UC UC–Santa major lped him create create his unique major,, hel helped lo ok of peeling peeling e latex, and protruding protruding look latex, false sk ull made out of a chunk of skull yyogurt ogurt ccontainer—“plus on ntainer—“plus I sacrific ed sacrificed one of my my b eloved Ha awaiian shir ts.” beloved Hawaiian shirts.”

Hasting gs’’ love love affair with zombies Hastings’ o ccurred after a experiencing a double occurred experiencing bill of Night Nighht of the Living Dead and Dawn of the thhe Dead.

Dead. “I w as not a big was horr or fan n,, but after I sa aw those two two horror fan, saw I was was up at a 3am kicking back doors doors to see if th here wer behind there weree zombies behind them. Thiss year, year, he pr oposes to b proposes bee “a runover e businessman zombie”: zombie”: run-over “I got a ni ce business suit,, shredded shredded nice it,, and ran n the car car over over it.” it.”

Dan Vado, Vad ado, owner of the comic comic and fine -art publishing pu ublishing shop Slave Slaave Labor Labor fine-art Graphics i de facto organizer organizer of this Graphics,, is yyear’s ear’s San Jose Jose Zombie-O-Rama.

Zombie- O -Rama. L ast Last yyear, ear, he ha ad noted the package package of had fr ee down ntown mo vies at the St arlite free downtown movies Starlite Cinemas and a wonder ed if the wondered theyy might b bee able to show something that had a lit tle mo ore guts to it. little more “The howed The Shiningg one “Theyy sh showed yyear, ear, so ob bviously they they wer en’t obviously weren’t worried ab bout content,” content,”” V ado a sa ays y about Vado says fr om his South S First Str eet offic e. from First Street office.

Being dead, dead, the crowd crowd last year year w as p eacefful. was peaceful.

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ZZOMBIES O M B I E S 2200 “I didn’t didn’t hear about about an anyy incidents when the theyy were were wandering wandeering around,” around,”” Vado V ado a sa says. ays y . “The cops cops se seemed eemed bored bored and amused for fo or the wh whole hole thing. thing.

Zombies Z ombies wer weree taking taking pictures p pictur es of themselves themselv es with the police. polic o e. It wasn’t wasn’t yyour our club crowd; crowd; there there was was no alcohol alc ohol on sale. sale. It was was a much more more family event event than I en envisioned.” v visioned. ” Among the improvements improvements e promised pr omised i d for for o this thi year’s year’’s Z Zombie-Oombie bi - O Rama is more more or organization ganizaation to avoid avoid anyy incidents: last yyear, an earr, zombies crossing cr ossing intersections too t o slowly to rresulted esulted in anonymous anonymous hate mail ffor or V o Vado. ado a . “Why “Wh hy anonymous? anonymous? y Did he think I w was as going to sicc the undead on him?”

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I mean,, yyou ou go downtown downto own and you you see 1,0 1,000 00 zombies—w zombies—what hat kid is not going to be that?” be all over over tha at?”

The h San Jose Jose Downtown Downttown Association’s 1,500 A ssociation’s estimate of 1,500 undead revelers revelers makes makess the cavalcade cavvalcade of zombies one of the nation’s nation’s largest. lar gest. “The estimation estimation seems a tad tad generous me,” gener ous to me ,” Vado Vaado says. saays y . But it was w as a wild success success compared com mpared to what had been been expected: expected: maybe maayb y e a ffew ew hundred hundr ed at best. best.

“Even “Ev en if we don’t don’t do o as well as last yyear, ear, we won won’t ’t consider consideer it a great great failure. failur e. When yyou ou get to a point point when yyou’re ou’re building an a event, event, these things go in plateaus, plateeaus, and our beginning b eginning point point was was a high water water mark. This is something somethin ng that could could bee massiv b massivee and huge eventually.” eventuallyy.”

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You’ll seeing people peop ple whose costume costume is the culmination culmin nation of weeks of work.

The guy I remember remember from from last year year w as someo ne who had a giant nail was someone thr ough his his head, and he writhed through ne xt to a lamppost lamppost like la like he’d h ’d b he een next been hammer ed d into it.” it.” hammered Had Vado Vad ado dressed dressed up? ““Ah, Ah, I didn’t A didn’t ha ave time to t get gussied up last have yyear—I ear—I putt on some face face mak eup makeup and dead leaves leeaaves and called called it a da ay. day.

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CCathartic Cathar h rtic Gor GGoree Ms. Monste Ms. Monster, er, azur azure-skinned e-skinned horror horr or hostess hosttess from from Hel, “which is essentiall essentially ly right where where San Francisco Francisc o is, iss, . . . on another plane of rreality eality cl clearly,” learlyy,” is a blue blue-skinned -skinned “half-zombie” “half f-zomb bie” noted ffor or o her live live introductions intr oductio ons of scary scary (or scarily scarily bad) cinema cinem ma at area area clubs. clubs. When one needs a zom zombie mbie expert, expert, she she’s ’s a think ttank ank unto herself h on the subject.

In her opinion, op pinion, the zombie fad is dead: “So dead d in fact that it walks walks again . . . and an nd again . . . and again!

How did it go? Monkeys, Monkeys, pirates pirates,, zombies? And A the zombie thing, thing, it just never never went w away.” away.”

A vveteran eteran n of many man ny zombie mobs mobs,, Ms.. Monste Ms Monster er advises joining in whenever whene ver possible. possible.

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W ith “Internet “Internet Killed Killed the the Video Video With S tar,” their their follow-up follow-up to to last last year’s year’s Star,” m inor hit hit “Very “Very Busy Busy People,” People,” going going minor iinto nto heavy heavy rotation rotation at at the the Bay Bay A rea’s alternative alternative stations stattions Channel Channel Area’s 9 2.3 and and Live Live 105, 105, vocalist-lyricist vocalist-lyricist 92.3 E ric Victorino Victorino and and beat beatt architect architect Eric G iovanni Giusti Giusti have have released released Giovanni a video—really video —really more more of of a short shor t fi lm—to promote promote it, it, putting putting a film—to

ttrippy rippy ttwist wist o n tthe he zzombie ombie m ythos. on mythos.

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But Limousines’ ““Internet Internet K illed tthe he V ideo Star” Starr” clip clip Killed Video tturns urns tthe he W orld W ar Z scenario scenario into into World War ad ark ffairy airy ttale. alle. K ids? T aak king o n dark Kids?

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o ut o n IIM M cconversation onversation h nd out off aan hee aand G Giusti iusti w were ere h having aving aabout bout h how ow b both oth k ids aand nd zzombies ombies llook ook ccool ool iin n vvideos. ideos. kids T This his q quickly uickly m morphed orphed iinto nto aan n iidea dea ffor or tthe he ssong. ong. ““In In fi five ve m minutes, inutes, w wee h had ad tthe he sstory tory lline, ine,” ssays ays V ictorino.

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The whole T he w hole tthing hing was was done done on on a with ttwo-day wo-day sshoot, hoot, w ith friends friends and and family faam mily making up m ak king u p tthe he cast, casst, on on property property owned byy tthe o wned b he parents parrents of of Dredg’s Dredg’s bass player Drew b ass p layer D rew Roulette.

Roulette. The The end end mixes rresult esult m ixes a retro, retro, high-contrast high-contrast with ggrindhouse rindhouse llook ook w ith the the ironic ironic humor off R Romero’s h umor o omero’s Dawn Dawn of of the the Dead Dead and and the the fantasy fantassy style style of of Guillermo Guillermo Del Del Toro.

Toro. The The abundance abundance of of postmodern postmodern reference reference and and self-reference self-reference have have left left fans faan ns with with a lot lot of of questions questions about ab bout the the symbolism—do the the kids kids represent represent symbolism—do the band? band? Are Are they they really really shooting shooting the confetti, or or is is that that just just a way way their their confetti, brains have have dreamed dream med up up to to deal deall with with brains the blood-and-guts blood-an nd-guts unpleasantness unpleasantness of of a the zombie apocalypse? apocalypse? zombie Victorino w on’t ssay, ay, b ut aass tthe he Victorino won’t but film gets gets p assed aaround—it round—it ggot ot film passed 8,000 views views iits ts fi rst d ay u p aatt 8,000 first day up www.thelimousines.com, 30,000 30,000 by by www.thelimousines.com, the n ext—he d oes ssay ay tthe he eexperience xperience the next—he does of making making iitt w as o ne o he b est of was one off tthe best times he’s he’s had had in in his his music music career, career, times ever. T he L imos p lan tto o ttour our llater ater ever.

The Limos plan this yyear ear tto op romote ttheir heir n ew this promote new album, Get Get Sharp, Sharp, and an nd play play S ept. 3 aatt album, Sept. the Rickshaw Rickshaw Stop Stop in in San San n Francisco.

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you ask: What you W has death and gore gore have ha ave to offer?” off ffeer?” ff Hastings H asstings believes believes that that the the appeal ap ppeall ccan an be be summed summed u up p in in one one word: word: ““BRAINNNSSSS!” BRAINNNSSSS!” Dan Vado’s Vad ado’s analysis is simpler: “They’re “The y’re fun!—if fu un!—if you’re you’re a zombie zombie,, yyou ou get to put p your your brain aaway, way, yyou’re ou’re not you. you. The zombie is the working workin ng class of the undead.

V aampir i es are a e needlessly ar dl l cruel, l, eeven ven Vampires in curr ent vampire v vampir e lore lore that tries to current mak m nice. nice. makee them “By contrast, conttrast, zombies are are working men. Here Here you you are, are, risen from from your your dir nap, and an nd you you wander wander around. around. dirtt nap, Seriously y, what w are we these days? daayys?

Seriously, are W e’re sla aves e , waiting waiting for for o greener greener We’re slaves, times ahea d when this recession recession is ahead o ver, trudg ging off to work, doing over, trudging something we don’t don’t lik e. I get home like. ffrom fr om work, work k, and d my my wif iffe sa ays y , ‘Y You o wife says, ‘You lo ok like like a zombie.’ zombie.’ Being a zombie look is one of those th hose things where where it speaks speaks to experiences experien nces in America, America, mor moree than any any other otther monster.” monster.”

Working W oorkiing D Dead ead Well, W eell, go ahead ah head and bite me, me, I’m sold.

One of ourr local local literary literary suc successes, cesses, fformer o ormer Santa San nta Cruzan S.G. S.G. Br Browne, owne, just sold hi his is book book Br Breathers eatherrs to Diablo Cody C ody a wee week ek before beffo ore the no novel vel w was as published, so we can can judge that the craze isn’t isn’t over over yet. yet. Similar literary literary satir satires es (such (such as the delicious genre genre bender b ender Prid Pride de and Pr Prejudice ejudice and Zombies) Z oombies) ha have ave lur lured ed fickle hipsters back to thee bookstores. bookstores.

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Consider C onsider tthe he m myth yth of of impious impious Pentheus, P entheus, killed killed by by his his own own DionysusDionysusccrazed razed m mama: ama: “While Pentheus Pentheus was was her,, she tore imploring her torre his right arm out; her sister Ino o wrenched wrenched the other from from his trunk. tru unk. . . . When Agave A gaave [his mom] saw saaw his bleeding limbs,, torn, scattered limbs scattered on o the ground, gground, she howled, . . . and when w his head was w as wr wrenched enched out fr from om his mangled ccorpse, orpse, she clutched itt with her blood-smeared blo od-smeared fingers.” fingerss.” All ther theree 2,000 2,0 00 years years ago ago,, just waiting waiting for for o George Geor ge Romero.

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And speaking speaking of violent vio olent places, places, when you you go to chr chronically on nically depressed depr essed New New Orleans, Orlean ns, you you ccan an w watch atch lots of the kids k doing that horrible Shields and a Yarnell Yaarnell paralyzed-robot paraly zed-robot shtick k for for o quar quarters. ters.

Seeing them p perched ercheed on their plastic milk cartons, cartons, im immobilized mmobilized and begging begging silently on o Bourbon Bourbon Street, Str eet, I always always y though thought ht of the Gang of Four’s Four’s lament in “P “Paralyzed” Paralyzed”” for for o Thatcher’s Thatcher’s unemployed: unemployed: e “P “Paralyzed. aralyzed.

My ambitions ambitiions come come to nothing nothing.. . . .

I was was good good at what I did. The crows crows have haave come comee home to roost, roost,, and I’m the dupe.” dupe.”

The vultures vulttures would be be roosting roosting in the case case off the zombs. zombs. Here Here he is, is, the already-dead alreadyy- deead shuffler shuffler,, without the wherewithal wherewith hal to work or to buy, buyy, left with no personality—or personalit e y— or even even face, face, really. reallyy. Dead, Deaad, but possessed possessed only by by that unkillable unkilllable urge urge to consume. consume.

To which To whic ch guff one could could respond respond with the only o good good lines in T Twilight: wilight: w New New Moon.

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Coming Comingg out of a theater, theater, Bella Swan’s Swan’s pal, pall, Jessica p Jessica (Anna (Anna Kendrick), Kendrick), finally comprehends com mprehends the critique lurking inside insside a typical typical zombie movie: movie: “And, “An And, like, like, is it supposed supposed to be be a metaphor metap phor for for o consumerism? consumerism?

Because Because do don’t on’t be be so pleased with your your own,, like, like, self-reverential selff-r - everential cleverness, cleverness, yyou ou know? Lik Like, e, some girls like like to o shop.” shop.”

Ultimately, Ultimattelyy, donning the mask of the rotter rotter t is just another way way to rub shoulders, should ders, toss back some pots, pots, scope scope some som me undead fashionistas, fashionistas, cruise some som me booths booths and watch watch the ever-underrated ever-underrrated Woody Woody Harrelson Harrelson grease grease some som me of the blighters at an amusement amusemen nt park in Zombieland.

Zombieland.

Why Why n not ot ggo oo out ut aand nd enjoy enjoy yourself yourself ?

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408.354.3574.

FFORBES ORBES M MILL ILL SSTEAKHOUSE TEAKHOUSE SSteakhouse. teakhouse. $ $$$$. $$$. W When hen M etro first first checked checked in in with with Metro FForbes orbes Mill Mill in in 2003, 2003, it it was was called called “a “a big, big, burly burly brasserie brasserie equipped equipped with with style style as as well well as as substance.” substance.” IIt’s t’s holding holding up up well well and and still still does does things things in in a big big way. way. Dinner Dinner 5-9pm 5-9pm Sun-Thu, Sun-Thu, 5-10pm 5-10pm Fri-Sat. Fri-Sat. 206 206 N. N. Santa Santa Cruz Cruz Ave. Ave. 408.395.6434.

408.395.6434.

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408.395.9115.

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4408.395.6650.

08.395.6650.

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beyond beyond burgers burgers and and grilledgrilledchicken chicken sandwiches. sandwiches. The The handsome handsome wood-accented wood-accented interior interior and and open open kitchen kitchen with with its its wood-fired wood-fired pizza pizza oven oven and and rotisserie rotisserie grill grill add add to to the the restaurant’s restaurant’s appeal. appeal. Breakfast Breakfast 10am-2pm 10am-2pm Sat-Sun, Sat-Sun, lunch lunch 11:30am-3pm 11:30am-3pm and and dinner dinner 5pm 5pm to to 9pm 9pm daily. daily. 130 130 N. N. Santa Santa Cruz Cruz Ave. Ave. 408.395.9929.

408.395.9929.

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NICK’S N ICK’S O ON N MAIN MAIN AAmerican. merican. $$$. $$$. Nick’s Nick’s on on Main Main is is a relaxed relaxed but but elegant elegant bistro bistro full full of of neighborly neighborly charm charm and and is is a showcase showcase for for owner owner Nick Nick Difu’s Difu’s decadent decadent and and deeply deeply satisfying satisfying style style of of cooking. cooking. 11:30am-3pm 11:30am-3pm and and 5-9:30pm 5-9:30pm Tue-Sat. Tue-Sat. 35 35 E. E. Main Main St. St. 408.399.6457.

408.399.6457.

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The old ranch property, which was first settled in the late 1800s, is located up winding mountain roads near Big Basin State Park high into the Santa Cruz Mountains where GPS devices fear to tread. It’s not the kind of place you pop into on a whim, but the winery’s new tasting room in downtown Saratoga is. It opens Friday, Aug. 20, and is located at 14598 Big Basin Way, Suite B. If you like syrah and other Rhone-style wines, you’ll want to check out the ROAMIN’ THE RHONES event Saturday–Sunday, Aug. 21–22.

Participating wineries Burrell School, Hunter Hill, Loma Prieta, Poetic Cellars and Vine Hill will offer samplings of syrah, mouvedre and grenache, as well as specially selected cheese and cured meats for $5. Rhone wines are food friendly and easy to love. They come from the south of France where the climate is similar to the northern Central Valley and the Santa Clara and Livermore valleys. The Santa Cruz Mountains are cooler but still provide a favorable growing climate. I had a chance to try POETIC CELLARS’ mouvedre, a delicious, intriguing wine that’s big and earthy yet eminently drinkable. Go to www.summit2seawinetrail.com for more details.

HUNTER HILL will be holding a vineyard dinner on Sunday, Aug. 22, featuring a mixed grill from DOUGLAS RANCH. The dinner, which will be prepared by Los Gatos’ MICHAEL’S ON MAIN, is $85 per person and includes live music in a beautiful outdoor setting. For reservations, call Christine at 831.465.9294 or email hunterhill@comcast.net.

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408.395.4441.

SSTEAMER’S TEAMER’S New New American.

American. $$$. $$$. Styling Styling iitself tself as as a ggrill rill house, house, Steamer’s Steamer ’s includes includes rotisserie rotisserie meats meats and and fragrant fragrant

grilled grilled chops chops in in addition addition to to fresh fresh fish. fish. Quality Quality control control and and service service are are excellent. excellent. Full Full bar. bar.

11:30am-2:30pm, 11:30am-2:30pm, 5-9:30pm 5-9:30pm daily. daily. 31 31 University University Ave. Ave. 408.395.2722.

408.395.2722.

TANDOORI T ANDOORI O OVEN VEN IIndian. ndian. $. $.

Tandoori Tandoori Oven Oven hhas as qquickly uickly found found its its nniche iche iinn LLos os Gatos Gatos among among the the burrito burrito joints, joints, sushi sushi spots spots and and upscale upscale restaurants restaurants with with its its made-to-order made-to-order curry curry dishes dishes and and spicy spicy north north Indian Indian fare fare at at good good prices. prices. 11:30am11:30am9:30pm N.. Santa 9:30pm daily. daily. 133 133 N Santa Cruz Cruz Ave., Ave., Los Los Gatos, Gatos, 408.395.1784; 408.395.1784; 1875 1875 S. S. Bascom Bascom Ave., Ave., Campbell, Campbell, 408.559.3885; 408.559.3885; and and 109 109 S. S. First First St., St., San San Jose, Jose, 408.292.7222.

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BANANA B ANANA LEAF LEAF Southeast Southeast Asian/Malaysian. $$$.

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SSWAGAT WAGAT IIndian. ndian. $ $.. Swagat Swagat explores explores both both southern southern and and northern northern Indian Indian cuisine cuisine in in its its traditional traditional and and extensive extensive menu. menu. Casual.

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5:30-10pm. 68 68 S. S. Abel Abel St. St. 408.262.1128.

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Bhimas Indian. $ $. Tirupathi Tirupathi B himas specializes specializes in in vegetarian vegetarian food food from from south south India, India, particularly particularly that that of of Andra Andra Pradesh, Pradesh, a spicy spicy and and aromatic aromatic cuisine, cuisine, as as well well as as a few few north north Indian Indian dishes dishes and and “Indo-Chinese.”

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But if there are any feats of incredible human strength and flexibility going on this car, it’s chef MICHAEL VAUGHN. He’s the man responsible for providing breakfast, lunch and dinner to a cast and crew of 350 people as they travel between shows from one end of the country to another in a car that seats 32. “It’s not a circus trick,” he says with a laugh. “It just flows better than you expect.” Vaughn grew up in Louisiana, and the Creole influence in his signature dishes is strong. Crawfish étouffée, jambalaya and gumbo are among his favorites to make, but good old-fashioned barbecue ranks high, too.

For lunch that day, I was treated to Vaughn’s tomahawk steak, so named because the enormous rib bone attached to the equally massive steak makes 9XieldÊj it look like a weapon for He-Man. Vaughn wielded =lele[ild it expertly—spicy, juicy and tender, the steak’s only fault was that it was too big for me to finish.

Aug. 18–22 Ringmaster JONATHAN LEE IVERSON, who also HP Pavilion, joined us for lunch, says he doesn’t make it to the San Jose Pie Car much since he’s usually having meals with his family in their private living quarters, but when asked about his favorite dish, he doesn’t hesitate: “The French toast. I will get up for the French toast.” Although the train uses mainly commercial suppliers, Vaughn makes it his priority to shop locally whenever possible. He says he’s always happy to be in the San Jose area because that means that fresh produce in large quantities can’t be far.

One of the greatest challenges—and pleasures—that a circus chef faces is creating a menu that is as diverse as the people on the train.

He loves getting requests from performers for dishes from their hometown, such as chicken Stroganoff, moussaka and feijoada, and if they want to assist him in the kitchen to show him just how their mother used to make it, they can. One of Vaughn’s greatest concerns is for the people he feeds to be able to get a taste of home when they’re far away, and it’s this concern that makes the Pie Car more like a family dining room than a restaurant.

There’s another Pie Car—Pie Car Jr.—that gets towed out to the venue site in order to feed the cast and crew while they’re working away from the train. Vaughn’s next project is to have this car revamped and better equipped to feed all of the people who perform every night from one city to the next. And although he’s no trapeze artist or lion tamer or motorcycle stuntman, in many ways, Vaughn is the man responsible for making the Greatest Show on Earth as great as it is.—Sarah Suksiri

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Saturday Schedule Again I have the great pleasure of welcoming you to San Jose Pride. It is with hard work and dedication of the Pride board that we survive another year in an economy where festivals all over the country have lost the battle to produce an annual event. I first have to thank with tremendous gratitude my 2010 board for their support throughout the year and I commend all past and future board members who take on a piece of this huge commitment.

With the recent positive steps towards equality in California what better time to celebrate PRIDE. The journey is by no means over and through Pride festivals all over the world we help drive the message home in our communities. Pride festivals are an important opportunity for us to not only let loose and enjoy a fabulous weekend in a fun safe environment but to also highlight as a group the number of the gay and gay friendly people in the immediate area who are fighting everyday for the same equal rights as others around them.

I have now served a four year term on the Pride board and two years as President. I joined the board to help drive positive changes and while they might not all be visible to you I think I have played my part to help set the stage for future years in what has been a long hard battle with a crippling economy. It is with sadness that I announce that I will be stepping down from the board this year but I am happy that I am leaving things in great hands. This is just the (new) beginning for San Jose Pride and I really encourage you to support the festival in whatever way you can for many years to come.

Saturday August 21 • 11am – 7pm • Free For vendor applications and other info, go online to www.sanjosepride.com

I wish to thank everyone who has supported me over the years and especially those who put me in the position to make a difference. Please allow me to recognize just a few people who have meant something to me through my journey…

First and foremost my partner for putting up with me through it all, Lucy Manhattan and Ms Jean whose Chicago performance is probably my first drag show but also one of my first and most loved memories of San Jose Pride, Joe Colligan for pushing me to join the board and for being a great debater (chuckle), Annie Kretowiczs for passing the torch and being a rock of support, Fil Maresca and team for all the hard work they put in, John Rodgers more recently for having the patience and commitment keep “the office” in order and Jamie Awad (Club Papi) for his support, friendship and advice. Finally, last but by no means least a man with a huge heart that is rarely seen, he’s the engine behind the festival, Gary Walker.

I thank you all “The Community” you are the ones that keep Pride alive and I am honored to pass the torch on to your 2011 board.

With Great Pride Steven Cochrane President

On the Grounds of Discovery Meadow at Guadalupe River Park Advance Sales for Sunday $10 - tickets available all day at the San Jose Pride Information Booth Kidland - Bounce House, Spin Art, Face Painting, Jugglers, Magicians Rainbow Recreation - Volley Ball on the Main grass San Jose Non Profit Row - Booths representing the finest non-profit gay community related services The Arts and Crafts Village - A wide array of arts, crafts and pride related goodies The International Food Court - Foods and beverages from around the world Micro Brew Tent - Imported Bottled Beer Specialties at Ridder Square Hosted by Lucy Manhattan and Ms. Jean

Pride Stage 11:00am 11:15am 12:00 noon 12:15pm

NATIONAL ANTHEM Karaoke Winners IRLM Diamond John’s DRAG REVUE

Down Under The Dance Tent 1:00pm Robert Nick Arredondo Fashion Show 1:30 Gilette 2:00 DJ Gabe 2:45 Chris Cole 3:00 Sean Basset 4:00 Mix America From The Push Party in West Hollywood.

A Real L Word Hotspot!!

Women’s Music Festival Lineup 1:00pm 1:45pm 2:30pm 3:15pm 4:00pm 4:45pm 5:30pm 6:15pm

Holly Heaven Tamra Engle Letters Make Words Scranton Blair Hansen Band The Hormones Tehya BRAY

*All acts,exact times and locations subject to change

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Sunday Schedule Sunday August 22 • 11am – 8pm

Festival at Discovery Meadow at Guadalupe River Park 11 am - 8pm $10 in advance available at the Info Booth in the Park on Saturday, or $15 at the door on Sunday.

Children 12 and under, Seniors 60+ and handicapped patrons are free

On the Grounds Kidland - Bounce House, Spin Art, Face Painting, Jugglers, Magicians Ten-Gallon Hal’s Country Dance Corral - Line Dancing and Country Swing by 10 Gallon Hal Moss Club Papi’s “Dance in the Park” behind the AIDS Grove - dj’s, dancing and special performances by KRISTINE W and ERIKA JAYNE San Jose Non Profit Row - Booths representing the finest non profit gay community related services The Arts and Crafts Village - A wide array of arts, crafts and pride related goodies The International Food Court - Foods and beverages from around the world Micro Brew Tent - Imported Bottled Beer Specialties at Ridder Square Mobile USA Rock Climb Wall - In front of Ridder Square Hosted by RAVEN of RuPaul’s Drag Race

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Cohosted by Lucy Manhattan and Ms. Jean 11:00am

NATIONAL ANTHEM

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XAVIER TOSCANO

11:30am

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11:45am

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GQ SOCIETY

12:30pm

LISA DEWEY & The Lotus Life

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ORQUESTA D’SOUL

2:15pm

DESI

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LUCY MANHATTAN

3:00pm

CHEER SF

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DEREK JAMESOM

4:00pm

FINDING STELLA

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SMASH-UP DERBY

5:30pm

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City Lights Presents “RENT”

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Aug. 21–Jan. 9; San Jose Museum of Art Leo Villareal is one of the first to make extensive use of computer-aided techniques like LEDs in his art. In the ’90s, he worked on virtual-reality concepts at Interval in Palo Alto. A close encounter at Burning Man led to further experiments in largescale computer-controlled light installations. This is the first major retrospective for Villareal.

San Jose Salsa Festival Saturday, noon–8pm; Alum Rock Avenue at White Road, Alum Rock Village

The hot sauce and the hot music come together at the San Jose Salsa Festival. Orquesta Borinquen (pictured), Latin Affect and Orquesta Saborcua provide the music; there will also be a dance contest for serious salsa movers and shakers, a salsa contest for gourmets and plenty of food booths and kids’ activities.

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TTrost rrost R ichards. Thru Thru Sep Sep 26.

26.

Highlights ““Collection Collection H ighlights FFrom rom Ancient EEurope urope 11500-1800, 500-1800, A ncient Greece Rome.

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D rawings.” Thru Thru Oct Oct 17.

17. WedWedSSun, un, 111am-5pm, 1am-5pm, Thu, Thu, 11am11am8pm.

8 pm. Stanford.

Stanford.

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9. M Mon-Sat, on-Sat, 110am-5pm 0am-5pm and and Sun, Sun, noonnoon55pm. pm. San San Jose.

Jose.

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Jose.

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2-4pm. Tue-Sun, Tue-Sun, 10am10am55pm. pm. San San Jose.

Jose.

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TThru hru SSep ep 119.

9. Tue-Wed Tue-Wed aand nd FFri-Sun, ri-Sun, 111am-5pm.

1am-5pm. TThu, hu, 111am-9pm.

1am-9pm. SSanta anta CClara. lara.

TTue, ue, 111am-4pm, 1am-4pm, W ed-Sat, Wed-Sat, 111am-8pm, 1am-8pm, SSun, un, 111am-3pm.

1am-3pm.

P alo A l to.

Palo Alto.

GGALLERY ALLERY SSARATOGA ARAT TOGA “Gourds aand “Gourds nd G Gorgeous.” orgeous.”

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by Judith Judith TTurner urner aand nd ggourd ourd ccreations reations bbyy JJoo CCooley. ooley. TThru hru SSep ep 55..

Daily D aily (except (except Sun) Sun) 11am11am6pm.

6 pm. Saratoga.

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8.

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0. ““Animals Animals of of the the Bible” Bible” bbyy Aug TTamar amar Assf.

Assf. TThru hru A ug 331.

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TThru hru A Aug ug 228.

8. SSan an JJose. ose.

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A Maschke-Messing. Thru Thru Oct. O ct. Saratoga.

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MOHR M OHR GGALLERY ALLERY Watercolors by Watercolors

by William William Dunn.

D unn. TThru hru SSep ep 220.

0.

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-8pm.

CCommunity ommunity School School of of M Music usic aand nd A Arts, rts, M Mountain ountain View.

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In one piece, Lubell uses a pneumatic tubing system to control a pen that then transcribes the pulsing movement of two people rocking on a wooden bench. Meanwhile, a third person pedals a stationary bicycle, turning a cog and enabling the pen to continue up the roll of paper. Though the movement is exterior, Lubell’s machines measure more than physics; they record what transpires when three people fall in sync. That’s one of the main ideas of the exhibit—the necessity of human relationships in order to fully appreciate the machinery’s capabilities. Just as each unit depends on another, so do visitors to the exhibit. Because the machines require at least two people to operate them, a visit to the gallery without a companion would be, for the most part, unsuccessful; restoring intimacy to the visitor’s experience is the only solution.

And the “intimacy” element is decidedly sexual: touching is not only encouraged, but required. Lubell’s piece titled Making a Point of Inflection encourages one person to press against another but separates them with a thin latex wall, reminiscent of skin or contraceptives, a symbol of the detachments we willingly or unwillingly maintain. Seemingly crude and counterintuitive, “Conservation of Intimacy” is not what we’ve been taught to expect when we consider technology, but that’s part of what makes it so provocative and so challenging. Immersing ourselves in Lubell’s exhibit forces us to question our own assumptions about what technology should do for us and instead realize what we can do for each other.—Sarah Suksiri

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On Saturday, Kevin Putz’ piano concerto Night (2007) was, by his own admission, modeled on Maurice Ravel’s Concerto in G, sans the jazzy elements, and indulges flavors of Rachmaninoff. John Adams’ City Noir is, he said, “an imaginary film score . . . for virtuoso orchestra.” At Sunday’s San Juan Bautista program, Uzbek-Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin’s Heaven Is Closed (2000) unashamedly restored tonal harmonies to Cabrillo’s vocabulary, while Philip Glass’ Cello Concerto came dangerously close to traditional harmonic cadences itself. But for the Adams, whose final movement upped the orchestral congestion to a brilliant if challenging level, the rest was downright easy listening.

Putz yet again renewed the vitality and energy that have inspired director Marin Alsop to invite him back to Cabrillo again and again. In this instance, he put on display his own piano virtuosity well mastered before he turned to the composer’s life. A combination of ringing bell tones and repeating arpeggios laid a tonal foundation over which he played right-hand melodies in other keys generating tasty dissonances.

The three movements are Dies Irae (without that actual hoary old tune), Nocturne and Midnight Toccata. The Glass concerto (2001) also tracked the three traditional movements, with expected minimalist fingerprints and soaring melodies. In the long slow movement, Glass skillfully mined a rich thematic vein. Cellist Wendy Sutter made her 1620 Amati instrument sing and cavort. At 33 minutes, the work lasted as long as the Adams symphony (2009). That work’s first two movements, The City and Its Double and The Song Is for You, were played without a break. Every kind of movie-musical device was paraphrased in the lush score, not least a variety of jazz-inflected solos (on sax, trumpet, trombone, viola, etc.), which gain complexity amid cinematic cameos of L.A.’s distinctive intersections in the finale, Boulevard Night.

On Sunday, George Theophilus Walker’s Foils (2006), an homage to the mythical St. George, fenced with angular thrusts in the musical rhetoric of the 1960s familiar among the 88-year-old composer’s earlier works.

Framed in quiet sorrow, Pierre Jalbert’s In Aeternam (2000) spent most of its 14 minutes in violent grief over the death-at-birth of a niece. The Saturday program opened with short works by Michael Shapiro and Sean Hickey.—Scott MacClelland

EAT PRAY LOVE

(PG-13) See review at right.

THE EXTRA MAN

(R; 105 min.) See review on page 46.

LOTTERY TICKET

(PG-13) A comedy about a man who wins the lottery but has to survive three days to collect. (Opens Fri.)

MAO’S LAST DANCER

(PG; 117 min.) Bruce Beresford directs a story based on the life of Chinese dancer Li Crunxin.

Stars Chi Cao, Joan Chen and Kyle MacLachlan. (Opens Fri at the Aquarius in Palo Alto and CinéArts Santana Row.)

NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS

(PG; 109 min.) A very clever nanny helps a family while dad is away.

(Opens Fri.)

PIRANHA 3D

(R) Fish with teeth, really sharp teeth, comin’ at ya. Who gets it first?

Richard Dreyfuss, Elisabeth Shue, Eli Roth or Ving Rhames? (Opens Fri.)

THE SWITCH

(PG-13) Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston star in a comedy about a woman, a man and a turkey baster.

(Opens Fri.)

VAMPIRES SUCK

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

CINEMAS (Unrated;CAMERA 94 min.) A documentary about George Mallory, the British AD explorer, and Conrad Anker, the man Wednesday, August 18th who found his1body Mr. Everest. x 4oninches (Opens Fri at Camera 3 in San Jose.)

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(1946) Returning from World War II to a fictional Midwestern city, three veterans try to rebuild their lives, picking up their old jobs and their old status: a banker (Fredric March) and a soda jerk (Dana Andrews) can’t adjust, but it’s worse for Homer (Oscar-winner Harold Russell), who lost his hands. William Wyler’s drama was considered the definitive cinematic statement on the veteran’s return, and it has the advantage of being made by a directorX-MEN who had seenWOLVERINE the action ORIGINS: close-up. (Plays Aug 21-24 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

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(1954) In the Amazon, a humanoid amphibian from the Devonian era is discovered in the depths. Jack Arnold’s compact monster movie has its slow points, but the Gill-Man is one memorable fiend. (Plays Aug 18 at sunset in San Jose on Post Street between First and Market streets; free, 3-D glasses will be on sale.) (RvB)

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(1948/1942) Fred Astaire stars as a 1912 vaudevillian who loses his conceited dance partner, Nadine (Ann Miller).

At a bar (and under the influence), he decides to pick a chorus girl at random to be her replacement. He chooses well: Hannah Brown (Judy Garland). The uncertain girl spends the movie proving that even though she’s not an elegant piece of work like Nadine, she has good points of her own. Meanwhile, Peter Lawford, in the secondary role, is very secondary.

Garland’s lovable performance of “Down on the Farm,” a novelty tune

by Irving Berlin, beats the film’s most famous number, “A Couple of Swells.”

It seems to be a consensus among musical fans that Miller is a showoff.

But her almost disturbing sensuality deserves more praise—check out her ballroom dance with Astaire early in the film, as opposed to the more typical Miller moment: the cold, impressive pre–Jennifer Beals audience-slayer she whirls out at the end while draped

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TRAVEL ADVISORY Julia Roberts gets around in ‘Eat Pray Love.”

Roberts on the Road A TRIPLE-DECKER sandwich of selfindulgence thick enough to choke a horse.

Eat Pray Love stars Julia Robert as Liz, a chronically dissatisfied New York writer Liz Gilbert. Under cloudy financial and marital circumstances (Gilbert’s memoir made them clearer, apparently), Liz suffers a longlasting crisis over what she’s supposed to do next. Her best friends have a baby—should she produce one too? Instead, she divorces her husband (Billy Crudup, thankless role, even more thankless Dick Cavett hair cut) and drops her subsequent boyfriend (James Franco as actor David Piccolo, which come to think of it is about his range here—he’s piping). Liz heads off on an around-theworld voyage of self-discovery to Italy, India and Bali.

that cinematographer Robert Richardson’s landscapes kept me tranquilized. And how long has it been since a big movie was made in Bali? Bardem’s Iberian musk perfumes the film; he cocks one great warm bedroom eye, lid closed in half-siesta, right to the camera. And the basic argument of Eat Pray Love is strong: these Eat Pray Love days, who doesn’t feel the PG-13; 133 min. ambient toxicity of life Plays valleywide in the United States, the need for silence, beauty and good food? Can anyone, however, credit Eat Pray Love’s argument that the United States is in trouble because we’re not praying hard enough?

Director Ryan Murphy (the creator of Glee) goes into beautification mode. Eat Pray Love is as rich as a spy thriller; the only difference is that Roberts isn’t shooting the natives this time. We get glamour shots of perfect bowls of pasta: close-ups of Roberts slurping noodles with her new lips; exotic ashrams and emerald rice paddies. In India, Liz goes to worship a photo of a guru, scrubs floors and swears a too-short vow of silence. She also takes a spiritual beating up in India at the hands of hippiesh Richard (Richard Jenkins). At last in Bali, naturally, she finds Mr. Right: a Brazillionaire jewelry importer (Javier Bardem).

It’s Roberts herself who makes the film hard to endure. There’s her facile relationship with the divine (“God, I’m a great fan of your work”). There’s the spurious generosity of the break-up letter (“I believe, with every molecule of my body, you will find the person you want”); there are the self-esteem issues Liz obviously doesn’t have: “He’s won the lottery,” she says, describing a man lucky enough to go to bed with her. The backbone of Eat Pray Love is Liz’s search for the one word that describes her. One word? It’s like something Don Draper would say about a product.

After 2 1/2 hours in the company of this woman, the audience might be able to suggest a single word.—Richard von Busack

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JAWS (1975) Expert counterprogramming for the unpreviewed (why?) Piranha 3-D. This is the movie that started it all. In a small coastal resort, a great white shark is prowling, and the locals are trying to sweep it under the rug. Feisty scientist Richard Dreyfuss and Ahab surrogate Robert Shaw go on the warpath in this entertaining

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PHONE HOME Kevin Kline talks a good game in ‘The Extra Man.’

A MUST-SEE MOVIE.” Michael Sauter LIFE & STYLE WEEKLY

Escorts KEVIN KLINE delivers a wonderful performance as Henry Harrison, an oddball, aging gentleman who believes that the education system has led to the demise of women and who has an affinity for Christmas balls. But is he enough to save viewers of The Extra Man from asking, “What was that for?”

NILES FILM MUSEUM

Regularly scheduled programs of independent and silent films. Aug 21: Chaplin in One AM (1916), Saturday Afternoon with Harry Langdon (1926), Buster Keaton in One Week (1920) and Laurel and Hardy in We Faw Down. Greg Pane at the piano.

(Plays Aug 21 in Fremont at the Edison Theater, 37417 Niles Blvd.) (RvB)

REEFER MADNESS

(1936) California is a few votes away from turning into a state overwhelmed with smokers of damned Indian hemp! Want to know what it’ll look like? This film shows what happens when hepcats huff the hellish herb! Based on sworn testimony—can you prove it didn’t happen? MST3K veterans RiffTraks somberly comment on the tragedy. No cookie will be safe!

(Plays Aug 19 at various local theaters.

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THE SCARLET EMPRESS/KISMET

(1934/1944) The Marlene Dietrich/ Josef von Sternberg rich farrago on the life of Catherine the Great, from convent to hilarious last two-shot.

Dietrich plays the innocent German princess corrupted by a nest of mad royals, including Sam Jaffe (an evil Harpo Marx look-alike with a toy guillotine) and Louise Dressler as the profane old empress. The cinematography is superb beyond all reason, with Dietrich’s face filtered through shimmering clouds of smoke and glimpsed behind layers of gossamer veils. BILLED WITH Kismet.

Ronald Colman plays a sophisticated beggar in ancient Islam; Dietrich is a gilded wife of a portly vizier (Edward Arnold) clearly too slow for her. Pretty much what you put in the dictionary when you’re defining the term “Orientalism.” (Plays Aug 25-27 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.)

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The film follows Louis Ives (Paul Dano from Knight and Day and Little The Extra Man Miss Sunshine) after he loses is job R; 105 min. as a Princeton English professor and Plays valleywide decides to move to Manhattan to pursue his dream as a writer. Once there, he searches the newspapers classifieds (hasn’t he heard of Craigslist?) and finds a room for rent by a “gentleman” who seeks the same.

Louis ends up in the home of Harrison, a formerly promising playwright, clinging to his dilapidated old car. Henry’s only source of income is moonlighting as an “extra man,” escorting elderly society women to their soirees. Louis, with his almost unnatural liking for F. Scott Fitzgerald, finds Harrison’s life exciting and decides to become an “extra man.” He also works for a magazine alongside environmentally conscious Mary (Katie Holmes), whose part in the story is ultimately nonessential.

The outlandish characters keep on coming, with John C. Reilly as Henry’s hairy neighbor—then there is the hunchback whom Henry believes stole his greatest play. All of the quirkiness provides laughs but doesn’t add up or lead anywhere other than mystification at how far from reality the characters have become.

Directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (American Splendor) create a world of eccentrics, but with so much going on in one film, they all get lost in a maze of awkwardness.—Jen Nowell

movie, sold by John Williams’ cello theme. (Aug 18 and 20-22 in San Jose at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)

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(2009) Don’t be fooled by the kid appeal if you haven’t seen it; this was last year’s best movie, a jewel-colored comedic drama about mortality and lost dreams set in the mountains of South America; Ed Asner does the voice of a senior citizen whose magic escape brings him into deadly conflict with a childhood hero (Christopher Plummer). The visual storytelling in the opening sequence is masterful, the kind of lost art that people go back to Hitchcock to rediscover.

(Plays Aug 19 in Redwood City at Old Courthouse Square; free.) (RvB)

DESPICABLE ME

(PG; 95 min.) Even the second tier of animated filmmaking is fairly advanced, and thihs brisk and intelligent rephrase of the evilgenius plot makes up for several cul de sacs. The bald, heavy-eyebrowed and Akim Tamiroff–accented Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) is a mad scientist working on his latest plot.

If he can steal a shrink-ray just being developed, the Bank of Evil will give him a loan to finance his magnum opus: the theft of the moon itself. But Vector, an unsightly nerd bearing a notable resemblance to Bill Gates, swipes the ray from Gru. The scheme to retrieve it depends on a trio of forlorn, cookie-selling orphans who have been haunting his front door. The action may be silly, but the directors take it seriously.

The 3-D is mostly a gimmick, though there’s one startling moment of a rocket’s needle nose heading for the audience. (RvB)

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

Murray, wearing a suspicious-looking mustache, fur-collared suits, and a horseshoe pin, is the film’s saving grace; he has the true comedians’

solitude and toast-dry humor, an eloquent wince at boredom and a consoling flask in the pocket. (RvB)

(Unrated; 129 min.) This second installment in the Stieg Larsson series brings back Noomi Rapace’s ratty but invincible urchin Lisbeth Salander. Shortly after Lisbeth’s return to Stockholm, her old nemesis (and rapist) of a parole officer starts stirring up trouble. Meanwhile, trustworthily pockmarked investigative journalist Mikael (Michael Nyqvist) meets a new writer. He and his sociologist girlfriend are trying to expose the sex-slave trade conducted out of the former Soviet Union, apparently abetted by the Sapo, the Swedish Secret Police. It all comes together with help from the ever-clutching Hand of Coincidence. Director Daniel Alfredsen is trying to create a Euroanswer to Americanized thrillers by gentling them with humanism.

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(R; 103 min.) Director/co-writer/star Sylvester Stallone rounds up the cast of most of the action movies of the past few decades as mercenaries for an assault on the vile island of Vilena, a Caribbean dictatorship run by an evil general, who is the sock-puppet for CIA swine Eric Roberts. Turning the private army of El General into what Terry Crewes’ Hale Caesar accurately describes as “red sausage” is the aim of the aged if still muscular lugs. The slo-mo girl is Sandra (Giselle Itié, whose accent is somewhere between Romanian and Bob Dylan), the curvy daughter of the dictator. The scene of her waterboarding is typical for Stallone; the decades have proved that he never knows when he’s crossed over the fun line. The wasting of the army

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

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

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(one long explosion in a butcher shop) and the fights between musclemen are as low-class as the greatly uninteresting car-crunches, though a Dolph Lundgren/Jet Li bout has some style. Look for a cameo by Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose disdain for the movie is less dismaying than his presidential ambitions, and some muttered crazy-talk about Bosnia by Mickey Rourke. (RvB)

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Stone Face Speaks WHILE the Three Stooges were making hay recycling vintage comedy bits, with the help of directors and personnel from the golden age of silent comedy (not to mention a scad of innovative sound effects), one titan of 1920s comedy was laboring at the bottom of the industry he once topped.

Educational Pictures: The Spice of the Program was a short-subject distributor whose roster included vaudevillians (including Shemp Howard), Mack Sennett, Harry Langdon and Felix the Cat cartoons.

But the greatest name in Educational’s roster has to be Buster Keaton, who had a 3-year-long career there.

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INCEPTION

(PG-13; 148 min.) The basic idea of Christopher Nolan’s film is simple.

Led by Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), a sort of Impossible Mission Force,

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working for a Japanese trillionaire (Ken Watanabe), descends into the sleeping subconscious of the plutocrat’s young rival (Cillian Murphy), using technology that allows them to design dreamscapes.

Because of the complexity of this operation, the team is forced to create dreams within dreams, and

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Calling the 16 shorts in the new two-DVD package Lost Keaton: Sixteen Comedy Shorts 1934–37 “lost” may be a bit generous. True, they haven’t been seen in decades in good, clear prints, but there’s something telling about the cover photo. Keaton, battling Lost Keaton alcohol in those days, looks not Kino just forlorn but haunted, with a International pin-prick-eyed gaze that makes him $34.95 resemble Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath. For the most part, Keaton was redoing old shorts and old bits amid sub–Poverty Row production values.

Workhorse director Charles Lamont leads Keaton through occasional rallies, despite Keaton’s seeming reluctance to speak dialogue—even though his dustdry prairie rasp of a voice complements the eloquent desolation of his face. Allez Oop (1934) is a circus adventure with droll discursive twists. While service comedy is usually aggravating, Tars and Stripes (1935) is a sporadically hilarious highlight, with Buster as a trouble-prone apprentice seaman. Three Stooges regular Vernon Dent, playing a burly, hostile officer, orders Buster to “take a bight,” and Buster obediently gnaws on a rope. One Run Elmer (1935) has Keaton operating a last-chance gas station in the desert that suddenly gets both a competitor and a customer (Lona Andre, kind of a living version of Bette Boop).

Extras include David McLeod’s notes on Buster’s sound years. —Richard von Busack

each deeper dream takes place in an exponentially larger time frame.

Throughout the film, Nolan insists on the practical effect: the miniature and the set, as opposed to CGI. The film is audacious and frequently thrilling, especially when Nolan folds Paris in on itself and Escherizes interior spaces. It’s visionary filmmaking, uncommon at this scale, with neither the mawkishness of What Dreams May Come or the spiritual horse feathers of the Matrix trilogy. (RvB)

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

(R; 104 min.) Crisis occurs when a very settled lesbian marriage is challenged by the arrival of the sperm donor (Mark Ruffalo) who fathered one of the couple’s children.

Julianne Moore as a classic California girl: no intellectual, very earthy, a blurter-out of things she probably shouldn’t have said; Annette Bening, amusingly dour, is her hard-working spouse. Director Lisa Cholodenko and co-writer Stuart Blumberg takes their film away from the realm of the typical gay and lesbian film fest talkathon and up to speed with the blogs, Alison Bechdel’s cartoons Dykes to Watch Out For and with the fiction of Mary Gaitskill. As a director, Cholodenko is a dry, tough-minded wit. But the way she analyzes the needy, unpretty cores of these characters is what takes The Kids Are Alright out of the realm of the domestic comedy/drama and makes it a film to remember. (RvB)

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(PG-13; 107 min.) Two disgraced cops—Allen (Will Ferrell) and Terry (Mark Wahlberg)—hope to claim the roles of star detectives held by fellow detectives P.K. (Samuel L. Jackson) and Christopher (Dwayne Johnson). Ferrell’s Allen is a socially awkward detective just looking to get through each day by handling the accounting side of police work.

Wahlberg’s Terry provides the kind of extreme vexation that having to deal with Ferrell’s character on a daily basis inevitably leads to.

Despite some excellent comedy pairing by the leads, the antics begin to run stale, and Allen lacks the hilarious, good-natured stupidity of, say, a Ron Burgundy.

Ferrell attempts to use more dry humor here rather than the outsized expressive comedy we’re used to seeing from him. Other “other guys” detectives Martin and Fosse (Rob Riggle and Damon Wayans Jr.) deliver some of the film’s better one-liners, usually at the expense of our well-meaning protagonists. (Marlon Maloney)

49 (PG-13; 100 min.) A fast-paced, action-packed thrill ride with a tinge of Cold War–era military tension. Angelina Jolie, who plays CIA officer Evelyn Salt, continues to be the sole actress capable of playing the lead role in an action film. The story begins with the torture of Salt in a North Korean military prison. Eventually, she is released in a prisoner exchange. Two years later, Salt and her superior, Ted Winter (Liev Schreiber), are on their way out of the building when a Russian defector, Orlov, accuses Salt of being a Russian spy during an interrogation. This is the point where the action starts and never stops again. Unfortunately, the plot in this film doesn’t leave much room for the audience to decide whether Orlov’s accusation is true or false. The twists and turns are mostly predictable up until one little crook in the story that comes as a surprise. Otherwise, the movie is completely reliant on Jolie for its appeal, and she delivers.

The action sequences are filled with old-school foot chases and fights blended with plenty of new-school, improbable—or likely impossible— stunts and special effects. If you love action flicks with a near minimal amount of thought required to decipher the impending acts this is a great show. (Marlon Maloney)

SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD

(PG-13; 113 min.) Michael Cera is Scott Pilgrim, a laybout in a local Toronto band, who has a thing for two girlfriends—the old Veronica and Betty dichotomy. The nice, too-loyal Betty is a Charlene Yi surrogate called Knives Chau (Ellen Wong); he is more obsessed with Ramona Flowers, played

by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, whose nationality (American), multicolored hair (mostly magenta or ultramarine) and romantic history make her seem exotic.

Unfortunately, her ex-lovers are in league against him. Not a bad premise, just a bad carry-on.

Ultimately, I’m on the world’s side in re: Scott Pilgrim. The heavily cybertreated visuals, from the winter exteriors to grungy basements, close in on you like the walls in an Indiana Jones tomb. Edgar Wright did this kind of material before and better (on tv’s Spaced); better digital effects and more expensive editorial cleverness can’t make it fresh. (RvB)

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(PG-13; 107 min.) The high-stakes world of dance competitions—look out for flying feet.

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By Sunlight Wednesday, Aug. 18, 5:30pm, Streetlight Records, San Jose; free Their guitars pack a punch at times, but twinkle and sparkle at others. The drums pound mechanically yet also swirl and sweep into tribal rhythms. The vocals punctuate the songs’ force, building on top of a gorgeous, moody musical bed with which this Seattle indie band lives up to its name. (AC)

Jessi Jane Art Show Wednesday, Aug. 18, 9pm, Blank Club, San Jose; $8 No, not Jesse Jane the porn star. This one is “i” not “e,” and she’s a fixture on the downtown SanJo scene, not just for music (she was in the original incarnation of Suicidal Barfly with Jen Chambers, for one), but for her art. She gets the hometown love, as proven by the caliber of musicians turning out to play acoustic sets at her art show: Dover, Shawn Packer and Preaching to the Animals. (SP)

Rufus Wainwright/ Martha Wainwright Monday, Aug. 23, 7:30pm, Mountain Winery, Saratoga; $35-$59.50 Just a hint of what it must be like to grow up as Louden Wainwright’s children can be found in his songs about them: “Rufus Is a Tit Man” (it was about breastfeeding, but still, way off the mark) and “Hitting You,” a Martha-based tale of discipline-turned-childabuse. Wow, no wonder these two are so trippy. In turn, Martha claims her song “Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole” is about her dad. Ouch. (SP)

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Thu, 10pm: So Timeless.

Timeless. San Jose.

Sun: Emerging Sun: Emerging Local Local Artist Artist SShowcase. howcase. SSanta anta Clara.

Clara.

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9pm: Amonie, A nimals. Fri, Fri, 9 pm: A monie, SSoft oft Volume, $7.7. SSan V olume, Dirty Dirty Pillows.

Pillows. $ an Jose.

Jose.

BOSWELL’S B OSWELL’S Wed: Jack Wed: Jack Rip Rip Off. Off. Fri: Fri: Bitchin’ Bitchin’ Daddy.

CCamaros. amaros. SSat: at: SSuga uga D addy.

SSun: un: Chili Chili Sauce.

Sauce. Mon: Mon: Drive!

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CCampbell. ampbell.

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BRITANNIA ARMS BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN A LMADEN Fri, 110pm: Fri, 0pm: LLove ove Stoned.

Stoned. Sat, Sat, 110pm: 0pm: Metal Metal Shop.

Shop. San San Jose.

Jose.

CAPERSS CAPER Fri, 8:30pm: Live music.

Sat, 8:30pm: Live music.

CCampbell. ampbell.

GGRAPEVINE RAPEVINE Thu, 77pm: Thu, pm: Mike Mike Medina.

Medina. Sat, Sat, 77pm: pm: Iwalani.

Iwalani. San San Jose.

Jose.

LOS GATOS LOS GATOS MUSIC MUSIC IN IN T THE HE PARK P ARK Sun, 5-7pm: Sun, 5-7pm: Sage, Sage, Alexis Alexis FForchette. orchette. CCivic ivic Center Center Lawn, Lawn, LLos os Gatos.

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Sunnyvale.

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Lucinda Williams/ Robert Earl Keen I saw Robert Earl Keen open for Lucinda Williams several years ago at South by Southwest, as he will at this Mountain Winery show.

It’s a great bill because they’re two of the top talents to come out of the rootsy and quirky Americana movement, and both Keen and Williams have rootsiness and quirkiness to burn. Though known for emotionally charged New West tales like “Blow You Away” and “Feelin’ Good Again,” Keen’s last album had a song called “10,000 Chinese Walk Into a Bar” that is both about that, and not about that. Meanwhile, Williams spent six Wednesday, Aug. 11 years making her breakthrough album, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, recording the whole thing and then Mountain Winery, firing the producer, recording it again with Steve Saratoga Earle, and then firing him, too. How that thing ever finally got out is anybody’s guess, but thank God it $35–$69.50 did. A couple of years ago, Williams began performing her various albums in their entirety on different nights.

Her last album, Little Honey, had a pretty good cover of AC/DC’s “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock N Roll)”. Basically, you can’t predict what either of these performers will do at any time, but they’re among the best songwriters working today, and Keen’s warm style and humor nicely balance Williams’ artsy cool. —Steve Palopoli

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B and. SSan an JJose. ose.

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SUNNYVALE SUMMER SUNNYVALE SUMMER SSERIES ERIES Wed, 55:30pm: Wed, :30pm: Native Native Elements.

Elements.

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Sunnyvale.

TOONS T OONS Sun: Live Sun: Live Latin/rock Latin/rock band. band.

SSan an JJose. ose.

VOODOO V OODOO LLOUNGE OUNGE Wed, 9 Wed, 9pm: pm: Trash Trash KKannon, annon, the the Midtones. $5.

M idtones. $ 5. Thu, Thu, 9pm: 9pm: Love Love FFool. ool. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

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Mountain View.

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PARRANDA P ARRANDA NIGHTCLUB NIGHTCLUB Thu, 9pm: Thu, 9pm: Banda Banda 3300, 00, D DJJ Akustik.

8pm: Norteño A kustik. FFri, ri, 8 pm: N orteño and and Bandas B andas llive. ive. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

JJazz/Blues azz/Blues ANGELICA’S A NGELICA’S BISTRO BISTRO Thu, 4pm: Thu, 4pm: Dan Dan Dillon, Dillon, 7:30pm: 7:30pm: Blues B lues JJam. am. Fri, Fri, 6pm: 6pm: CCorinne orinne

Marcus Marcus & the the Kindred Kindred Spirits.

Spirits.

Mon: Mon: RWH RWH Jazz Jazz Triad.

Triad. Tue, Tue, 4pm: 4pm: Dan Dan Dillon, Dillon, 7pm: 7pm: Jazz Jazz open open stage stage hosted hosted by

by Angelica’s Angelica’s Jam Jam Band.

Band. Redwood Redwood City.

City.

CCAFFE AFFE TRIESTE TRIESTE Fri, 8pm: Fri, 8pm: San San Jose’s Jose’s LLyric yric TTheatre. heatre.

8pm: Phil SSat, at, 8 pm: P hil Hudson Hudson aand nd his his IImaginary maginary FFriends. riends. SSan an JJose. ose.

GGRAND RAND D DELL ELL SALOON SALOON Thu, 8 Thu, 8pm: pm: B Blues lues Jam Jam with with Aki Aki KKumar. umar. Fri, Fri, 8pm: 8pm: Pinky Pinky & the the Blind B lind Resistance.

Resistance. Sat, Sat, 8pm: 8pm: Andy A ndy SSantana. antana. CCampbell. ampbell.

HEDLEY H EDLEY CLUB CLUB Wed, 7:30pm: Wed, 7:30pm: Jazz Jazz Jam. Jam. Thu, Thu, 8pm: Russo-Alberts 8 pm: R usso-Alberts Trio.

Trio. Fri, Fri, 8:30pm: VW 8 :30pm: TThe he V W Brothers.

Brothers. Sat, Sat, 8:30pm: Rocha Hotel 8 :30pm: Dave Dave R ocha TTrio. rio. H otel Anza, ddee A nza, San San JJose. ose.

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METROACTIVE.COM M ETROACTIVE.COM with B with BBQ BQ and and W Will ill Roc Roc Griffin Griffin ooff Vicious Vicious Groove.

Groove. Sunnyvale.

Sunnyvale.

SSANTANA ANTANA R ROW OW TTue, ue, 6:30-8:30pm: 6:30-8:30pm: Kat Kat P Parra arra Mexican aatt CConsuelo onsuelo M exican Bistro, Bistro, Gus G us KKambeitz ambeitz at at LB LB Steak.

Steak.

SSan an JJose. ose.

THREE FFLAMES THREE LAMES RESTAURANT R ESTAURANT SSun, un, 5-8pm: 5-8pm: A Above bove the the LLaw aw Roxanne Weisinger. ffeaturing eaturing R oxanne W eisinger.

TTue, ue, 7:30pm: 7:30pm: Modesto Modesto Briseno Briseno SSeptet. eptet. Willow Willow Glen.

Glen.

UNWINED U NWINED SSat, at, 7pm: 7pm: Jazz Jazz Night.

Night. San San Jose.

Jose.

WINE W INE A AFFAIRS FFAIRS

JJAZZ AZZ O ON NT THE HE PLAZZ PLAZZ

Wed, 7:30pm: Wed, 7:30pm: Dave Dave P Powell, owell, ppiano. iano. Thu, Thu, 7:30pm: 7:30pm: Russell Russell Barber Billy B arber & B illy Davis Davis Band.

Band. Sat, Sat, 8:30pm: Russell 8 :30pm: R ussell Barber Barber & Billy Billy Davis Band.

D avis B and. SSan an JJose. ose.

Wed, 6:30pm: Wed, 6:30pm: Monterey Monterey Jazz Jazz Fest Fest High Allll SStars.

CCounty ounty H igh SSchool chool A tars. FFree. ree.

Gatos LLos os G atos Town Town Plaza.

Plaza.

CC&W/Folk &W/Folk

JJ.J.’S .J.’S BLUES BLUES CCAFE AFE Wed: SSuzi-Q, Wed: uzi-Q, JJames ames Robinson.

Robinson.

Madylan Rose.

TThu: hu: M adylan R ose. Fri: Fri: Dog Dog House Riley, H ouse R iley, Chris Chris Cain.

Cain. $15. $15.

85, SSat: at: Exit Exit 8 5, SSammy ammy Varela.

Varela. $10. $ 10. Sun: Sun: Alvin Alvin Draper.

Draper. Mon: Mon: Dennis Dove.

D ennis D ove. Tue: Tue: Blue Blue J, J, Liar’s Liar ’s CClub. lub. San San Jose.

Jose.

LLILLY ILLY M MAC’S AC’S

LLILLY ILLY MAC’S MAC’S Sun, 5-8pm: Sun, 5-8pm: LLive ive Irish Irish Music.

Music.

SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

O’FLAHERTY’S O ’FLAHERTY’S Sun aand Sun nd TTue, ue, 55pm: pm: TTraditional raditional IIrish rish music. music. San San Jose.

Jose.

RED R ED ROCK ROCK CCOFFEE OFFEE CO. CO.

Fri: TThe Fri: he B Beat eat Monkeys.

Monkeys. Sat: Sat: Jazz Jazz Beyond &B eyond Series.

Series. Sunnyvale.

Sunnyvale.

Fri, 8 Fri, 8pm: pm: EEoghan oghan CColgan. olgan.

SSat, at, 8pm: 8pm: TThe he Comforters.

Comforters.

Mountain View.

M ountain V iew.

LLOFT OFT BAR BAR A AND ND B BISTRO ISTRO

THE T HE SSADDLE ADDLE R RACK ACK

TThu, hu, 77-10pm: -10pm: Jazz.

Jazz. SSan an JJose. ose.

LLUNCHTIME UNCHTIME ON ON THE THE SQUARE SQUARE Wed, 11:30am: Wed, 11:30am: Heroes Heroes Last Last Mission.

M ission. Mon, Mon, 11:30am: 11:30am: Chris Chris Merrill.

M errill. Courthouse Courthouse Square, Square, Redwood R edwood CCity. ity.

MOROCCO’S M OROCCO’S R RESTAURANT ESTAURANT Wed: A Wed: Andrew ndrew D DiRzza iRzza aand nd R Rick ick Bellenkes TTutunjian. utunjian. TThu: hu: JJason ason B ellenkes Duo. Margaret Victor’s D uo. Sat: Sat: M argaret & V ictor ’s Duo. D uo. Sun: Sun: Lemo.

Lemo. San San Jose.

Jose.

POOR P OOR H HOUSE OUSE BISTRO BISTRO

Wed, 9pm: Wed, 9pm: Rodeo Rodeo House.

House. ThuThu9pm, FFri, ri, 9 pm, Sat, Sat, 10:15pm: 10:15pm: Diablo Diablo Road.

R oad. Sat, Sat, 7:15pm: 7:15pm: The The Bell Bell Brothers.

B rothers. Fremont.

Fremont.

BBQ SSAM’S AM’S B BQ Wed, 6pm: Wed, 6pm: Sidesaddle Sidesaddle & Co. Co. TTue, ue, 6pm: 6pm: Windy Windy Hill.

Hill. San San Jose.

Jose.

THREE T HREE FFLAMES LAMES Thu, 9 Thu, 9pm: pm: D Doug oug R Rose ose Productions w/ P roductions w / Bit Bit and and Spur Spur Band B and ffeaturing eaturing CCowboy owboy LLarry. arry.

Willow W illow Glen.

Glen.

Wed, 6pm: Wed, 6pm: R Ron on TThompson hompson aand nd Price FFriends. riends. Thu, Thu, 6pm: 6pm: Lara Lara P rice aand nd Band.

YYesterdays esterdays B and. Fri, Fri, 6pm: 6pm: Perry Perry Pumpers & tthe he P umpers ffeaturing eaturing Perry Perry Welsh, Phil W elsh, P hil Aaberg, Aaberg, Steve Steve Freund, Freund, JJune une Core, Core, Steve Steve Ehrmann.

Ehrmann. Sat, Sat, Voodoo Revival, 11-4pm: -4pm: ZZydeco ydeco V oodoo R evival, 6-10pm: Morris Blues aand nd 6 -10pm: SSid id M orris B lues Band.

B and. Sun, Sun, 2-6pm: 2-6pm: Zydeco Zydeco Dance Dance Party P arty ffeaturing eaturing the the Zydeco Zydeco FFlames. lames. SSan an JJose. ose.

Open O pen M Mic ic

QUARTER Q UARTER N NOTE OTE

THREE T HREEFFLAMES LAMES

Wed, 8:30pm: Wed, 8:30pm: Pro Pro Jam Jam N Night. ight.

SSat, at, 44pm: pm: Cool Cool Fire Fire Soul Soul Jazz.

Jazz.

SSun, un, 1pm: 1pm: Brisket Brisket and and Blues Blues

CCITY ITY EESPRESSO SPRESSO Fri, 77-10pm: Fri, -10pm: Singers Singers and and musicians. m usicians. San San Jose.

Jose.

RED R ED ROCK ROCK CCOFFEE OFFEE CO. CO. Mon, 7pm: Mon, 7pm: Cavin Cavin and and King’s King’s Open O pen Mic. Mic. Mountain Mountain View.

View.

Wed, W ed, 8 8pm: pm: O Open pen M Mic. ic. W Willow illow G Glen. len.

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Karaoke K araoke

Wed, 9pm: Wed, 9pm: KKaraoke araoke N Night. ight.

Milpitas.

M ilpitas.

7B BAMBOO AMBOO

Thu, 9 Thu, 9pm: pm: D DJJ D Davey avey KK.. N Noo ccover. over.

CCampbell. ampbell.

Wed-Sat, 9pm: KKaraoke.

Wed-Sat, araoke. TTue, ue ue, 9pm: KKaraoke. araoke. San Jose.

KHARTOUM K HARTOUM

LLILLY ILLY M MAC’S AC’S Thu, 9 Thu, 9pm: pm: D DJJ TThomas homas ““Soulman.”

Soulman.” Sunnyvale.

Sunnyvale.

NORMANDY N ORMANDY H HOUSE OUSE LLOUNGE OUNGE Fri-Sat, 9 Fri-Sat, 9:30pm: :30pm: KKaraoke. araoke. SSanta anta CClara. lara.

ALEX’S ALEX ’S 4 49ER 9ER INN Nightly except Sun, 9pm2am: KKaraoke. araoke. San Jose.

BLINKY’S BLINK Y’S CAN’T SSAY AY Fri, 9pm: Danielle. Santa Clara.

Clar a.

BLUE BL UE BONNET B BAR AR Wed-Thu W ed--TThu and Mon, Mon 8pm: le. cover.. Sunnyva Sunnyvale.

KKaraoke. araoke. No cover

OFFICE O FFICE B BAR AR Fri-Sat, 9 Fri-Sat, 9pm-2am, pm-2am, and and SSun, un, 77pm: pm: Karaoke.

Karaoke. Mountain Mountain View.

View.

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

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

POINCIANA P OINCIANA LLOUNGE OUNGE Wed, 9:30pm: Wed, 9:30pm: W Wildside ildside Noo ccover.

EEntertainment. ntertainment. N over.

SSanta anta CClara. lara.

SSOUTH OUTH FFIRST IRST B BILLIARDS ILLIARDS SSun: un: KKaraoke. araoke. SSan an JJose. ose.

BOGART’S BOGAR T’S LLOUNGE OUNGE Wed, Fri and Sun, 8pmWed, 8pm-2am: 2am m: KKaraoke. araoke. Sunnyvale.

BOSWELL’S BOS WELL’S TTue: uue: DJ Davey K. K CCampbell. ampbell ampbell.

BRITANNIA BRIT TANNIA A ARMS CUPER RTINO CUPERTINO Sun--Tuue, 10pm: KKaraoke.

Sun-Tue, araoke.

CCupertino. upertino.

BRIT BRITANNIA TANNIA A ARMS A RMS SAN SAN JJOSE OSE Wed, 9pm: KKaraoke Wed, araoke w/ August. San Jose.

CARDINAL LLOUNGE OUNGE Wed and Mon, 9pmWed 9pm-1am: 1am: DJJ Western CCurtis. urtis TTue, urtis. uue, ue 9pm: W estern karaoke.

Jose.. kar aoke. No cover. cover. San Jose

DIVE B BAR AR Wed-Sun and TTue, Wed-Sun uue, 9pm: KKaraoke. araoke. San Jose.

FLAMESS CCOFFEE FLAME OFFEE SHOP Thu-Sat, 9pm: Uncle Dougiee Show.. No cover cover.. San Jose.

Show

TOON’S T OON’S

Wed aand Wed nd SSun, un, 110pm: 0pm: D DJJ H Hank. ank.

DJJ B Benofficial.

Mon, TThu, hu, 110pm: 0pm: D enofficial. M on, 9pm: Beer Pong.

9 pm: B eer P ong. SSan an JJose. ose.

B BRITANNIA RITANNIA A ARMS RMS CCUPERTINO UPERTINO TThu: hu: D DJJ TTosh. osh. CCupertino. upertino.

B BRITANNIA RITANNIA A ARMS RMS DOWNTOWN D OWNTOWN Fri: D Fri: DJJ CCheck heck O O.. SSat: at: G Beats Beats tthe he Metrorock.

SSoulchild oulchild aand nd M etrorock. TTue: ue: DJJ D David Q.. SSan D avid Q an Jose.

Jose.

BRITISH B RITISH B BANKER’S ANKER’S CCLUB LUB Wed: CCollege Wed: ollege Night Night D DJ. J. Thu: Thu: 118 8 Upp G Girls DJs. aand nd U irls Night Night Out. Out. FFri: ri: D Js. Reggae.

Beer SSun, un, 44-8pm: -8pm: R eggae. TTue: ue: B eer Pong.

Menlo Park.

P ong. M enlo P ark.

B BRIX RIX

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

V innie. SSanta anta CClara. lara.

DIVE D IVE B BAR AR

Dance D ance Clubs Clubs AGENDA A GENDA

Thu, 9 Thu, 9pm: pm: D DJJ O Otrebor. trebor. FFri, ri, 9 9pm: pm: DJJ O Otrebor DJs. D trebor aand nd gguest uest D Js. SSat, at, 9pm: DJJ CC-Note DJs. 9 pm: D -Note aand nd gguest uest D Js. 9pm: Venom SSun, un, 9 pm: DJ DJ V enom and and gguest uest DJs. D Js. SSan an JJose. ose.

Wed, 8pm: Wed, 8pm: SSalsa alsa W Wednesdays. ednesdays.

TThu: hu: SSLAP!.

LAP!. FFri: ri: Envision Envision w/ w/ Taj, Taj, Beaver, DJJ B Blurr, JJohn ohn B eaver, D lurr, TThomas homas Phan, DJJ YYesha.

Planet P han, D esha. SSun: un: P lanet Reggae.

R eggae. San San JJose. ose.

EELL R RANCHO ANCHO SSPORTS PORTS B BAR AR

ALBERTO’S A LBERTO’S

Wed: R Wed: Reggae eggae R Riddims. iddims. TThu: hu: SSoultry. oultry. Mon: Mon: Monday Monday Night Night Madness.

9pm: M adness. TTue, ue, 9 pm: CCollege ollege Night.

N ight. San San JJose. ose.

Wed, W ed, 7:30pm: 7:30pm: B Bachata achata w with ith Pantea. with P antea. TThu: hu: SSalsa alsa w ith Pantea.

Pantea.

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

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

Mountain View.

M ountain V iew.

AZUCAR A ZUCAR Wed: CComedy Wed: omedy CClub lub A After fter Party.

Party.

Urban DJ. TThu: hu: U rban D J. FFri-Sat: ri-Sat: LLive ive Hot ssalsa. alsa. Sun: Sun: Sizzlin’ Sizzlin’ H ot SSundays. undays.

Mon: Beats Beer M on: SSalsa. alsa. TTue: ue: B eats aand nd B eer Pong w/Mike P ong w /Mike JJones. ones. San San JJose. ose.

Wed-Sun, TTue, Wed-Sun, ue, 77pm-close: pm-close: D DJ. J. Big B ig bband, and, sswing. wing. CCupertino. upertino.

BRANHAM B RANHAM LLOUNGE OUNGE

Fri-Sun, 9:30pm9:30pm-1:30am: 1:30am: KKaraoke. araoke. Willow Glen.

BRITANNIA B RITANNIA A ARMS RMS A ALMADEN LMADEN

Wed, 9pm-2am: Wed, 9pm-2am: Whip Whip IItt Out. Out. Huntress.

Breathless.

TThu: hu: H untress. FFri: ri: B reathless.

SSat: at: SSinful. inful. SSun, un, 9pm-2am: 9pm-2am: Afterglow.

Mon: Marathon.

A fterglow. M on: M arathon. TTue: ue: Off, TTake ake IItt O ff, kkaraoke. araoke. SSan an JJose. ose.

Wed, 8pm: Wed, 8pm: B Beer eer P Pong ong contest. contest.

SSan an JJose. ose.

BLUE B LUE P PHEASANT HEASANT

THE GOOSET GOOSETOWN OWN LLOUNGE OUNGEE

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Wed: H Wed: Humpday. umpday. TThu: hu: D DJJ aand nd Night. kkaraoke. araoke. FFri: ri: Ladies Ladies N ight. SSat: at: DJJ JJazzy DJJ CChaos.

D azzy aand nd D haos. . SSun: un: Happy Hour Allll Day. Mon: DJ. H appy H our A Day. M on: D J. $22 TTuesdays.

TTue: ue: $ uesdays. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

Fri-Sat, 8 Fri-Sat, 8pm: pm: O Old ld SSchool chool D Dance ance Party DJJ N Neto.

P arty ffeat. eat. D eto. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

FFAHRENHEIT AHRENHEIT U ULTRA LTRA LLOUNGE OUNGE

MOUNTAIN M OUNTAIN CCHARLEY’S HARLEY’S Wed: H Wed: House ouse P Party. arty. TThu: hu: Gatos.

TThrowback hrowback TThu. hu. LLos os G atos.

PARRANDA P ARRANDA N NIGHTCLUB IGHTCLUB TThu: hu: D DJJ A Akustik. kustik. FFri: ri: D DJJ M Mayo. ayo.

DJJ M Mayo DJJ A Akustik.

SSat: at: D ayo aand nd D kustik.

Beat.

SSun, un, 77pm: pm: LLatin atin B eat. Sun, Sun, 9pm: 9pm: Night.

SSonidero onidero N ight. Sunnyvale.

Sunnyvale.

PEARL P EARL Fri: SSystem Fri: ystem Overload Overload w w/ /P PJAYZ. JAYZ. w/ DJJ SSat: at: SSummer ummer SSeduction eduction w /D Greg G reg LLopez. opez. SSan an JJose. ose.

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This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t entirely surprising from a man who includes â&#x20AC;&#x153;Memphis in the Meantimeâ&#x20AC;? (from his deďŹ ning 1987 record Bring the Family) among his most famous songs, and who brings a literary eye for detail to his writing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess a sense of place is important to me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as simple as that,â&#x20AC;? Hiatt told me in a telephone interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like the idea of feeling around and having a sense of where I am at any given time. In a song, you can get in and Sunday, Aug. 22 take a little ride and see where the plot goes.â&#x20AC;?

Mountain Winery, The last metaphor couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be more timely, since Saratoga Hiattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest features characters literally driving in three songs, ďŹ guratively taking the train in two, $35â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$69.50 â&#x20AC;&#x153;sailinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; a ship of fools,â&#x20AC;? and just plain â&#x20AC;&#x153;Movinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; On.â&#x20AC;?

Hiatt suggests, however, that fans not get too caught up in the literary analysis, admitting he starts out humming nonsense sounds to the music he writes, until the lyrics take shape.

If the music comes ďŹ rst, then Hiatt is even more difficult to deconstruct, beginning his career with a petulant Elvis Costelloâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;type sound, then selling 100,000 records at a time playing roots-rock years before the term â&#x20AC;&#x153;Americanaâ&#x20AC;? had even been coined. His music has deep connections to country and blues, yet his best song, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Perfectly Good Guitar,â&#x20AC;? is straight-up, ďŹ ery rock & roll.

Maybe thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why he ďŹ nds this an exciting time for music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now that the record industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in shambles, all bets are off, and we can try all kinds of crazy shit,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Steve Palopoli

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Thu: TThrowback Thu: hrowback â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s. FFri: ri: TTop op 440 0 Hip-hop H ip-hop w/ w/ DJ DJ Tito.

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Mon: vvideo ideo m ixing. M on: FFun, un, FFun, un, FFun. un.

TTue: ue: LLadies adies night. night. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

SSAN AN JJOSE OSE B BAR AR & GGRILL RILL Fri-Sat: V Fri-Sat: Video ideo KKilled illed tthe he D DJJ w w/ /V VJJ Vinyl.

Mon: V inyl. SSun: un: SSinful inful SSundays. undays. M on: Manic M anic Mondaze.

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VOODOO V OODOO LLOUNGE OUNGE Wed: W ed: Art Art nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; SSoul. oul. $ $5.

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Party. San San Jose.

Jose.

WET W ET Fri: 4454, Fri: 54, release release pparty arty â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x153;As As R Real eal Ass IItt G Gets.â&#x20AC;?

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Aug 19 Split Shot/ Fishbear Atrium (Ages 21+) Aug 20 Trevor Hall Atrium (Ages 16+) Aug 21 Ambivalence Atrium (Ages 16+) Aug 24 Jogger/ Baths Atrium (Ages 21+) Aug 26 Tornado Rider Atrium (Ages 21+) Aug 27 Jackie Greene (Ages 21+) Aug 28 Hieroglyphics (Ages 16+) Aug 28 Le Vice/ Moon Cadillac Atrium (Ages 16+) Aug 29 Tumbleweed Atrium (Ages 21+) Sep 2 Israel Vibration (Ages 21+) Sep 3 The Fixx (Ages 21+) Sep 4 The Holdup (Ages 16+) Sep 11 Benny Benassi (Ages 16+) Sep 25 Collie Buddz (Ages 16+) Sep 29 Atmosphere (Ages 16+) Oct 2 Easy Star All Stars (Ages 16+) Oct 3 O.A.R./ Dirty Heads (Ages 16+) Oct 7 Tech N9ne/ E-40 (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

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Total shot in the dark, Charlie, but I’m thinking if you’re hypersensitive to alcohol, you should avoid products with alcohol in them. But you don’t want smart-ass remarks, you want science.

Coming right up.

First let’s examine the facts. According to the Dear Abby letter, the recipe called for half a cup of Kahlua and yielded 30 cupcakes. Kahlua is 40 proof, so a half cup contains 0.8 ounces of alcohol— about 1 1/4 beers’ worth. Even if all the alcohol remained after baking, you’d have to eat two dozen cupcakes to get the equivalent of one beer. Would the average person then be drunk? No, the average person would then be sick from all those fricking cupcakes.

The next question is how much alcohol burns off in the oven. We identified two ways of getting at this.

The first is via research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which tests foods and beverages to find out how many nutrients are lost during cooking.

According to the USDA, an open alcoholic beverage sitting out overnight will lose 30 percent of its alcohol content to evaporation. Stirring whiskey into coffee removes about 15 percent of the alcohol in it, and liqueur used to make a flambé such as crepes Suzette loses about 25 percent. Baking or simmering an alcoholic beverage for 15 minutes vaporizes 60 percent of the alcohol; it takes 2 1/2 hours of cooking to reduce the alcohol content by 95 percent.

The combination of alcohol and cupcakes made this a natural for investigation by Straight Dope Labs. My assistants Una and Fierra obtained some saliva-activated blood alcohol measuring strips and proceeded as follows: 1. As a control, they tested their blood alcohol concentration (BAC) while stone sober: 0.00 percent.

2. Next they each consumed one True Blonde Ale, alcohol content 5.3 percent by volume, from Ska Brewing Company, proud sponsor of the Straight Dope podcast. Their BAC subsequently tested at 0.04 percent.

3. The two then made 36 cupcakes using a recipe calling for three quarters of a cup of Kahlua, plus another quarter cup for the frosting. They calculated that the batter and frosting together should contain at most 1.8 percent alcohol by weight. Based on the ale phase of the experiment, they hypothesized that eating three cupcakes at a sitting, even if no alcohol were lost due to evaporation or cooking, would produce at most a BAC of just under 0.01 percent.

4. Six trials were conducted over a two-day period. Each trial consisted of eating three cupcakes and testing BAC an hour later. Results: no trace of alcohol in either experimenter at any point. What became of the leftover Kahlua I didn’t ask.

5. Meanwhile, the cupcakes themselves were tested for alcohol content. The USDA research led us to believe about 46 percent of the original alcohol would remain.

Samples of the cake and frosting were mixed with enough water to make a paste and applied to the BAC strips.

The frosting registered 0.04 percent, the cake roughly 0.30 percent. So the cupcakes had some residual alcohol in them, but seemingly not much.

Is there such a thing as hypersensitivity to alcohol? Yes, but that doesn’t typically mean very small amounts make you drunk.

Further perusing the medical literature, we find accounts of alcohol-induced anaphylactic shock, essentially a severe allergic reaction.

The most common symptom is hives, but others include dizziness, slurred speech, nausea, wheezing, diarrhea and abdominal pain. My guess: if you experience all this, you don’t think you’re drunk, you think you’re going to die.

I guess it’s conceivable the supposedly tipsy co-worker had a mild allergic reaction along these lines. But yes, it’s more likely that her cupcake issues were all in her head.

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