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CCheques hequees fr from om Texas Texas What in tarnat tarnation tion is CHUCK CHUCK REED REED up to?

San futuree benefits TThe he mayor of Sa an Jose got futur employees ffor or city employe ees scaled back last year with Measur Measuree B B,, and now he he’s ’s taking aim measuree with the help of at a state ballott measur TTexas eexas moneyme moneymen. en.. In a B Behested ehested P Payment ayment Report Reed R eport filed in August, A Reed informed informed the city that he ask asked ed a shadow or organization ganization called A Action ction No Now ow Initiative to give the Valley $200,000 to th he San Jose/Silicon V alley CChamber hamber of CCommerce, om mmerce, which is helping to statewide stage a statewid de pension rreform eform push ffor or 2016. next year or 201 16. Reed Reed told Fly that people from fr om the Arnoldd Foundation,, a Houstonphilanthropic based philanthr ropic organization organization ffounded ounded ARNOLD by fformer ormer EEnron nronn exec JOHN A RNOLD and wife, his wif e, helpedd put him touch with the group, gr oup, but b t hhe would w ld nott say who h hhe ttalked lk d to or what was discussed.. “I’m not going names, to rreveal eveal names s,, because they’ll end up in newspaper your newspape er and people might cause trouble them,” tr ouble ffor or them m,” Reed Reed said. OK. OK.. After Action ssome ome ddigging, igging, Fly F gave a call to A ction Now’s director Now ’s dir ectorr ALISON ALISON FFERGUSON. ERGUSON. Wouldn’t W ouldn’t you know k it, she didn’t didn’t call back. Arnold, described d

by R Rolling olling SStone tone writer MATT MAT TT T TAIBBI A AIBBI as ubiquitous ““aa dickishly ubi quitous They right-wing young right-win ng Did kingmaker withh clear What? designs on beco becoming oming the next gener generation's a ation's SEND TIPS TIPS TTO O KOCH K OCH BROTHERS,” BROTHER RS,” FLY@ FL LY Y@ sounds like a rreal e gem, eal METRONEWS. METR ONEWS. COM CO M having made hi his is money by cashing out an $8 just million bonus ju ust weeks weeks before bef ore Enron Enron went w belly up.. After that, he natural made a ffortune ortunee betting on natur al gas commodities. R Reed eed insists he he’s ’s building a bi-partisan coa coalition lition with Arnold and his wifee LAURA, wif LAURA, who whho are are listed as directors directors ffor or Action Action Now Initiative,, as they both President supported Pr esident Obama.

Obama. While true, appear the Arnolds app pear to be the kind of Dems peakss of that exist only at a the highest peak Wall W all Street.

Street. But Butt Reed Reed didn’t didn’t just hit up the Arnolds’’ minion minions.

Arnolds ns.. He also behested $50K from RIORDAN, Republican fr om RICHARD RICHARD R IORDAN, the R epublican fformer ormer mayor of LLos os Angeles, $25K from from pension-busting pension-bustin ng businessman GGEORGE EORGE HUME another from VCC H UME and ano other $25,000 fr om V billionairee MICHAEL MORITZ. billionair MICH HAEL M ORITZ. TThe he latter two payments went w to the Coalition Coalition for for Sustainable Pension.

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SCHOOL SC CHOOL RAISE RAISE Costs for stud students dents at public universities ssuch uch as San Jose State have d doubled oubled in the th he last five years, yearss, while acad academic demic offerings have not incr increased reased anywhere close to the e same pace.

T Tuition, uition, fees do dog og SJSU studentss while c campus makeov makeover ver masks priorities priorrities BY B YM MEGHAN EGHAN W WALSH ALSH

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ELSEY LEE, LEE, 21, expects expeccts to be tethered to roughly $30,000 in student loan debt w graduates with her h when she graduates bachelor’s bachelor’s degree in social w work next year from San Jose Jose o State University.

University. That n will likely increase, e, number increase just ju ust as the cost of her tuition tuition h over the years—and most m has jobs jobs o in her field require a m master’ s degree. master’s

“When yyou ou get out yyou o ou ccan’t o aan n’’t st start art fr e ”L esh, ee sa ayys. “Y Yo ou’re stuck. And yyou o ou fresh, Lee says.

“You’re do on n’’t know if it w aas wor th it. Y ou mi o ight don’t was worth You might no ot find a job in yyour our field or at all, bu o ut not but yyou o still ha ou ave to pa ay ffor o or it.” have pay L ee’s loans only ccover oveer her classes n Lee’s classes.. In ad ddition to maint aining an A aaverage, veerage ge, addition maintaining she sh hee still works wo ks mor more o e than t a 2 255 hours ou s a

week at St Starbucks. arbucks. She sa ssaves avees on living eexpenses xxpenses b ommutingg 45 minutes byy ccommuting fr om her family’ veermore. from family’ss home in Liv Livermore.

A ontinue to mak ke Ass students ccontinue make sacrifices sacrific cees in the fac face ce of bu budget udget cuts to arrting to question education, aree st starting educ ation, some ar whether the C California aliffo ornia St S State ate U University nivversit n e ty ssystem ystem y and its individua individual al memb member er schools, SJSU, aree doing enough scho ols, such as SJSU U, ar to mak ke tuition aff ffo ordab ble while k eeeping make affordable keeping academics, ac ademics, a public univ university’s veersittyy’s ccentral entral priority. mission, a priorit ty. all semester bills SJSU students paid fal fall that wer ouble what the ey weree mor moree than do double they wer ecession six weree at the brink of the rrecession yyears eears ago ago.. In the w wake aak ke off massiv massive ve st state ate deficits,, tuition at CSU scho schools funding deficits ols has jump jumped ed fr from om $2,772 2p per er yyear eear in the 2007 per fall of 20 07 to $5,472 p e yyear er eear this fall.

While the CSU go governing oveernin ng b body ody sets tuition, SJSU sets ccampus aampu us ffees, eees, which have ha ave also soar soared ed in that same s time frame frame,, from $860 third fr om $8 60 annually to $1,656—the $ thir d institutions. highest of all 23 CSU ins stitutions.

State’s operating San JJose ose St ate’s op eratting budget has from $267.7 million fallen a e fr o $ om $267 677..77 milli ion o to $248.5 $ 48 5

since 2007 pre-recession million sin nce the 20 07 pr e-recession allocation, according allo cation, ac cording to 2012-13 figures.

To figur es. T o rremedy emedy the most rrecent ecent shortfall, President shor tffall,, SJSU SJJSU Pr esident Mohammad Qayoumi from H. Qa Qay yo oum mi cut $24.7 million fr om academic from ac ademic affairs aaffairs,, $5.6 million fr om administration finance, administra ation and financ e, and $2.6 from affairs.. million fr o student affairs om Three divisions weree eexempt from Thr ee di ivisions wer xempt x fr om spending intercollegiate athletics,, sp ending cuts: c inter collegiate athletics president’s officee and univ university the pr esideent’s offic versit e ty advancement. advanc emeent. ent faculty circulated San JJose ose facult ty cir culated a petition university’s prrotesting the univ p etition protesting veersittyy’s priorities earlier e this yyear, eear, gathering signatures.

“Your 50 signatur res. “Y Your o budget privileges non-teaching staff, non-teachi ing st aff ff,, administration, and pr programs ograams o over ver our students’ educations, letter stated.

“We educ ationss,” the let tter t st ated. “W We understand Athletics and underst d that cuts in A thletics t mean leaving might mea an lea avving Division I, but we must fund classes b before effor o e we build that ‘Spartan Pride. fform orm o off ‘Sp ‘S partan Pride P id .’

“We understand “W We und derstand that cuts in University U nivversit e ty A Advancement dvancement will aff affect ffeect fundraising, fundraising g, but mone moneyy is ur urgently gently needed to today, day, and in the classr da classroom. oom.

Wee unders understand W stand that cuts in yyour our own office office will not mak makee a rreal eal dent in our o pr p oblems, but we b ob elieve that problems, believe

Under new Un nder thee leadership of a ne ew athletic director, Spartans moved directorr, thee Spar tans mo oveed cconferences onffeerences in JJuly. department was ulyy. The depar d tment w aas eexempted xxempted from because from budgett cuts b ecause the shift will cost about Intercollegiate cost ab out $2 $ million. Inter collegiate athletics gen generated nerated $2.2 million in revenue revenue e lastt yyear. eearr.

University advancement Un nivversit e ty advanc ement aavoided vo oided cuts because charge fundraising, beccause a it is in char ge of fundraising g, including th the Acceleration he A cceleration e ccampaign. ampaign.

President Qayoumi announced President Qa Qay yo oumi announc ed last month that the ccampus ampus a had raised nearly $20 $209 9 million in private donations in its first major effort.

According major eff ffo ort. A cco ording to an online br breakdown, reak kd down, $54.8 million of that is design designated nated ffor or scholarships and o fellowships. toward feellowships. The rrest est is going tow waard facilities, faculty support, emerging facilities, facu ultty supp ort, emer ging programs, service, pr ograms, ccommunity o ommunit ty ser vicce, global exchanges and exchanges an nd rresearch. esearch. One thing to note: Donor Donors specify wheree the they rs often sp eciffy wher ey want moneyy to go go.. waant their mone m But lo looking fiscal okiing at fisc caal yyear eear 2010-11, just 10 p percent SJSU’ss eexpenditures weree ercent e of o SJSU SJSU’ xp x enditures wer on grants an and scholarships.. San Francisc Francisco nd scholarships o State spent percent State sp ent 14.1 1 p errcent and Sacramento State percent.

State rreached eacheed 18.1 p ercent.

Through partnership Udacity, Thr ough a par tnership with U dacitty, an online ed education ducation vventure, entur e re, San JJose ose is eexploring improve xxploring online classes to impr ove accessibility. program accessibilitty. In a pr ogram ccalled alled a SJSU Plus, school began offering Plus, the sch hool b egan off ffeering ffour our o online rremedial piece. emeedial classes at $150 a piec e.

Yet students Yeet CSU stu udents made up less than 11 percent enrollment weree percent of en nrollment and sessions wer put on hold ffor improve or fall semester to impr o ove the curriculum, about curriculu um, as only ab out half of students pas passed ssed the ccourses.Last ourses.Last fall, SJSU b became eccaam me the first CSU institution to off offer Massive Open Course, ffeer a Ma assivve Op en Online C ourse, known as a MO MOOC. M OC. In this blended learning mo model, lectures, quizzes odel, lectur rees, quiz zes and virtual online.. In class class,, virtual labs ar aaree all held online students wo work groups ork with instructors in gr oups of thr three problem sets.. Only one ee on pr p oblem sets upper-division was upperr-divisiion engineering ccourse ourse w aas offered, are looking off ffeerreed, but administrators ar re lo oking into off offering MOOCs way ffeeringg additional MO OCs as a w ay to sa save money bolster learning.. ave mon neey and b olster learning The aaverage veeraage amount of loan debt a CSU studen student nt ccarries arries is almost half the national aaverage of public univ universities, verage e veersities, putting SJSU, putttting SJSU U, which also has rising graduation rates good position. rrates,, in a go od p osition. Still, that do doesn’t Lee’s future, esn n’’t change L ee’s futur e, which will sur surely bee impacted b byy the ccost ely b ost of seeking ki education. educ d caation. ti “Student loans wer weren’t myy main en’t m concern when about concceern whe en I thought ab out going to college, starting worryy the they college, but I’m I st arting to worr ey should ha have been, says Lee, bee ave b een,” sa ayys L ee, who will b the thir third person dp errson in her family to earn a college degree.

To college degr e . “It changes eeverything. ee ver e ythingg. T o be tryy not to think ab about be honest, I tr out it.”

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university administratio university administration on ought not ssimply imply manage, manage g , but to lead. leead.”

Students have haave echo echoed ed similar sentiments.. “It “It’s important invest sentiments ’s imp ortant an a we in nveest mor ey into classes if we ’re going to moree mone money we’re have ha ave higher tuition,” sa says ayys C Cole ole Nibb Nibbett, etttt, director affairs.

“Theree student dir ector of ffee ee e aff ffairs. “Ther are ar re students that can’t can n’’t graduate graaduate because beccaause there’s classes. ther e’s not a enough class ses.”

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It ’s a familiar cconflict onflict of o inter ests. cheaper Students call call ffor or cheap o er tuition, want investments education teachers w ant a in nveestmen nts in educ caation universities want prestige. and univ versities e w aant pr e estige . It states priorities eexplicitly xplicitly x sttaates in the pri iorities outlined office, in the budget that the president’s prresident’s offic ce, operates was which op erates on $1.6 million, m w aas protected initiatives pr ro otected to “support “support ini itiativvees that will further SJSU’ss brand and fur ther SJSU’ d rreputation. eputation.” debt starts The bulk of student de ebt st arts with tuition and ccampus interest ampus fees, feees, not inter reest loans.. That initial bala balance faron loans ance has far rdebilitating rreaching eaching and debilit atingg cconsequences. onsequenccees. government The ffederal eederal go oveernment eexcludes xxcludes all educational from bankruptcy. educ ational loans fr om bankruptcy b y. unlike standard And unlik ke with st andard debt, when borrowers can b orrowers default, the regulators regulators e can go any to an ny lengths lenggths t to ensure ensure repayment, repaayyment,, such as garnishing inc income, social security, ome, so c securit cial ty, ttax ax disability.

That leaves rreturns eturns and disabilit ty. Th hat lea avees it to universities address problem univ versities e to addr ess thee pr oblem of rising eexpenditures. xxpenditures. news SJSU has made ne ew ws rrecently ecently inexpensive and with ine exxpensivve online classes c moree than $20 $200 raising mor 0 million m in donations.. N Neither, though, donations eitherr, thou ugh is helping ugh, significant way lower in a signific ant w ay to low wer ccosts osts ffor o or o students.. Mean Meanwhile, hundreds students nwhile w , hun ndreds of are being spent millions of dollars ar re b eiing sp ent on new buildings,, athletics and ne w buildings a other investments bolstering in nveestments aimed at b o olstering the school’s scho ol’s brand. from The additional rrevenue eveenu ue fr om ccampus ampus toward $90 ffees eees is going tow waard a $9 0 million earthquake ear thquak ke rretrofit etrofit and eexpansion xpansion of the new student union, and a ne w health ccenter enter moree than that h is i eexpected xxpected d to ccost o ost mor m h $33 million. A $54.7 million rrenovation eno ovation v of began athletic facilities also b ega gan cconstruction onstruction project being this yyear. eear. This pr ro oject is b eing paid ffor or o state-issued bonds, with st ate-issued ccapital apital b onds, though associated will some asso ciated ccosts osts wil ll ccome ome out of o the scho school bonds onds ol budget, and, of o ccourse, ourse, b have bee pai paid eeventually veentually ha ave to b id back.

President Qayoumi declined Pr esident Qa Qay yo oumi de eclined an interview Barry Shiller,, inter vieew rrequest, equest, but Ba arry Shiller SJSU’ss vic vicee pr president marketing SJSU’ esident of mark m keeting and wrote ccommunications, ommuniccations a , wr ote in i an email: “With Student Union “W Wiith rregard egarrd to the Stud dent U nion specifically, numerous studies have sp ecificcally a y, numer ous stu udies ha ave shown that students eng engaged gaged in ccampus ampus life aree mor more likely bee suc lif fe ar re lik keely to b ssuccessful cessful academically.

Wee vie view that project, ac caademicallyy. W w th hat pr oject, therefore, improving ther effo ore, as intrinsic to im mproving v the SJSU student eexperience. xxperience.”

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This Iss Not Detr Detroit oit “W “We’re We’re Silicon Silicon Valley, Vaalleey, w we’re e’rre not Det Detroit. roit. o It shouldn’t bbee happ ening her re. W e’rre not happening here.

We’re the R ust Belt.” — Xavier Campos, Camp a oss, San Rust Jose J oose ccouncilman ouncilmaan Hyp erbole is the crudest w ay to Hyperbole way makee a p mak point. ointt. It’s It’s also the easiest w ay to lose an n audienc e. But ther e’s way audience. there’s a desperate desperate ttalking a alking point going point unchallenged. unchallenged d. N No o longer longer..

When a le levelheaded velheaded analysis won won’t ’t do,, politicos do politicos summon s Detr Detroit, oit, which declar ed bank kruptcy this summer declared bankruptcy summer,, as an eexample xamplee of rising crime or the ccoming oming ec ono omic tsunami. A economic Ass an eexample, xample, last week a story story in The New Times Ne w York York o T iim mes ffocused ocused on San JJose’s ose’s pension p ension reform reffo orrm eff efforts, ffo orts, as Measur Measuree B—passed by by 70 p percent ercent of vvoters oters last yyear—continues ear— continu i ues to b d in i ccourt. ourt. bee tested paaragraph of the stor story, In the first paragraph y, the writers se et a worrisome tone set about about rising p pension ension costs. costs. “Yet “Y Yeet eeven ven her e, in the ci itty that bills itself as the here, city Silicon economic ccapital apital of Silic con Valley, Vaalley, the ec onomic oit that Detroit tidal wave wave tha at has sswamped wamped Detr and other citi ies is lapping at the cities sea w alls.” walls.

It’s It ’s a laz lazyy comparison, comparison, o one so det ached from from m the reality realitty of the detached situation thatt the Gray Graay L ady got Lady Campos, its first quote from from C ampos, the perpetually p erpetually investigated in nvestigated East San JJose ose councilman councilm man who couldn’t couldn’t write a memo unless unlesss his st staffers aff ffeers phonephonebooked preb ook keed his high hiigh chair and pr esharp sharpened ened hiss cra crayons. ayons.

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ho hours ours ha have ave b been een cut, the pap paper er no notes. otes.

Potholes P o otholes and bur burglaries glaries ar aree growing. growin ng.

Police aree lea leaving better-paying P o e ar olic aving v ffor or o b etter-paaying y g departments.

There’s de epartments. Ther e’s graffiti in a skate Campos. sk kate park. Cue C ampos.

“We’re Silicon Valley, we’re “W We’re Silic on V aalley, we ’re nott Detroit,” D Detr oit,”” he said. “It shouldn shouldn’t ’t b bee happening ha appening her here. e. W We’re e’rre not the R Rust u ust Belt.”

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Leaving L eaaving v aside the fact that C Campos, ampos o, w almost ne who never eveer sp speaks eaks to lo local cal me media edia but bu ut ffound ound o time to trash his own cit city ty to th he T imes i , has a fair numb er of sk keeleetons the Times, number skeletons in n his closet, and his suspicious dealin ngs dealings actually Detroit’s ac ctually rresemble esemble those of Detr oit’s officials,, let let’s rrecently e ently indicted elected officials ec ’s ttake ake a lo ak look ok at a ffew ew facts: © DSQ DSQNHS R ONOTK@SHNM G@R CQNOODC NHS R ONOTK@SHNM G@R CQNOODC D percent 60 63 p ercent in the last 6 0 yyears. eears. In I timeframe,, San JJose’s that same timeframe ose’s has grown gr own b byy 1,000 1,000 p percent. ercent. © NQSX ODQBDMS NE SGD RSQDDSKHFGSR HM NQSX ODQBDMS NE SGD RSQDDSKHFGSRR HM Detroit don’t Detr oit don ’t work.

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NRD M DSQNHS SGDQD VDQD ÈÅÅÅ @M Ass these numb numbers show, A ers show w, the between cities ccomparison o omparison b etween the ttwo wo citie w es lazy; it’s is not just laz y; it ’s intellectually dishonest.

Theree is only one Detr Detroit. di ishonest. Ther o oit. here.

—Josh Koehn A it is not her And e. — Joosh K oehn

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Perhaps some of those Perhaps college gr graduates aduates looking ffor or work should d have gotten a degr degree ee in counting tr trees. ees. T This his week, the San Jose Cityy Council signed off on a $154,000 contr contract act with D Davey avey T Tree ree E Expert xpert Company Company, y, which will take a “tr ee invento ory”” of the city’s C ambrian, A lmadeen and South San Jose “tree inventory” Cambrian, Almaden neighborhoods. This This includes inccludes documenting tr tree ee location, species, s health health and noting any liability issues. If th the he entir entiree city wer weree to have similar inspections, the council would have to authoriz authorizee another $316,433 out of the gen general neral fund. W While hile the city installs tr trees ees on ““parkways” parkw ways” between rresidences esidences and str streets, e eets, pr property operty owners ar aree rresponsible esponsible ffor or upkeep. But But there there are are exceptions to that rule. r In May, Mayy, the city came to a $325,000 settleme settlement ent with the ffamily amily of a 22-year-old -year-old d boy who was killed when a rrotting otting tr tree ee fell fell on top of o their parked truck. A sour source ce at City C H Hall all said that settlement likely would have been much m higher wer weree it not for for laws on n upkeep rresponsibility. esponsibilityy. —J —JK K

THAT’S T HA AT ’S WHA WHAT AT HE HE/SHE / S HE SSAID AID “They “T They insist funding the e people's gov gov-errnment should be tied to ernment t overturning the th he healthcare reform la law aw that was duly passed pa assed by Congress, Congress uph upheld held by the Su Su-preme pr reme Court, and reaffir reaffirmed rmed by voters in the th he 2012 elections. … The They ey should pause and an nd return to sanity, com common mmon sense, and responsibility to t give us a functioning g government.”

— U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgr Lofgren ren (D-San Jose) on House Rep Republicans ublicans who caused the gove government ernment shutdown.

BREAKING BREAK I NG BAD B George Shirakawa George Shirakawa Jr. Jrr. can n no longer aff afford ord his legal bills, accor according ding to his to top-dollar op-dollar lawyer lawyer.r. County taxpayers will now star startt picking up the tab.

How H ow novel.

In court last week,, attorney attorn ney John Williams Williams told Judge R isë Jones Pichon that th he disgr aced fformer ormer county Risë the disgraced supervisor super visor needs a publi publicc def defender ender to rrepresent epresent him on a ffelony elony charge Griffin Bonini char ge of ffalse alse personation. personation. A week prior, priorr, Judge G riffin B onin ni ruled that the case, which alleges ll Shir Shi akawa k had h d a rrole ole l in i sending di outt fr ffraudulent audulent d l t politi litiical i l mailers il in i the th City Cit Council C il Shirakawa political rrace ace between Xavier C Campos am mpos and M Magdalena agdalena C Carrasco, arrasco,, could d go fforward. orward.

Shirakawa already guilty Shir akawa has alr eady pleaded guil ty to five felonies felonies and seven misdemeanors ffor or perjury.

Williams his misuse of campaign n funds and perjury y. W illiams will ccontinue ontinue to rrepresent epresent him unknown defender Shirakawa akawa in the new in that case, while an u nknown public def ender will rrepresent epresent e Shir trial. A top pr prosecutor osecutor iin n the D DA’s A’s office estimated that th there here will be at least thr three ee moree hearings bef mor before ore Shir S Shirakawa akawa is officially sentenced ffor o his crimes. —J or —JK JK

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Peter P eter Adams

Nolan Bushnell Nolan Bush hnell and C2SV attendee.

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John McAfee McAfee e and Gary Singh

illia i amson James W Williamson

Rock Ro ock Star Sttar Geniuses Geeniusses

A look k at some off C2SV’ C2SV’ss mos mostt memorable e moments BBYY GA GARY RY SIN SINGH GH

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HE BET B BETA TA VERSI VERSION ON of C2SV C2SV erupted last weekend wee ekend with a multitude mul ltitude of innovative innovative thinkers presenting prresenting their e San Jose Jose McEnery McEnery ideas in the n Center and dozens Convention gig gging at numerous of bands gigging thro oughout g venues throughout Downtown Jose, alll the same time. It San Jose, was long ov verdue. was overdue.

ROBERT R OBERT SCOBLE SCOBLE, the social social media rock star star of th he univ erse, op ened rock the universe, opened up the cconference onffeerrence b byy eevangelizing vangelizing the 24/7 monitoring mon nitoring of all human behavior behaavvior as a useful b benefit enefit ffor o or eevery very

sin single ngle one of us us.. Smar Smartt de devices vices wi will ll soon so oon be be able to change what the theyy offer off ffeer you ff you in rreal eal time time,, dep depending ending on n who yyou’re ou’re with, wher wheree yyou ou ar are, re, w what yyou’re ou’re eating or what time yyou ou go o to bathr bathroom oom eevery very da day. ay. True True,, iit’s t’s already al lready happ happening ening to a lar large ge degr degree, ree, but bu ut Scoble, Scoble, along with SHEL ISR ISRAEL AEL, has haas a new new b book ook ab about out it, The A Age ge of Context, Cont o text e , so the ttwo wo sp spoke oke at leng length, th h, providing prroviding numer numerous ous eexamples xamples of how ho ow all this is ab about out to unf unfold— fold— o health heealth applic applications, ations, scheduling facilitation, faacilitation,, so social cial and cultural aides, aiides, nanob nanobots ots monitoring yyour our bloodstream blloodstream and mor more. e.

Friday’s Fridaayy’s highlight ccame ame in the form fo orm of ttwo wo living legends: ST STEVE EV E

WOZNIAK WOZNIAK and NOLAN NOLAN B BUSHNELL USHNELL, who hadn hadn’t ’t shar shared ed a st stage age to ttogether gether in ab about out 2 255 yyears. ears. W Woz o oz help h helped ed st start art the p personal ersonal ccomputer omputer ind industry, dustry, as we Bushnell helped now know it, while Bu ushnell help ed start industry, st art the video game in ndustry, as we now know it. Both did d not know theyy wer weree st starting what the artin ng 40 yyears ears ago ago,, and b both oth wer weree ab absolutely bsolutely br broke oke when the theyy st started. arted. ted Th They hey ccould ould not ha have ave rrented ented a $40 $4000 00 one o one-bedroom -bedroom apar apartment tment in San Fran Francisco. ncisco.

Both W Woz o oz and Bush Bushnell hnell told man manyy stories stories,, as eexpected. xpected. W Woz oz o said games ar aree his most imp important ortan nt ffocus ocus these da days, ayys, just sinc sincee the theyy ar are re the primar primaryy motivating factor ffor o or kids k learning

program. how to pr ogram. Bushnell,, on the hand, other hand d,, rregaled egaled us with stories Pong 1970s,, of female female e P ong hustlers in the 1970s is,, sinc since always that is ce women alw ayys seemed bee b better Pong to b etteer at P ong than men in the Silicon Valley bars of Sili icon V alle a y back then. It was w as truly a historic moment to see stage, those ttwo wo legends on the same st age, heree in Silic Silicon Valley, wheree right her on V aalley, wher all of this originated o in the first place, plac e, and with eeveryone veryone rreminding eminding began eeveryone veryone else e that nothing b egan in Francisco; rather,, it all b began San Franci isco; rather egan in Bay. the South Ba ay.

AMES WILLIAM WILLIAMSON SON, Saturday, Satur daay, JJAMES guitarist guit arist off The Sto Stooges—that oges—that is is,, before b effo ore and d after a 30-year 30-year distraction in Silicon Silicon Valley—provided Valle a y— —provided a half

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Jeff Stibel

Robert Robert Scoble Scoble

punk, half high-tech el elaboration laboration of his own unique lif life fe sto story, ory, eff effortlessly ffo ortlessly sswitching witching fr from om ‘70s gla glam am rrock ock stories of Igg Iggyy p peeing eeing all a o over ver the nightclub to ttales ales of ar arcane rcane business meetings at AMD AMD.. JJACK ACK K BOUL BOULWARE WARE of the Litquak Litquakee F Festival estivaal master masterfully fully inter interviewed viewed W Williamson illiamso i on onst onstage, age, and at the end,, W Williamson iilliam mson eeven ven dec deconstructed onstructed the class classic sic Sto Stooges oges anthem, “Sear “Search ch and Destr D Destroy,” oy,” b byy pla playing ayying the riffs liv livee an and nd eexplaining xplaining the influenc influences es b behind ehind them. t It seemed lik likee a gor gorgeous geouss ridicule of pr product oduct demos demos,, that is is,, instead of some hair hair-metal -metal dufuss no noodling odling on a lime gr green een Ibane Ibanezz at the NAMM show show,, it w was as the guy who w help helped ed

pioneer punk pun nk and grunge and perhaps p erhaps eeven ven e met metal, al, ffor o or that mat matter. ter.

Local L ocal b bodypainter odypainter d TRINA MERR MERRY RY eeven ven br brought ougght a team of mo models dels that eeveryone veryone in intended ntended to see her paint in the pr pre-function e-fun nction spac space. e. Unfortunately, Unffo ortunatelyy, though,, T Team eeaam San JJose, ose, who manages th the he facilities facilities,, booted booted them out,, appar apparently e ently ffor o or bringing their own ffood ood in into nto the building building,, which somehow violated v some fine print in a ccontract ontract some ssomewhere. where. If T Team eeam San JJose ose rreally eally thinks t “innovation “innovation st starts arts her here, e,” the theyy would w ha have ave b benefited enefited fr from om listeni listening ing to all the rrock ock star star inno innovators vators and geniuses pr presenting esenting at this cconference. onffeerenc e e.

One of th those hose rrock ock st star ar geniuses

w was as the notorious JOHN MC MCAFEE AFEE, w who, ho, after ffounding o ounding numer numerous ous ccompanies omp panies and writing yyoga oga b books, ooks, b became ecamee a fugitivee in C fugitiv Central entral Americ America. a. At At C2SV, C V, C2S he fielded questions questions,, philosophi philosophized zed about ab out the futur futuree of security security and d cryptology, cr yptology, while rrevealing evealing lurid d details det ails on his ne newest west venture. venture. McAfee M feee McAf is har hard d at work on a ne new w type type of of device de vice and micr microweb oweb infrastruct infrastructure ture that he sa says ayys NSA NSA spies will ne never ver e be be able to p penetrate. enetrate. W Wee shall see see..

In the end,, Satur Saturday daay eevening veening Igg IIggyy and The Sto Stooges oges pr provided ovided v a gor gorgeous g geous ccapper apper on the music ccomponent omponentt of C2SV. C2S V. T To o use non-tech language, language, it w was aas just so aawesome w wesome to see hundr hundreds edss and hundreds hundr eds of p people, eople, most of who whom om

knew each other knew other,, all ccongregating ongregating in the park and p peacefully eacefu ully w watching aatching the shirtless shir tless 66-year-old 66-year e -old godfather godfather of punk ggyrate yrate all o over veer the stage. stage. Despite the failur failuree of the guit guitar ar tech t to pr provide ovvide basic ser services vices to JJames amees W Williamson, iilliamson,, the band pr proved oveed wh why hy en entire ntire genr genres es ccan an bee trac b traced ed back to wh what hat the Sto Stooges oges created cr eated mor moree than 40 4 yyears ears ago. ago. Put it this w way: ay: W Williamson illiams i on is the N Nolan olan Bushnell of punk,, while wh hile N Nolan olan is the JJames ames W Williamson iilliamson off video games games..

That is something yyou o ou will never never see in San Francisc Francisco, o, N New ew Y York, ork, o ,T Toronto, o oronto, Austin A ustin or an anywhere nyywhere else ffor or o that matter. mat ttter. It would onlyy happ happen en here here in Silicon Silic on V Valley. aalley. I look look fforward o orwar a d to C2SV C2SV next next yyear. ear.

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Brian Solis and John M McAfee cAfee

Jam m Sessions

C2SV tech t conferenc conference ce panels covered covere ed everything from f virtual currency curren ncy to transme transmedia edia

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ONG HUSTLERS ONG HUSTLERS.. N New ew urbanists. urba anists. V VCs. Cs. App creators. crea ators. P Politicians. oliticians.

Tech T ech h icons and iconoclastss. A Stooge and a iconoclasts.

Dead K Kennedy. enn nedy. A H Hollywood ollywood actress and producer.. d a film producer Even a tech h naysayer and a tech doom doomsayer—they msayer—they all made appearances ap ppearances at the inaugu inaugural ural Creative Convergence Convergen nce Silicon Valley Valley technology y conference held i San JJose. ose ose. last week in Discussionss at C2S C2SV V ffocused ocused on diverse asp ectts of the eever-expanding ver- expanding diverse aspects mark etplace of o ideas oducts and marketplace ideas,, pr products ser vices that driv d es the digit al world. services drives digital But some pan nels also eexplored xplored the panels implic ations of o lif fe in such a wir implications life wired ed state, st ate, and wh whether hether the Internet itself

is an ecosystem ecosystem nearing an ine vitable a inevitable implosion. im mplosion. Her Here’s e’s a small samplin sampling ng off sessions fr from om the thr three-day ee- daay cconference: o fer onf e ence: “Ev entually we will rreach each a p oiint “Eventually point w wher al mass on the wheree we hit critic critical N et,”” author and brain scientist Net,” JEFF JE EFF SSTIBEL TIBEL said at Frida Friday’s ayy’s k keynote. eynotte.

Stibel’s St tibel’s rrecent ecent b book ook Br Breakpoint: eakpoint: Whyy the W Web Will Implode, Search W Wh eeb W iill Implo de, Sear rch Will W ill i Be Obsolete Obsolete,, and Ev Everything erythingg Else El lse Y You o ou N Need eed T To o Know ab about out Technology T e echnolo gy Is in Y Your o our Brain set th the he theme th heme ffor or the panel, which also o SRIVATS ATS SAMPATH SAMPAT TH, CEO off ffeatured e eatur ed d SRIV Grokr G okr L Gr Labs. abs. Stib Stibel’s el’s theor theoryy is that that, t, much m lik likee biolo biological gical ssystems, ystems, the web w is nearing an o overload verload situat situation. ion.

He H used the eexample xample of an ant colony—if colon o y— —if a ccolony olon ny b becomes ecomes to too o big, biig, ants can’t can’t ccommunicate ommunicate with ea ausses each other,, which eeventually ach other ventually ccauses

the death of the ccolony. olon ny. Howe However, ver, a breakpoint br eakpoint do doesn’t esn’t ne necessarily ecessarily mean web,, the wholesale death of o the web perhaps p erhaps just the web as a we know it.

Ass Sampath noted, if a br breakpoint A eakpoint does may bee a p positive do es ccome, ome, it ma ay b ositive thing innovation. that fforces or o ces inno vation n.

Bitcoin digital currency Bitc oin and other digit d al curr ency was panel moderated w as discussed at a pan nel mo derated ROBERT OBERT SCOBLE SCOBLE, and d including

by R GARY GAR Y KREMEN, ffounder ounderr of Match. o ccom, om,, Clean P Power ower F Finance in nance and So ciogramix; CCHRIS Sociogramix; HRIS LLARSEN AR RSEN, the OpenCoin, ffounder ounder and CEO of Op o O enCoin, Inc.. and the Ripple Inc Ripple.com .com o p peer-toeer-to peer payment network; p eer pa ayment y net worrk; and A ADAM DAM B B..

LLEVINE EVINE, editor editor-in-chief -in- chieff of L Let’s et’s T Talk aalk Bitcoin.

Bitcoin. One of the major m ttakeaways akeaawayys was was that if vir virtual currency rency is tual curr the way future, U.S. way of the futur e, the U .S. government progress. government is slowingg pr ogress. “In the world of technolo technology, ogy, a lot of things have haave changed fundament ffundamentally, allyy, but the financial ssystem ysteem has not,”” said L Larsen. arsen.

The Disruptive Political Disruptive P oliitical Change brought together session br ought to geth her fformer o ormer California Califfo ornia ccontroller ontroller SSTEVE TEVE WE WESTLY STLLY, head of his own vventure entu ure firm,, The W Westly eestly Gr Group, oup, and me media edia rreform effo orm eexecutive xecutive JO JOSH SH SILVER SILVER, dir director ector of Represent.us, movement Reepresent.us, a mo vem ment using i technology technology to push ffor o or an anticorruption corruption la law. aw. Durin During ng the session, Silver shared world premiere Silver shar ed the worl ld pr emiere of a new new video satirizing lo lobbyists. obbyists. W Westly eestly urged state level, urged action at the st a le ate vel, noting that “wher “wheree the ffederal eederaal go government vernment has failed, C California aliffo ornia ccan an lead in tech, rreinventing government einventing go vernment e and stopping ccorruption.” orruption.”

BRIAN B RIAN SOLIS SOLIS, princip principal pal at Altimeter Group, Group, sporting sporting a tt-shirt -sh h t that hi hir h declared declared “stop bitchin bitching, ng, st start art a rrevolution,” his point evolution,”” made hi is p oint before beffo ore his panel eeven ven st started. arted. He discussed his ne new w book book o WTF— What’s Future?, What’s the F uture?, which w eexplores xplores the landsc landscape ape of cconnected onn nected consumerism. consumerism. “See th thee world through the people through the eeyes yes of th he p eople yyou ou are trying and inspire. are tr ying to rreach each an d inspir e.

Realize bee diff different from Reealize they they might b ffeerent fr om you,” you,”” Solis advised. An And nd though tech is imp important, it’s “Innovation vation ortant, it ’s not all: a “Inno is not technology, innovations start technology, inn novations st art with empathy vision,” empath hy or visio on,”” he said.

Settling Setttling t on Mars an and nd tours of space space are are right ar around ound d the ccorner, orner, according according to the The N New ew Spac Spacee Race Race panel. GRE GREGG BAUMANN BAUM MANN, editor

of the Silic Silicon con V Valley alle a y Business moderated JJournal, ournal, mo m derated a panel with B BOB OB Moon on Express; Express; RICHARDS R ICHARDS, CEO of Mo SSTEVE TEVE JUR JURVETSON V SON, Managing Director VET Director of Drap er and F isher JJurvetson; urvetson; Draper Fisher BRUCE B RUCE PITT PITTMAN TMAN, Dir Director ector of NAS NASA A Space P ortal Flight Pr ojects and Space Portal Projects AARON A ARON KEMMER KEM MMER, co-founder co -ffounder o of Made Space In nc. The game changer w as in Space Inc. was the rrecent ecent disc discovery overy of w water ater on Mars, according accor o ding to Richards.

Richards. And Mars, Jurvetson Jurvetson noted that the gr growing owing accessibilitty of 3D printing will accessibility significantly significanttly b boost oost the cr creation eation of naavigation v n to ols. navigation tools.

It’s It’s easier easieer than eever ver to interact mbers of Hollywo od with with members mem Hollywood social social media, med dia, but it it’s ’s har harder der than ever to cconverge on nverge technolo gy with ever technology Hollyw wood ssystems, ystems, ac cording old Hollywood according panelistts at the Hollywo odSV to panelists HollywoodSV “H Hollywood’s studio ssystem ystem session. “Hollywood’s entrench hed in its w ays y ,” said is entrenched ways,” BRADLEY B RADLEY LLAUTENBACH AUTENBACH, chief operating operating officer officer of Z Zuckerberg uckerberg Media. The panel also included EEVETTE VETTE V VARGAS ARGAS, CEO of Digital-Reign, Diigital-R Reign, e and moderator moderator Transmedi Transmedia ia SF C Co-Founder o -Founder M MAYA AYA create eate apps ZUC KERMAN N. “When we cr ZUCKERMAN we often lo lose ose sight of the fact that we need to o tell a go good od stor storyy with it and it ccan’t an’t ’ b bee just an after afterthought,” thought ” thought, V Vargas aargas said said. d.

Do Does es dig digital gital music need a DJ? The Digit Digital a Music: Disc al Discovery, overy, Curation and a R Recommendation eecommendation panel cconcluded onccluded the C2S C2SV V tech cconference onffer e ence Satur Saturday daay afterno afternoon on with JELL JELLO OB BIAFRA IAFRA of the Dead K Kennedys ennedys and Guant Guantanamo anamo Scho School ol of Medicin Medicine, ne, PETER D DIMARIA IMARIA, senior Director of o Pr oduct & C ontent Director Product Content Strategy St t y att Grac Strateg G Gracenote, enote t , and d writer writer, it , d curator JON PRUETT PRUETT. JON editor and president esiident of Chime Interactiv Interactive, e, LLUINI UINI, pr mo derated d. The panel discussed the moderated. fact that eeven ven if online music off offers ffeers easier aper distribution,, ther e’s easier,, chea cheaper there’s still the dil dilemma lemma of how listeners ccan an disc over th he music in the first plac e. discover the place.

“You “Y Yo ou ha have ave to ha have ave fun with it, cr create eate yyour our own filters fi o our own bullshit filters,, yyour detectors,,” Biafra advised ffor detectors or o listeners sear ching hi out o ne w music i online li . searching new online.

Writers M Writers Matt att Crawford, Jennifer Elias, Elias s, Dan nH Holden, olden, Gary Singh, Jennifer W Wadsworth adsworth and H Heather eather Zimmerman Zimmerm man contributed to this repor rt. report.

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Bisou �) in the crowd. crowd d. Most of the audience audience sang alongg to every every song from fr om lead singer Evan Evaan Dando—in Dando—in the smallest venue venue where w e it’s wher it’s likely likely to see him perform. perfo orm.. Š Š O OFF! FF! pla played ayeed ffor o or a full house at the Blank Club Club,, runn running ning thr through ough blistering punk songss in the vvein ein e of Black Flag—a gr group ro oup singer K Keith eeith Morris onc oncee fr fronted, onted, b before effo ore he formed fo ormed d the th Cir Ci Circle cle l JJerks. erk rks k . One O surprise: i during one of Morris Morris’ s’ rants b between ettw ween songs, songs, he tear teared ed up an and nd paused ffor or o a ffew ew b beats eats while intr introducing roducing the RNMF RNMF DTKNFHYHMF GHR EQHDMC DêQDX DD DTKNFHYHMF GHR EQQHDMC DêQDX X DD Pierce, Pierce, the Gun Club singer/guit singer/guitarist arist who died in 19 1996.

96. Š @M Q@MBHRBN AK@BJ LDS@K FQNTO Š @M Q@MBHRBN AK@BJ LDS@K FQNTO DEAFHEAVEN D EAFHEAVEN pla played ayed the San JJose ose Rock R ock Shop Shop.. The sing singer, ger, who has the aura of a serial killer k killer,, w was as maybe ma ayybe a bit o over ver th the he top top,, but he he’s ’s so ccommitted ommitted to thee par part, t, and because b ecause the music iss so intense intense,, it all somehow works works.. Š @FNC@ NTMFD V@R DRODBH@KKX Š @FNC@ NTMFD V@@RR DRODBH@KKX funky funk ky on Satur Saturday daay with w the CCOUP OUP and D DAM-FUNK AM-FUNK channeling chann neling different diff ffeerent points p oints along the funk k sp spectrum. ectrum. The Coup C oup off offered ffeered an up updated d dated ttake ake on Sly and the Family Stone S Stone-era -era funk with fr front ont man Bo Boots otts Rile Riley ey ser serving ving a heavy hea avy v dose of p politics oliticss easily disguised aass p party arrtty rrhymes. hymes. San n Francisco Francisco punk legend and fformer orrmer Dead o Kennedys K ennedys fr frontman ontman n JE JELLO LLO BIAFRA danced danc ed in the cr crowd, owd, earning a shout out fr from om the band b at the end of the set b before effo ore Bo Boots o joined him to ots

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Ass alw always, vvoice oice pr ovvided the b est vvocals ocals to b provided best bee ffound ound in o n the South Ba ay. (SP) Bay. Š Š SSTUMBLEBUNNY TUMBLEBUNNY, a relatively relatively obscure obscure power-pop power-pop band fr from om the ‘70s, ‘70s, played plaayed an early set at C CafĂŠ affĂŠ Stritch. They T y pla The played ayed a bunch of now-seemingly now-seemingly mellow rock rock & roll roll songs while wh hile cracking jok jokes es b between etween songs about ab bout being being added to the C2SV C2SV bi bill ill so the theyy ccould ould tell old dinosaurr rock rock ‘n ‘n’’ rroll oll stories stories.. One such tale: talee: Stumblebunn Stumblebunnyy memb member er Chris Robison Robison o also played plaayeed with the legendary NewYork Dolls. l legendar d ry N ewY Yo ork k Dolls D ll . Š KNRHMF NTS SGD EDRSHU@K D V@R @ Š KNRHMF NTS SGD EDRSHU@K V@R @ performance byy up up-and-coming perfo orm mance b -and-coming Detroit Detroit rapper rapper B BLACK LACK M MILK ILK, backed backed by by a live livve drummer, drummer, a six-string six-string bass player, plaayeer, keyboardist keyboardist and DJ. DJ. The band pla played bouncy ayeed thick b ouncy funk grooves grooves with a jaz jazzy, zy, hip hip-hop -hop edge edge,, while Bl Black clever lack Milk spit some cle veer word play beats.

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HE BETTER-BEER continues itsThe ascent NO ESCAPE NECESSARY scene Whispers Cafe serves Alcatraz in the South Bay with Steins Beer Garden crepe stuffed with shrimp, cheese, mushrooms, onions & Restaurant downtown and garlic, and toppedinwith avocado. Mountain View set to open March 28. There will be wine and cocktails, but the primary focus will be on high-quality beers. Steins will feature 30 taps and a menu of modern American comfort food crated by executive chef and Bay Area HERE’S A LOT TO SAY about Whispers Cafe and creperie, native Colby Reade. the new breakfast, lunch and dinner spot in Downtown Owner and South Bay native Ted Kim is a beer enthusiast; he tells me San Jose. Whispers has two other locations—one on that Steins is a salute to the traditional German beer halls and gardens, Brokaw in Sanduring Jose his and another in Belmont.

The which heRoad experienced travels throughout Europe’s premier Downtown Whispers is located along Paseo defeatures San Antonio, beer cities. Designed by architect Marc Dimalanta, Steins a 300next to the Sandomed Jose Repertory Whispers seat,door 8,000-square-foot interior roomTheatre. and a 4,000-square-foot outdoor patio. features a broad menu of sweet and savory crepes, breakfast Ted, withsandwiches his contagious positive energy,as says that as he can’t wait standards, and salads well some dinner for folks to check the “in-your-face, custom-made walk-in style cooler” items, served inout generous portions with counter next to the main bar.at Guests can gazemay at theseem unique draft service.

Ordering Whispers a direct-draw little daunting system—the tap handles are connected to the kegs, eliminating draft at first glance, a colorful menu taking up most of the wall lines and helping to keep the beer at the highest quality and freshness behind the register, but helpful to-go menus aid in sifting levels. Having 30 draft beers is a manageable number for staff, Ted says: through the extensive selection toserving. find what craving.

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give genuine beer recommendations, so ongoing beerofeducation Whispers’ sweet and savory crepes are the centerpiece the menu.will Thebesweet important. ” with a side of ice cream and whipped cream. The Whisper crepes are served food will have awith local,nutella farm-to-table emphasis according to chef crepeThe ($7.75) is delectable, chocolate, fresh strawberries and bananas, Reade, and everything will be made breads and the with cinnamon and brown sugar.

Otherin-house, appealingincluding sweet crepes include pretzels. of the generous kitchen space,orange there will in-Coolum Half MoonBecause ($6.75) with sliced peaches in a honey glazealso andbe the house charcuterie, butchery and pickling programs. want to make with raspberries, strawberries and marshmallows topped“We with a white chocolate foodSavory as fresh as the beer is,range ” says Reade, who embraces beer’s versatility sauce. crepe creations from the basic ham and cheddar cheesein to thefood Karipairing. ($9.75) with curry chicken, red onions, mushrooms, bell peppers, and Some examples from the($9.95) tidy menu 25 items include pork belly mango chutney.

The Alcatraz with of shrimp, mozzarella, mushrooms, onions and garlic, sauteed in wine with avocado on top, was rich and filling with enough to take home.

The sandwich menu has expected staples like a turkey club, BLT, and chicken or steak Philly, as well as wrap specialties such as the vegetarian lavash wrap or tri-tip and guacamole in a chili-tomato wrap. Whispers also serves a full breakfast of egg scrambles, omelettes, benedicts, French toast, pancakes and waffles.

The cafe has already gathered a noticeable lunch crowd, and on my visit a mix of business workers, students and Downtown residents were scattered around the tables and bar seating areas. With WiFi, a full bar and a dining room naturally lit by floor-to-ceiling windows that are perfect for people watching, Whispers is an attractive spot for working or meeting over lunch.—Jeff Cianci WHISPERS CAFE AND CREPERIE 150 S. Second St., San Jose. Sun-Thu, 8am-10pm, Fri-Sat, 8am-midnight. whisperscafe.com.

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Nationwide chain BJ’s Brewery opened its 140th restaurant in San Jose this week.

There are currently 62 BJ’s restaurants in California, a brand that specializes in handcrafted beers, deep-dish pizzas, salads, appetizers, sandwiches, and their signature Pizookie dessert: a warm, deep dish chocolate chip cookie topped with ice cream.

Last week, the restaurant was in rehearsal mode, hosting soft opening nights and inviting members of their community in to help train staff.

Thirteen different menus circulated the restaurant as diners got a sampling of BJ’s deep-dish pizzas and specialty brews. BJ’s national brewmaster was also on deck to talk shop with customers and oversee operations.

BJ’s is open Mon-Thu, 11am-midnight, Fri, 11am-1am, Sat, 10am-1am and Sun 10am-midnight.

South Bay Oktoberfests

Germany’s massive, 16-day beer festival is officially under way. Silicon Valley is a long way from Deutschland, but there are plenty of events in the South Bay modeled after the Munich event. Here’s a sampling: MOUNTAIN VIEW’S FIRST AND ONLY OKTOBERFEST CELEBRATION Stein’s Beer Garden & Restaurant hosts Mountain View’s first and only Oktoberfest event on Oct. 5-6, 10am-6pm. Owner Ted Kim has aimed for a truly authentic experience, with a large beer tent, long benches, traditional German food and drink, and live music. Children’s events include a bouncy house and a pretzel-eating contest. Admission is free.

ST. LEO THE GREAT OKTOBERFEST Sip from the hardiest of German beers, indulge in Bavarian food and desserts, and catch some German oompa music at St. Leo’s 2nd annual Oktoberfest Celebration, held on Oct. 5 at St. Leo the Great Church, San Jose. Outside, a euro-bungy, rock wall and a “toddler” area with inflatables means there’s something for everyone.

SAN PEDRO SQUARE OKTOBERFEST Meander through outdoor beer gardens, sample an array of German beers, nosh on bratwurst and sauerkraut, or enter to win “Mr. and Mrs. Oktoberfest.” Also, activities and games for the family will be offered. Oct. 12, noon-11:30pm. Free to the public with drink tickets for purchase.

DOWNTOWN CAMPBELL OKTOBERFEST This widely attended event serves up plenty of German food, along with traditional brews and 100 arts and crafts vendors. Oct 19, 10am-6pm and Oct 20, 10am-5pm. Admission is free.

TESKE’S GERMANIA The South Bay’s flagship German restaurant will be celebrating until the end of October, with live music in their beer garden on selected Fridays and Saturdays, and a special menu.

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in the South Bay with Steins Beer Garden & Restaurant in downtown Mountain View set to open March 28. There will be wine and cocktails, but the primary focus will be on high-quality beers. Steins ONSIDERING HOW POPULAR Vietnamese food is in San Jose, will feature 30 taps and a menu of modern American it’s surprising that there are only a handful of places in the comfort food crated by executive chef and Bay Area area that serve Vietnamese style hot pot soups. Of those native Colby Reade. that exist, some even feature it prominently. Lau Hai San, which Owner South Bay Ted Kim is a beer enthusiast; he tells opened sixand months agonative in southern Downtown San Jose, isme one that Steins is a salute to the traditional German beer halls and gardens, such place. The owner explained to me that hot pot soups are which he experienced during his travels throughout Europe’s premier their flagship dish. I found this fact obscured by an enormous beer cities. Designed by architect Marc Dimalanta, Steins features a 300menu that had nearly every kind of Vietnamese food on it. Then seat, 8,000-square-foot domed interior room and a 4,000-square-foot again, Lau, which I later came to learn, is the Vietnamese word outdoor patio. for hot pot so maybe it was more obvious thanwait I thought.

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30 draft beers is a manageable fordeciding staff, Ted says:it’s meat andHaving vegetables into the boiling pot at theirnumber discretion, when “I want them to know exactly cooked long enough and ready towhat eat. we’re serving. I want to be able to give genuine beerHai recommendations, so on ongoing beerplate, education will be The meat at Lau San was not served a separate but rather a on ” pot, so all that needs doing is for diners to simply drop the pieces theimportant. edge of the Theinto food will have broth a local,below. farm-to-table emphasis according to of meat the boiling Leeks, cabbages, herbs and noodles are all chef on Reade, and plates. everything will be made in-house, including breads served separate and pretzels. ofmost the generous kitchen space,the there willThai alsoSeafood.

I ordered LauBecause Hai San’s popular hot pot soup, Spicy be in-house butchery and pickling programs.

“Wesquid, wantfish It comes with acharcuterie, vast assortment of raw seafood: Mussels, shrimp, to (with makefish foodeggs as fresh as clams, the beer is,” says embraces beer’s balls inside), lobster andReade, more,who and also includes tofu and versatility in food pairing. mushrooms. It is gorgeous. It’s worth getting a nice eyeful before cooking it all.

Some examples from the menu of 25 in items include pork The whole meal reminds metidy of fondue, only the sense that thebelly hot pot experience is a communal one. This is not a dish to eat alone. Even the small, which I ordered for $23.50, could have easily served three people. Lau Hai San also serves mediums ($26.50) and larges ($39.50). Like fondue, hot pot allows for an interactive, leisurely long meal since it’s all cooked and eaten a little at a time.

The spicy Thai broth wasn’t nearly as hot as I expected. It had a tangy, sour flavor which nicely accompanied the noodles and seafood.

Before the soup, I ordered the Beef in Spicy Tamarind Sauce for $12.95, which is another cook-yourself-at-your-table item, though not a soup. The owner placed a small oven on my table that had a dish on top of it with the spicy tamarind sauce in it, cooking. He then placed a plate of raw beef and onions next to it. I cooked a little bit of the beef at a time and scooped some beef and sauce up with large sesame crackers. The whole dish was extremely flavorful.—Aaron Carnes LAU HAI SAN 2597 Senter Road, San Jose. 408.938.0650

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6TH H ANNUAL ANNUAL SSAN AN N JOSE ZZOMBIE OM MBIE CRA CRAWL WL Downtown Down town San Jose $3 Thu, 6:30pm, 6 Anyonee participating in the San Anyon Jose ZZombie ombie Crawl Crawl this Thursday might turn into a zombie twice the night of, over: once o of, once the morning after.. The bar crawl mornin ng after crawl begins 6:30pm Wagon at 6:30 0pm at the Old W agon Saloon, with a rraffle affle and a contest ffor or creepiest the cr e eepiest costume at 7:30pm.

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PINK Oct 15 at a 7:30pm, SSAP AP Center

SSTOMP TOMP Octt 1515-16 16 at Flint Center

LIONEL RICHIE Oct 17 at SSAP AP Center

PARAMORE P ARAMORE Oct 18 at SSAP AP Center

KANYE WE WEST ST Oct 22 at SSAP AP Center

SSARAH ARAH BRIGHTMAN Oct 28 at SSAP AP Center

DAVE D AV VE MA MASON SON Nov 2 at Montalvo Arts Center

THEE OFFICIALL BL BLUES UES BR BROTHERS OTHERS RE REVUE VUE Nov 3 at Montalvo Arts Center

SELENA GOMEZ Nov 10 at SAP SAP Center

DARIUSH D ARIUSH N 23 att Flint Nov Fli t Center C t

SO OY YOU OU THINK THIINK Y YOU OU CAN DANCE DANCE Nov 23 at 77:30pm, :30pm, San Jose Civic

BEYONCÉ BE YONCÉ Dec 2 at SSAP AP Center

On” and “W On” “Weather” eather” stay rrelatively elattively true to their indie-soul rroots, oots,, though moree stripped down an obviously mor d version of it.. David Knight and and Chris also perform.

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METRALLETA METRALLET TA DE ORO ORO Pagoda LLounge, Pagoda ounge, San Jose Fri, 9:30pm, $5 Friday, Every first Friday y, San Jose DJJ collective Sonido Clash bring a combination of modern and classic Pagoda.

Latin music to the P agoda. Usually U there’s headliner, ther e’s a special guest headl inerr, boundaries someone ppushingg the bound daries month it’s of new Latin music. This mon nth it ’s Metralleta Oro, aree ann L.A. DJ Metr alleta De Or o, who ar Deejay, collective (Diego Fuego, Sumo Sum mo Deejay y, FONDO). They are are kind of likee the L.A. there, version of Sonido Clash. Down Dow wn ther e, they bring cutting edge Latinn music thirdd to the Office Nightclub everyy thir Thursday.. With both collectiv collectives Thursday ves in

the house, the DJs will be spinning merengue a whole lot of cumbia, me erengue and mambo mixed with hip-hop, h electronica innovative electr onica and other inn ovative genre-bending (AC) genr e-bending twists.. (A C C)

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Theree is immense pow power Paula Ther wer in P aula Harris Har ris when she singss the blues.

It’s It ’s no easy feat feat for for any anny musician to harness vocal ppower tthe he wayy she grew around does, but she gr ew upp ar ound music. classical She started with class ical voice training into tr aining then moved in nto musical theater.. Jazz and bluess wasn wasn’t theater ’t too big of a leap ffor or her since her influences powerful had always been pow erful women like Gladys Knight andd Etta James. hardd wo work, Harris After years of har ork, Har ris is

doors After closing its do oors in 2011, boutique storee Azu Azuki clothing stor uki is now rreopening. eopening. closed bigger,, They originally clo osed to find a bigger which better space, whic ch they now have at San 352 E. TTaylor aylor a SSt., t., Sa an Jose. In addition alternative to the al ternative fashion fashion items they’d already selling, theree will be mor moree alr eady been sellin ng ther ng, brands. fine-quality br andds. DJ Rayano will storee during their be spinning in thee stor Saturday. opening day rreception ecepption this Satur dayy. moves The after-party m oves over the KKoji oji sake lounge with DJ D Ryano, GWrex GWrex and CCutso, utso, who will be spinning a lot of hipsoul throwback hop, funk, R&B, so oul and 90s thr owback (AC) dance tunes. (A C)

from Fresno This yyoungg ffour-piece our-piece p fr om m Fr esno aree one of the mor moree inter interesting ar e esting that new psych-pop bands tha at have come out in rrecent ecent years. They T play transcendental, tr anscendental,, spaced-out spaced-ou ut 60s psychedelic-rock, psychedelic-r ock,, but withh a late ’70s, punk-rock energy. grimy punk-r ock ener gyy. Their T songs aree downright eerie and ddark, ar ark,, like the album,, The TTerror latest Flaming Lips album er erroorr,

CRYSTAL CR RYSTAL BO BOWERSOX WERSO OX Dec 6 at Montalvo Arts Center

JJAY AY Z Dec 11 at SAP SAP Center

BLIND BO BOYS OYS OF ALABAMA ALABAMA Dec 12 at Montalvo Arts Center

THEE LE LEGEND GEND OF ZELD ZELDA A Dec 14 at 77:30pm, :30pm, San Jose Civic

JUDY JUD Y CCOLLINS OLLINS Dec 16 at Montalvo Arts Center

RICHARD RI CHARD THOMP THOMPSON SON Jan 1010-12 12 at Montalvo Arts Center

JUSTIN JU USTIN TIMBERLAKE Jan 19 at SSAP AP Center

DAN D AN HICK HICKSS AND A THE HO HOT T LICK LICKSS Feb 1 at Montalvo Arts Center For musicc updates and contest giveaways, giveawayss, like us on Facebook metrofb.com at metr ofb.com

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TRUE T RUE STOREY STOR EY A new exhibition by illust illustrator trator and fine artist Barron Storey at Anno and Anno Domini draws on family an nd friends’ true tales of loved ones they’ve e lost.

The street street fairs are o over ver for the season n, but there ’s st till plenty of artt season, there’s still walkin ng to do at Sou th First Fridayss walking South BY B YT TAD AD A MAL M MALONE ONE HAT H AT ST STARTED TARTED O OUT UT a a quiet little art as has, s showcase has, eight later, y years laterr, grown into one off San Jose’s Jose’s most appealing pp g artistic attractions. attractions.

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A ccollective ollective public showc showcase ase of San creative culture, JJose’s ose’s cr eativve business and cultur e, South F First irst Fr Fridays ridaayys ttakes akes plac place, e, as its name suggest ts, on the first Frida ay suggests, Friday of eevery very mon nth. Sc ores of lo cal ar month.

Scores local artt galleries book kstores, and cafes caffees in galleries,, bookstores, downtown Sa an JJose ose op en their San open

do doors oors to the public public,, providing providing an unmatched cultural u nmatched glimpse of the cultura al life lif fe of the city. citty.

Friday, This Frida ay, Oct. 4, will b bee no eexception, x eption,, with a vast array xc arraay of attractions attttracttions and participating art an nd businesses par ticipating in an ar rt walk interactive artt w aalk that will include interactiv ve ar installations live music.. in nstallations and liv ve music months,, South In the summer months First Fridays aree supplemented wit with F i Frida irst ayys ar th outdoor SubZERO ou utdoor eevents—the vents—the SubZER RO Street MRKT, eet MR ffestival e estival in JJune, une, and then Str RKT T, local arts crafts a urban fair with lo cal ar ts and craft fts and music.. But when the str street fairs an eet fair nd music rs and warm gone,, an nd the w arm a weather have haave gone the artt w walk heartt of it all th he ar aalk at the hear institution.. rremains—a e emains—a yyear-round earr--round institution “Many “Man ny fans of the South F First irst

Fridays Frida ays ys Ar Artt Walk ar aree introduced in ntroduced

artt sc scene through to San JJose’s ose’s ar ene th hrough g our programming, summer pr ogrammingg, which includes SubZERO ZER RO F Festival estival and SSTREET TREET MRKT. artt and cultur culturee Besides eexposing xxposing the ar heree yyear-round broader thriving her eearr--round d to a br oader audience, outdoor audienc e, these outdo orr eevents veents shed important artt is to a light on how imp ortaant an ar city’s economy, says Eder, our cit tyy’s ec onom myy, y”” sa ayyss Brian Eder r, First Fridays.

“It’s cco-producer o-producer of South F i Frida irst ays y . “It ’s important people just as imp ortant that p eople ccontinue ontinue First Fridays from irst Fri to ccome ome out on F idaayys fr om fall through attend openings thr ough spring to at tten t nd the op enings support culture.

Without and supp ort the cultur e. W iithout the galleries,, muse museums artists work the galleries eums and ar tists throughout do thr oughout the yyear, eearr, South F First irst Fridaays ys outdo outdoor or eevents veents wouldn wouldn’t w n’’t eexist. xist. x ” Fridays Some est establishments bee ablishmentts will b providing perks providing some ccool ool p erks ffor o or visitors artt venues aree free—also and all the ar venues ar free—also unique to South F First Friday. irst Frida ay. Many Many galleries will use the o occasion ccasion to premiere new shows.. premiere ne w shows Perhaps appealing Perhaps the most ap ppealing aspect First Fridays aspect of South F irst Frida F ayys is its accessibility. walk accessibilitty. The art art w alk is self-guided participating selff-guided and par ticiipating establishments aree all lo located establishments ar cated within about block radius, ab out a ten blo ck radi ius, allowing patrons patrons to either eexperience xperienc e e the entire choose entire eevent—or vent e —or pick and cho ose the locations theyy w want locations the ant to o visit.

Here’s selection great Here’s a small select tion of the gr eat things going on this Fr Friday: ridaay:

MACLA – DE ESPERANZA MACLA ESPERANZA A Y DE LOCURA/ LOCURA/ OF HOPE AND MADNESS MADNESS 510 South F First irrsst St. Ar Artwork twork w ffocused ocused around byy ar artist Favianna ar ound a mural b tisst Fa avvianna Rodriguez, byy ma many artists R odriguez,, works b an ny ar tists immigration ffocus ocus on the issue of im mmigration both hopee and ssymbolically yymboliccaally as “flights of o b oth hop insanity. bee insanit tyy. y”” Immigration ccontinues ontinues to b in the public cconsciousness, onsciousn ness, though the dialogue dialo gue has shifted, MA MACLA ACLA C A eexecutive xxecutivve director Helstrup-Alvarez notes,, dir ector Anjee Helstrup p-A Alvarez notes with immigration rreform effo orrm gaining attention from firms.. at tttention fr ro om high-tech h firms “She’s artists tists working “She ’s emblematic ar today, Helstrup-Alvarez says to daayy, y”” Helstrup -A Alvarez sa ayys of Rodriguez. through R odriguez. “Her work iss thr ough the arts, she’s ar ts, but she ’s also vvery eery much m an activist.

Through through Thr ough immigration rallies rrallies,, thr ough arts, broad the ar ts, she brings this issue i to a br oad Patrons aree welc welcome public discussion.” P atrons o ar ome pose monarch butterfly front to p ose as a monar ch bu utttterflyy in fr ont Rodriguez’s Live hip-hop of R odriguez’s mural. Li ivve hip -hop performance byy F FAVI from p erfo ormance b AV VI fr rom 8-10.

SEEING THINGS THINGS GALLERY GALLER RY – DAVE D AVE V DAVE DAV VE DAVE DAV VE 30 N N.. Thir Third rd St. Selected d photo photography graph hy from Dave Carnie, Shubert, fr om Da ave C arnie, Dave Daave Shub ert,, and Dave Da ave Franklin. The fformer o orrmer editor of

Big Brother Brrootherr Magazine and rrenowned enowned photographers Dave Shubert photo p ggrap p phers Da ave Shub ert and Dave Franklin together Da ave Fran nklin ccome ome to gether ffor o or an showcase. eclectic sho owcase.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM SAN M OF QUIL LTS & TEXTILES TEXTILES QUILTS 520 SS.. First Firrst st St. An array arraay of quilt ccollections, ollectionss, including “T Taasty! F ood “Tasty!

Food Inspired Inspir ed Quilts” Q ”b byy Y Yolanda o olanda Guerra (a sixteen panel p quilt with each frame of a lo local cal ffood), ood),, a San JJose ose ar tist,, “C olllectingg N ew Y ork’ o s Beaut ty artist, “Collecting New York’s Beauty Quilts”” b byy Bill V Volckening, olckening, and “Out o of Chaos”” by

by Linda T oeniskoetter Toeniskoetter

WORKS SAN WORKS SAN N JOSE – THOSE WHO BEAR WITNE SS WITNESS 365 SS.. Market Marrket St. A mixed media eexhibition xhibition curated b Pederson byy Guy Pederson showcasing showc asingg photo photography graph hy by

by Elisabeth Elisabeth Benjamin and ar

by Daniel and JJohn ohn artt by chant. Includes an interactive Merchant.

Mer interactive ““tree tree of lif fe” and sidewalk sidewalk a art, art,, with life” participation participation welc welcome. ome.

PHANTOM GALLERIES PHANTOM G GALLERIE S – HERITAGE HERIT TAGE OF A R URAL LIFEE IN INDIA RURAL 88 SS.. Fourth Foourtth St. Indian ar artist tist Y Yasala aasala Balaiah br brings rings his bright ‘T ‘Telangana Teelangana Women’ W o omen’ paintings p to Phantom Galleries; each e piec piecee a vibrant perspective p erspectivve of rural Indian life. liffe.

ANNO DOM DOMINI INI - BARRON BARRON SSTORY/CEMENT TOR RY/CEMENT EECLIPSES CLIPSES 366 S F First irrst st St. Op ening Oct. O 4 is “Suicide w Opening “Suicide,,” a ne new series b llustrator and fine ar tist byy il illustrator artist Barr on Storey.

Sto orey. The series delv es Barron delves into the st truggle to underst and the struggle understand “wh hyy”” of su uicide. Also: Spanish str eet “why” suicide. street artist ar tist Isaacc C Cordal ordal ccontemplates ontemplates human so social c b cial behavior. ehaavvior. F Focusing ocusing on the mu mundane undane ttasks asks of the modern mo dern lif life, fe, C Cordal ordal ccaptures aptures man man’s ’s dissociation disso ciatio on fr from om natur nature, e, thr through ough the presentation pr esentatio on of miniatur miniaturee sculptur sculptures. es.

Metro’s cover Metro’s co over features a mural by F avianna R odriguez. The piece Favianna Rodriguez. is on view w as an installation at MA CLA th hrough Oct. 28 as part of MACLA through the ‘De Es Esperanza speranza y De L Locura/ ocura/ Of H ope and a M adness’ exhibition, Hope Madness’ exploring g issues of immigration.

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Drum Heads

THE T HE B BIG IG 44-0 - 0 San Jose T Taiko aiko celebrates itss 40th anniversary by doing wh what hat they always do: something g new new. w.

San Jose T Taiko aiko cel a celebrates ebrates 40 years yea ars of unique ‘California Sunshine Taiko’ ‘Califfornia Sunshin ne T aiko’ a BY B Y STEPHEN STEPH HEN LA LAYTON AY YTON

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ACK ACK K IN THE 1970s, 1970s, playing play ying a tambourine in a taiko drum song was w ass unheard of, even ago, shocking. A few months ago o, time the last tim me I was was in San Jose Jose Taiko's practice T aiko's pr a actice space, they rehearsing were rehea arsing for a onenight show w with the six-man collective DJ collectiv ve Bangerz that plays an al lmost indefinable almost amalgam of o electronic genres genres..

After the sh how "everybody's show maj or com mplaint," says major complaint," Fr anco Imp perial, SJT's artistic Franco Imperial, director r, "w was that it w as too director, "was was short and that t we didn't have more ticke ets." tickets."

Now, N ow, I'm w watching atching SJT rrehearse ehearrse show,, this one ffor o another show or anniversary. ccelebrating e elebrating its 40th anniv ersar y.

Again time A gain it's a ccollaboration, ollab oration, this tim me Abhinaya, w with Abhina ayya, a Bharatanatyam Bharatanatyam m dance da ance ccompany ompany out of San JJose. ose.

Bharatanatyam B haratanatyam is a traditional South dancee fform So outh Indian danc o orm that originated temples, or riginated in the Hindu temples s, and Abhinaya dancers, an nd now the Abhina ayya danc ers, fingers splayed air,, ar aree fi ngers spla ayed in the air weaving way w wea avving their w ay between between the drummers,, themselves ttaiko a o drummers aik themselves inheritors in nheritors of an ancient JJapanese apanesee art. arrt. words likee "traditional" and B wor But d lik ds " di i l" an nd d "ancient," perhaps technically "a ancient," while p erhaps technic cally aree as ccomplicated ccorrect, o ect, ar orr omplicated as thee path from present. p ath fr om the past to the pr esen nt.

Kumi-daiko, group K umi- daiko, the gr oup style style of played ttaiko a o drumming pla aik ayed by

by SJT and a popular over was p opular all o ver the world, w as derived from 60 de erived fr om its older fform o orm onlyy 6 0

years ago years ago,, and b byy a JJapanese a apanese jaz jazzz musician at that. (Bharatanatyam (Bh haratanatyam through period went thr ough its own np erio d of rreconstruction econstruction and rreinterpretation e einterpr etation in the early 20th ccentury.) enttur y..)

Taiko artt form, T aiko is a traditional tradition nal ar form, o but from SJT has fr om its ffounding o ounding in 1973, 1 never itself way. ne ver thought of itsel lf that w ay. The members off the gr group ffounding ounding o memb ers o oup wanted who theyy wer weree w anted to eexplore xplore wh ho the as Japanese-Americans, Japanese-American ns, emphasis both hyphen. on b oth sides of the h yphen. So, So, artt fform with an ancient JJapanese apan nese ar o orm already shaped byy an Americ American alr eady shap ed b an style music,, the theyy tu turned st yle of music urned to the popular their p opular music of the ir generation: R&B.. Hence, rrock ock & rroll, oll, jazz jazz and R&B R Hence, the ttambourine. amb ourine. bringing "The idea of bringi ing a ttambourine amb ourine into a ttaiko aiko ensemble was says at the time w as just craziness ccraziness," ," sa ayys Imperial, was Imp erial, "and that w as one of the Taiko things hi that h made d San S n JJose ose T aaik iko different.

Wee wer weree fu fusing styles." diff ffeerent. W using st yles."

Mattt Ogawa, Mat Ogaawa, one of o the senior members SJT, points memb ers of SJT T, p oin nts out the rrows ows of instrument racks ar aaround ound the practicee spac space. would bee willing practic e. "I wou uld b bet probably more— to b et pr obably half—if halff— —if not mor e— groups U.S. of the ttaiko aiko gr oups in n the U .S. that

aree our ag age anyy of ar ge or older don't use an aree those kind d of instruments that ar not JJapanese." apanese."

Thus,, Sa San Taiko, third Thus an JJose ose T aaiko, the thir d group U.S., oldest ttaiko aik ko gr oup in the U .S., has history creating a long hist tory of cr eating its own style.

Roy Hirabayashi, st yle. R oy Hiraba ayyashi, a co-founder co -ffo ounder SJT, wife of SJT T, and d his wif fe PJ Hirabayashi, Hirabaayyashi, member a ffounding ounding memb o er and now Artistic Director Ar tistic D irector Emeritus, Emeritus, set out purposefully makee this so so.. When purp osefu ully to mak became SJT b ecam me the first American American group invited ttaiko aiko gr ou up in vited to tour JJapan apan in 1987, 19 87, the th he JJapanese apanese were were "blown byy th the effervescent aaway way b he idea of this eff ffeervescent joyful energy jo yful ene ergy ccoming oming out the performance," Imperial.

Taiko p er fo orman nce," says saayys Imp erial. T aiko static stoic,, so SJT's is usually st atic and stoic movement and jo joyy surprised fluid mo vement e originators They the origin nators of the fform. orm. o They dubbed "California dubb ed it "C aliffo ornia sunshine ttaiko." aiko." "[Roy weree of the scho school "[R Roy aand nd PJ] wer ol there weree a bunch of San that if the ere wer Taiko JJose ose T aaiko clones in the ttaiko aiko bee a rreally ccommunity, ommunity, it would b eally boring artt fform," b oring ar o orm," says saayys Imperial.

Imperial. likewise us," "And lik kewise ffor o or us ," adds Ogawa, played Oga awa, "iff we just pla ayed other people's songs…that bee p eople's so ongs…that would b boring." b oring." whyy SJT do doesn't This is wh w esn't teach its rrepertoire eper toire to other ttaiko aiko groups groups why aree written and wh hy aall its songs ar written arranged byy SJT memb members. or arrange ed b ers. This attitude challenges groups at titude ch hallenges other gr oups their style, to find the eir st yle, and sparks the creativity cr eativity of its own members. memb ers. As As becomes moree p popular— ttaiko aiko b ecomes o mor opular— over which it definitely d has o ver SJT's attitude save 40 yyears—this ears— —this at titude might sa ave artt fform from the ar o orrm fr om what seems likee the inevitable lik in nevitable washing-out washing- out of subcultures uniquitiess when sub cultures hit the mainstream. mainstr eaam. now,, SJT will ccontinue But ffor o or now ontinue what always doing wha at it's alw ayys done: providing pr oviding a cconnection onnection to the past vision future. and a visio on ffor o or the futur e. The 40th anniversary pays anniv ersarry cconcert oncert pa ays y homage to history medleyy of the SJT's histo ory with a medle group’s hits,, including one gr oup’s greatest greatest e hits dedicated dedic ated to the first generation of Tentatively, JJapanese-Americans. apanese-Americ A ans. T eentativelyy, a tour with the Bangerz DJ ccollective ollective scheduled is schedule ed ffor o or late 2014.

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ARTS TS metroactive metr oactivve AR ONE NIGHT WITH JJANIS ANIS JOPLIN San Jose Rep presents presents a musical revue revue that looks looks at the life life of legendary singer Janis Joplin. Wed, Wed, 7:30pm, Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 3 & 8pm, Sun, 2pm, Tue, Tuue, 7:30pm. Thruu Oct 6. $12.50-$74. $12.50-$74. San Jose.

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MAKING GOD LAUGH LAUGH TTabard aabard Theatre Theatre Company presents pr esents the West West Coast premiere pr emiere of a play that ffollows ollows a family’s family’s story through thr ough 30 years of family family celebrations. celebr ations. Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Thru Oct 13. $10$35. Theatre Theatre on San Pedro Pedro Square, Squar e, San Jose.

PIPPIN A young prince seeks seeks his happiness in this classic musical presented presented by Sunnyvale Community Players Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. $11-$24. $11-$24. Thru Oct 6.

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THE TEMPEST TEMPEST Pear Avenue Pear Avenue Theatre Theatre Company Compaany presents pr esents Shakespeare’s Shakespeare’s talee of nobles who find themselves themselves shipwrecked shipwr ecked on an enchanted enchantted isle. Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm.

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Thru Oct 6. Pear Pear Avenue Avenue Theatre, Theatr e, Mountain View.

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*art MUSEUMS ART AR T MUSEUM OF LLOS OS GATOS GA ATOS "Backward is Forward: "Backward Forward: Layer Layeer Printmaking.” and Impact p in Printmaking. g” Wed-Sun, Ends Jan 12. W ed-Sun, 11am11am m5pm. LLos os Gatos.

CANTOR CANT OR AR ARTS TS CENTER “Faith Embodied: Saints From the Fr om the Renaissance to th he Enlightenment.” A show of 17. prints. Ends Nov 17 7. “Manet Graphic aphic Arts in and the Gr France, 1860-1880.”

Fr ance, 18601880.” Ends Nov N 17.

Wed-Sun, 17 7. W ed-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, Thuu, 11am-8pm. SStanford. tanford.

CHILDREN’S DISC DISCOVERY OVERY MUSEUM “Curious Geor “Curious George.” ge.” Also interactive inter active exhibits. Closed Mondays. San Jose.

DE SSAISSET AISSET MUSEUM “Reduce, Reuse, Re-imagine Re-imagine,” e,” workss cr created from work eated fr om objects

from rrescued escued fr om the waste stream—items str eam—items disposed of as trash tr ash rrather ather than rrecyclables ecyclables by local rresidents esidents and businesses. Ends Feb. 2. TTueuueClara.

Sun, 11am-4pm. Santa Clar a.

HISTORY HIS TOR RY P PARK ARK SSAN AN JOSE “Shaped by W Water: ater: P Past, ast, Present Future,” Pr esent & Futur e,” the story from of water in this rregion, egion, fr om the indigenous Ohlone people present day.. “Bear in Mind: to pr esent day The SStory tory of the CCalifornia alifornia Grizzly.”

Grizzly .” A show of historical materials rrelated elated to the ursine symbol of the state. Ongoing.

McKay Gallery.. History P Park McK ay Gallery ark San Jose.

SSAN AN JOSE MUSEUM OF AR ART T “Around the TTable “Around aable SStage tage One—Jitish KKallat: allat: Epilogue.”

Ends April 20. “Breaking “Breaking Ground: From Gr ound: Gifts Fr om KKatie atie & Drew Dr ew Gibson. Ends Oct 20.

“Timelapse: “T imelapse: Doug Hall and the Western W estern Landscape.” Ends Oct Sky: 20. “Questions From From the Sk y: Work New W ork by Hung Liu.” Ends “Swans, Sep 29. “S wans, SSwine wine and Sirens.”

Sir ens.” Artists influenced by Greek mythology.. Ends Dec 1.

Gr eek mythology From “New SStories tories Fr om the Edge of Asia: Asia: This/That.” Ends Sep 15. TTue-Sun, ue-Sun, u 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

WE LOVE LOVE THE 80S: Rick (K (Kevin e evin Kirby) and M Maddie addie (Alexan (Alexandra ndra Bogorad) embrace the big g hair and hallmarks Laugh,’ loud clothes that were hallm marks of the 1980s in ‘‘Making Making God G L augh,’ playing through Oct O 13 at Tabard Company.

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SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF SAN QUILTS TEXTILESS QUIL LTS & TEXTILE

COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY ARTS MUSIC AND AR TS

“Collecting New YYork oork Beauty Quilts: Quil ts: Bill Volckening’s Volckening’s Passion.”

27.. “Out of P assion.” Ends Oct 27 Chaos,” in the newly named “Yvonne’s Place”” gallery gallery, “Y vonne’s Place y, a group quilts gr oup of asymmetrical quil ts Wedby Linda TToeniskoetter. oeniskoetter o .W edSun, 10am-5pm. San Jose.

“Cartography of LLonging,” “Cartography onging,” Installations by Tessie Teessie Barrera-Scharaga.

Bar rera-Scharaga. Ends Sep 9am-7pm, 28. Mon-Fri, 9am7pm, Sat, 9am-3pm.

Gallery, 9am3pm. Mohr Gallery y, Finn Center,, Mountain View View..

Center

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GALLERIES

“Face V Value,” alue,” work workss by Kamea Kamea Hadar.. San Jose.

Hadar

ANNO DOMINI

DOWNTOWN DO WNTOWN Y YOGA OGA SHALA

“Cement Eclipses Eclipses”” by street installation str eet artist Isaac Cordal.

Cor dal. “Suicide,” mixedBarron media by Bar ron SStorey. torey. ThuFri, noon-7pm, noon--7pm, 7 Sat, noon-5pm.

San Jose.

“Made In Natur Nature,” e,”YYoga ooga SelfPortraits P ortraits by Nadia Nasiri.. San Jose.

ART AR T ARK GALLER GALLERY RY “My Soul Sear Search ch Thr Through ough Gypsy Flamenco,” by Roberto Zamora.

Zamor a. San Jose.

BRUNI BR UNI GALLER GALLERY RY Jazz-related art by Bruni Jazz-related Sablan. Mon-Sat, 1-6pm.

San Jose.

CAFE SSTRITCH TRITCH “No W Walls alls Between Us,” portraits portr aits of jazz musicians by KKathy athy Sloane. San Jose.

EMPIRE SE SEVEN VEN SSTUDIOS TUDIOS “Instinct,” new works works by John Barrick Bar rick and Abel Gonzalez.

Thru Oct 3. TTue-Fri, uue-Fri, noon6pm, Sat, noon-4pm or by appointment. San Jose.

Mariya Milovidova. “W “We We Ar Aree All Animals,”” new work workss by Michelle Waters.

Waters. San Jose.

PHO69 PHO O69

SOUTH FIR FFIRST ST BILLIARDS

“Roccks, Waves “Rocks, Waaves & Clouds” Clouds” bbyy Matthew Mattthew Seigel. San Jose.

MACLA MA CLA

PSYCHO P SYCHO DONUT DONUTSS

“De Esper Esperanza anza Y De Locura,” Locura,” a group workss by gr oup exhibition of work Latino artists who delve into migration migr ation and immigration immigration issues as a flight of both hope insanity.. San Jose. and insanity

Worrks by John Renzel, Lacey Works Bryant, Brya ant, Nicolas Caesar, Caesar, Murphy Mur rphy Adams, Christine Benjamin, Foley, Ben jamin, Michael Foley y, Michael Mich hael Borja, Valery Valery Milovic, Milo ovic, CCarlos arlos Villez, Eric Joyner, allin Bennett, Joyn ner, Laura Laura CCallin Johnn Hageman and Robert McColley.

M McC C ll . San Colley S JJose.

“All in One,” “All Onne,” a collaborative collaborative exhibition art exhib bition between artists and ffamily amiily members Cristina Velazquez, V elazqueez, Pedro Pedro A. AlvarezAlvarezVelazquez V elazqueez and Efren Efren Alvarez.

Alvarez.

San Jose.

Josee.

METRO METR O LLOBBY OBBY “Simply Simply Put. Put.”” artwork by Mr Put Mr..

Jeremiah Harada.

Jer emiah Har ada. San Jose.

MEZCAL MEZ CAL Art by JJ.. Danniel. Mezcal Restaurant, Restaur ant, San Jose.

MONTALVO MONT ALVO ARTS ARTS CENTER

GOOD KARMA CAFE

“Come Healing.” A new show by six artists about healing and wholeness. Ongoing. Thu11am-3pm.

Sun, 11am3pm. Saratoga.

Saratoga.

“Awakening Giant” “Awakening Giant” by Ashley Ashley Gulizia San Jose.

Gulizia.

Jose

PALO P ALO AL ALTO TO AR ART T CENTER

HIGHER FIRE CLA CLAYSPACE AYSPACE New sculptur sculptures es by Jane Walker Barzilay.

W alker and Nessy Bar zilay.

A mini-exhibit by Elaine Pinkernell. San Jose.

KALEID GALLER GALLERY Y “The Journey Journey,” y,,” new works works by

“Sky Is Falling: P “Sky Paintings aintings by Heffernan.”

Julie Heff ernan.” Ends Sep 1.

Palo Alto.

P alo Al to.

PHANTOM PHANT OM GALLERIE GALLERIESS “Window Shopping,” workss by Fernando rrecent ecent work Amaroo Jr Jr.. 95 S. "FORCE129" Amar Market SSt, t, San Jose.

SAN SAN N JOSE INS INSTITUTE TITUTE OF ART CCONTEMPORARY ON NTEMPORAR RY AR T “Connnect & Collect,” annual “Connect art auction a and exhibition.

Endss Oct 26. Silent auction End takes take es place Oct 12; live auction auct tion is Oct 26. Tue-Fri, Tuue-Fri, 10am-5pm, 10am m-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm.

San Jose.

STUDIO R STUDIO ROCK OCK CLIMBING GYM GY M “Excerpt of Catalogue” Catalogue” by Jordan Maliksi.

Jor dan Malik M si. San Jose.

TECH TE CH SHOP SH HOP SSAN AN JOSE “I Want Want My M MTV MT V Back!” by Haifaa Tabbara.

Haif Tab abbara. San Jose.

WORKS W ORKS SAN SAN JOSE “Those Who W Bear Witness,” sculpture, sculptur e photography, e, photographyy, and site-specific site-spec cific installation Pederson,

by Guy P ederson, Eisabeth Benjamin, Merchant, Benjami n, John Mer chant, and Merchant.

Daniel Mer M chant. San Jose.

SEEING SEE EING THINGS THINGS GALLERY GALLERY

ZERO ZER O 1 GARA GGARAGE GE

“Sec “Second Seccond Time's Time ime'ss a Charm, Charm Charm,”” a double dou ble exposure exposure photography photography show, show w, with works works by Michael Crabtree, Lancaster,, Cr abbtree, CCarson arson Lancaster Beauu Roulette, Joe Brook, Bea Brook, Jai Tanju, Taanju, Sam Milianta, TTaro aaro Hirano Greg Hir a and Gr ano eg Hunt. Tue-Fri, Tuue-Fri, 11am-7pm, 11am m-7pm, Sat, noon-6pm. 30 N. Third Third St, St, San Jose.

“P “Patent Patent Pending Pending,,”” a gr group oup exhibition exhibitio on that uses patents starting as a star rting point to investigate investiga ate the rrelationship elationship betweenn artists, ownership, invention. and inve ntion. San Jose.

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Lost in Space

SPACE S PACE RACE R ACE E Stranded astronauts Ryan y Stone S ((Sandra Bullock)) and M Matt a K att Kowalski owalski ((George g Clooney) y) must survive oxygen. e in space with dwindling oxy ygen.

Gravity Grav vity draws real thrills from th the he space vast emptiness emptiness and silence of spac ce BY B Y RICHA RICHARD ARD VON VON BUSACK BUSACK

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T WAS WA AS SA S SAID ID of Steven Spielberg Spielbe erg that he was was the first director dirrector to compose without withou ut the thought of a proscenium prosce enium arch. The shockingly y exciting exciting Gravity

by Alfonso Cuarón seems like the first film fillm to be composed without thought th hought of the walls walls or the ceiling ceiliing of the theater. theater.

It’s It’s clear that th hat you’re you’re watching watching a classic: lavish la avish with effects and yet brutally brutally economical.

It b begins egins fa far ar ab above ove ear earth, th,, with some studiou us blandness; Geor ge studious George Clooney’s Clo oney’s cru crumbly, umblyy, ccomforting omffor o ting

voic voice o e droning droning happily—as happily—as ttwo wo as ssistants ar epairs assistants aree doing some rrepairs on n the Hubble telesc ope. The spa ace telescope. space sh huttle Explor er is upside down, a shuttle Explorer go olden parasol o ver them as the golden over theyy fl oat. Clo oney is the dr eam vision n float.

Clooney dream onaut— chattty, alw ays y in n off an astr astronaut—chatty, always th he middle of a half f--finished dir ty the half-finished dirty st tory he ’s br oadcasting Houston. story he’s broadcasting L ater, when things ha ave got ten ass Later, have gotten b ad as the an p ossibly get, he bad theyy ccan possibly ac cknowledges the tr ouble lac oniccally: acknowledges trouble laconically: “P Pretty sc ary shit.

“Pretty scary shit.””

He ’s ssweetening weetening i up the h ph hyysician He’s physician D Dr yyan Stone (Sandra Bullo ck) Dr.. R Ryan Bullock) w working with him. This tranquil sc cene is interrupted b ws scene byy a ne news fl ash: an unmanned R ussian u rrocket ock ket flash: Russian h as hit a satellite cking out has satellite,, kno knocking ccommunications. o ommunic ations. Lik Likee the first pi ieces of falling scr ee indic ating pieces scree indicating

the aavalanche vvalanche to ccome, ome, a spra ay of spray debris is ccoming oming to th hem at a high them rate of speed. speed. Very Ver e y shortly—the sho ortlyy— —the film unf fo olds in rreal eal time n9 0 blessed unfolds time,, iin 90 minutes—the sur vivors o ar survivors aree floating without a serious ridee home and lit tttle ox ygen. little oxygen.

This ultimate op en n-boat or deal open-boat ordeal do esn’tt mak th a ccomforting omffo orting doesn’t makee Ear Earth sight. The glit ter of th he cit glitter the cityy lights ha ave a sinister lo ok,, li ike a ccoal oal have look, like burning its w ay out of o a pap er bag way paper bag..

It ’s eever ver a rreminder eminder to o the stranded It’s astr onauts that eeven ven if i the an astronauts theyy ccan kluge to gether a ride oblem together ride,, the pr problem rremains ng thr ough the emains of plummetin plummeting through atmospher e. atmosphere.

The op ening title te ells us of the opening tells se veral hundr ed degr e temp ee erature several hundred degree temperature range ffrom om horribly h ibl ccold old ld to range,, fr inf feernally hot; the vac cuum kills infernally vacuum all sound, so that whe en things when whirl and smash into each other other,, the unear n the silenc e. thliness is in unearthliness silence.

Traditional spac e-soun nd in sci-fi space-sound mo vies is lik w rroar oar of an movies likee the low airplane engine turne ed down to turned

about 2: Cuarón’s Cu uarón’s technicians her about heree haave a particular particular dead silenc more have silencee more dismaayying than t any trumpets trumpets or dismaying any French horns. horns. I say saay that even even though French adore “Capsule “Capsule a Space” by

by John John I adore in Space” Barry, the music m pre-title Barry, to the pre-title sequence off You Yoou Only Live Live Twice Tw wice sequence (1967): a portion por o tion of Roald Ro oald Dahl (1967): macabrenesss that no doubt terrified macabreness young Cuarón, C ón, and which is now Cuar the young given the ultimate u rreprise. eprise. given Dahl couldn’t cou uldn’t have haave surpassed ouble: the graduall building of tr trouble: scrabbliing at tools tools that have haave a the scrabbling theeir own, with the sausagesausagemind of their fingered gloves glo oves of a spac fingered spacee suit; the ying to do something clumsiness of tr trying gymnastic when w gymnastic pulled in the wrong direction direcction and while wearing wrong slippery, inflatable i inflat able and too too fragile a slippery, th hen there’s there’s the minor suit. And then problem off trying trying to rread ead a control control problem writtten in Mandarin. What we panel written solidlyy, masterfully masterfully composed: composed: see is solidly, aim mless whirling ar ound not the aimless around we’re used to t from from hyper-fast hyper-fast cutting. cutttting. we’re There always alwayys seems to b There bee an axle on Cuarón’s spinning sp pinning wheel.

Cuarón’s parrking-lot pick ery can can b Some parking-lot pickery bee later. We We see what infinity infinity done later. looks like—we like—we — see into it, straight looks through thee skull skull of a martyred martyred through astronaut—so the mention of pra ayer astronaut—so prayer partiicularly wrong. wrong. Bullock— Bullock k— seems particularly floatingg, beautifully-made beautifully-made made frame her floating, frame,, grracefulness of gawkiness, gaaw wkiness, still with gracefulness anti-graavvity tossing her helmet lik likee an anti-gravity bowling ball—has baall—has a line about about how bowling ever e taught taught me to pray.” praay.” Her “no one ever from o a small Illinois town, Stone is from too —where do you you hide fr om p eople too—where from people trying to teach teeach you you just that trying that?? dialogu ue with one Chinese A dialogue ham radio emphasizes e the absolute But haven’t haaven’t Earth’s Earth’s hamisolation. But been e waiting waiting ffor o or just this radioists been blacckout for fo or decades? decades? And kind of blackout Kowalski a talks Stone thr ough when Kowalski talks through hyypoxiaa terror, terror, one rrecalls ecalls the her hypoxia Kurt Vonnegut Vo onneegut joke joke about about the op era Kurt opera screamiing at the actors playing plaayying fan screaming an nd Aida,, telling them to Radames and effo ore the stop singingg b before theyy use up the air pyram mid. in the pyramid. is, again, aggain, parking lot stuff. stuff ff..

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BLUE BL UE CAPRICE C (R; 93 min.) m A dr drama ama about a teen drawn dr awn in by the inuence of a malevolent ďŹ gure. malevo olent ffather ather ďŹ gur e. The ďŹ lm based is base ed on the true story of the Beltway Bel twaay sniper attacks. attacks. With Isaiah Washington W ashinngton and TTequan eequan Richmond.

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GRAVITY GRA AV VIITY (PG-133; 90 min.) See rreview (PG-13; eview on page 32. ((Op (Opens ppens Fri.))

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( G; 13; 115 min.)) A playboy (PG; (PG p y y is plunged plu nged into ffatherhood atherhood when a drops orm fformer mer ing dr ops off a baby at his doorstep. doo orstep. In Spanish/English.

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LICKS LIC CKS Jonnathan Singer-Vine’s Jonathan Singer-Vine’s account of sstreet street violence in Oakland stars sta rs Stanley Stanley “Doe� “Doe� Hunt as “D,� a rrecently ecently released released convict returning returning home. hom me. Unpreviewed.

Unpreviewed. (Plays Oct 3 in Sann Jose at Camera Caamera 12.) (RvB)

POPULAIRE PO PULAIRE

(PG-133; 90 min.) A.k.a. Les Saveurs (PG-13; du Palais Palaais, it it’s ’s the freely-adapted freely-adapted (“librement (“libr em ment inspirĂŠeâ€?) inspirĂŠeâ€?) account of career the car reer of chef and writer Daniele Mazet-Delpeuch, served Mazet-Delpeuch, who ser ved as a personal French person nal chef to Fr ench president president François Fr ançoois Mitterrand.

Mitterrand. (Opens Fri.)

(R; 112 min.) In this homage to ’50s Hollywood Holllywood rromantic omantic comedies, a young France you ung woman in 1958 Fr ance is discovered, disc covered, during a job interview, interview, to hhave such a talent for for speedtyping typ ing that the charming head of thee company vows to make her world-famous. wo rld-famous. (Opens Fri.)

INEQUALITY INE QU UALITY FFOR OR ALL

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TELL IT LIKE IT IS ’Inequality for All’ follows former

(R; 91 min.) Ben Afeck and Justin TTimberlake im mberlake star in a crime thriller about abo boutt bringing b i i sexy back— b k poker. to online o poker. (Opens Fri.)

Secretary of Labor Robert Reich on a speaking tour.

We Like Reich GEORGE ORWELL’S COMMENT “to see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggleâ€? might sum up the documentary Inequality for All. The effects of plummeting wages, and swelling perks for a tiny percentage of plutocrats, are well known, but there are professional deniers of the level of pain America ďŹ nds itself in—and these think-tank hacks have less ground to stand on when Robert Reich is through with them.

Taking advantage of the movie law that symbol equals character, the indefatigable Robert Reich putters around the Bay Area in a Mini Cooper. It’s as diminutive, nimble and peppy as its driver. When Reich stops the Reichmobile for a lecture tour, he pops the trunk and extracts a small wooden soapbox so he can reach the podium.

The former Secretary of Labor and current UC Berkeley professor was born with Fairbanks Syndrome, or MED. Given the ďŹ ve foot tall frame he got, Reich decided to make his rhetoric towering, instead. “Do I look like Big Government?â€? he asks a crowd.

Inequality for All provides Reich with his best soapbox yet. It cuts expertly from a composite of classes that he lectured, with animated graphs addressing everything

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from the shrinking middle class, to a ow chart of where the money paid for an iPhone goes. Reich visits victims of what he calls “The Great Regression.â€? These are families squeezed by layoffs and atlined wages, families (pardon me for doing the presidential speech thing) just like Ericka and Robert Inequality for All Vaclev, a former Circuit City manager married to PG; 110 min. a Costco cashier, trying to raise a family on a shrinking Opens Fri. dollar.

Reich is a droll, skillful teacher. But Inequality for All doesn’t address us as if we were a political rally.

True, Reich faces the contradiction of anyone in the economics ďŹ eld who isn’t Marxist, yet who confronts the problems that Karl Marx predicted. Reich's critique is populist not radical; he's trying to reach out beyond the labels of liberal and conservative, to address the weary and broke.

Inequality for All shares An Inconvenient Truth’s lucidity, urgency and ultimate optimism. Director Jacob Kornbluth, Josh's brother and the director Haiku Tunnel, puts a crunchy Jordan Almondcolored shell on the sometimes bitter information here.—Richard von Busack

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OR MOST OR MOST BANDS, BA ANDS, it takes years of o gigging and building g a local following before be efore they’re ready to em embark mbark on tour.. Be Berkeley’s their first tour rkeley’s psychedelic h d li indieiindie-folk di -folk f lk band b d Tree about Big T ree went abo ut this whole process in reverse r order.. order For fiv For fivee yyears ears the theyy ju jumped umped ar around ound fr om lo cation to lo catio on,, doing a lot from location location, of touring in-b ettw ween,, never n ver really ne really in-between,

haavving a local having local scene. scene. In 2011,, the theyy settled Bay Area finally set ttle t ed in the Ba ay Ar ea ffor o or an home actual hom me to ccall all their own.

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The band d officially st arted in N ew started New Y ork. Mcint o tyyre-Bader and bassist York.

Mcintyre-Bader L uke Bace Bace (and ( arist Danny Danny Luke later guit guitarist Pir ello) me ollege and fformed o ormed Pirello) mett in ccollege Big Tr ee with wiith a gr oup of musicians Tree group musicians..

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rock,, folk, fo olk,, soul and sunny-pop sunny--pop w aasn’t rock, wasn’t necessarily a bad fit ffor o or N ew Y orrk, o necessarily New York, they felt feelt that they they struggled to fit fi in they personalitty-wise , par ticularly wh hen personality-wise, particularly when they moved mo oved to the eexceedingly xceedingly hip h they Brooklyn.

Brooklyn. eelt lik enthusiiasm “I kind of ffelt likee our enthusiasm did ’t fit in, didn i , like like we were were way way to ttoo o didn’t excited and happy happ py to be be in a band ban nd excited plaayying music. music. I feel feeel like like if we w and playing littttle ccooler, ooler, things would d ha ave acted a little have work keed out b ettter t ffor o or us ther e, but b we worked better there, were like, like, ‘Yeah!

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By CE CECIL CIL ADAMS ADAM MS

re’s b een plent ty. L onggttim me Oh, ther there’s been plenty.

Longtime rreaders eeaders will rrecall eccall a the studies yyears ears ago a b byy Transcendental Meditation people, the Transc cendent e al Medit taation p eo ople, purported which among other things purp orted t to critical meditation show that a critic caal mass of medit attion had violencee in L Lebanon. have rreduced eeduced the violenc ebanon. I ha h ave a special sp ecial mantra I use when I ccome o ome acr aacross oss like riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.. claims lik ke that: riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight There’s agreement Ther re’s no wide agr reeement on what w meditation Meditation practiced byy medit taation is. is. Medit taation as practic ced b monks,, to cite the most ob obvious Christian monks o bvious v bears division, b ears minimal rresemblance eesemblancce to brethren do.. W Within what their Buddhist br ethrreen do ithin i variety the Eastern tradition we find a varie etty of techniques.. techniques argue boil down Some would ar rggue these b oil dow wn meditation, to a basic ttwo: w wo: cconcentrative oncentrative medit taation, attention, where also known as ffocused ocused at ttention, t wh herre one cconcentrates onc o ceentrates on an object (a mantra, m one’s breathing); “mindfulness, one ’s own br eathing); and “mindfu ulness,” wheree ““the passively observes wher the mind passiv ely obser rveess the spontaneous writer sp ontaneous eexperience, xp x erience,” as one wr riter puts it.

Ass ffor Zen “little more A o or what Z en is “lit littttle mor re than”—that’s than n””—thatt’s a ttypically ypic y cally a rreductive eeductivve Western way looking things,, W eestern w ay of lo oking at things grasshopper.

Nonetheless, have grasshopp err. N onetheless, we do ha ave meditation a host of medit taation practitioners testable claims—for making test able claims—f for o eexample, xamp x ple, crowd declares technique the TM cr ro owd declar es their techni ique improves increases impr oves e ccognitive ognitivve function and in ncrreeases intelligence.

It’s intelligenc e. It t’s to such ffolk o olk we now w turn. numerous In the journals one finds numer rous o like rreports eeporrts t lik ke the ffollowing: o ollowing: Researchers scanner R eesearchers using an MRI sc caanneer parts longtime claimed par ts of the brains of 22 lon nggtime t Zen meditators weree sign significantly Z en e Buddhist medit taators wer nificcaantly larger group. lar rgger than those of a ccontrol ontr o ro ol gr ro oup p.

Two moree than 10 100 T w wo studies of mor 0 meditation novices were medit taation no ovic v ces e who wer re ttaught aaugh ht meditation minutes mindfulness medit taation ffor o or 30 min nutes day noticeable a da ay ffound ound o notic ceable e changes in brain b matter function cconnectivity onnectivit o ty and white mat tter t func ction weeks,, and signific significant in just ttwo w wo weeks caant improvements weeks.. impr ovements e after ffour o our weeks Zen meditation practitioners A study of Z en medit taation practi itioners with i h an aaverage verage off 23 yyears ears e off eexperience xp x errienc i ce was ffound ound o their brain cconnectivity onnectivitty w aas significantly greater signific caantly gr eater than that of ccontrols. on ontrro ols. blood A study of ccerebral eerrebral e blo od flow in n different meditators, diff ffeerent ttypes yp y es of long-term medit a , ators from Tibetan ranging fr rom o T ib i etan Buddhists to Franciscan nuns,, ffound percent Francisc caan nuns ound o rroughly oughly 10 p erceent greater many areas brain, gr reeater flow in man ny ar reeas of the br rain,

they weren’t meditating. eeven ven e when the ey wer reen n’t ’ medit atingg.

So,, do does meditation produce So es medit taation n pr roducce physiological effects? measurable ph hysiolo y giiccal a eff ffeects? I it’s possible, although don’t cconcede onc o ceede it t’s p ossible, al lthough I don n’t ’ anything suggesting meditators have see an nyything suggestin ng medit ators ha ave ”permanently themselves somehow ”p ves e ermanenttly rid themselv of the monolo monologue, let’s gue,” as yyou ou o put it. But let ’s moree imp important does ttake aak ke up a mor ortaant question: do es meditation any good? medit taation do yyou o ou an ny actual go od?

You mounds Y ou o ccan an a find mound ds of rresearch esearch asserting does. plucked asser ting that it do es. A ffew ew items pluck keed from stack: fr rom o the st taack: Women who’d practiced W o omen who ’d prac cticceed TM ffor or o an were bee a aaverage verage e of 23 yyears ears e wer re ffound o ound to b heart problems much lower risk ffor o or he earrt pr ro oblems than ccontrols. ontr o ro ols. stress-reduction A study of str ess-rreed duction techniques women, population ffor or o black men and wom men, a p opulation disproportionately prone dispr oporrtionately t pr ro one to ccardiovascular ar a dio ovvascular disease,, ffound after disease o ound that afte er eight yyears ears of TM training practitioners wer weree only ttwo-thirds w w wo-thirrds d likely group have as lik keely as a ccontrol ontr o ol gr o to ha oup ave died or suffered nonfatal heart attack stroke. suff ffeerred e a nonfat tal a hea art at ttaack or str oke. admiree determinat determination.

However, I admir ation. Howe ever er, surely an element of wishful thinking is sur ely involved here.

For in nvolv o veed her e. F or eexample, xam x mple, a rrecent ecent effect rreview evvieew of 107 studies off the eff ffeect of TM bee on ccognitive ognitivve function ffound o ound only 10 to b scientifically Off those scientific caally valid. O tthose,, ffour o our rreported eeported positive effect, didn’t, ap ositive eff ffeect, ffour o our definitely d didn n’’t, and didn’t were ttwo w wo also didn n’’t but we re less emphatic about studies ab out it. In all ffour o our stu udies showing a benefit, b enefit, the rresearchers eesearrcher c rs had rrecruited ecruited weree alr already subjects who wer e eady doing TM or were about prospect. wer re enthusiastic ab ou ut the pr rosp o ect. short, people In shor rt, t if we set asidee studies of p eople TM’ss fa favor, the number biased in TM’ avorr, th he numb er showing positive outcome was ap ositive outc co ome w aas zilch.

Likewise, investigators Lik kew wise, in nveestigato ors funded byy the NIH’ NIH’ss alternativ alternative-medicine b ve-medicine group analyzed 813 five gr oup who analy yzzed 8 13 studies of fiv ve different meditation techniques offered diff ffeerrent e medit ation te echniques off ffeered summary: “Scientific this summar y: “Scienti ific rresearch esear e rcch meditation practices does on medit ation practic cees do es not appear have theoretical app ear to ha ave a ccommon o omm mon theor reeticcaal perspective characterized byy p poor p erspectivve and is char racterized b oor methodological quality.

Firm metho h dolo d l gic ical al qualit lity. F i cconclusions irm o onclusions l i on the eff effects meditation practices ffeects of medit taation practic es in healthcare bee dra drawn healthc car a e ccannot aannot b d aw wn based on the aavailable vailable v eevidence. vvidencce.” medical Translation (honestly, caal (honesttlyy, the medic journals would b bee a lo lot livelier they’d ot liv velier e if the eyy’d let abstracts): me write the abstracts) ): the rresearch eesearrch c sucks and do doesn’t prove squat. esn n’t ’ pr rove squa at.

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CECIL CE CIL@METR METRONEWS.COM ONEWS.COM I’m curious if science has mad made de any inquiries into enlighten enlightenment nment via Buddhism methods.. If you strip out meditation, including Zen Bud ddhism and similar methods all of the mythological and mo oral aspects of it, Zen is little more m than a way moral think—to verbal of training yourself to not thi ink—to stop the internal verba al monologue. As I and understand it, enlightenmentt means you have completely a nd permanently rid yourself of this monologue e, bringing about major change es. Since thinking monologue, changes. process, isn’t measurable?

Has is a biological/electrical proce esss, isn ’t this sort of thing meas surable? H as there been any scientific inve estigation of this? —Adam P rice e investigation Price

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FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #582901

perrson(s) is (ar person(s) (are) e) doing business Advanced bus siness as: Adv anced Restoration DKI,I,I 11 1177 R esstoration ti DK 77 PUBLIC St., N. 115th 5th S t., San Jose, Advanced CCA, A, 95112, 95112, Adv vaanced FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS Restoration, R esstoration, Inc. BUSINESS B USINESS Thiss business is conducted nducted by by a NAME The follo following wing person(s) con Corporation. rporraation. is (are) (are) doing business Cor SSTATEMENT TATTEMENTT Above Abo ove entity was Sweet as: Lili’’s S weet formed form med in the state of #582334 Memories, 881 S. California Caliifornia The follo following wing person(s) peerson(s) 1st S St., t., San Jose, CCA, A, Registrant R eggistrant has not (are) business is (ar e) doing bu siness 9 95110, 5110, Liliana Medel, transacting yyet et begun tr ransacting a as: 1. LLeft eft Coast Wy., 33242 242 Brigadoon W y.., business bus siness under the Baggers, 2. LLeft eft Coast C San Jose, CA, CA, 95121, 95121, fictitious ficti itious business Elden Custons, 650 Eld den Corrales.

Michael Corr raales. name nam me or names lilisted td Drive, D i e, Campbell, Driv C b ll CCA, A A, This business is herein. ein.

95008, Valle.

9 5008, John R. V aalle. conducted by by a Married her /s/Richard /s/ Richard Schaper This business is Registrant Couple. R egistrraant PPresident resident conducted by by a has not yet yet begun #3369482 #3 3 9482 36 individual. transacting tr ansacting business Thiss statement was Registrant R egistrant has nnot ot under the fictitious filedd with the County transacting yyet et begun tr ansaacting business name or Clerk Claraa Cler rk of Santa Clar business under the t herein. names listed her ein.

County 9/17/2013.

Cou unty on 9/1 7/2013. business fictitious busines ss /s/Liliana Medel (pubb Metr Metroo 9/25, (pu 9/25, name or names listed l This statement was 0//02, 110/09, 110/02, 0/09, herein. her ein. filed with the County 10/16/2013) 10//16/2013) Valle /s/John R. V aalle Clara Clerk of Santa Clar ra This statement was w County on 9/18/2013.

9/18/2013.

FICTITIOUS FI C ITIOUS CT County filed with the Co unty 9/25, (pub Metro Metro 9/2 5, Clara Cl k off Santa Clerk S t Cl l ra lar 10/02, 10/02, 110/09, 0/09, BUSINESS B U USI NESS 8/30/2013.

County on 8/30/ /2013. 110/16/13) 0/16/13) NAME NA AME Metroo 9/2 9/25, (pub Metr 5 5, 110/02, 0/02, 110/09, 0/09, FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS STATEMENT S T ATTEMENT 110/16/2013) 0/16/2013)

BUSINESS B USINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #582871 The following following

339 Avenida 339 Avenida Arb Arboles, oles, San Jose, CA, CA, 95123, 95123, CCarolina Car olina li Castono CCastono. t o.

This business is conducted by by a gener ggeneral al partnership. par tnership.

Registrant not R egistrraant has no ot transacting yyet et begun tr ansaacting he business under tthe business fictitious busines ss name or names listed l herein. herein. /s/Ken Strouse /s/K en S trouse This statement was w County filed with the Cou unty Clara Clerk of Santa Cla ara 9/05/2013.

C t on 9/05/ County / //2013.

Metroo 9/2 9/25, (pub Metr 5 5, 110/02, 0/02, 110/09, 0/09, 110/16/2013) 0/16/2013)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENTT #581841 #581841

The follo following wing per person(s) rson(s) (are) business is (ar e) doing bus siness 92 as: ZZenning, enning, i 9 2 S. S St., Jose, 115th 5th S t., San Jose e, CCA, A, 95112, 9 5112, FFreddie reddie Vega, Vega, e Denning, 22 Michael Denning g, 2 2 S. St., Jose, 110th 0th S t., San Jose e, CCA, A, #582501 95112. #5 582501 9 5112.

Thee follo following wing person(s) This business is is (are) (aare) doing business conducted by by a gener ggeneral al partnership.

279 as: Maid2Klean, 2 79 par tnership.

Registrant Esteban Way, Este eban W aayy, San Jose, R egistrraant begann transacting business Ken CCA, A, 95119, 95119, K een Strouse Strouse tr ransacting a busin ness

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under the fictitious business name or herein names lilisted t d hher ein i on 7/31/13.

7/31/1 3. /s/Michael Denning This statement was filed with the County Clara Clerk of Santa Clar ra 8/19/2013.

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Thee follo following wing person(s) havee / eentity ntity (ies) has / hav abandoned aba bandoned d d th the use off thee fictitious business name(s): Naturee of nam me(s): Natur Beauty, 2541 Bea autyy, 2 541 Newhall St., Clara, S t., Santa Clar raa, CCA, A, 95050, 9 5050, Charlie Hatfield, 2311 Meadowmont Dr., 2 311 Meado wmont Dr r.,.

Sann Jose, CA, CA, 95133.

95133.

This Thi is business was conducted connducted by by an Individual.

Ind dividual.

FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS Filed Claraa File ed in Santa Clar BUSINESS B USINESS county 04/29/2009.. cou unty on 04/29/2009 Under no.. 5523639.

Un der file no 23639.

NAME /s/Charlie / /s/ / /Ch /Charlie li Hatfield H tfi ld SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT This Thi is statement was filed #582752 file ed with the County Clerk Clara The follo following wing person(s) Cle erk of Santa Clar ra County 9/11/2013. (are) is (ar e) doing business Co unty on 9/11/201 3. (pub Metroo 9/1 9/18, as: Norseman Adult (pu ub Metr 8, 9/25, 9/25, Residential R esidential FFacility, acility a y, 110/02, 0//02, 110/09/2013) 0/09/2013) 11864 864 Norseman Dr., Drr.,.

San Jose, CA, CA, 95133, 95133, BUSINESS B U NESS USI Valenzuela.

Cecilia V aalenzuela.

NAME NA AME This business is conducted by a by SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT individual. #582656 #5 582656 Registrant R egistrant began Thee follo following wing person(s) ttransacting tr ransacting a ti bbusiness i is (ar ((are) e) doing business under the fictitious as:: Castle Spa Salon, business name or 2541 St., 541 Newhall S t., herein names listed her ein on 2 Santa San nta Clara, Clara, CA, CA, 95050, 95050, 9/7/12.

9/7/1 2.

Charlie 2311 Cha arlie Hatfield, 2 311 Valenzuela /s/Cecilia V aalenzuela Meadowmont Dr., Me eadowmont Dr r.., San This statement was Jose, Jos se, CA, CA, 95133.

95133. filed with the County This business is Thi is Clara Clerk of Santa Clar ra conducted by con nducted b y a 9/12/2013.

County on 9/1 2/2013. ind dividual.

9/18, (pub Metro Metro 9/1 8, 9/25, 9/25, individual.

Registrant R eggistrant has not 110/02, 0/02, 110/09/2013) 0/09/2013) transacting yyet ett begun tr ansacting business bus siness under the SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT OF fict fictitious titious business name me or names listed ABANDONMENT A BANDONMENT nam herein. her rein.

OF USE OF /s/Charlie /s/ /Charlie Hatfield This FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS Thi is statement was filed file ed with the County BUSINESS B USINESS NAME Cle Clerk Clara erk of Santa Clar ra #5826911 #58269 County 9/10/2013.

Co unty on 9/1 0/2013.

CUBESOULS CUBESOUL LS

(pub Metro Metro 9/18, 9/18, 8 9/25, 9/25, couple.

Registrant 110/02, 0/02, 110/09/013) 0/09/013) R egistrrant a began transacting tr ransacting a ti bbusiness i FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS under the fictitious BUSINESS B USINESS business name or herein names listed her ein on NAME 9/01/2013.

9/01/201 3.

SSTATEMENT TATTEMENTT /s/David Harris This statement was #581517 # 581517 The follo following wing pe person(s) erson(s) filed with the County Claraa (are) business is (ar e) doing bu siness Clerk of Santa Clar 9/03/2013.

818 as: EEveryDayLimo, veryDayLim mo, 81 8 County on 9/03/2013.

9/18, Metro 9/11, 9/1 8, #3,, Sa San TTeresi er e esi Ct., #3 an Jose, (pub Metro 9/25, 9/2 5, 10/02/2013) 10/02/2013) CCA, A, 95117, 95117, Ebrahim Ebrahhim Abedurezak.

Abedur ezak.

FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS This business is conducted by by ann BUSINESS B USINESS individual.

NAME Registrant R egistrant has nnot ot transacting yyet et begun tr ransa a acting SSTATEMENT TATEMENT T business under the t #582268 business fictitious busines ss The follo following wing person(s) name or names listed (are) is (ar e) doing business herein. her ein.

FitMentality, as: FitMentality y, 88 /s/Ebrahim /s/Ebr ahim St., Bush S t., San Jose, CCA, A, Abedurezak Abedur ezak 95126, 9 5126, Isaac Escoto.

Escoto.

This statement was w This business is County filed with the Co ounty conducted by by a Clara Clerk of Santa Cl lara 8/09/2013.

Countyy on 8/09 / 9//2013. individual.

Registrant egistr i trant a t began b Metroo 9/04, (pub Metr 9/04 4, 9/11, R transacting tr ransacting a business 9/18, 9/1 8, 9/25/2013) 9/25/2013) 3 under the fictitious business name or FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS herein names listed her ein on BUSINESS B USINESS 8/4/11.

Refile previous R efile of pr evious NAME #569689 file #56 9689 due SSTATEMENT TATTEMENTT to publication rrequirement equirement not met on #5823733 #58237 previous evious filing.

The follo following wing pe person(s) erson(s) pr (are) business is (ar e) doing bu siness /s/Isaac Escoto Realty as: Harris R ealtyy TTeam, eeam, This statement was filed with the County 2921 Villages illage 29 921 The V ges Claraa Cl k off S Clerk Santa t Clar Cl PParkway, arkwayy, Suite 2, 2 San 8/29/2013.

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Jose, CA, CA, 95135, 95135, David County on 8/29/201 9/18, (pub Metro Metro 9/11, 9/1 8, 8654 Solera, Harris, 865 4 Sol lera, 9/25, 9/2 5, 10/02/2013) 10/02/2013) San Jose, CA, CA, 95135, 95135, Vicki V icki Harris.

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TAURUS T AURUS (April (A il 20-May 20 M 20): 20) In In David D id Mark M Markson’s kson’s ’ Wittgenstein’s n’s Mistr Mistress reess, the experimental novel Wittgenstein protagonist pr otagonist ffantasizes antasizes about thee winter she lived at Paris. the LLouvre ouvre Museum in P aris. Shee says that to keep ďŹ res burned warm she made big ďŹ r es and bu urned some of the museum’s precious artifacts. won’t museum ’s pr ecious artif acts. I’m m hoping you won ’t do that anything rremotely emotely rresembling esembling th hat mythic event in understand the coming week, TTaurus. aurus. a I unde rstand that you may through spell—aa time when you’r you’ree be going thr ough a cold spell— longing ffor or mor moree heat and light. But I beg you not to order ameliorate sacriďŹ ce enduring beauty in or der to amelior ate your tempor ary discomf ort. This, too, shall pass. temporary discomfort.

GEMINI (May 2121-June June 20): “D “Don’t on’t say you want

Francisco author Sparks. love,â€? writes San Fr ancisco autho or SStephen tephen Spark s. “Say you want the morning lightt thr ough a paintthrough scraping ecked window; say you want a gust of wind scr aping towardd leaves along the pavement and hills rrolling olling towar tree the sea; say you want to notice, in a tr ee you walk day, nest past every day y, the ruins of a nes st exposed as the afternoon leaves ffall all away; a slow afternoo on of conversation That’s in a shadowy bar; the smell of bbread read baking.â€? That ’s exactly the or oracle acle I want to give you, Gemini. In my can’t afford opinion, you can ’t aff ord to be ggeneric eneric or blank in your highly rrequests equests ffor or love. YYou oou must be h ighly speciďŹ c. YYou’ve oou’ve got to ask ffor or the exact ffeelings eelings and experiences that lust life.

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CANCER (June 2121-July July 22): “T “The The world br breaks eaks afterward, stronger everyone, and after ward, many ar aaree str onger in broken wrote the br oken places,� wr ote CCancerian ancerian writer Ernest Hemingway.. By my estimation, my Crabs, Hemingway m ffellow ellow Cr abs, we aree now entering astrological ar t i a phase h off ourr astr t ological l i l cycle l dramatic progress when we can make dr amatic pr o ess in healing the ogr broken br oken places in ourselves. But even e better than that: Ass we deal dynamically with thee touchy issues that A caused our wounds, we will beco ome str onger than we become stronger weree bef before broken. wer ore we got br oken.

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adventures adventur es can you undertake that will fully activate innocent, generous your wild, innoc ent, gener ous spirit?

SCORPIO SC ORPIO (Oct. (O Oct. 23-Nov. 23-Nov. 21): Ar Aree you anxious and

agitated, afr afraid you’ree car careening control? aidd that you’r eening out of contr ol? ered voice in your head moaning, "S top Is ther theree a uste ustered "Stop the insanity!�? W Well, promise ell, rrelax, elax, dear Scorpio. I pr omise ry about going you that you noo longer have to wor worry cray-cray. already cray-cray. Why?? Because you have alr eady gone cray-crayy, my fr riend. That is cor rect. YYou ou o slipped over cray-cray, friend. correct. the thr threshold eshold a ffew ew days ago, and have been living in er since. And since you ar Bonkersville ev ever aree obviously still alive and fu functioning, it’s unctioning, I think it ’s obvious that the danger has passed.

Here’s passed Her e’ss the new truth: If you surrender thee upr uproar, surrender to th oarr, if you let it teach you all it ou, you will ďŹ nd a lively and intriguing has to teach yo you, kind of peace.

SSAGITTARIUS AGITT TARI A IUS (Nov. (Nov. 22-Dec. 22-Dec. 21): To To give give you you the the oracle current astrological or acle that bestt matches your cur rent astr ological omens, I’ve bor rowed fr om “S weetness,� a poem by borrowed from “Sweetness,� urge SStephen tephen Dunn. I ur ge you to memorize it or write it on a piece of pape ry ar ound with you paperr that you will car carry around everywheree you Dunn’s words weree everywher u go. Say Dunn ’s wor ds as if they wer your own: “Ofte en a sweetness comes / as if on loan, “Often stays just long enough // to make sense of what it means to be ali ive, / then rreturns eturns to its dark / sour ce. alive, source.

Ass ffor don’t caree // wher wheree it it’s A or me, I don n’t car ’s been, or what bitter rroad oad / it ’s traveled traveeled / to come so far, farr, to taste so good.â€? it’s CAPRICORN CAPRIC ORN N (Dec. (D 22 22-Jan. -Jan. J 19): 19) In I her h book b k TTeaching eaching e a SStone tonne to TTalk alk a , Annie Dillar Dillardd apologizes to God and Santa Claus and a nice but eccentric older woman named Miss White, whom she knew as a child. “I am sor sorry from ry I rran an n fr om you,â€? she writes to them. “I am o that knowledge, that eye, that love om still running fr from from there from which the ere is no rrefuge. efuge. For you meant only a I ffelt elt only fear, fearr, and pain.â€? Judging love, and love, and from your cur rent e astr ological omens, CCapricorn, apricorn, I’d from current astrological w be a good time ffor or you to do say that now would ilar: TTake ake a an inventory of the beauty something sim similar: ower you have sought to escape and and love and po power ing to avoid. YYou’re ou’r o e ďŹ nally rready eady to stop may still be tryi trying em mbrace at least some of that good stuff running and embrace stuff..

AQUARIUS A QUARIUSS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Dr Dragon ragon a Lives

LEO LE O (July 23 23-Aug. -Aug. 22): Let Let’s hope pe you have given ’s ho

Again is a 1977 ďŹ lm that tells the story of martial arts legend Bruce Lee Lee ďŹ ghting bad guys in the underworld. underworld. villaains he defeats defeats are are Dracula, Dracula, James Among the villains Bond, the Godfather, Godfather a r, Clint Eastwood, and the Exorcist.

Exorcist. urge you to use usse this as inspiration, inspiration, Aquarius. Create Create I urge an imaginary movie in your mind’s eye. You’re m You’r o e the hero, of course.. Give yourself a few few superpowers, hero, scoundrels from from your past— and assemble a cast of scoundrels haas done you wr ong. Then watch the epic anyone who has wrong. unfold as you y do with them what Bruce Lee did tale unfold Dracula and company. company. Yes, Yees, it’s it’s only pretend. pretend. But to Dracula surrprised at how much this helps you you may be surprised b purgative put your past behind you. Think of it as a purgative that will free free you to move in the direction direction meditation that of the best possible possible future. future.

VIRGO VIR GO (Aug. 23-Sept.

23-Sept. 22): Do the wor words ds ““purity� purity�

PISCESS (Feb PISCE (Feb. b. 19-Mar 19-March ch 20): After studying the stories cultures myths and stor ries of many cul tures throughout throughout history y, Joseph CCampbell ampbell ar rived at a ffew ew conclusions history, arrived nature Here’s about the natu re of the human quest. Her e’s one that ’s apropos apropos for for you right now: “The cave you fear fear that’s treasure to enter holds the t tr easure you seek.� He came up with sever al va riations on this idea, including this one: several variations aree afr afraid “The very cave you ar aid to enter turns out to be the sour ce of what w you ar or.� I ur ge you to source aree looking ffor.� urge making operative consider makin ng this your oper ative hypothesis ffor or the coming wee eks, Pisces. weeks,

aree at this deep thought to understanding who you ar life.

Let’s that you have moment of your lif e. Let ’s also hope h developed a clear vision of the person p you would like say, three How to become in, say y, thr ee years. H ow do you ffeel eel about current futuree YYOU? the gap between the cur rent YYOU OU and the futur OU? oppress motivate Does it oppr ess you? Does it mo otivate you? Maybe a offer perspective actress little of both? I’ll off er you the pe erspective of actr ess day,�

TTracee racee Ellis Ross. “I am learning every day y,,� she told Uptown Magazine, “to to allow thee space between wheree I am and wher wheree I want to be to inspir inspiree me and wher not ter rify me.� terrify purpose? and ““purify� purify� have any useful pur rpose? Or have they been so twisted by rreligious eligious fun damentalists and fundamentalists they’ree mostly just mocked by decadent cynics thatt they’r ffarcical? arcical? I pr opose that you takee them seriously propose in the coming week. Give them your y own spin. For instance, you could decide to pu urify yourself of petty purify desires aren’t attitudes and trivial desir es thatt ar en’t in alignment with your highest values. YYou oou mi ight purify yourself of might trouble self-deceptions that have gotten n you into tr ouble and purify yourself of rresentments esentments tthat hat have blocked your creative energy.

Att the very least least, Virgo, cr eative ener gy. A t, Vir go, cleanse your body with extr a-healthy food, food, good goood sleep, massage, extra-healthy exercise, sacred exer cise, and sacr ed sex.

LIBRA ((Sept.

Sept. 23-Oct. 23-Oct. 222): 2): I per periodically riodically hike alone serene Francisco perform into the ser ene hills north of San Fr ancisco and perf orm a set of my songs ffor or the bir ds, in sects, squir rels, and birds, insects, squirrels, trees.

Milton tr ees. Recently I discovered discovered that British B comedian Mil ton Jones tried a similar experiment. He did his stand-up herdd of cows on a ffarm Hertfordshire. can’t act ffor or a her arm iin n Hertf ordshire. I can ’t Jones’’ motivations, but one of the rreasons speak ffor or Jones easons naturee shows is because they bring out my I do my natur generous Now wild, innocent, gener ous spirit. No ow is a good time ffor or Libra. you to do something similar ffor or yyourself, ourselff, Libr a. What

Homework: Name N ten personal possessions that you’d put pu ut in a time capsule to be dug up by your descendants descendants in 500 years.

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