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Modest Proposal Metro asks, “Has anything improved since the Shirakawa scandal?” Well, improve it! The county’s going to be richer because of the pension dollars we get back; how about a big cut in

the benefits, salary and credit card access of all future supervisors and high level employees? The non-embezzler supervisors waste just as much money per year on every incarcerated wrongdoer as Shirakawa did on high living, and at least he helped furnish employment to waiters and busboys.

The jail cult only adds to the selfrighteousness of the well-off while also throwing away the human potential of the miserable miscreants consigned to the trash. Shirakawa has some unusual personal qualities—remember that when his scandal broke beneficiaries gave money he spent on them back to the county? And there’s probably a job that needs doing that he could do well—but isn’t that true of everybody?

Wouldn’t it be better for every criminal except the violent to be sentenced to stay home at night and

be assembled every day to work on personal improvement and a way of making an honest living? We’d save a ton of money.

STEPHANIE MUNOZ

Kudos Great Job, Josh Koehn and Metro.

I’ve been a faithful reader since I was 13, and now I’m in my 30s.

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Who’s on Second?

Though Mr. Lewis (Letters, Feb. 27) cites a bogus Jefferson quote to show that the original intent of the Second Amendment was to protect people from government tyranny, he was not wrong—just incomplete. The tyranny the framers had in mind was the right of Southerners to continue the use of slave patrol militias. Southerners feared that Article 1, Section 8 of the newly proposed Constitution could allow the federal government take over local slave patrol militias. The original intent of the Second Amendment became obsolete when the South lost the Civil War. Current rationales for the Second Amendment are simply the fabrications of modern minds.

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Ass MADISON A MADISON N NGUYEN GUYEN continues to soul-search soul-search over ovver a run ffor or GEORGE GEORGE SHIRAKAWA SHIRAKA AWA JR JR.’s R.’s vacant county supervisor already supervisor seat—she’s seat—she’s alr eady filed papers to run ffor or mayor of San Jose in 2014—som 2014—somee of her colleagues aree g ar acting as if she’s already shee’s alr eady in the rrace. ace.

San Jose M Mayor REED ayoor CCHUCK HUCK R EED told KLIV radio radio host GEORGE GEOR O GE SAMPSON SAMPSON that he would endorsee Nguyen, his vice mayor, mayor, if she gives it a shot, and word word is Reed’s Reed’s pressing pressing the Chamber Chamber of Commerce Commerce to hold off on endorsing TERESA TERESA ALVARADO—daughter ALVA ARADO—ddaughter of BLANCA ALVARADO, ALVA ARADO, who whho held the District 2 supe seat bef before o e Shirakawa or Shirakawa soiled it. it Reed Reed and San Jose Councilman Councilman PETE PETE CONSTANT CONSTANT bothh met with Nguyen to prod prod her along, alongg, and she’ll she’ll likely have the endorsement of o a ffew ew other members of the council. But Buut Nguyen’s Nguyen’s addition would only ser serve crowd ve to further further cr owd a field of females. females. Along Alongg with Alvarado, Alvarado, PATRICIA PAT TRICIA MARTINEZ-ROACH—the MARTINEZ-ROACH—the Gobstopper of political candid candidates— dates— has alr already puulled eady pulled Don’t papers, and lab laborista borista forget CINDY CINDY CHAVEZ CHA AVEZ V is to tip! expected to fil filee any day now now.. Chavez Chaveez was FLY@ in full campaig campaign gn mode METRONEWS. COM last weekend when w she hobnobbed on the fr front ont porch porch at a SSt. t. Patrick’s Patrick’s Day ay party held at Congresswoman Congresswoman ZOE ZOE LOFGREN’s LOFGREN’ss home. But a couple lads could throw throw o a wrench wrench in Ladies (Election) Night Nigh ht 2013. Community Community organizer TORRES organizer OMAR OMA AR T ORRES started a committee campaign com mmittee but has yet to file papers and payy the $1,430 fee, fee, while Hall CCity ity H all gadflyy DAVID DAV VID WALL—he WA ALL—he of the impeccable sta starched arched blue overalls— overalls— plunked down the cash to have his name on the for th ballot. b ll t Wall Wallll is i known k for taking the Sann Jose City City Council Council to task and railing railingg against government atrocities large atrocities lar gee and small. If the comedy gods are are good,, Wall Wall and Martinez-Roach Martinez-Roach will make the runoff. r runoff .

Cognition Nation BRAIN B RAIN D DRAIN RAIN A researcher with w the Alzheimer’ Alzheimer’ss Associatio Association on examines a brain sample off an individual i di id l with ith Alzheimer Al h i r’’s.

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NGIE CARRILLO NGIE CARRILLO knew kne ew something wasn’t wasn’t quite right with he herr husband, JJohn, ohn, whe when en h came home from work he o one ne day and said he got fir fired ed fr from rom his jjob. ob.

JJohn, ohn, 6 60 0 at the time time,, had complained complained o l i d ab about bout work k rresponsibilities e onsibilities b esp becoming ecoming to too o m much; his assist assistant ant ttaking aking on his assignments; as ssignments; some o occasional ccasional spottiness sp pottiness in his memor memory. y. A Att first, JJohn’s o ’s rreasons ohn easons ffor or his dismissal wer o were re vague. va ague. It w wasn’t asn’t until Angie ccalled alled his hi is b boss oss that the full eextent xtent of his

problems pr oblems b became ecame clear clear. r.

In Octob October er 20 2008, 08, 8, JJohn oh hn w was aas diagnosed with early early-onset y-onset Alzheim Alzheimer’s, mer’s, the dementia-r dementia-related elated illnesss that slowly steals the memories and dp personalities ersonalities of the afflicted. It is chr chronic, oniic, incurable and utterly ut ttterly unf unforgiving. for o givingg.

JJohn’s ohn’s ccondition ondition has worsened rapidly o over ver the last se several veeral yyears. ears. A Att first, he w was as able to st stay ay home and ttake ake ccare are of himself himself,f, lea leaving avving him and Angie a ffew ew pr precious ecious momen moments nts to hastily prepare inevitable decline.. pr epare ffor or his ine o vit itab ble decline Today, T odaay, he requires requires around-the-clock arou und-the-clock bee saf safely alone,, ccare are and ccannot annot b fely e left alone leaving primary lea avving Angie as his pri imary ccaregiver. aregivver e. myself “I think of m yself ass a widow, widow,” she says. sa ays y . “A “A widow with a 3-year-old 3 year- old who 3developmental issues. has de velopmental issu ues.”

Carrillos’ storyy is b becoming The C arrillos’ stor ecoming

increasingly easinglyy ccommon incr ommon and at an alarming pa pace. ace. Appr Approximately oximately 5.4 people eo United States aree million p ople in the U n nited St taates ar living with Alzheimer’ Alzheimer’ss disease disease—the —the vast majority older. majorit ty 655 yyears eears and older r. But a rising life lif fe eexpectancy xp x ectan ncy rate ccombined ombined with an population baby boomers enormous p opulation of bab by b oomers will ballo balloon on n that numb number er to nearly 16 million b byy 2050, 2 ac according cording to figur figures es from fr ro om the Alzheimer’ Al Alzheimer’ss A Association. sssociation. Ov Over ver e the ne next exxt 15 yyears, eears, the numb number er of p people eople over o ver e age 85 will sk skyrocket, kyyrock ket, e and as man many ny as 50 p percent ercen nt of them will b bee diagnosed with ccognitive ognittivve impairments as well.

If left un unchecked, ncheck keed, the Alzheimer’ Alzheimer’ss epidemic ccould o ould b become ecome the defining disease of futur fu futuree generations generations.. It alr already eady ranks sixth among the leading ccauses auses a of death ffor or Americ o A Americans caans age 65 and older older..

Att its wo worst, Alzheimer’ss ccan A orst, Alzheimer’ an ccause ause people p eople to fforget or o get how to w walk, alk, eat or bathe,, to sa say keeping bathe ay nothing of k eeping track of things li like ike medic medication ation rregimens egimens ou Many acute-care or daily rroutines. utines. Man ny acute -care facilities ccan a off an offer ffeer Alzheimer’ Alzheimer’ss the intensivee at attention theyy patients th he intensiv ttention t the rrequire—but equire—b but only ffor o or those who ccan an afford Spouses, sons,, daughters aff ffo ord it. Sp pouses, sons g and

at the St Stanford Research anffo ord R esear e ch Institute (SRI), it’s ( ), rremains emaains cconfident. onfident. While it ’s still workin working way through ng its w ay thr ough trial and testing phas phases, Rogers says new ses, R ogers sa ayys a ne w drug his team is working ould w on at SRI ccould keep disease from keeep the dis sease fr om ttaking aking hold of people the place, people in th he first plac e, rather than just tr treating ymptoms. eatingg ssymptoms.

One of th the he hallmarks of the disease is am amyloid beta peptide, protein otein that, myyloid b eta p eptide, a pr if impr improperly byy enz enzymes operrly managed b zyymes in the brain, ccan together an clump to gether to fform orm o plaques tha that break at slowly br eak down brain tissue. tissue. The plaque p buildup ttypically ypically appears appears as thick, t dark blotches on brain sc scans Alzheimer’ss patients patients.. ans of Alzheimer’ Rogers Rogers writes w that his team “is pursuing ccompounds both o ounds that b omp oth inhibit (bra (brain) ain) inflammation, a major cause damage Alzheimer’s, cause of dam mage in Alzheimer’ s, and simultaneously production simultaneously inhibit the pr oduction of am amyloid beta peptide, perhaps myyloid b eta p eptide, p erhaps the biggest villa villain disorder. ain in this terrible disor der.”

The drugg ma may bee yyears ay still b ears away away from clinical phase,, but sinc sincee from the cli inical trial phase the disease ccan’t bee stopp stopped oncee it it’s an’t b ed onc ’s started, prevention started, rresearch eseearch aimed at pr evention could prove bee the Holy Grail. could pr ove to b A ccouple ago,, Bill F Fisher, ouplee yyears ears ago isher, CEO of the Alzh Alzheimer’s Association, played eimer’s A ssociation, pla ayed ak key getting ey rrole ole in n get ting the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (NAPA) Alzheimer’s Pr oject A ct (NAP PA) signed into la law byy Pr President aw b esident Obama.

In addition n to ccommissioning ommissioning an annually up updated pdated national plan to address Alzheimer’s, NAPA address Alz zheimer’s, NAP PA is also designed to o fforce orce the ffeds o eeds to prioritize Alzheimer’s next heartt Alzheimer’s right ne xt to hear disease, HIV. disease, ccancer an ncer and HIV V. But ffor Carrillo, choices or Angie o A C arrillo, the choic es aren’t getting easier.. JJohn’s aren’t get tttin ng easier ohn’s ccondition ondition has deterior deteriorated months,, and rated in rrecent ecent months she’s prospect having she’s facing the pr ospect of ha aving v to place home.. Angie place him in n a nursing home says she’s been saayys that she e’s b een ttalking alking with her children about divorcing order childr hild en ab bout div di vo orcing i JJohn ohn h in i or d der to mak make Medicaid, ke him m eligible ffor o or Medic aid, perhaps way pay perhaps thee only w ay she ccan an pa ay ffor or o his incr increasingly easin ngly eexpensive xpensivve ccare. are.

When hee w was aas first diagnosed, Angie told JJohn that ohn th hat she would ttake ake ccare are of him as longg as he rremembered her— emembered her r— an inc incentive entive ffor or him to hold on. o “John and have been wonderful, “John an d I ha ave b een a wonder ful, loving says. anything, oup lo oving v ccouple, ple,” Angie sa ayys. “If an nyything, he still know knows ws I’m his ssweetheart. weetheart. He still tells mee he lo loves me,, he still holds ves me my my hand, hee still gets anxious ffor o or me to ccome up..” But dark darker ome and d pick him up er days aree ahe ahead, daayys ar ead, ffor or JJohn o ohn and others afflicted wit with Alzheimer’s. th Alzheimer’ s.

“I think that there’s t ther e’s a tsunami coming, Angie says, coming,” An ngie sa ays y , “and no one is paying attention paaying y at ttten ntion to it.”

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friends often end up ass assuming suming the Typically, rrole ole of ccaregiver. aregiv g er. T yyp ypically a y, that means ttaking aking on a vast arra array ay of o ccomplex omplex financial challenges.. emotional and financia al challenges Alzheimer’ss A Association The Alzheimer’ sso s ciation c rreports eports that the ccaring aaring ffor o p or people eople with Alzheimer’ss disease will ccost Alzheimer’ ost as much as over next Last $20 trillion o veer the ne exxtt 40 yyears. eears. L ast alone,, Medic Medicare Medicaid yyear eear alone car are and d Medic caaid doled billion people eople out an estimated $140 bi illion ffor or o p Alzheimer’ss and oth other dementias.. with Alzheimer’ her dementias Dr.. Gar Garyy Steink Steinke, Dr ke, ffounder oun o nder of the Alzheimer’ss A Activity Center rrenowned enowned Alzheimer Alzheimer’ ctivitty C enter says in San JJose, ose, sa ayys that not nearly enough being make the priority. is b eing done to mak ke th he issue a priorit ty.

“Common doesn’t prevail, says.

“C ommon sense do esn n’t ’ pr evvail,” he sa ayys.

“It’s politics, politics probably obably “It ’s all p olitics, and p olitiics will pr prevent from happening pr reveent it fr om happ ng ffor or a while o enin there’s crisis. until ther e’s a major crisis s.

“When yyou’re o ou’re rresponsible espon nsible all of a paying long-term sudden ffor o or pa ayying a lon ng-term ccare are bill, damned creative. yyou’re ou’re going to get dam o mned cr eative.”

Organizations like Activity Or ganizations lik ke thee A cctivitty Center C enter ttake ake in dozens off seniors each day, lunch,, leading basic da ay, ffeeding eeding e them lunch providing eexercise xxercise rregimens egimens and pr rovviding the supervision they Patients sup ervision the ey need. P atients ccan an spend per day sp end up to 11 hours p err da ay at the Carrillo ccenter enter ffor or o $65. Angie C arrrillo ttakes ak kees her heree se several days husband her everal da ayys a week so she ccan an ccontinue ontinue to work. After A burning through nest egg,, JJohn’s thr ough most of their ne est egg ohn n’s pension p ension is now able to ccover over the ccosts. osts. starts over She st arts to sob o veer thee phone when day off. she rrecounts ecounts a rrecent ecent da ay off ff.

“I went in to a rrestaurant estau urant and sat theree and ate lunch b byy m myself, ther yself y f, and it was w as the most amazing thing tthing,,” Angie says.

“Theree is a ccost Alzheimer’s] sa ayys. “Ther ost [to o Alzheimer’ s] beyond money. that is b eyond mone y.”

Santaa Cla Clara County In 2012, the Sant ara C ountty Board Supervisors Boar d of Sup ervisors ccommissioned o ommissioned a study to eexamine xxamine the ar aarea’s eaa’s aging population. senior p opulation. The rreport eport surge identifies a ccoming oming sur g in the ge elderly—with ccosts osts off ccaring aring i ffor or the o h eld ld d ly— derly —with ih burden squarely the bur den falling squar rely on the family—but shoulders of friends and d family y— —but provides little way specific pr ovides lit tttle in the w ay of sp ecific address issue.. rrecommendations ecommendations to ad ddress the issue In one telling eexcerpt, xcerptt, the rreport eport “affected cconcludes oncludes that “aff ffeected d seniors will moree on fam family, simply rrely ely mor milyy, friends strangers and the kindness of stra angers to stay long theyy st ay in their homes as lo ong as the possibly p ossibly ccan. an.” The rreport eporrt adds that the “leave epidemic will “lea ave thee ccounty ountty with moree dir diree budget shor shortfalls. mor tfalls.”

Alzheimer’ss rresearch Alzheimer’ esearch has yielded Despite decades mostly mixed rresults. esults. D espite dec ades data, dollars spent of dat a, billions of dollar rs sp ent and clinical trials,, the ccountless ountless clinic al trials t disease is incurable.. But Dr Dr.. JJoseph Rogers, still incurable o oseph R ogers, director health sciences eexecutive xecutive dir ector of hea alth scienc es

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funds—and se ven e misd demeanors. seven misdemeanors.

In his cconditional onditional pl lea deal plea with the District A tttorrney’s O ffice, Attorney’s Office, Shirak awa will avoid avoid state s ate prison, st Shirakawa pa ay $6,812.0 9 in restitution restitution to the pay $6,812.09 ccounty ounty ffor or inappr o opriaate char ges on inappropriate charges his ccounty ounty P -Card, and d $50,0 00 in P-Card, $50,000 fines to the Fair P oliticcal Practic es Political Practices C ommission (FPPC). While W Commission the maximum penalty penaltty for fo orr Shirakawa’s Shirakawa’s crimes would allow for for o a prison sentenc ht yyears, ears, the D A sentencee of up to eigh eight DA will push for for o a yyear eear in ccounty ountty jail.

Thr oughout the 30-minute Throughout 30-minute hearing Shirakawa, wearing weearing a dark hearing,, Shirakawa, pinstriped suit with faint faaint red red lines, lines, pin-striped shuffled side to side ass he sto od next next stood to his at torney, JJohn ohn W illiams i . attorney, Williams.

After the judge and pr p osecutor prosecutor Kar yn Sinunu-To owery agr aagreed eed to Karyn Sinunu-Towery rreconvene econ nveene on April 30 to t set a sentencing date ik keely ffor or o early date,, most li likely

created created b byy the rresignation esignation of Craig Mann.

New N ew district lines wer weree drawn dra aw wn ffollowing o ollowing Mann’s Mann n’s rreeelection in 2010.

2010 Green In making the app appointment, ointment, the C County ountty Boar Board d rrelied elied on its legal ccounsel’s ounssel’s mist mistaken ak ken e opinion that it ccould ould ap appoint ppoint a ccandidate andidate who liv lived veed in either the district that eexisted xisted x b before effor o e rredistricting, edistricting, or the ne new w one one..

Green Gr een ccalls a it “a bit alls bitter ttter pill to swallow swallow. a w.” Sh She he resigned resigned the seat she was waas elected to in i N November ovemb e er 2010 on the Alum R Rock ock kU Union n nion scho school ol b board oard to accept ac cept the ccounty ountty app appointment. ointment.

“The b board o d thought that it w oar was as doing the right thing thing,” ,” Gr Green een sa says, ayys, adding that thaat she do doesn’t esn’tt fault her ccolleagues. olleagues. “We “W We need to ttake ake this off the ttable able and a not sp spend end an any ny rresources esources on it. Ther There’s re’s no legal defense. deffeense.

“Whether “Wheth her the theyy decide to appoint appoint or hold an n election, I plan on participating. par ticipating. If they they appoint, appoint, I hope hope on the they’ll y’ll cconsider nsider me me..”

GUILTY GU UILTY Former county supervis supervisor sor George Shirakawa Jr., right, pleaded guilty

M to all 12 charges related d to his misuse of campaign and an nd public funds.

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Shirakawa Jr. SShirakawa Jr. P Pleads Guil Guilty ty to A Char All ges Charges BYY JO B JOSH S H KKOEHN OEHN Hands lo H loosely osely clenched, the thum thumb mb on n Geor George ge Shirak Shirakawa awa JJr. r.’s right hand hand nervously rubbed ne ervously rubb ed back and forth for o th across ac cross the inside of his index index finge finger, er, as JJudge u udge Philip H. Pennypacker Pennypacker read read the charges ch harges against the disgraced disgraced fformer o orm mer supervisor. ccounty o ount y sup ervisor.

“Guilty, “Guilt y, your your honor honor,,” Shirak Shirakawa awa sa aid Monda ay, announcing the same me said Monday, sam plea pl lea after each of the 12 criminal charges ch harges against him, which include includ de five fiv ve felonies—four felonies—f e fo our ffor or p o perjury erjury and d one on ne for for o misappr misappropriation opriation of public publiic

Green R Green G Resigns esigns Boardd of EEdd Seatt B Boar County Boar County Board d of Educ Education ation memb member be Darcie D Dar cie Gr Green een rresigned esigned her seat on n the th he b board oard T Tuesday uesdaay ““to to aavoid void a lon long, ng, messyy legal battle m mess battttle to defend deffend e my my se seat. eat.”

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SinunuSinunu-Towery addressed To owery addr essed rreporters eporters outside thee ccourthouse ourthouse moments later,, announcing Shirakawa’s later anno ouncing that Shirak awa’s attorney provided documents at tttorney pr p ovvided do cuments to DA that the D A th at suggest the former fo ormer supervisor sup ervisorr won rroughly oughly $400,000 $400,000 in one ccasino asiino visit, which is how he was makee ccash w as able to o mak ash deposits deposits into school supervisor his scho ol board board and sup ervisor accounts. ccampaign ampaign ac counts.

“We’re “W We’re going g to check that out back and get ba ack to you yo ou on that,” SinunuTowery saiid.

T ower o y said.

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by Met ro—r —remains unknown, unknown but prosecutors pr osecutorrs intend to keep keep digging sentencing date.. until his se entencing date wronged “He wr ro onged the ccommunity ommunitty and wronged he wr onged d his contributors, contributors,” SinunuTowery said.

T owerry said o d. “This is a terrible black our mark on ou ur community. communitty. We We need to have open transparent ha ave op en and transpar ent government. go oveernment.

Wee need to W o have haave squeaky-clean squeak ky-clean government Santaa Clara C County. go oveernmen nt in Sant ountty.

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Rubin’s Android Android operating opeerating system is now used in mor moree than 750 million devices worl worldwide, creating ldwide, cr eating a gateway for for userss to download more more than 25 billion n apps from from Google g Playy in the last last decade. More More than 60 manuf manufacturers aree building acturers ar smartphones and other other mobile devices with the An Android operating ndroid oper ating system. —Dan Hold Holden den

BRING BRIN G ME YOUR YOUR HUDDLED HU UDDLED LAPTOPS LAPTOPS San Jose Jose’s ’s new downtown W WiFi iiFi is supp supposed posed to be wicked fast.

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The network network will also help boost the speed of pay-to-park paay-to-park transactions. transactions.

The ser service vicee will be funded by San Jose’s general geneeral fund as well as the parking city’ss parki city ng revenue. revenue. evenue

Silicon Valley, Valleyy, dubbed dubbbed the nation’s nation ’s superhigh superhighway way ffor or innovative, everything innovat tive, unveiled last Thursday its nnew, ew, free, free, wireless Internet outdoor wir eless In nternet program coree pr ogram to be set in the cor of downtown San Jose.

J City officials ar aree callingg it the ffastest astest widespr widespread eadd connection in North America.

In previous previouss trials, San Jose had tried to enable a number of WiFi “hot spots”” in popular spots popular locations around around town, but consumer c technology outpaced the the advancements in widespread capability. widespr ead d WiFi capability y.

According to a release, According release, the city teamed with SmartWAVE SmartWAVE V Technologies Teechnologies Wireless and Ruckus Wir eless Inc. Incc.. to deploy the public WiFi system, which will be from Avenue available fr om Viola A veenue to the Street south, North Sixth S treeet to the east, East St. St.. John Street Street to the t north and Boulevard Almaden Boulevar d to the t west.

The city of San Jose made maade a one-time expendituree of $94,000 expenditur 0 to install the around WiFi hubs ar ound the city. cityy. The service service will cost another $22,000 $22,00 00 to maintain annually, annually y, roughly roughly the same saame yearly cost as the previous previous system,, but it will be ffour our times ffaster. aster.

weree “When we started, most people wer Internet] on a PC,” accessing [the [ director said Scott Knies, K executive dir ector “Now, of the San Jose Association.

Association. ssociation “Now Now w, they’ree all on smartphones.” they’r Still, weree determined S till, city officials offi ficials wer to establish h a free free public WiFi infrastructure infr astructu ure in the heart of the city. city y. “This iss cool,”” San Jose City Councilman n Sam Liccardo Liccardo said.

“Wickedly fast fast WiFi will make San Jose the place with w the fastest fastest outdoor America.”

WiFi in Ame erica.” —Nick T Trenchard renchar e d

Rubinn Steps Steps Away Away In a surprise surprise blog post last week, Google CEO O Larry Larry Page Page said Andy Rubin will step s down from from leadership of the Android Andrroid operating operating system group from gr oup that he created created and led fr om a

small start-up to one of the largest largest g players in the smartphone market. markeet.

“Having exceeded even the crazy crazy a off for ambitious goals we dreamed dreamed o for Android—and Andr oid—and with a really really strong strong leadership team in place—Andy’s place—And dy’s decided it’s it’s time to hand over the rreins eins and start a new chapter at a Google. Andy y, mor Andy, moree moon shotss please!”” wrote wrote Page.

Page. created e Rubin created the Android Android o operating g operating system and and brought iit brought to Googlee in “He 2004.. “He believed Rubin that aligning align ning standards around standards ar ound an open-source open-sou urce operating system would drive operating innovation across across the mobile industryy. Most people thought he industry. was nuts,”” Page Page continued.. “Fast“Faastforward forward to today. todayy. The pace of innovation has never been greater, greaaterr, and Android Android is the most used mobile m operating operating system in the world.””

Page Page added that going forward, forward, d Sundar Pichai will lead Android.

Android d. Page Page did not say what Rubin will be doing next, but he’s appar apparently ently not leaving leeaving Google al altogether. together.

PICK P ICK UP UP AND AND GO GO The M Moveline oveline app helps people get g their stuff into the moving va van. an.

On the Mo Move ove Moveline, a tech startup staartup that seeks to disrupt the moving movin ng industry by rreplacing eplacing much of the t up-front up-front work with a mobile app, has h expanded into 11 new cities na nationwide, ationwide, including San Francisco.

Franccisco. Other cities now served served include New York, York, Los Los Angeles, Austin, Seattle, Seaattle, Washington, Washington, Portland, D.C., Atlanta, Atlanta, Chicago, Chicag go, P ortland, Boston, Denver and Phoenix.

Kelly Founded by Frederick Frederickk Cook and K elly Eidson,, Moveline emerged emeerged recently recently from TechStars fr om the T echS e tars accelerator acccelerator in York.

New Y ork. o . Moveline differentiates d differentiates itself by using the customer’s customer’s video of household furniture furniturre and other belongings to provide providee accurate accurate number estimates of the num mber of boxes and the size of the moving movin ng vehicle required, required, as well as the overall overall cost of the trip. includes The site also includ es ratings ratings and rreviews eviews of local services services so new easily customers can easi ly assess what previous pr evious users havee experienced from fr om companies in their area. area.

Moveline has amassed amasssed $1.75 million in funding. —Dan H Holden

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Expanding on ideas from other cities that converted empty storefronts to temporary retail spots for a weekend, San Jose City Councilmember Sam Liccardo has spearheaded and tripletagteamed with San Jose Made and NextSpace Coworking to create Start Up Shop, a two-day pop-up installation at the Legacy Civic Tower at Second and Santa Clara streets, as part of an initiative to get property owners to drop their per-square-foot leases in exchange for permit waivers.

The 5,000-square-foot space at 75 E. Santa Clara, an abandoned corporate foyer of sorts, has been empty for many moons. Now that will change, albeit for just two days.

idea. Already a IIt’s ’ a rocking ki id player in the co-working phenom, NextSpace provides physical spaces for mobile workers, laptop nomads, tiny startup teams or anyone else in a nonmonogamous relationship with his or her office. Likewise, San Jose Made already stages alternative vendor fairs featuring local creative retailers and indie businesses.

That said, on Thursday and Friday, March 21 and 22, NextSpace Coworking will migrate its operation to the space in the daytime. San Jose Made will take over at nighttime, staging a vendor fair. It’s a groovy combination. We can even call it the NextSanJoseMadeSpace.

Marie Millares, one of the founders of San Jose Made, said Liccardo reached out and got the ball rolling. It came from nowhere.

“Sam emailed us and said, ‘How do you feel about helping District Three put together pop-up shops in empty buildings, empty storefront locations downtown?’” Marie recalled. “I was like. ‘Yeah, when do we start?’ This is what San Jose Made is already trying to do, so it was great to see District Three trying to

procure the space for us. ... We were ready to do it. The second someone like a councilman comes in and says, ‘Let’s do it together,’ it’s music to our ears.”

Gretchen Baisa, director of business development at NextSpace, alerted her network and put the word out. Those who normally work in a coffee shop or at home can participate for two days, even if they just want to look cool checking their Facebook at Second and Santa Clara.

“It’s like a field trip for my members,” Gretchen said. “Whoever has a laptop and wants to come down and get some work done, they can either do it in their silo and work silently, off to the side, or they can get into it and collaborate and talk to their fellow people and hash out the best solution for their business.”

While Start Up Shop is not a profound transformation that seismically alters the cultural landscape, it’s a collaboration that would not have occurred two years ago. Plus, it’s a great way to activate a boring, empty space, and it makes the neighborhood a better area to look at.

“The thought that five or 10 years ago, a councilmember would take a risk with a vacant space like this, wouldn’t even have entered my mind,” Gretchen said. “It’s great to see the attitudes shifting to where we can have pop-up anything.”

Marie agreed: “I think we should keep going with it. I don’t think it should just involve San Jose Made.

[Liccardo] should involve other groups who can change the model.

I think it should be amorphous, the model for it. He should find building owners who are willing to share the space for a few days and see how the model changes, and not just be one partnership. That way the model grows quicker.”

As the one who spearheaded the initiative, Liccardo will host the event, including the wrap-up party on Friday night.

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York o Cit Sometimes, Sometim mes, the other characters carry from previous carry baggage bagggage fr om pr evious acting work. Kirsten Kirstten Dunst’s Dunst’s Camille Camille is based on C Carolyn arolyn nC Cassady, assadyy, a fformer o ormer lo local cal who has been trying decades been tr ying ffor or dec o ades to set the rrecord about ecor o d straight ab out her yyears ears with Kerouac Cassady. i hK erou uac and dC assady dy.

Camille introduced byy C Carlo Camille is intr oduced b arlo as “Helen of Tr Troy oy with a fucking brain.”

A description likee that is har hard livee descriptiion lik d to liv up to, to, and Dunst must also ccompete ompete with memories Sissyy Spac Spacek mem mories of Siss ek in the 1980 Beat,, with Nick N Nolte 1980 film Heart H Beat olte as N Neal and Heard eal an nd JJohn ohn Hear d as JJack. ack.

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Marylou u,, the barely barely legal Mrs Moriarty.

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On The R Road oad covers covers a small p period eriod in the late 1940s when K Kerouac erouac crisscrossed crisscrossed d the U United nited States States b byy thumb, th b, or mor thumb m moree often ft b byy bus b or drive-away drive-aaway rental: rental: New New York/Bay Yo ork k//Baay Area/Mexico Areaa//Mexicco City City via Den Denver ver and New New Orleans.

Orleaans. These wer weree the fr freest eest years years in K Kerouac’s erouac’s life, liffe, before beffo ore mad fame, fame, the final fi crash and the so sodden dden last decade decade in Florida.

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of On the R Road: oad: that is is,, Sal Paradise’s Paradise’s tendency to ador adoree Dean Deaan Moriar Moriarty, ty, who who,, as his fictional na name ame suggests suggests,, is both criminal. b oth a teacher and a cr riminal. sheltered The shelter ed writer learns l from proscribed people—from fr om pr oscribed p eoplee—from homosexuals, addicts, homose xuals, drug addi icts, jazz jazz musicians.. Since moree musicians Since the film m is mor about Moriarty’s intense ab out Moriar ty’ y s own eexploits xxploits little hustling (including a lit ttle t hustli ing with a moist-eyed played byy Steve moist i t-eyed ed ttrick i k pla layeed db St ve Ste Buscemi), Busc emi),, the movie movie is ultimately u moree br broadening mor oadening and frank fr than the book.

It’s than, b ook. It ’s less ccareful areful tha an,, say, saay, the screen scr een vversion ersion of Naked Nakedd Lunch.

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The Searchers Seearchers Via V iia phone phone,, Salles sa says, ayys, “You “Y You o know know, w, this was w as ultimately ultimat l i tely l an eight-year eight i h -year search. search. h Wee interviewed W intervieewed the p persons ersons who inspired inspir ed thee characters in the b book ook in San JJose ose and an nd L Los os Gatos Gatos,, [including] several se veral members mem mbers of the N Neal eal C Cassady assady family. family y. And d we met with Al Hinkle Hinkle,, who is Ed Dunkle D in the b book. ook.

“This inin-depth d depth rresearch esearch pr process ocess allowed us to t underst understand and the ccomplexity, omplexitty, the so social cial and cultural background back ground d of the b book. ook. The late 1940s and early e 1950s wer weree vvery eery har hard d times to liv live. ve. A generation w was as seeking to rredefine edefine their futur future. e. The b book ook is at onc oncee an o ode de to fr freedom, eedom,, an o ode de to yyouth outh and an a o ode de to literatur literature. e.”

From Fr om thee st start, art,, this vversion ersion of On the R Road oad ad added ded bio biographical graphical b behavior ehaavvior to K Kerouac’s erouac’s fictional surrogates. surrogates.

“We “W We were were so s inf informed fo ormed ab about out the rreal eal stories thatt we wer weree able to somehow improvise impr ovise their t lo logic, gic,” Salles says. saayys. “The book b ook is so rich r and p polyphonic olyphonic that yyou ou ccan an actually acttually select the leitmotifs leitmotifs..

First F irst is the sear ssearch ch ffor or the father at the o beginning. b eginning. Later Later ccomes omes the difficulty difficulty these yyoung oungg men ha have ave in b being eing fathers them themselves. mselves. Dean has kids kids,, but the rrestlessness estlessn ness pr propels opels him fforward. o orward.

Sal is tr trying yingg to father a no novel. vel. e “This is a narrativ narrativee ab about out the transitiona transitional al yyears ears fr from om youth youth to adulthood. adultho od.. You Yo ou also have haave to fac facee pain,, and we w w wanted anted that to be be part part of the film.. There There ar aree moments in the narrativ narrative ve that are are eextremely xtremely painful,, and and Dean generates some of that pain.

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Therefore, ou so soon on es as understand underst and that Dean n giv gives much as he ttakes. akes. Thee jaz z-infused jazz-infused letters let ters N Neal eal wr wrote ote alte altered ered K Kerouac’s erouac’s p osition on literatur e. It ’s not position literature.

It’s difficult to underst understand and d why wh hy Neal’s Neal’s lif fe w as so rresonant esonant to o JJack.” ack.” life was Before filming,, Hedlund ccame Bef fo ore the filming ame Bay to the South Ba ay to talk talk a to some of survivors the sur vivors who rremember em member the behind rreal eall men and d women b ehind hi d the th alter-egos. fictional alter - egos. was wonderful It w as “a wonder full eexperience,” xperience,” says actor.

First sa ayys the 28-year-old 28-year- old ac ctor. F irst Montreal, doubled in Montr eal, which do oubled ffor o or post–World New York City, p ost–World o War II N ew Y ork Cit o y, through Hedlund went thr ouggh what he described Boot Camp,” describ ed as “Beatnik Bo ot C amp,” rreading eading and listening to ttapes apes of LuAnne L uAnne Anderson an and nd JJack ack and Neal N eal C Cassady. assadyy.

“Th I fle “Then flew fl w to San S n Francisc F Francisco,” i o,” he h ccontinues. ontinues. “While I w was as her here, e, I also got o over ver to Berk Berkeley eley to o meet Michael McClure—that McClur e—that w was as in incredible. ncredible. I met with JJohn ohn C Cassady assady [N [Neal’s eal’s son, who lives liv es in the Sant Santaa Cruzz Mount Mountains] ains] and hear heard d a lot of ane anecdotes. ecdotes. I rrealized ealized how the C Cassady assady family

wanted th wanted their heir father p perceived, erceived, how great eat a fath father was gr her he w as and how much his family lo loved ved him. him.”” interviewed Cassady When I inter viewed JJohn ohn C assady last yyear n cconnection onnection with the ear in documentary Bus,, I do cumenttary The Magic Bus was w as surpri surprised ised at his enthusiasm.

Commonly, children C ommonllyy, the childr en of bohemian b ohemian n ttypes ypes grind an axe about theyy suffered from ab out how w the suff ffeered fr om the absenteeism behavior. absenteeis b t i m and d the th bad b db eha havior vi .

Cassady C assady said, “Are “A Are you you kidding? upbringing was My upbrin nging w as the ccomplete omplete opposite. opp osite. I had an idyllic eexistence. xistence. I likee a rrock star—my ffelt eelt lik ock st ar—my father was was famous, not famou us, he was was infamous. infamous. I loved loved attention.

To day, like, the at tentiion. T o this da ay, it’s it’s lik e, don’t started.” don ’t get me m st arted.”

“That’s “That ’s what w he told me me,, to too,” o,” Hedlund sa ssays, ayys, “that “that he ccouldn’t ouldn’t wait w ait ffor or o his hiis father to get home fr from om work, k, that h t all ll the h kids kid would ld b bee hanging on nN Neal’s eal’s biceps.” biceps.”

The acto actor or rremet emet the C Cassadys assadys at the Sk Skywalker kyyw waallker Ranch ffor o or the preview preview screening scr eening of o On the R Road: oad: “It w was aas one of myy fa m fave ave scr screenings. reenings. They They wer weree there, there, so was w as JJerry erry Cimino C of the Beat Museum in San Fran Francisco, ncisco, as well as JJack’s ack’s

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Kerouac’s K erouac’ e ’s books are arre still carried carrried by y travelers, travellers, s,, h can read d who the rapid pd prose an p and nd d a the marvell at eye and ear e Gaillard, Dexter Gordon, Slim li Gaillar ill d, d De xter Gor G d , Dizzy don, Diz i zy Miles.. I w was fascinated byy the and Miles as fascina ated b spontaneous prose sp ontaneous pr ose and d the thought process—reading about pr ocess—reading ab ou ut getting getttting out life.

Off course, and living lif fe. O courrse, you’re you’re rreading eading it, and yyou’re ou’re still s in high school curfew. scho ol and yyou ou have haave a cur few. You Yo ou jealous.” get jealous .”

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On the R Road oad spearheads spearheadss a small w wave ave of K Kerouac erouac adapt adaptations. ations. Coming Coming soon so on is Michael P Polish’s olish’s version version of Big Sur Sur—the —the stor storyy of an a alc alcoholic oholic breakdown br eakdown pr previously eviously describ described ed in Curtt W Cur Worden’s o orden’s 20 2008 08 documentary d cumentary do One Fast Mo Move ve or I’m Gone G Gone.. This new new ttake ake on Big Sur uses th the he rreal eal names of the characters; JJosh osh L Lucas ucas is billed as N Neal eal C Cassady. assadyy.

Daniel “Harr “Harryy Potter” Potteer”” Radcliffe Radcliff ffee plays plaayys Ginsb Ginsberg erg in Kill Y Your oour Darlings, Darlings, a movie movie about about a k key ey event even nt in K Kerouac’s erouac’s life: liffee: the time the autho author or (pla (played ayed by by Jack Jack Huston) w was as nearly nearrly arr arrested ested as a accessory accessory after the factt to a mur murder. der.

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Bums, one of o K erouac’s best best b ooks, Bums, Kerouac’s books, never madee it to scr een. It could could be be never screen. o or cheap cheeap in the Sierra N evada; shot ffor Nevada; moreover, of o all K erouac’s mentors, mentors, moreover, Kerouac’s oet Gary Gary Snyder Snyder (c alled “Japhy “Japh hy the p poet (called Ryder”” in the th he b ook) is perhaps perhaps the Ryder” book) ambigguously admirable least ambiguously admirable..

Kerouac’’s books books are are still ccarried arried Kerouac’s by travelers, traavelerss, who ccan an rread ead the rapid by prose and mar m vel at the eeye ye and prose marvel ear, the th ebullience ebu bullienc lli e and d th the sorr ows. ear, sorrows.

We’re already alreaady nostalgic nostalgic ffor o or the time We’re space of o the pr e–Interstate and space pre–Interstate America. Odd O that JJohn ohn Waters’ America. new b ook is i going to b about new book bee about oss the United United St ates. hitchhikingg acr across States.

Maayybe there’ll therre’ll be be a rre-exploration e- exploration of Maybe by literary literary travelers. traavelers. the land by writters in K erouac’s circle circle The writers Kerouac’s were very very taken taken with Oswald Oswald were Spengler’s Decline D eest, the Spengler’s of the W West, concept off “the “the h ffellaheen”—the eellaheen ll h ”—the ” h concept uls at the ccenter enter of things humble sou souls d endur matter what who would enduree no matter upheaavvals happ h ened. It’s It’s a rromantic omantic upheavals happened. pre-D Deliverance notion. Who and pre-Deliverance goes out there th here now? T odaayy’s hip goes Today’s more certain certain they’ll they’ll be be writers ar aree more prey off to othless ccannibals annibals in the the prey toothless hinterlandss, rapacious yyokels okels rready eady hinterlands, w does. to punish weir weirdoes. ort Sumter of the Cultur The F Fort Culturee War maay have h haave been been the h 1978 der d egulation l i may deregulation airlines, making m air fares cheap of airlines, airfares estless w aant to go and makingg the rrestless want airborne, changing ch hanging what once once was waas the airborne, Heartland into in nto what is now Fly yover e Heartland Flyover Country. Th he film of On the R oad, Country.

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Umami, while allowing it to go beyond a classic “All-American burger” restaurant Ted, with his contagious positive energy, says that he can’t wait such as In-N-Out. “The concept of Umami is to marry the flavors of ‘umami,’ for folks to check out the “in-your-face, custom-made walk-in cooler” which are the savory flavors of glutamates,” Fleischman says. “It’s a type of amino next to the main bar. Guests can gaze at the unique direct-draw draft acid that provides that savory taste.” Some signature classic Umami burgers system—the tap handles are connected to the kegs, eliminating draft include the “Truffle Burger,” with beef, truffle cheese and truffle glaze. Another lines and helping to keep the beer at the highest quality and freshness classic is the “Manly Burger,” which contains a heaping amount of fried onions, levels. Having 30 draft beers is a manageable number for staff, Ted says: beer-cheddar cheese and thick-cut bacon.

“I want them to know exactly what we’re serving. I want to be able to Instead of using standard burger toppings such as pickles, Fleischman says the give genuine beer recommendations, so ongoing beer education will be focus is on enhancing the flavors, such as adding savory umami to unique sauces, important.” rubs and cheeses. “The idea of umami is important, because there are really only The food will have a local, farm-to-table emphasis according to chef five tastes; the other tastes focus on sweet,” Fleischman says. “In Japan, there’s lots Reade, and everything will be made in-house, including breads and of umami brands. We really want to take up that niche and popularize it.” pretzels. Because of the generous kitchen space, there will also be inEach Umami Burger is designed with a different theme for each location, house charcuterie, butchery and pickling programs. “We want to make inspired by the surrounding community and its history. As a nod to the student food as fresh as the beer is,” says Reade, who embraces beer’s versatility in population at Stanford, the new Palo Alto site is designed to resemble a library, food pairing. with hanging lamps, rows of bookshelves and a skylight that brings in natural Some examples from the tidy menu of 25 items include pork belly light. The restaurant seats up to 50 people.

The specialty burger is called the “All Nighter,” a beef patty smothered with a savory red-eye gravy and topped with maple-glazed pork belly. The restaurant serves artisanal beer and wine from around the world and desserts from San Francisco and Its-It. The meat and produce are obtained locally, and the meat is ground in-house throughout the day for freshness. Meatless options are also available, with burgers such as the “Earth Burger,” with a mushroom and edamame patty, truffled ricotta, cipollini onions, butter lettuce, roasted tomato and white-soy aioli.

Since the original La Brea spot got going in 2009, 14 Umami restaurants have opened in Southern California and the Bay Area. “The tech world is about forward thinking, and it’s perfect with Umami,” Fleischman says. “Umami is about forward-thinking burgers, not a nostalgia burger.”—Thyra Phan UMAMI BURGER 452 University Ave., Palo Alto; 650.321.8626

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Playing crazy, noisy math-rock is just something Menlo Park’s Mulch can’t escape. It doesn’t matter how often they try to play a nice, simple garage-surf jam—they just can’t help themselves. They bring that chaotic dual-guitar interplay, getting as out there and math-y (like you will actually be counting during their set) as possible.

They play a mostly instrumental set, giving them ample room to experiment and improv a lot. They are such great players that a simple lick gets complex real quick. Their usage of harmonica is quite, well, creative. (AC)

Admit it, you love country music.

You wish some of these hip South Bay dance clubs would play a little less house and a little more country. Well, this Thursday is your lucky night, because Axis Club will become Country Axis—and not just this Thursday but every subsequent Thursday. Adam the Dancing Cowboy will be spinning top country tunes as well as teaching line-dancing to anyone needing some pointers, but you’re probably already a line-dancing master, I’m sure. The night will be hosted by KRTY’s Randy Jones.

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San Jose Center for the Performing Arts Fri – 8pm, Sat – 1:30 and 8pm, Sun – 1:30pm; $20-$105 For its spring repertory program, Ballet San Jose takes on, for the first time, Frederick Ashton’s early ballet Les Rendezvous. The piece dates from 1933, when it was the first full ballet Ashton created for his Vic-Wells troupe in England.

In keeping with the spirit of the season, the work features an octet of exuberant dances set in a park full of young revelers. Also by Ashton is Méditation From Thaïs, using music by Massenet and also a company premiere. Rounding out the intriguing program will be

Stanton Stantton Welch’s Clear and Clark Tippet’s Bruch Violin Concerto no.

1. (Saturday’s 1:30pm show is a family matinee.) (MSG)

MATRIXXMAN Playhouse Sports Lounge, San Jose Fri – 9:30pm, $5 The future of electronic music is happening once a month at the Playhouse Sports Lounge with the San Jose Bass Club. This Friday, their special guest is San Francisco’s Matrixxman, best known from his years with 5kinandbone5 (alongside Vin Sol). Matrixxman brings a diverse blend of modern elements to electronic music, though he leans pretty heavy in the house and alt R&B realm. As experimental as Matrixxman can get, he can also exercise great restraint. His remix of Sade’s “Give It Up” is a classy, palatable jam—even for

nonelectronic music fanatics. fanatics He has releases coming out on Brap Dem Records and Grizzly in 2013. (AC)

A-PLUS Agenda Lounge, San Jose Fri – 9:30pm; $7 A-Plus’s hip-hop lineage alone makes this show worth checking out. He was in Souls of Mischief and Hieroglyphics, after all. But his solo work is also impressive. His single “Patna Please” off his 2007 solo album My Last Good Deed is built around a Goblin song (a crazy Italian progressive-rock band that did the soundtracks for ’70s-era Dario Argento horror movies.) He released an EP in 2011 called “Pepper Spray,” which is an odd tribute to the Red Hot Chili Peppers; each song has a different RHCP sample on it. It’s available online for free. Give it away, give it away, give it away now. (AC)

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Streetlight Records, San Jose Sat – 4pm; free These days, not many good, straightforward rock & roll bands uses the keyboards as effectively as locals Turn Me On Dead. The effect is a sound balanced between an amphitheater power-rock band and something one might have heard on alternative radio in the late ’80s.

The singer certainly has a Bono-like yearning quality about him, yet the group distinguishes itself from U2 by dabbling in dance-punk, jangle-pop and other subgenres from the history of alternative rock. They are currently working on a full-length release. (AC)

JPDG?FEP J@C@:FE M8CC<P California Theatre, San Jose Sat – 8pm, Sun –2:30pm; $39-$75 Guest conductor Peter Jaffe, music director of the Stockton Symphony, oversees Symphony Silicon Valley’s weekend devoted to Verdi’s massive, somber and awe-inspiring Requiem. This magnificent piece of choral music from the late 19th century follows the Catholic funeral mass and features a double choir and four solo performers. The soloists will be Christina Major, Layna Chianakas, Christopher Bengochea and Jordan Shanahan; the backup duties will be handled by Silicon Valley Chorale. This Symphony Silicon Valley performance marks the 200th anniversary of Verdi’s birth. (MSG)

DLIJ Catalyst, Santa Cruz Sat – 9pm; $18-$23 Living legend MC Murs has made a career out of confounding his fans and the industry, bounding between polished radio-ready hip-hop and longer, experimental song suites. It’s unusual for a contemporary MC to have such scope and range at a time when hip-hop’s more eccentric traits have been submerged, but Murs proves that it’s still possible to be an iconoclast. While he treads a dangerous line—going mainstream and aggravating underground heads, then alienating mainstream fans with experimental, personal albums— it’s refreshing to see an MC willing to follow his muse, career consequences be damned. (PD)

*mon DLJ@:&JFLE; Anno Domini, San Jose Mon – 7:30pm; $5 On the road from SXSW in Austin, Ghost to Falco aims for the SoFA District, hoping that gas is cheaper in the heartland. The Portland band leans toward slow, almost dirgelike psychedelia with spooky backup vocals. Joining them will be Cornelius F. Van Stafrin III, who uses some old-school tech like reelto-reel and temple bells to create atmospheric soundscapes that seem to conjure up Cthulhuian creatures from the void. Rounding out the night are two acts from Norway: Eva Pfitzenmaier’s solo project By the Waterhole (pictured) and guitarist Stephan Meidell. (MSG)

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DISCONNECT DI SCONNECT Anupama Chandr Chandrasekhar’s asekhar’s pla play ay stresses about the str esses of working in presented an Indian call center;; pr esented

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277. $10$10 $ 0$74. $7 744.. San Jose Rep.

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Brian Friel Directed by Virginia Drake

March 21, 2013 – April 21, 2013 For tickets and information call (408) 295-4200 or visit cltc.org 529 South Second St. San Jose, CA 95112

This exhibition was organized by the Asian Art Museum in partnership with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Centre, People’s Republic of China. Presentation at the Asian Art Museum is made possible with the generous support of East West Bank, Fred Eychaner, Education Programs Sponsor Douglas A. Tilden, Robert Tsao, Joie de Vivre Hotels, United, Silicon Valley Bank, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Media sponsors: ABC7, San Francisco Chronicle, SFGate.com, KQED Public Broadcasting, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco magazine, Sing Tao Daily, World Journal, Sina.com. Art: Armored military officer, Light Infantryman, Armored infantryman, Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE). China. Terracotta. Excavated from Pit 1, Qin Shihuang tomb complex, 1976, 1980, 1978. Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Shaanxi.

City Lights pr presents esents the Ibsen classic.. Mar 21-Apr 21. Thu-Sat, Thu-Satt, 8pm, Sun,, 2pm (beginning Apr 7). Thu, pay what you can preview, pr eview w, Fri, $20 preview. preview w. Opens Openns Sat. $24.95-$39.95. $24.95-$39.95.. City Lights, Lightss, San Jose.

WENDY WEN DY LIEBMAN LIEBMAN Standup comedy.

Standup comedyy. Thu, 8pm, Fri,, 9pm,, Sat,, 8 and 10:30pm, Sun,, 8pm.. $14-$20. $14-$20. Rooster T. T. Feathers,, Sunnyvale.

A Theatr TheatreWorks eWorks pr presentation esentation of KKatori atori Hall’s dr ama about a drama woman who worked as a maidd ffor or Martin LLuther uther King Jr Jr.. Runss thru Apr 77.. W ed,, 7:30pm (excep pt Wed, (except Apr 3), Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat 2 andd 8pm (no 2pm show Mar 30 and Apr 6), Sun,, 2 and 7pm (noo 7pm show Mar 31 and Apr 7). $31-$51.. Lucie Lucie Stern Stern Theatre, Theatre, Palo P alo l Al Alto. t to.

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V alley Light Oper a. Runs thru Mar 30.. Fri-Sat,, 8pm,, Sun, 2:30pm. $18-$33. Saratoga Saratoga Civic Theater Theater..

“Henrietta Shore: Shore: Understanding Nature.”

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Society. $25-$45.. Schul tz Hall,, Oshman Schultz Palo Alto.

Family JCC, P alo Al to.

ADAM AD AMSSAMI AMI A piano recital recital with both Western W estern and Indian compositions. Sun, 6pm. $39Center,, Cupertino. $99.. Flint Center Cupertino.

An afternoon of “Sounds and Sensations”” with per Sensations percussionist cussionist Galen Lemmon. Sun, 3pm. $5$20.. McAfee McAfee Center, Center, Saratoga.

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Sometimes a Traveler/There Traveler/There Lived in Egypt.”Thru Jun 16.

Wed-Sun, W ed-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-8pm.. Stanford.

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SSYMPHONY YMPHONYSILI YMPHONY Y SILI SILICON CON V VALLEY ALLE A Y A performance performance of Verdi’s Verdi’s “Requiem.”” Sat,, 8pm,, Sun, 2:30pm. $39-$75.. California California Theatre, Theatr e, San Jose.

WINCHESTER WIN CHESTER T O ORCHESTRA RCHEST TRA Works by Sibelius,, Galindo, Works Bruckner and mor e, with guest more, conductor David Sloss and the West Valley W est V alley a College Concert Choirs.. $10-$20. Sat, 7:30pm, West Valley Theater,, at W est V alley College Theater SSaratoga.

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EEUPHRAT UPHRA AT M MUSEUM USEUM “War & Healing.”” A group “War group show about conflict and healing. Thru Mar 21.. Mon-Thu, Mon--Thu, T 10am-3pm.

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De Anza College,, Cupertino.

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HISTORY HI STOR RY P PARK A ARKSSAN AN JJOSE OSE “Shaped by W Water: ater:: Past, Past, Present Present Future.” & Futur e.”” A show about the importance of water in local history y. P acific Hotel Gallery y. history.

Pacific Gallery.

Also “Bay Ar ea Youth Yoouth Art Month Area Mar.. McKay Exhibit.”Thru Mar McKay Gallery.

Park Gallery y. History P ark San Jose.

SSAN AN JJOSE OSE MU MUSEUM SEUM O OFF AR ART RT “New Stories Stories From From the Edge of A sia:: This/That.””Thru Sep 15.

Asia: “Rising Dr Dragon: agon:: Contempor Contemporary ary Chinese Photogr Photography.” aphyy.” . Thru Jun 30.. “Dive Deep:: Eric Fischl and the Process Process of Painting.”

Painting.”Thru May 12.. “Raging Opulence.”” An installation by Mark Dean Veca.

Veeca.

Thru Mar 31. Tue-Sun, Tuue-Sun,, 11am5pm,, closed Mon. San Jose.

SANJO SAN JOSE SE M MUSEUM USEUMO OFF QUILTS TEXTILES QUIL LTS & T EXTILES “Folk Indian Textiles Textiles e From From the Collection of CCarol arol Summers.”

“Meditation in Space & TTime: ime: Junco Sato P ollack Sutra Sutra Chants Pollack Hangings and SStitch.” titch.”” Both thru Apr 28. W Wed-Sun, ed-Sun,, 10am-5pm.

San Jose.

TRITON TRIT ON MU MUSEUM SEUM O OFF AR ART RT “Echoes “E h off Islam.”

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“Domenic Cretara: Cretara:: 20 YYears eears of Painting P ainting and Dr Drawing.” awing.”Thru Apr 14. Tue-Wed Tueu Wed and Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm,, Thu, 11am-9pm.

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“P “Perpetuation erpetuation of Myth.”Thru Apr 14. Works Works by IranianIranianAmerican artists.. Wed-Sun, Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm. LLos os Gatos.

“Deciphering the Ash Ash of Effigies.”” By English artist Joseph LLoughborough. oughborough.. San Jose.

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“Hauntings:: American Photographs, Photogr aphs,, 1845-1970.”

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Thru Jul 77.. “More “More Than Fifteen Minutes:: Andy Warhol Warhol and Celebrity.”

Celebrity y..”Thru Jun 30. “North Africa and the Holy Land in 19th-Century Photogr Photographs.” aphs.”

Thru Jun 2.. “Dotty Attie: Attie:

The gallery celebr celebrates ates its second year in Willow Glen.

Mon-Sat, 1-6pm.. San Jose.

COMMUNITYSSCHOOL COMMUNITY CHOOLO OFF MUSIC M USIC AN AND DA ARTS RTS “Rwanda, Land of Reconciliation.”” Photographs Photographs by

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Katie Cooney. Thru Mar 24.

Mohr Gallery, Finn Center, Mountain View.

DOWNTOWN YOGA SHALA “Always Have Your iPhone With You.”Thru Mar. San Jose.

ECO MONSTER “Animal Catalogue.” Paintings

by Jordan Maliksi. Thru March.

Sperry Station (30 N. Third St), San Jose.

GALLERY SARATOGA “Images by Gina Dias.”

Photographs of nature and wildlife. Thru Mar 31. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm. Big Basin Way, Saratoga.

KALEID GALLERY “Crime Scene.” Works by Julie Bilyeu. “Left Front Lobe Slowing.”

By René Lorraine. San Jose.

PALO ALTO ART CENTER The remodeled center displays site-specific works about place and identity. Thru Apr 4. Palo Alto.

MONTALVO ARTS CENTER “Happiness Is ...” A group show about emotional health. Thru Apr 14. Thu-Sun, 11am-3pm. Saratoga.

PHANTOM GALLERIES “In Memory of My Father.”

Journals on canvas by Gianfranco Paolozzi. 376 S. First St, San Jose.

SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART “Val Britton: Intimate Immensity.”

An installation with collaged maps. Thru May 18. “Judith Rothchild: Black Magic.”

Mezzotints. Thru May 18. Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm.

San Jose.

SEEING THINGS GALLERY “Possessed.” Skateboard photography by Joe Brook, Rhino and others. Thru Mar 26. 30 N. Third St, San Jose.

STUDIO BONGIORNO “Devotion.” Works by Tracey Baca, Tulio Flores and more at new gallery. Thru Mar 28. Mon-Wed, 10am-7:30pm, Fri-Sat, 11am8:30pm, Sun, 10am-2pm. 500 Lincoln St, Santa Clara.

STANFORD ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER “City Beneath the City.” An exhibit of artifacts from Chinatown in San Jose. Thru Apr 30. Mon-Thu, 8:30am-5:30pm, Fri, 8:30am5pm. Bldg. 500, Stanford.

THOMPSON GALLERY “See Your Self Sensing.” Works by Madeline Schwartzman. Thru Apr 5. Art Building, SJSU.

ZERO1 GARAGE “Umwelt Belt.” By Michael Joaquin Grey. San Jose.

*events ART RAGE An art and music event with DJ Coco, DIY art and creative mixology. Thu, 7-10pm. $5. San Jose Museum of Art.

CARLY FIORINA A Commonwealth Club talk about the economy. Thu, 7pm. $12/$20. Schultz Cultural Hall, Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto.

CLUB RED American Red Cross Silicon Valley hosts “Puttin’ for a Cause,” a golf tournament

to raise funds for disaster readiness. Sat, 2:30pm.

Milpitas Golfland.

THE DIABETIC YOU A tour stop about healthy cooking with chef Charles Mattocks. Sat, 8:15am-5pm.

Santa Clara Convention Center.

NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL San Jose hosts the second and third rounds of the tournament.

Thu and Sat. HP Pavilion, San Jose.

PASSPORT WEEKEND A chance to visit the wineries of Santa Clara Valley. Sat-Sun, 11am-5pm. $30. See www. santaclarawines.com for details.

PENINSULA FRENCH FAIR With vendors, artists and services in a Gallic vein. Sat, 10am-6pm. Lucie Stern Community Center, Palo Alto.

STRESS-FREE, VIOLENCEFREE CAMPAIGN Sri Sri Ravi Shankar appears at an event dedicated to finding ways toward a more peaceful world. Sponsored by the Art of Living Foundation. Sun, 4pm.

San Jose Convention Center.

ELLEN SUSSMAN The Bay Area author talks about and signs copies of her novel, “The Paradise Guest House.” Tue, 7:30pm. Kepler’s, Menlo Park.

WORLD WATER DAY History San Jose sponsors a Coyote Creek Clean-up (9amnoon), a water fair (11am) and a variety of events throughout the day at History Park. Free; parking $6.

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emotionally powerful story of a manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last love affair before the grave, Jimmy Stewart plays a retired San Francisco police detective hooked by a married woman who is apparently haunted by a dead ancestor. As the deadly imago, Kim Novak leads a vertigo-struck Stewart to more and more dizzying heights. BILLED WITH Dial M for Murder. In London, a foolproof murder-for-hire plan goes awry, when the victim (Grace Kelly), who is supposed to die quietly, grabs a huge pair of scissors. John Williams steals the show as the mustard-keen Inspector

Hubbard. (Plays Mar 21-24 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

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It’s a festival that’s a blessing and a curse. There’s no other place in the world where you can find as many people involved with music—from icons to no-name bands camping out in their van just for a chance to perform—but it’s also impossible to

see every act on one’s wish list. There is just too much going on and too many people trying to get into venues much too small for the talent within.

A short list of the many big names to touch down in Austin over the weekend: Prince played for about 300 people to close the festival; Depeche Mode debuted new songs; and Iggy Pop nearly had to be pulled from the stage after his set with the Stooges. Rap superstars Snoop Dogg, T.I., 50 Cent, P. Diddy and Kendrick Lamar also performed. A rumored Daft Punk show never materialized, but DeadMau5, Flying Lotus, Baauer and Skream were among the many electronic artists.

Below are highlights from the bigticket acts we caught and bands we’re looking out for in 2013 and beyond:

SOUND CITY PLAYERS After delivering an 11am keynote speech (early morning in SXSW time), Dave Grohl kept the party going late into the night at Stubb’s with his own little music festival featuring a cast of characters mostly from his new Sound City documentary. It was essentially a soundtrack that you might hear at a dive bar on any given night but played live in front of a few thousand fans. Stevie Nicks started the all-star lineup, followed by Lee Ving of Fear and Rick Springfield with Grohl and the Foo Fighters backing.

Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen made an appearance with Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor belting out “Surrender.” The set ended with Bay Area great John Fogerty running through Creedence Clearwater Revival classics like “Born on the Bayou” and “Proud Mary” before closing with Grohl swapping verses on “Fortunate Son.”

With stylists giving out free mohawks and an open bar with whiskey-laced lemonade and beer, Fader Fort drew huge crowds and a 100-yard line of hopefuls looking for access to the party.

The pop-up venue lived up to its reputation for surprises on Friday, starting with an unannounced performance by Houston rapper Trae the Truth. The venue was packed early with mostly Texas locals rapping with him word for word before the place went nuts with a surprise appearance by T.I., who plowed through a few of his hits with Pharrell and B.o.B among the performers crowding the stage.

After more than two hours of hiphop (Future performed after Trae), the scene flipped to the opposite side of the musical spectrum with indie-rock vets the Afghan Whigs.

The band played tracks of its own before working into a verse of Usher’s “Climax.” The crowd Diplo-produced “Clim R&B vocalist erupted again as the R backstage to finish stepped out from back the song and the rest of the set with artist Sinkane the band. Brooklyn ar and traded also made a cameo an his Afrobeatvocals with Usher on h ” influenced track “Runnin’.

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GETO BOYS GETOBOYS Legendary Houston rap crew the Geto Boys brought a night of twisted hip-hop nostalgia to a few hundred people lucky enough to get into an exclusive show hosted by Red Bull.

The gangsta-rap OGs came out of semiretirement and brought to the stage such classics as “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” and “Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta,” along with deeper tracks from their catalog.

Potential good news for Bay Area fans: At the end of the show Willie D announced the group will go on tour later this year.

FINDING THE FUNK PANEL With live shows going from noon into the early-morning hours every day during SXSW, it’s easy to overlook some of the panel discussions and performances planned at Austin’s convention center.

We caught what was probably the funkiest panel in SXSW history with George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist

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PHOTOS FROM SXSW 2013 With thousands of acts ďŹ lling every possible venue in Austin for SXSW, there was no shortage of photo opportunities at the music festival. Metro photographer Jennifer Anderson hit the streets for ďŹ ve days to capture some of the best shows at the fest, including Iggy Pop, Snoop Dogg, the Flaming Lips and more.

ALBUM REVIEW: THE HOT TODDIESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;BOTTOMS UPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been three years since the East Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-girl sun-pop group, the Hot Toddies, put out their last record, Get Your Heart On, released on local label Asian Man records in 2010.

Now, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re back as a trio with a ďŹ ve-song EP, Bottoms Up, from Tricycle Records.

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Thu, 8pm: Burning Monk, Dark Earth. San Jose.

Fri, 9:30pm: Tip of the Top. $5.

Sat, 9:30pm: NYC: The Corey James Trio. $5. Fremont.

ANNO DOMINI Mon, 7:30pm: Ghost to Falco and more. San Jose.

MONTGOMERYTHEATRE Sat, 7:30pm: Come Together: The Beatles. $32-$47. San Jose.

THE ATTIC Fri, 7pm: Goliath, Start the Fire Up and more. San Jose.

THE BLANK CLUB Wed, 9pm: Mulch. Fri, 9pm: Chop Tops, Henchmen, Ghost Town Hangmen. $10. San Jose.

BOSWELLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Thu, 7pm: Liquid Courage.

Fri, 9:30pm: Dejenerates.

Sat, 9:30pm: Hella Good.

Mon, 9:30pm: Kid Dynamite.

Campbell.

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THECATS Wed, 8pm: Johnny Neri. Thu, 8:30pm: Out of the Blue. Fri, 9pm: Rusty Band. Sat, 9pm: Touched 2 Much. Los Gatos.

CLUBFOX Sat, 8pm: Pride & Joy. $18/$20.

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FOXTHEATRE Sat, 8pm: Tainted Love. $18.

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NINELIVES Fri, 8pm: Battle of the Bands SemiďŹ nals. $10. Sat, 8pm: Vital Sign. $10. Gilroy.

NUMBERONEBROADWAY Wed, 9:30pm: Second Story Band. Thu, 9:30pm: Joint Chiefs.

Fri, 9:30pm: Touch of Class. Sat, 9pm: PaciďŹ c Standard Time. Los Gatos.

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

Fri, 9pm: Sad Boy Sinister. Sat, 9pm: Storm Bat, War Corpse, Among the Torrent. San Jose.

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Fri, 9pm: Cut Loose Band.

Sunnyvale.

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“From the beginning, we’ve been improvising whole practices and pulling music out of that,” says guitarist and vocalist James Sotelo. “We improvise a lot of parts live, but that’s part of what makes playing a visceral experience.”

Thursday, March 21; 10pm; free While metal in the ’80s and ’90s would evolve into a harder and heavier music, the slow drone of the The Caravan, original sound created a certain energy that was San Jose arguably more intense than, say, thrash-metal. There’s power in the dreamy, surreal nature of old acid-metal.

Dark Earth, like a lot of modern stoner-metal bands, set themselves apart from classic metal bands by distilling the best elements from the ’70s into a fresh, but still familiar sound. They play loud, pull from the blues and, as a trio, have flexibility and room for deep grooves. “As a trio we play off of each other. It’s easy to jam and improvise,” says bassist Bobby Daly.

Local upstart label F.U. Hollywood fell in love with Dark Earth after San Jose Rock Shop owner Dave Nevin turned label owner Greg Brodick on to them. F.U. Hollywood will be releasing a 12-inch split vinyl with Dark Earth, Bibles and Hand Grenades, and the label has plans for a full-length Dark Earth release next. —Aaron Carnes

ROCKSHOP Fri, 6pm: Lifeforms, Navigator, Dissipate. All ages. $10. San Jose.

STREETLIGHT RECORDS Sat, 4pm: Turn Me On Dead. All ages. Free. San Jose.

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Wed, 8pm: Salsa. Thu, 9pm: Banda. Sun: Reggae and hip-hop.

San Jose.

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BLUE ROCK SHOOT Sun, 4pm: Pink House presents live blues and jazz jam. Saratoga.

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Fri, 8:30pm: Blue House. The Pruneyard, Campbell.

Fri-Sat, 7pm: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

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Sat, 8pm: Gianfranco and Griff’s Tango Duo. Sun, 7pm: Jazz jam.

San Jose.

Tue, 7pm: Steve Tiger. Cupertino.

CLUB FOX Sun, noon & 3pm: Raising the Roof concert for the Blues Hall of Fame Museum. $15/$20.

Redwood City.

DA KINE CAFE Fri, 7pm: Kirk Abe’s Jazzy Jams.

Sat, 6pm: Kapalakiko. Sunnyvale.

FLINT CENTER Sun, 6pm: Adnan Sami. $39-$99.

Cupertino.

GRAND DELL SALOON Thu, 8pm: Blues jam with Rick Estrin. Fri, 8pm: Pearl Alley. Sat, 8pm: South City Blues Band.

Campbell.

BOGART’S LOUNGE UPSTAIRS JAZZ CAFE Wed, 7pm: Janet Thompson. Thu, 7:30pm: Open mic. Sat, 7:30pm: David Schnittman Quartet. Tue, 5:30pm: Straight-ahead jazz.

Morgan Hill.

C&W/Folk

Wed & Fri-Sat, 8pm-2am: Wildside Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

BOSWELL’S Tue: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

BOULEVARD TAVERN Thu: Karaoke. Los Gatos.

BRANHAM LOUNGE Tue: Karaoke. San Jose.

CAFFE FRASCATI Fri, 8pm: Brian Callahan and Friends. San Jose.

THE GRAPEVINE Sat, 7pm: Peter Chung. San Jose.

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

San Jose.

BRIT ARMS CUPERTINO Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke.

Cupertino.

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Fri, 8:30pm: Kristin Strom. Sat, 8:30pm: Russo Alberts Quartet.

Mon, 5pm: Gus Kambeitz Duo. Hotel De Anza, San Jose.

Thu, 7pm: Mill Creek Ramblers.

Fri, 7pm: Janet Lenore Band. Sat, 7:30pm: Mill Creek Ramblers.

Fremont.

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

Wed: Blues Angel. Thu: Madylan Rose. Fri: Charles Ray Bohn & the Whiskey Poets, Mark English Project. Sat: The City. $10. Sun: Jackie & Friends. Mon: Noel Catura. Tue: Dennis & Stuart, Blue J. San Jose.

Fri, 8pm: Teen open mic night.

Sat, 8pm: Cello Joe. Mountain View.

THE COURT’S LOUNGE

LILLY MAC’S

TESSORA’S

Sat, 9pm: Tekila Rock. Live Latin music. Sunnyvale.

Sun, 4-7:30pm: Jim Page. The Pruneyard, Campbell.

MURPHY’S LAW

Karaoke

Thu: Stan Erhart. Fri: Charles Wheal. Sat: After Shock. Sunnyvale.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO Thu, 6pm: Ron Hacker & the Hacksaws. Fri, 6pm: Rick Estrin & the Nightcats. Sat, 6pm: Greg Nagy Band. Sun, 3pm: School of the Blues student performance.

Mon, 6pm: Paul Olguin. San Jose.

SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET Thu, 8pm: Touch of Brass. Fri, 8pm: Aaron Lington Quartet.

Free. Sat, 8pm: Hot Mess Band.

San Jose.

SAM’S BBQ Wed, 6pm: Sidesaddle & Co. Tue, 6pm: Windy Hill. San Jose.

BRIX

Thu & Mon, 9pm: Karaoke. Sat, 8:30pm: Joe or Darryl. Campbell.

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

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

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

GALAXY

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

Thu, 9pm-2am: August. Milpitas.

ALEX’S 49ER INN Nightly, 9pm-2am: Karaoke.

San Jose.

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

JOHNNY V’S Sun: Sunday Funday karaoke. No cover. San Jose.

Tue, 6pm: Bluesday hosted by the Dan Goghs. San Jose.

BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY Fri, 6-9pm: Live blues, roots and Americana. Morgan Hill.

Wed, 9pm: August. San Jose.

7 BAMBOO

THE SMOKING PIG

TRAIL DUST BBQ

BRIT ARMS DOWNTOWN

Fri, 9pm-1am: Danielle. Sat, 9pm1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

LILLY MAC’S Thu: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

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LILLY MAC’S

Tue: Karaoke. San Jose.

MOUNTAIN CHARLEYS

Every second and fourth Sat: DJ night with Latin music.

Sunnyvale.

Wed: Cabaret Karaoke. Los Gatos.

LOS GATOS BAR AND GRILL

OASIS

Fri, 9pm: DJ Zhaldee.

Los Gatos.

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

Sunnyvale.

BRIT ARMS ALMADEN

MIAMI BEACH CLUB

Thu, 10pm: DJ Dinero. San Jose.

Sat: Angel and Khriz. San Jose.

Thu: JR. Sun: JR Diaz Family Karaoke. Tue: James. Gilroy.

BRIT ARMS CUPERTINO

MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S

Thu, 10pm: Pawkit. San Jose.

TEQUILA SHOT’S BAR & GRILL

BRIT ARMS DOWNTOWN

Mon & Wed, 9pm: Darryl.

Milpitas.

Fri: DJ Benofficial. Sat: DJ Ready Rock. San Jose.

Thu: Speakeasy with DJ Noble.

Fri: Fishnet Fridays with DJ Haun Solo. Sat: Smoking Hot with DJ Noble. Los Gatos.

THREE FLAMES

FAHRENHEIT

Wed, 8pm: Chris. San Jose.

Fri, 9pm: DJs & dancing. $10. Sat, 9pm: The Les of Hometown Heroes. $10. Mon: Industry. Tue, 9pm: Turn Up Tuesdays. San Jose.

STATION 55

WOODHAM’S LOUNGE Tue-Thu & Sat (plus fourth Fri of month): Karaoke. Santa Clara.

Dance Clubs

NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE Sun, 10pm: DJ Battle. Santa Clara.

PLAYHOUSE Fri, 9pm: SJ Bass Club. San Jose.

STEPHENS GREEN Thu, 10:30pm: Temptation Thursdays. Fri, 10pm: DJ Cesar.

Sat, 10pm: DJ Tony.

Mountain View.

STUDIO8 AGENDA Fri: Prive with DJ Ms Manya.

Most Fri: Hip-hop, Top 40, club hits. San Jose.

AXIS NIGHTCLUB Fri: DJs and dancing. Sat, 9:30pm: Viva Las Vegas.

Santa Clara.

JOHNNY V’S Wed, 9pm: The Cypher. Hip-hop open mic. No cover before 10:30pm, $3 after. Thu, 9pm: Slap!. Mon, 9pm: Retoxx with DJ Casp3r. No cover. Tue, 9pm: Trap Shop. Hip-hop, reggae, rap, retro, R&B. San Jose.

Fri: Spring Break, featuring bikini fashion show. Sat: Porn Star, featuring London Keyes.

San Jose.

SUMMIT LOUNGE Sat, 9pm: Club ReMix. Four Points Sheraton, San Jose.

San Francisco’s City Guide

FREDDIE JACKSON Yoooou are my laaaa-dyyy! You’re everything I neeeeed and moooooore! Mar 21-22 at Yoshi’s SF.

WAVVES Nathan Williams, chill stoner boytoy of Bethany Cosentino from Urban Outfitters. Mar 22 at Bottom of the Hill.

BLACK STAR Brooklyn keeps on taking it as Mos Def & Talib Kweli reunite for a 1998 throwback. Mar 23 at the Fox Theater.

STEEL PANTHER NXmm\j

A joke, wrapped in a punchline, inside a wardrobe of spandex and hairspray. Mar 23 at the Regency Ballroom.

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LIVING COLOR Vernon Reid & Co. play ‘Vivid’ in its entirety (everyone knows ‘Time’s Up’ is better) plus extra hits. Mar 27 at the Fillmore.

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LEGAL & PUBLIC The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Revelry Design, 2. Keep Your Hat On, 5075 Bel Estos Drive, San Jose, CA, 95124, Theresa Howard This business is conducted by a indvidual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Theresa Howard. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/13/2013. (pub Metro 3/20, 3/27, 4/03, 4/10/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #576192 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fine Point Painting, 3403 Tully Rd., San Jose, CA, 95148, Bill Pulido.

This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Bill Pulido This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/15/2013. (pub Metro 3/20, 3/27, 4/03, 4/10/2013)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #576213 The following person(s) / entity (ies) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): First Auto Service, 205 East Washington Ave., Sunnyvale, CA, 94086, Van Thanh Thach, 510 Saddle Brook Dr., #151, San Jose, CA, 95136.

This business was conducted by an Individual.

Filed in Santa Clara county on 3/30/2009. Under file no. 522081. /s/Van Thanh Thachl. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/18/2013. (pub Metro 3/20, 3/27, 4/03, 4/10/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #576084 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.

INID 2. IVELO, 3. BLUEVELO, 4. MEGAWATT, 5. TRIPLE G, 6. SOPRANO, 3140 De La Cruz Blvd., Suite 200, Santa Clara, CA, 95054, SMBGenie Inc. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/10/2013. /s/Bala Ravana CEO #3106915 This statement was filed with the County Clerk

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575861 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Urban Rock, 3113 Alum Rock, San Jose, CA, 95127, Eric Mclaurin, Carla Mclaurin, 1668 Honey Suckle Dr., San Jose, CA, 95122. This business is conducted by a married couple.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Eric Mclaurin. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/08/2013. (pub Metro 3/20, 3/27, 4/03, 4/10/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #574814 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Window Cleaners Plus, 3517 Senter Rd., San Jose, CA, 95111, David Escobar. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/David Escobar. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/13/2013. (pub Metro 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/03/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575911 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: White Star Smog Check, 468 Auzerais Ave., Unit B, San Jose, CA, 95126, Phong Ngo, 804 Farm Dr., #3, San Jose, CA, 95136.

This business is conducted by a Individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Phong Ngo This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/12/2013. (pub Metro 3/20, 3/27, 4/06, 4/10/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575856 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.

Culture Girl, 2. Culture Girls Events, 3. Culture Girl Event Planning, 4991 Geomax Ct., San Jose, CA, 95118, Rhonda Biddle.

This business is conducted by a Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 2/01/2013. /s/Rhonda Biddle. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/08/2013. (pub Metro 3/20, 3/27, 4/06, 4/10/2013)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Advance Learning Center, 7767 Lilac Way, Cupertino, CA, 95014, Seokjin Han. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/ Seokjin Han. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/08/2013. (pub Metro 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/03/2013)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Clean It Carpet and Upholstery, 5703 Playa Del Rey, #2, San Jose, CA, 95123, Brandon Murray.

This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Brandon Murray This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/01/2013. (pub Metro 3/06, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575611 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Evergreen Recreation Center, 2887 Mclaughlin Ave., San Jose, CA, 95121, Evergreen Adult Dev. Center Inc. This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Deanna L. Corpuz President #C1770853 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/04/2013. (pub Metro 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/03/2013)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #575609 The following person(s) / entity (ies) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Taqueria el rey, 2044 Mckee Rd., San Jose, CA, 95116, Roberta Rangel, 1599 Maurice Lane #4, San Jose, CA, 95129. This business was conducted by an Individual. Filed in Santa Clara county on 9/04/2012.

Under file no. 569140. /s/Roberta Rangel. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/04/2013. (pub Metro 3/06, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575610 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Taqueria La Guera, 2044 Mckee Rd., San Jose, CA, 95116, Elizabeth Patino 1107 Ribisi Cir., San Jose, CA, 95131. This business is conducted by a Individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Elizabeth Patino This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/04/2013. (pub Metro 3/06, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575485 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Resolution Insurance Services, 301 N. Jackson Ave., Suite 3, San Jose, CA, 95133, Sandra Dowell, 4442 Ladner St., Fremont, CA, 94538.

This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 2/2013. /s/Sandra Dowell This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/28/2013. (pub Metro 3/06, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575410 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 408 Organics, 60 Fordwell Ct., San Jose, CA, 95138, Michael Sparacino. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Michael Sparacino. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/26/2013. (pub Metro 3/06, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575317 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Neolithic Press, 655 Trace Ave., San Jose, CA, 95126, Joseph Stampher.

This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Joseph Stampher This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/25/2013. (pub Metro 3/06, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #574983 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Santa Clara Vapors, 1609

Long St., Santa Clara, CA, 95050, Julio Goulart Jr., 1638 East Saint James St., San Jose, CA, 95116, Kyle Fisher. This business is conducted by a general partnership. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/18/2013. /s/Julio Goulart Jr.. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/18/2013. (pub Metro 3/06, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575241 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sunnyvale Town Center Dental, 333 W. Maude Ave., STE 101, CA, 94085, Maa and Wong Dental Corp. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein.

Refile of previous file #361830 after 40 days of expiration date. /s/Jerry Maa President #C2134587.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/22/2013. (pub Metro 3/06, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #574161 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sau An Fortune Teller Company, 2175 Aborn Rd., #160, San Jose, CA, 95121, Khang Nguyen.

This business is conducted by a indvidual.

Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant began

transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/28/2013. /s/Khang Nguyen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/28/2013. (pub Metro 2/27, 3/06, 3/13, 3/20/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #574787 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Just Vapor, 1748 Capemisty Dr., San Jose, CA, 95133, Dominic Lopez, Jesus Gonzalez, 3231 Young Rd., Modesto, CA, 95358.

This business is conducted by a Joint Venture.

Registrant not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Dominic Lopez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/12/2013. (pub Metro 2/27, 3/06, 3/13, 3/20/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575220 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Property Solutions Services, 3194 De La Cruz Blvd., #9, Santa Clara, CA, 95054, Alex Yap, 460 Glenmoor Circle, Milpitas, CA.. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Alex Yap. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/22/2013. (pub Metro 2/27, 3/06, 3/13, 3/20/2013)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: H & M Concrete, 3033 Duran Ave., San Joe, CA, 95111, Heriberto Lopez, Manuel Cardenas.

This business is conducted by a general partnership.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Heriberto R. Lopez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/21/2013. (pub Metro 2/27, 3/06, 3/13, 3/20/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575126 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Williamson Music Production, 3939 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara, CA, 95031, Albert F. Williamson Jr., 42 Montgomery St., Los Gatos, CA, 95030.

This business is conducted by a Individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 2000. /s/Albert F. Williamson Jr. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/21/2013. (pub Metro 2/27, 3/06, 3/13, 3/20/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #574656 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Eric Enterprises, 6584 Tam Oshanter Dr., San Jose, CA, 95120, Eric Zibell.

This business is conducted by a individual.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #574865 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Patchcore, 5524 Taft Dr., San Jose, CA, 95124, Michael Barber.

This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Michael Barber This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/14/2013. (pub Metro 2/27, 3/06, 3/13, 3/20/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #574380 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: K & S Refurbisher, 16120 Caputo Dr., Suite F, Morgan Hill, CA, 95037, Eric Sanders, 5652 Scenic Meadow Ln., San Jose, CA, 95135, Scott Sanders.

This business is conducted by a general partnership.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Eric Sanders This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/01/2013. (pub Metro 2/27, 3/06, 3/13, 3/20/2013)

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The blessing is in the seed.” I urge you to adopt this perspective in the coming weeks, Aries. Be extra sweet and tender and reverent toward anything that is just sprouting, toward anything that is awakening, toward anything that invokes the sacredness of right now.

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And as for the good guys: I wonder if they are as purely good as they would like you to imagine. It might be the case that they are at least partially serving their own self-interest, while pretending to be utterly altruistic.

If there’s any truth to these speculations, Taurus, you’d be wise to stay uncommitted and undecided for now.

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LEO (July 23–Aug. 22): “Dear Rob: I’m spreading the

word about Beer Week in your town, and I’d love to see you and your beer-loving readers at some of the events. Any chance you can include some coverage of Beer Week celebrations in your upcoming column?

Cheers, Patricia.” Dear Patricia: I don’t do product placement or other forms of secret advertising in my horoscopes. To allow it would violate the sacred trust I have with my readers, who rely on me to translate the meaning of the cosmic signs without injecting any hidden agendas. It is true that Leos might be prone to imbibing great quantities of beer in the coming week, simply because they’d benefit from lowering their inhibitions, getting in touch with their buried feelings, and expanding their consciousness. But to be frank, I’d rather see them do that without the aid of drugs and alcohol.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): Hoping to stir up some fun trouble, I posted the following message on my Facebook page: “Don’t judge someone just because they sin differently than you.” A torrent of readers left comments in response. My favorite was from Sue Sims, who said, “Yeah, they might be better at your kind of sin, and you might learn something!” That advice is just the kind of healing mischief you need right now, Virgo. It’s a bit ironic, true, but still: Take it and run with it. Study the people who have mad skills at pulling off the rousing adventures and daring pleasures and interesting “sins” that you’d like to call your own.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): The French verb renverser can be translated as “to turn upside-down” or “to reverse the flow.” The adjectival form is renversant, which means “stunning” or “astonishing.” I think you may soon have experiences that could be described by those words. There’s a good chance that a dry, impoverished part of your life will get a juicy, fertile

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infusion. A deficiency you have worried about might get at least half-filled. An inadequacy that makes you feel sad may be bolstered by reinforcements. Alas, there could also be a slight reversal that’s not so gratifying. One of your assets may temporarily become irrelevant. But the trade-off is worth it, Libra. Your gains will outstrip your loss.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21): Professor Martyn

Poliakoff creates short YouTube videos to help teach the public about chemistry. In one video, he explains why an explanation he gave in a previous video was completely mistaken. “It’s always good for a scientist to be proved wrong,” he confesses cheerfully. Then he moves on to speculate about what the right answer might be. I love humility like that! It’s admirable. It’s also the best way to find out the truth about reality. I hope you will summon a similar attitude in the coming weeks, Scorpio: a generous curiosity that makes you eager to learn something new about stuff you thought you had all figured out.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): On the one

hand, menopausal women are no longer able to bear children. On the other hand, they often overflow with fresh possibilities and creative ideas. More time is available to them because their children have moved out of the house or don’t require as much care. They can begin new careers, focus on their own development, and devote more attention to their personal needs. So in one way their fertility dries up; in another way it may awaken and expand. I suspect that whether or not you are menopausal, you are on the cusp of a comparable shift in your fecundity: one door closing, another door swinging open.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): The TV reality show Freaky Eaters profiled a woman named Kelly who had eaten nothing but cheesy potatoes for 30 years. Her average intake: eight pounds of potatoes and four cups of cheese per day. “I love cheesy potatoes,” she testified. “They’re stewy, gooey, and just yum-yumyummy. They’re like crack to me.” I’m a bit concerned that you’re flirting with behavior comparable to hers.

Not in regards to cheesy potatoes, of course, but to some other fetish. I will ask you to make sure that you’re not starting to over-specialize. It would be wise to avoid obsessing on a single type of anything.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18): In the 17th century, polite people referred to mountains as “warts” and “boils on the earth’s complexion.” So says Robert Macfarlane in his book Mountains of the Mind. Annie Dillard describes the peculiar behavior of educated European tourists in the 18th century. When they visited the Alps, she writes in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, “they deliberately blindfolded their eyes to shield themselves from the evidence of the earth’s horrid irregularity.” Don’t be anything like those dumb sophisticates, Aquarius. When you spy irregularities in the coming weeks, consider the possibility that they are natural and healthy. This will allow you to perceive their useful beauty.

PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20): You are not for sale.

Remember? Your scruples and ideals and talents cannot be bought off for any amount of money. You will not be cheated out of your birthright and you will not allow your dreams to be stolen. Although it’s true that you may have to temporarily rent your soul from time to time, you will never auction it off for good. I’m sure you know these things, Pisces, but I suspect it’s time to renew your fiery commitment to them.

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