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Produce Standoff PLANTING DEPARTMENT Naomi Sakoda, a resource analyst for Driscoll’s, and John Erb, a company vice president, stepped out of the office to listen to protesters on Thursday, March 31.

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ATANKA BRICCA knew Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta through United Farm Workers (UFW) more than four decades ago, helping coordinate a lettuce boycott throughout Northern California. Today, he’s walking across the parking lot for Driscoll’s corporate headquarters in Watsonville at 11:40am with a cardboard sign that reads: “STOP Inhumane Production Standards.”

It’s March 31, and Bricca, a 71-yearold Ben Lomond resident, learned about the day’s protest from local organizers and says he felt drawn to it because of the conditions that workers face in the field everyday.

Even now in 2016, Bricca notes, the average life expectancy of a field worker is 49 years—24 years shorter than the average American.

“It’s a living wage. It’s pesticides. It’s all the basic human rights,” says Bricca.

In the distance, chants of “Boycott Driscoll’s” filter in and grow louder as a group of activists rounds the corner.

“Stop the exploitation! We want union contracts!” organizer Ramon Torres shouts at the company’s

brown, one-story corporate buildings in front of him a few minutes later. Torres is yelling via translator Andrew Eckels, both of them gripping megaphones.

The rally is for Familias Unidas por la Justicia, an independent farmworker union based in Northern Washington that is calling for a boycott of Driscoll’s, Silicon Valley’s and the nation’s biggest berry supplier. Torres is the union’s leader and Eckels is one of many volunteers.

Torres tells the crowd that pickers for his former employer, Sakuma Brothers Farm, a supplier of Driscoll’s, routinely make less than minimum wage, which is $9.47 in the state of Washington.

Representatives from both Driscoll’s and Sakuma deny those claims, saying that workers are actually paid above market rates for their work.

Sakuma spokesperson Roger Van Oosten says the company’s farmworkers make an average

Even now in 2016 ... the average life expectancy of a field worker is 49 years— 24 years shorter than the average American.

Torres was arrested following a domestic violence dispute with his wife in August 2013, while he was living at Sakuma’s farmworker housing. Van Oosten says the company fired him because of the incident, based on both company policy and neighbor complaints.

He says Torres’ decision to take his boycott on the road is simply an act of retaliation.

Torres contends that he was really fired for pressuring Sakuma to improve its conditions and that the boycott is solely about what farmworkers go through. But according to Van Oosten, Torres’ West Coast tour—through Oregon, the Bay Area, the Central Valley and Los Angeles—does not speak for farmworkers, who he argues are

happy at Sakuma.

In addition to Torres, the group of protesters includes one current Sakuma farmworker and a handful of supporters. Along their journey, they have opened up not only about their struggles, but also about their successes, too.

Sakuma farmworkers won an $850,000 settlement in 2014 against their employer for unpaid time, and living conditions were also poor at the time. Soren Bjorn, an executive vice president at Driscoll’s, says that Sakuma’s farmworker housing was also substandard, but stresses that Sakuma has since made big improvements after working with Driscoll’s.

Driscoll’s has a rigorous auditing process, Bjorn explains, for food quality and safety, as well as for worker welfare. “The pay is very, very competitive,” he says. “It is probably among the very best.”

Bjorn suggests the protests happening now stem mostly from leftover resentment at the conditions in 2013, and Torres seems to agree with that.

“Yes, exactly,” Torres says of the fight for better conditions. “And the only way that we can make sure this continues is that we have it under a union contract.”

In Sakuma’s farmworker housing, Torres says that only a few years ago, tenants’ beds were nothing more than torn mattresses sitting on the ground, with cockroaches and rats crawling in and out. When it rained, he explains, all of the cabins would leak.

Without a union contract, Torres fears that bosses will soon go back to committing the same violations they were getting away with in years past.

He also says that Driscoll’s is taking credit for the hard work of organizers who brought Sakuma’s violations to light. If Driscoll’s’ audits are so complete, he wonders, how did Sakuma get away with providing poor housing and docking pay for so long?

Torres, who raises money for Familias Unidas through fundraising and selling T-shirts, says he wants to secure health care and retirement plans for the people in the field to give them a better life before it’s too late.

“If we continue this way, you’re only going to live up to 49 years old, because you spend so much energy,” Torres says. “That’s something, with a union, we want to change.”

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hourly wage of $17.50, and the top pickers often reach $40 an hour at the peak of the harvest.

“You have to pay them well or they won’t come,” Van Oosten says, noting that there has been a shortage of farmworkers nationwide in the past year. “Why would they bother, unless compensation is high?”

Farmworkers in Washington only have a limited right to organize.

Sakuma’s owners don’t have to recognize Familias Unidas, and, for the most part, they don’t. Recognized or not, there is a lot of history between Torres and his old bosses.

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An inside look at San Jose politics

Honda Creates Trust Fund for Ethics Probe

DEAD AIR KLIV will shift to playing country after covering local news the last 35 years.

Radio News Purge Continues with KLIV Format Shift

BY JOSH KOEHN News is an expensive business, but anyone in need of comfort will have the robots to rock them to sleep.

On Monday, just a couple weeks after mass layoffs at Bay Area radio institutions KGO and KFOG, South Bay mainstay KLIV 1590 announced that it will drop the all-news format it has carried the last 35 years. Rather than live DJs, the format will shift to machines picking over the bones of the best ’80s and ’90s country.

Bob Kieve, the station’s 94-yearold owner and a passionate advocate for local news, blamed the switch on heavy losses the station has taken.

Sister country station KRTY 95.3 often covered costs for KLIV to cover local politics, stocks and frequent traffic updates. George Sampson, the station’s news and program director

the last 16 years, said a total of 12 newsroom staff members will be out of a job. Employees were informed of the plans last week.

“I think there are a lot of people who may just go out of radio and into something else, myself included,” Sampson said. “It’s a troubling trend, just what’s happening to the demise of local news. You can get your Associated Press stuff off the wire, but to cover a town you need people, and if you need people you need to pay them. The cost of running a news station is very personnel intensive, and our sales just didn’t keep up with the cost.”

Three local radio stations have now cut their newsroom budgets in the last month, replacing on-air personalities with digital DJs and leaving dozens of journalists looking for work.

The loss will be felt especially in times of breaking news, Sampson said. He pointed to events like the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and the 2002 fire at then-under construction Santana Row. “Putting out real-time alerts, that’s something electronic media really does best, and especially radio,” Sampson said.

In the days following the 1989 earthquake, KLIV let listeners call in to share their stories and reach out to family members. It created “a community bulletin board in a time of crisis,” said Sampson, who may be the longest on-air news host in the history of South Bay radio when counting up all his stops, including a prior nine-year run with KLIV starting in 1975.

The station expects to continue news coverage through the June primary election.

Rep. Mike Honda’s congressional ethics probe is nearing birthday numero uno, so he went ahead and created a trust fund for its future.

Last year, the congressman reportedly spent more than $200,000 in campaign money to pay lawyers and crisis communications consultants for his and his staff ’s legal representation. Honda’s decision to create a new committee to bundle funds additional funds for that defense appears to be a rare acknowledgment on his part that the investigation into pay-to-play accusations and his office’s alleged misuse of House resources is more than just a procedural blip.

In December, Honda requested and received permission from the House Committee on Ethics to set up the legal defense fund. The story was first reported by the Mercury News.

Mike Honda “I think it's fair for people to know that their campaign contributions are being used for the campaign,” Honda said.

Establishing the new committee, titled the Michael Honda Legal Expense Trust Fund, allows the eightterm congressman to continue raising money for his re-election fight against Ro Khanna, San Jose Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio and others, while also bundling up to $5,000 per person in additional contributions for his legal defense fund.

If this seems like a loophole, it is.

Not only does Honda get to raise extra funds but the legal defense fund, but the public reports for that committee can only be accessed by going in person to a building in Washington D.C. — Josh Koehn

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Dan Lyons bursts the bubble E’LL get to the goofiness of a grown man giving a teddy bear a seat at a billion-dollar company’s board room table, or the work parties that resulted in office sex, lobby vomit and a janitor’s workstation lit aflame, or the FBI investigation into HubSpot, the “inbound marketing” cult that briefly employed author Dan Lyons and may have broken laws in attempting to stop his book from being published.

But first a disclosure: reading Disrupted: My Misadventures in the Startup Bubble will take any early- to mid- to any stage-career journalist down an existential suck hole.

Lyons’ new memoir about the bro-ification of Silicon Valley tech startup culture, and the bubble in which it now exists, hugs the line between comedy and tragedy by being parts hilarious and at turns terrifying while focusing on the grand delusions of groupthink, VC Monopoly money bets and the increasing expendability of aging workers. In fields where jobs are fiercely competitive and skills are often varied yet mostly unspecified—journalism, marketing, etc.—career expiration dates now hedge around age 50.

If that’s scary, you’re probably not young and awesome.

A former journalist who worked for Forbes and later served as the technology editor of Newsweek, Lyons found himself in professional no-man’s land in 2012 after being laid off at age 52. He had two young twins and a wife whose career was also Dan Lyons

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T turns out I’ve been naïve.

I’ve spent twenty-five years writing about technology companies, and I thought I understood this industry. But at HubSpot I’m discovering that a lot of what I believed was wrong.

I thought, for example, that tech companies began with great inventions—an amazing gadget, a brilliant piece of software. At Apple Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built a personal computer; at Microsoft Bill Gates and Paul Allen developed programming languages and then an operating system; Sergey Brin and Larry Page created the Google search engine.

Engineering came first, and sales came later. That’s how I thought things worked.

But HubSpot did the opposite. HubSpot’s first hires included a head of sales and a head of marketing. HubSpot started out as a sales operation in search of a product.

Another thing I’m learning in my new job is that while people still refer to this business as

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on tech culture BY JOSH KOEHN in flux. Instead of banging out blogs posts and making soul-crushing cold calls for supporting ad revenue, he waded into the bubble by taking a marketing fellowship with Boston-based HubSpot, one of the hottest tech startups in the country. Last year the company’s valuation surpassed $2 billion. It has never turned a profit.

Lyons, who gained notoriety for penning the satirical Fake Steve Jobs blog and has written for the HBO show Silicon Valley, quickly realized he was a fish out of water at HubSpot. Executives and managers were either absentee mystics, jugheads in khakhis and Oxford shirts or millennials armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of acronyms yet possessing just a fraction of his experience.

It’s impossible to go with the flow, be part of the new school, as a fish out of water.

“There are people who will tell you tech companies have always been crazy, but I think there is a unique kind of craziness that is new,” says Lyons, who on Wednesday, April 13, will make one of his final book tour appearances at Kepler’s Books in Mountain View. “I think the frat house company culture is a new thing.”

But Greek life is all about the good life, and as Lyons drills home into his new tome, a shift has taken place in which making money

has disingenuously become synonymous with saving the world.

“If you’re looking at Gen-Yers and the kind you want to attract to your company, one is the party people and the other is the purpose people,” Lyons says. “One group is the people who want free beer, ping pong tables and a place to party, and the other people are super earnest and want to do something meaningful. These are two sub-demographics within the millennial (generation) and some of them overlap if you did a Venn diagram.”

But when it comes to companies like Salesforce or HubSpot, which more or less exists to spam the hell out of customers of small- and medium-sized businesses until they surrender and click through, saving the world is about keeping clients happy and sustaining the mythology of work as heroic play.

“When sales people use [technology] it is fine, but the delta between the reality of what that product does and what [marketers] say at conferences like Dreamforce —‘we’re saving starving people in Haiti’—it’s kind of crazy, but something you have to do to whip people up and make them feel they’re doing something important,” Lyons says.

His book recounts reservations he had throughout his time working in the startup

BY DAN LYONS “the tech industry,” in truth it is no longer really about technology at all. “You don’t get rewarded for creating great technology, not anymore,” says a friend of mine who has worked in tech since the 1980s, a former investment banker who now advises start-ups.

“It’s all about the business model. The market pays you to have a company that scales

quickly. It’s all about getting big fast. Don’t be profitable, just get big.”

That’s what HubSpot is doing. Its technology isn’t very impressive, but look at that revenue growth! That’s why venture capitalists have sunk so much money into HubSpot, and why they believe HubSpot will have a successful IPO. That’s also why HubSpot hires so many young people.

That’s what investors want to see: a bunch of young people, having a blast, talking about changing the world. It sells.

Another reason to hire young people is that they’re cheap. HubSpot runs at a loss, but it is labor-intensive. How can you get

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bubble, starting with his very first day. But the seams really begin to unravel around the time HubSpot’s chief technology officer, Dharmesh Shah, starts bringing a teddy bear named Molly to meetings. A photo in the book points her out at a meeting as “the little one next to [Shah], drinking what appears to be a Red Bull and looking like she’s ready to carve someone a new asshole.”

Lyons has had little contact with HubSpotters since leaving the company after less than two years, but he admits that Shah was “very defensive” about his bear.

“I knew some people weren’t going to like it, and I thought it might be unpleasant in some ways, but if it was just a book about the place I worked at I don’t think it would be worth writing and nobody would care,” Lyons says. “I had the sense that what I had stepped into there was something a lot bigger than one company. There was a story to be told about a whole industry and the new way.”

While some were defensive, others went on the offensive. In March, the Boston Globe reported that the FBI investigated HubSpot for “multiple failed attempts to manipulate and extort people” in advance of the publication of Lyons’ book. Last summer, the company’s chief marketing officer was fired and a vice president reportedly resigned before any action could be taken against him.

“In all of the months since then I have been trying to find out more, but I haven’t been able to find out very much,” Lyons says. “It’s kind of scary in a way.”

Disrupted, of course, has since been published and after a week on bookstore shelves the reviews have been overwhelmingly laudatory. Lyons says he plans to turn the book into screenplay or series, and further expose the belly of bro.

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That’s what investors want to see: a bunch of young people, having a blast, talking about changing the world. It sells.

hundreds of people to work in sales and marketing for the lowest possible wages? One way is to hire people who are right out of college and make work seem fun. You give them free beer and foosball tables.

You decorate the place like a cross between a kindergarten and a frat house. You throw parties. Do that, and you can find an endless supply of bros who will toil away in the spider monkey room, under constant, tremendous psychological pressure, for $35,000 a year. You can save even more money by packing these people into cavernous rooms, shoulder to shoulder, as densely as you can. You tell them that you’re doing this not because you want to save money on office space but because this is how their generation likes to work.

On top of the fun stuff you create a mythology that attempts to make the work seem meaningful.

Supposedly, Millennials don’t care so much about money, but they’re very motivated by a sense of mission.

So, you give them a mission. You tell your employees how special they are, and how lucky they are to be here. You tell them that it’s harder to get a job here than to get into Harvard, and that because of their superpowers they have been selected to work on a very important mission to change the world. You make the company a team, with a team color and a team logo. You give everyone a hat and a T-shirt. You make up a culture code and talk about creating a company that everyone can love.

You dangle the prospect that some might get rich.

But Silicon Valley has a dark side. To be sure, there are plenty of shiny, happy people working in tech. But this is also a world where wealth is distributed unevenly and benefits accrue mostly to investors and founders, who have rigged the game in their favor. It’s a world where older workers are not wanted, where people get tossed aside when they turn forty. It’s a world where employers discriminate on

the basis of race and gender, where founders sometimes turn out to be sociopathic monsters, where poorly trained (or completely untrained) managers abuse employees and fire people with impunity, and where workers have little recourse and no job security.

In December 2014 Nicholas Lemann published an essay in the

New Yorker contrasting the vision of work that Alfred P. Sloan, the legendary CEO of General Motors, described in his 1964 memoir, My Years with General Motors, with the vision laid out in a series of books published by executives from Google.

In the twentieth-century model under which Sloan’s GM operated,

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generation of entrepreneurs, who take his word as gospel.

Hoffman’s line about a company not being a family traces its roots to a “culture code” that Netflix, the Silicon Valley video-subscription company, published in 2009, and which famously declared, “We’re a team, not a family.” The Netflix code inspired a generation of tech start-ups and “may well be the most important document ever to come out of the Valley,” Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg once said. Shah used the Netflix code as the model for his HubSpot culture code and lifted the original Netflix line: “We’re a team, not a family.”

Netflix justified the “not a family” idea by arguing that like a pro sports team, tech companies need “stars in every position.” That deal makes sense if you’re a professional athlete who can earn millions of dollars a year and retire at age thirty or thirtyfive, but seems a bit ruthless when applied to the rank-and-file worker.

The result, according to countless articles in publications like Fortune, the New Republic, Bloomberg, and New York Magazine, is that Silicon Valley has become a place where people live in fear. As soon as someone better or cheaper comes along, your company will get rid of you. If you turn fifty, or forty, or thirty-five; if you demand a raise and become too expensive; if a new batch of workers comes out of college and will do your job for less than what you are paid—you’re gone. So don’t get too comfortable.

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companies “were heavily unionized, and offered their white-collar employees de-facto lifetime tenure.

Employees got steady raises during their working years and pensions after retirement,” Lemann writes.

Things changed with the emergence of the Internet and in particular with Google, the first successful Internet company with a large workforce. Google succeeded, Lemann writes, by “breaking the rules about how to run a business.”

The biggest rupture involves the social compact that once existed between companies and workers, and between companies and society at large. There was a time, not so long ago, when companies felt obliged to look after their employees and to be good corporate citizens.

Today that social compact has been thrown out. In the New Work, employers may expect loyalty from workers but owe no loyalty to them in return. Instead of being offered secure jobs that can last a lifetime, people are treated as disposable widgets that can be plugged into a company for a year or two, then unplugged and sent packing. In this model, we are basically freelancers, selling our services in short-term engagements. We may have dozens of jobs over the course of our careers.

“Your company is not your family” is how LinkedIn’s multibillionaire cofounder and chairman Reid Hoffman puts it in his book The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age. Hoffman says employees should think of a job as a “tour of duty” and not expect to stay for too long. In his view, a job is a transaction, one in which an employee provides a service, gets paid, and moves on. In addition to his duties at LinkedIn, Hoffman works as a partner at Greylock Capital, a top venture capital firm. Forbes calls him “the most connected man in Silicon Valley.” He is widely respected, even revered, and his ideas about the relationship between employers and employees have influenced a

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The biggest rap stars today wear colored braids and tight ripped jeans while warbling emotions through autotune. La Coka Nostra reject this direction, doubling down on the grimy aggression of the underground. The five-person supercrew sneers hard bars about defeating their enemies with specific violence, but also delving into politics, drug addiction and child-rearing. Slaine, one of the group’s chief emcees, raps with clever twists and approaches the new age with open hostility, slantrhyming on “Mind Your Business:” “I gotta sit back and laugh at these little dudes / fronting on the internet, but act like they criminals.” (JF)

In most cases, dedicating oneself to the cello leads to a life of niche, tuxedo-clad fame and following the directives of a wand. But Slovenian Luka Šulić and Croatian Stjepan Hauser have attacked the bassy strings with a novel fervor—translating titanic rock and pop hits with their worldrenowned skills, honed at music academies with “Royal” in their names. The handsome, charismatic duo had been facing off against each other as they rose through the international cello-savant rankings.

But after their cover of “Smooth Criminal” racked up millions of views on YouTube, the pair joined forces. Today they travel the globe, shredding and head-banging to their electrified classical instruments. (JF)

The French handle three things better than the rest of the world: coffee, bread and atypical relationship arrangements. In this 1960s farce, we meet Bernard—a happily swinging bachelor carrying on three simultaneous affairs without any messy overlap. But complexity ensues when his friend crashes at his pad and his meticulously scheduled rendezvouses get muddled by the faster speeds of new-and-improved Boeing jets. Eventually, all three expectant ladies come to town and Bernard must juggle improvised backstories as he hops from one to the other. This lothario’s romp ranks as the top internationally-performed French play and makes a convincing argument against a crowded romantic schedule. (JF)

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Northside Theatre, San Jose Thu, 8pm, $22 The Ancient Greeks sure knew how to ruin a life. Oedipus kills his father, sleeps with his mother then gouges his eyes out in the tragedy that inspired Freud’s creepiest psycho-theory.

Centuries later, famed American playwright Arthur Miller took the B.C. dramatic structure to topple Eddie Carbone—an Italian longshoreman living with his wife and niece in New York City. Eddie develops an unhealthy obsession with the young girl, one that ends in a disintegration of his marriage, the deportation of her niece’s undocumented lover and ultimately, his disgrace and demise at the end of his own knife. (JF)

CYRANO Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View Thu, 8pm, $25-$85 Cyrano possesses a poetic tongue, unparalleled swordsmanship and a passionate love for the beautiful and brilliant heiress, Roxane. They would be a perfect match, if only Cyrano could get over his huge schnozz, which fills him with self-conscious doubt. Due to his timidity, Cyrano tragically ends up helping Christian, an ineloquent hunk, sway Roxane by putting his words in his less wellspoken rival’s mouth—words that prompt Roxane to tell Christian she would love him even if he were ugly.

This tragicomic romance details the complicated whirlings of this love triangle and serves as a potent reminder that getting turned down once is far better than a lifetime of unrequited pining. (JF)

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May 20 at Mountain Winery

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MAC SABBATH & DR. TACO Jun 11 at The Ritz

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ELECTRIC SIX

Jun 28 at The Ritz

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PEELANDER-Z The Ritz, San Jose Fri, 9pm, $10 The extremely campy, animeinfluenced Peelander-Z call themselves a “Japanese Action Comic Punk Band.” Each member was born in the Land of the Rising Sun, but they met in New York City and began developing their bubblegum-colored schtick shortly thereafter. Their live performances feature human bowling, effusive audience participation and “The Red Squid.” In the music video for “Ninja High Schooool,” the floppy costumed mega-mollusk terrorizes a town and whoops the band members. In response, they enroll in a rigorous school, which teaches them stealth and martial arts. Their hard work pays off: the video ends with a victorious dance party in the rubble. (JF)

SING ALONG EXPERIENCE Camera 12, San Jose Fri-Sun, 3pm/8pm, $15

When builders erected San Jose’s Century 25 theaters, the domes represented the future of moviegoing, forsaking classic stylings for something round and new. But as the dome look fell out of vogue, the Jetsonian vibe felt increasingly beat and campy. So in 2009, nostalgic investors revamped the frumpy interior and rebranded it the “Retro Dome,” a glitzy home for films from the past. This weekend, they take their show on the road— celebrating the dual anniversaries of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Moulin Rouge.

Attendees are encouraged to dress in costume and be prepared to sing along to “Oompa Loompa” and “El Tango de Roxane.” (JF)

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NAVAJO MATH CIRCLES

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Exploratorium, San Francisco Sat, 2pm, $10

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San José State University professor of mathematics Dr. Tatiana Shubin will participate in a Q&A with filmmaker George Csicsery about his documentary Navajo Math Circles. Shubin is one of many math literacy teachers featured in the film who have been working with Navajo children in rural and underserved parts of Arizona and New Mexico. The documentary calls attention to the connections between Navajo culture and math. As Shubin movingly puts it, “Navajo culture is really based on the idea of beauty.

And mathematics is all about beauty.” The film also screens April 28 at Stanford University. (JE)

Hailing from Sacramento and Oakland, Sun Valley Gun Club distill 50 years of rock into one cohesive, fuzzy sound. They meander through tracks following the tones and loopy patterns of ’60s psychedelia, while mixing in some jagged edges and grungy guitars. Their lyrics sway with a slacker’s self-reflection, then burst into growly exaltations— reminiscent of turn-of-the-century indie icons, like Built to Spill and Pavement. The group recently released their self-titled sophomore record in March. The album’s lead single, “Hey Collapser,” features an existentialist collage of modern mundanity and an effortless earworm of a hook. (JF)

KENNY CHESNEY

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JACKSON BROWNE

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HEART, JOAN JETT & CHEAP TRICK

Aug 24 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

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Totally Illogical BUREAUCRATIC NIGHTMARE Due to gaps in the translation from novel to script, absurdity is reduced to superficial comedy in ‘Catch-22.’

A masterpiece in print, ‘Catch-22’ is a chaotic mess on the stage

BY TAD MALONE

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LTHOUGH ORIGINALLY adapted for the stage in 1971 by the author himself, it took more than 46 years for Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 to finally see the lights of Broadway. Now, a decade later, this 20th century classic is seeing the stage again, this time in a light-hearted, dreamy reimagining presented by the Los Altos Stage Company.

The play opens with Yossarian, a WWII Army Air Corps pilot stuck on a military base off the coast of Italy, grappling with the concept of a “Catch-22”—a fictional army rule,

which keeps him and his fellow airmen flying suicidal bombing missions. The circular logic of the Catch-22 dictates that only soldiers proven insane may be sent home; however, the rule also states that claiming to be insane is proof of one’s sanity; furthermore, insane individuals are valuable, as one would have to be nuts to voluntarily join in a low-altitude bombing run.

From there the plot jumps back and forth in time, as Yossarian and his fellow airmen drop bombs over Europe and do battle with cruelly indifferent Army bureaucrats.

All of the set’s pieces remain on stage at all times—including the nose of a B-24 Liberator bomber, which is repositioned and refigured depending on the scene. This imaginative design gives a seamless movement

to the action, so that the play is in continuous transition. The dynamic lighting helps create unique ambiance.

The Chaplain, played by John Stephen King, is funny and nuanced, as the only straight man in a entire cast of wackos. He also provides some sense of context and continuity throughout the play via his brief narrations. Other notable performances include Jordan Kersten as the sultry Whitcomb and Gary Landis as Colonel Cathcart.

The standout performance belongs to Robert Sean Campbell, as the neurotic but grandiose Milo Minderbinder, whose malicious, entrepreneurial scheming is rendered with a captivating spirit.

Unfortunately, though our antihero Yossarian (played by Bryan Moriarty) is in nearly every scene, even bit characters in the play are more memorable. Instead of absurdly wandering through military limbo, forced to come to conclusions about the nature of life and status quo, the Yossarian of Los Altos’ adaptation simply wanders.

Perhaps the time between the original adaptation by Heller in 1971 and its eventual stage premiere in 2007, offers a clue. The consolidation of a novel’s worth of characters into nine people playing at least three roles each does no service to clarity in an already famously non-linear story.

Moreover, the constant churning, flashback-heavy structure of the plot tests the abilities of the actors to change both their costumes and personae in a split second. This leads to some confusion in following along—even for the cast, who at times were playing one character as another.

Conveying an atmosphere of sanity masked as insanity (or vise-versa) is tricky and Los Altos Stage Company succeeds in infusing a fresh, giddy energy into the production. But by redressing Catch-22 in a more zany light, the existential horrors that give weight to the dark comedy in the novel, are reduced on-stage to a panoply of sight-gags, clumsy organization and out-of-context pontification.

Because they are so monochromatic, the scenes in this production flow easily into each other, never exhibiting the jagged discontinuities of the story.

Thus, without a previous knowledge of the novel, one could easily come away without any solid understanding of Catch-22, other than its dictionary definition. No scene or interaction lasts long enough to give the story cohesion or shock—and when plot developments are explained, the play’s inherently chaotic nature smothers them, before any kind of contextual foundation can be established.

Without reinforcing the inherent anxiety of the characters in the novel—men facing the prospect of death every day (the 8th Air Force had a higher mortality rate than the Marines in the Pacific)— the significance of the characters' absurdity is reduced to superficial comedy. For this, the blame probably rests on Heller himself, who was a different man by the time he came to adapt this play from his most famous work. Ultimately Catch-22 flounders under its own dizzying, unfocused weight.

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In response to its smashing reception in 2009, this flamboyantly potent musical that focuses on large church hats and the ladies who wear them returns to the theatre. $15-$38. Apr 8-May 1. Theatre on San Pedro Square. San Jose.

THE ELEPHANT MAN

This titanic drama draws on the life of John Merrick from the Victorian era in England. Merrick contracts a disfiguring disease, but his acceptance by a doctor, then by high society, highlights the overwhelming power of the human spirit. Mar 17-Apr 17. $17-$32. City Lights Theater Company. San Jose.

COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV COMEDY

Laugh until your stomach hurts at this improv battle of wits, all audience-sourced and suitable for the entire family. Ongoing. $12-$15.

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CATCH 22

This comedy you can’t laugh at follows the singularly crafty bombardier, Yossarian, as he does all that he can to escape the day-to-day horrors of WWII. Apr 7-May 1. $18-$28 Bus Barn Theater.

Los Altos Stage Company.

Los Altos.

RENT

Young bohemians wrangle with their loves, dreams and futures in the shadow of HIV/AIDS in this heavy, groundbreaking musical set in the East Village of New York. $14-$30. Apr 9-May 1. Sunnyvale Community Players. Sunnyvale Theatre.

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Arthur Miller writes a Greek tragedy about an Italian longshoreman who falls for his niece and through his over-protectiveness loses her, his wife and his life. $22.

Apr 14-May 8. Northside Theatre Company. San Jose

BOEING BOEING

In the 1960’s, a French lothario carries on three simultaneous affairs until the improved speed of a new

commercial jet wrecks his tight schedule of sleeping around. $40-$50. Apr 6-May 1. The Stage. San Jose

MY FAIR LADY

Lower-class Eliza Doolittle hacks into high society with the aid of ingenious and frumpy linguist, Henry Higgins, who molds her into a vision of elegance before falling recklessly in love. $20-$39. May 21-Jun 10.

South Bay Musical Theatre.

Saratoga.

*concerts MUSIC AT THE MARKET

A hotbed of live jazz talent, organized by San Jose Jazz.

Every Fri, 7-9pm. San Pedro Square Market. San Jose.

TOSPS TUESDAYS

A weekly showcase of Bay Area’s budding music scene across all genres. Most Tuesdays, 7pm. Theatre on San Pedro Square. San Jose.

is one of the most important inventions in human history.

See the machine that printed the first newspaper in California. Thru April 28.

San Jose.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS & TEXTILES

“Blanket Statements” by Kaffe Fassett. Thru Jun 28.

San Jose.

GALLERIES ANNO DOMINI

A Tribute to Olivier Messiaen and the “Quartet for the End of Time.” Thru Apr 16.

“Permanently Improvised” by Various & Gould. Thru Jun 18.

GALLERY HOUSE

“Michot/Midori.” Thru Apr 23.

Palo Alto.

HIGHER FIRE CLAYSPACE

First Fridays feature new artwork, demonstrations, and conversations with artists.

San Jose.

*art MUSEUMS

MACLA

“The Art of Social Justice: Woody Guthrie and the Power of Songwriting.” Thru May 16. Los Gatos.

CANTOR ARTS CENTER

“Red Horse: Drawings of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.” Thru May 9. “Myth, Allegory, and Faith: The Kirk Edward Long Collection of Mannerist Prints.” Thru June 20 “Richard Diebenkorn: The Sketchbooks Revealed” Thru Aug 22. “Edward Hopper: New York Corner” Thru Aug 22.

Stanford.

CHILDREN’S DISCOVERY MUSEUM

“Healthyville” Discover ways to live better. San Jose.

DE SAISSET MUSEUM

“Bear Witness” Photographs and Interviews by S. Beth Atkin. Thru Apr 8-Jun 10.

California History Exhibit always on display. Santa Clara.

HISTORY PARK SAN JOSE “Slugs, Dingbats, and Tramp Printing” The printing press

by Joseph Heller

April 7 – May 1, 2016

KALEID GALLERY

One Thousand Thousand: The First Third Retrospective by Jason McHenry. San Jose.

NUMU LOS GATOS

CATCH-22

“18th Latino Art Now! Auction and Exhibition”. Thru May 14. San Jose.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART

PALO ALTO ART CENTER

“Cultural Kaleidoscope” Apr 30-May 29. “Youth Art*” Apr 30-May 22.

SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART

“Gideon Rubin:” Memory goes as far as this morning.

Thru May 22. “You Are Exactly Where You Need To Be:” Susan O’Malley. “Demarcate: Territorial Shift in Personal and Societal Mapping.” San Jose.

SEEING THINGS GALLERY “I’M A JOKE” by Mr. Harada.

Thru Apr 25 San Jose.

*events NELSON’S ILLUSIONS

“The largest touring illusion show in the United States” spins classics with intense twists like the 21-foot-long Drill of Death that will pierce a woman and loft her two-stories in the air. Sat, Apr 16, 2pm. $29.

Redwood City. The Fox Theatre.

7th Annual Poetry Invitational Thursday, April 21 7– 8 PM ( Galleries open 5 – 8:30 PM ) Art inspires art at the Annual Poetry Invitational sponsored by SJMA and Poetry Center San Jose. Every year, SJMA invites Bay Area poets to visit the Museum and create new poems inspired by the artworks on view. Hear them read their rhythmic words in the galleries and gain new perspectives on the visual arts as you listen.

See what you think.

Tickets at sjmusart.org/poetry

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Take the leap...into a search for understanding.

TIME TO IMPROVISE German street art duo, Various & Gould painstakingly created the pieces in ‘Permanently Improvised.’

THE ELEPHANT MAN

Painting The Proletariat ANNO DOMINI has a knack for finding innovative and thought-provoking artists from all over the world. But more importantly, the gallery also manages to get those artists to display their works here in San Jose.

BY BERNARD POMERANCE DIRECTED BY LISA MALLETTE

Gallery AD’s latest show is “Permanently Improvised” by Various & Gould, a Berlin-based street artist duo. A selection from an ongoing series by these two artists entitled “Rabotniki”—Russian for “workers”—the show is a vivid collage-like exploration of the beauty of everyday life, with an emphasis on the working man’s experience.

MARCH 17 – APRIL 17, 2016 “Wonderful, moving and purely theatrical.

A giant of a play!”

–New York Post

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

Although it seems almost digital, all the work in Permanently “Permanently Improvised” is handmade, and in many Improvised cases, to an incredibly detailed degree. Using mixtures of acrylics, spray paint, and elaborately arranged cut-outs of Thru Jun 18, Free screen prints, Various & Gould creates expressions both Anno Domini, of the common and the abstract. The show is also a subtle San Jose homage to the Dada and Surrealist movement, which saw its unofficial 100th anniversary this year. Coming from a background of visual communication, Various & Gould are inspired by everyday life—“by politics, society, the news you hear,” says Various & Gould. “We wanted to do something that reflects our society.”

Aesthetically, the work in “Permanently Improvised” harkens back to Soviet-era communist propaganda posters. A patchwork of faces and ordinary objects, like sewing machines and shoes presented in bold, vibrant colors, the pieces in Rabotniki are like the refined articulation of dreams. A cast of characters (V&G’s real friends and family) appear regularly, creating a continuity that runs through the entire show.

Much like Gallery AD’s owners and founders, Cherri Lakey and Brian Eder, Various & Gould are both working artists and a couple. Although Various was actually born in Palo Alto, she and Gould grew up in divided Germany, and they met at the Berlin Weissensee School of Art. This is their the first solo exhibition at Anno Domini and their first show on the West Coast. Although Various only lived a brief time in the Bay, “doing a show in San Jose felt a bit like coming home,” he says.

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Notable pieces in the show include Handle With Care, and Rabotniki (Pipe).

But it’s the triptych Current I, II, III, that is the standout of the show. Taking a collage-like foundation and extending it with visual kineticism, "Permanently Improvised" provides for a striking, yet intimate, visual experience. —Tad Malone

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CHEADLE’S BREW Don Cheadle stars and makes his directorial debut in fictionalized biopic, ‘Miles Ahead.’

Truth, fiction blend harmoniously in bio-fic-pic ‘Miles Ahead’

BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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Cheadle’s approach might have been called Miles Davis, Private Eye. In the fictional storyline, Cheadle plays Davis playing the part of

defective detective. On various powders and in various alleys, Davis seeks a stolen reel of tape containing his first recording in five years. The artist’s quarry is a thuggish record exec named Harper Hamilton (Michael Stuhlbarg); accompanying Davis during this quest through the night is the scruffy, self-described Rolling Stone reporter Dave Brill (Ewan McGregor). Haunting Davis, much in the way Julie London’s spirit stalked Tom Ewell in The Girl Can’t Help It, is Davis’ first wife Francis (Emayatzy Corinealdi).

Francis is a dancer who gave up her career for Davis; it’s a ripe showbiz movie part, and Corinealdi can’t do much with it, despite a fine, slow

gaze and muscles that would have pleased Praxiteles himself.

I enjoyed it. At the same time, I’d equally enjoy hearing some wellinformed jazz fancier thundering against Miles Ahead as a typical Hollywood ripoff that framed Miles as the hero of a 48 Hours knockoff— complete with shootouts and car chases.

The movie wears its fictional side proudly. In one scene, Davis sports a hashtag on the back of his coat during a concert scene in a deliberate, Brechtian anachronism. And a framing device shows us that all this chasing and brawling is but Davis’ fantasy during a thorny interview.

Over the years, Cheadle has demonstrated his range in a variety of films—from Hotel Rwanda to Ocean’s Eleven. It’s admirable that he used some of his Iron Man money to do something that should have been done decades ago. Even in this easy-to-digest form, it’s still very lowbudget, with many scenes set inside

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Sketches of Miles

Davis’ cave-sized New York loft.

It’s worth the compromises to see Cheadle playing this titan of “social music,” to witness the actor at his meanest and bleakest since he played the psycho Mouse in Devil In A Blue Dress, a picture he stole from its star, Denzel Washington. If the script of this crowd-pleasing movie is facile, Cheadle is uncompromising and forbidding, showing how Davis functioned with an iron mask of indifference that was bolted on him by white racism. He confronts outsiders with a dangerous whisper, and he’s prone to flashbacks of mistreatment. This includes the story of how Davis was clobbered and booked by the racist NYPD for reckless eyeballing.

Part of this fast, thin movie is the idea that Davis has been artistically mute for five years. Yet everyone in New York knows Miles Davis—he stops traffic. A witty scene goes on at a dealer’s room at the dorms at Columbia University. Trying to get a discount on a quarter ounce of cocaine, Dave reasons with the dealer that he owes Miles for all the times the dealer and his girlfriend made love to Miles’s music. They ask the dealers’ girlfriend, obviously unclad under the blankets on the dorm’s bed. She nods.

She doesn’t know the title, but she sings a snippet of “So What,” smiling.

That moment sticks out, because it sums up how the world of Davis’ music was out of this world. The ordinary major motion picture biography would tell us how that song was written, or would try to define what the song had to say— thus endorsing Miles’ noble refusal to get into a greatest-hits casket. One definition of Miles Davis is as an exasperated person, impatient with fools, who wanted to be left alone.

The movie may be nonsense, but there’s nothing nonsensical about Cheadle’s rendition of Davis: wearing sunglasses after dark, drawing quick and punching quicker. He’s a loper, too, walking stiffly even before he is shot during an exchange of gunfire.

What a world, eh? It turns out that one of the hippest men who ever lived was in dire need of a hip replacement.

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Now Playing APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD Good enough in itself, highly recommended for steampunks and containing a smorgasbord of lively elements, April and the Extraordinary World is missing a certain quality that comes from the completely successful jump from graphic novel to animated film. In this version of history, Louis Napoleon, known as Emperor Napoleon III, died in an explosion before he could provoke the disastrous Franco-Prussian war in 1870. Now, in 1941, his lookalike descendent, Napoleon V reigns over a world in which petrochemicals and electricity never really developed. Everyone speaks French in this deforested and polluted world, and the population gets around by hot air balloon and bicycle-powered dirigibles. Coal has run out and the arboreal regions of Canada are proving to be an energy gold,

as greedy developers rush to turn northern expanses of evergreen trees into sooty charcoal. A young scientist Avril (voiced by Marion Cotillard) and her talking cat Darwin (Phillippe Katerine) become involved with a conspiracy whose villains have connections to her parent’s experiments. Director Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci have plot by the pound, and the fine cat is a dashing figure, central to the Bond-movie like finale. The source novel is by the ambitious French graphic novelist “Tard,i” who works in Herge’s ligne claire style, which meant to serve the writing unobtrusively; Tardi is the kind of ambitious artist who has adapted everything from the writer Celine to real-life WWI stories (and he’s so scrupulous about artistic freedom that he turned down the Legion of Honor).

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FOUND IN TRANSLATION In the short film ‘Day One,’ Layla Alizada (left) plays a military translator who is thrust into an unexpected situation.

Films About Fighters THE WINDRIDER FILM FORUM returns to Atherton this weekend. The seventh annual gathering of filmmakers and fans will include feature length and short films covering a variety of subjects, as well as Q&A panels with directors, actors and others involved in the process of producing movies. The ultimate aim of the forum is to address troubles in the world and encourage meaningful dialog. Here are some of the gathering’s highlights.

Frogman, a short documentary by Stanford’s Tyler Trumbo, tells the family history of a Navy SEAL turned spy. This unnamed sailor was stationed behind the lines after the Iranian Hostage Crisis ended.

Irradiated in an accident, wracked with PTSD and dead at 47, the serviceman remains a mystery to his family. His son, Patrick Humphrey, narrates through a collage of Prelinger Archive footage and home movies.

The film is an open riddle; it may be decades before enough info is declassified to tell the full story of Humphrey’s father.

The fictional This Way Up is well-told, well-acted and yet still hard to believe.

Writer and director Jeremy Cloe, working through the auspices of the American Film Institute, unfolds a short story of Charlie (Charley Rossman, a well-known character actor of cops and coaches); he’s a working homeless man in Vegas who has a makeshift camp set up in a concrete storm drain. Then comes conflict, in three

doses. First, the arrival of the daughter (Anna Leiberman) that Charlie has been deluding; second, the approach of an angelic homeless young man (Masam Holden) who needs Charlie’s help; and lastly, the cascades of a desert flash flood.

Windrider One hears that the Film Forum first thing you tell a film student is to Apr 14-16 avoid writing the Menlo-Atherton Center for the word “rain” into a Performing Arts, script, but Cloe stages Atherton his film around a flood, and that shows ambition that mitigates the sentimental side of this drama.

Day One earned an Oscar nomination for best short narrative film, and you’ll see why. Director Henry Hughes served two tours as a paratrooper with the 173rd Airborne in Afghanistan. Maybe that explains the attention to detail and the vividness of this story of a female “terp” (interpreter) with the ISAF forces. Feda (Layla Alizada, excellent) accompanies some scornful troops searching for weapons at a remote house. What’s waiting there isn’t just explosive projectiles, but also a woman with a stillborn baby who needs immediate medical attention. As the only female on board with the mission, Feda has to act fast, and act alone. One can’t wait to see what Hughes will do next. —Richard von Busack

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The Big Dig PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE Especially when it comes to digging through bargain bins of vinyl records on Record Store Day.

Local vinyl merchants gear up for ninth annual Record Store Day

BY NICK VERONIN

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EFF EVANS, owner of On the Corner Music, estimates that he has somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 records boxed up and ready to be tossed out on the pavement outside his Campbell storefront, weather permitting.

The vinyl merchant isn’t giving up on his enterprise. On the contrary, he’s planning to cash in—50 cents at a time. This Saturday is Record Store Day, and while Evans won’t be selling any new albums, he will have plenty

of used wax. And, so long as it isn’t raining, he plans to have the bulk of it outside and priced at half a buck each.

Beginning as a small Bay Areacentric event, Record Store Day has become a national phenomenon— growing in popularity year over year, in tandem with the resurgent interest in vinyl records.

The ninth annual celebration of records and record stores is slated to unfold April 16 at independent shops all over the world, including several in Silicon Valley. Some locations will feature in-store performances and appearances from artists. Many more will be selling highly collectable items produced specifically for the vinyl holiday. And others, like On the Corner,

will just stick to selling from their stock.

Evans says he has never dealt in new music, but rather in a curated collection of vintage titles. For the 2016 edition of RSD, Evans will have some highly prized gems on sale, like an original, sealed copy of Let it Be by The Beatles; a David Bowie box set; and an original copy of Pink Floyd’s seminal Dark Side of the Moon, complete with the posters and stickers. Also, he won’t be charging sales tax and, of course, there are those 40 to 50 boxes of vinyl which are certain to bear rewarding fruit to audiophiles willing to dig.

On the Corner isn’t the only local shop with deals this Record Store Day. In addition to hosting live in-store DJ sets, San Jose’s Streetlight Records will be opening an hour early—at 10am— and will have coffee and snacks for the diehards waiting in line.

The Bascom Avenue location will have a plethora of new titles, including RSD exclusives. A representative from Streetlight says

she can’t guarantee anything, but noted a recent packing list showed the following names: Sublime, David Bowie, Chvrches, The Kinks, Weeknd, Fela Kuti, The Sex Pistols, Notorious B.I.G., mewithoutYou. The official Record Store Day website names releases from many of the same artists: Sublime, Jah Won’t Pay the Bills (LP and cassette); Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy and Mase, “Mo Money Mo Problems” (colored vinyl 12”); Deftones, B-Sides & Rarities; David Bowie, “The Man Who Sold the World” (picture disc); and Circa Survive and mewithoutYou (7” split).

Rasputin Music, which has stores all over the Bay Area—including in Mountain View and Campbell—will host a performance by Metallica at its Berkeley store. The San Francisco thrash legends helped launch Record Store Day back in 2008, spending a few hours at Rasputin’s Haight Street shop, mingling with fans and signing albums.

Representatives from Rasputin’s South Bay stores couldn’t say exactly what they’d have on sale for the special day, but they did anticipate a high turnout.

Evans, who founded On the Corner Music about 10 years ago, says he is always excited for Record Store Day and is stoked to see more music fans listening to their favorite artists on vinyl.

The vinyl seller recalls his reaction when he first heard about Record Store Day back in 2008. “It was kind of like, ‘Huh? Record Store Day?’” Though he wasn’t sure what to expect back then, he is pleased to see that it has grown.

Over the course of RSD’s nine years, he has had customers come into his shop and tell him that they had gotten rid of a lot of their records and are now hunting them down and buying them all over again—often sharing the experience with their children.

Other local vinyl merchants open for Record Store Day include Needle to the Groove in San Jose and Fremont, The Record Man in Redwood City and The Analog Room in San Jose.

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Fri, Apr 15, 8pm: Pepe Aguilar.

Sat, Apr 16, 6:30pm: Miel San Marcos. San Jose.

Fri, Apr 15, 8pm: Bossa Blue.

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ART BOUTIKI Fri, Apr 15, 7:30pm: The DT's, Iain Davis and Cap WilhelmSafian, The Andy Fuhrman Band. Sat, 16, 7:30pm: The Albert Square, Sun Valley Gun Club, Great Heart San Jose.

THE BACK BAR SOFA Every Wed, 9pm: The Cypher, feat. Hip-hop, Jungle, Soul, Reggae, Dubstep, Trap, BreakBeat, House and more.

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BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN Every Wed: DJ 512. Every Thu: DJ Nico & Neeber. Every Fri: DJ Benofficial & Clay. Every Sat: DJ Ready Rock. San Jose.

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EAST COAST ALICE Fri, Apr 15, 7pm: Joel Nelson acoustic. Sat, Apr 16, 7pm: Johnny Neri at 1-Year Anniversary. Saratoga.

NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE Every Thu, 9:30pm: DJ night w/ DJ BenOfficial & DJ Vex. Every Fri and Sun, 9:30pm: Karaoke w/ DJ NoWrath.

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SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET Thu, Apr 14, 7pm: Diminished Blu ft. Charlie Burgan. Fri, Apr 15, 7pm: Mojo Blanc w/ Jackie Turner. Sat, Apr 16, 7pm: Scotty & the Barrelmakers.

Sun, Apr 17, 1pm: Jerry Sauceda. San Jose.

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Every Tues, 10pm: Resident DJ Gabriel Black presents Beat Culture. Every Wed, 10pm: Rubber Soul w/ Wen Davis, Nappy, Cutso, and Golden Child (Hip-Hop). Every Thu, 10pm: Roger Morehouse Presents Foxy Thursdays.

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Sat, Apr 16, 8:30pm: Touch of Class Band. Sun, Apr 17, 7:30: Bay Area Belly Dance Festival.

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Every Wed, 10pm: Wi3rd Wednesdays. Every Thu, 7pm: Speakeasy Saloon w/live country music. Los Gatos.

C&J’S SPORTS BAR Every Thu, 10pm: Karaoke.

Every Fri & Sat: Live Music or DJ. Santa Clara.

AGENDA LOUNGE Every Wed, 8pm: Salsa. Every Thu, 9pm: Banda Night. San Jose.

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Huey Lewis And The News August 7

Indigo Girls August 9

Grace Potter August 13

Jeff Beck / Buddy Guy August 14

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Earth, Wind & Fire August 2 & 3

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Engineering Boomerang Commerce, Inc. has a Vice President of Products & Engineering opening in Mountain View, CA to manage activities of Data Scientists, Product Managers, Software Development Engineers/Managers who design & develop enterprise software products. Define & build strategic product roadmaps. Mail resume to Boomerang Commerce, Inc., Staffing Dept., 1987 Leghorn St., Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94043.

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ENGINEERING Ruckus Wireless, Inc. has following jobs opps. in Sunnyvale, CA: Software Engineer [Req. #KBT96]. Dsgn, dvlp & intgrt mltpl cmpnents of Wi-Fi srvce in the cloud. Staff Software Engineer [Req. #FRW15] Dsgn & dvlp SW for carrier grade wireless comm. sys. Mail resumes refrnc’g Req. # to: Attn: N. Enzminger, 350 W Java Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.

Biotech InCellDX, Inc. seeks Sr. Development Scientist to utilize cell-based molecular techniques to develop products for In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) use. Resume to worksite: 1700 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94027

Computer: Saama Technologies, Inc. seeks Engagement Mgrs, Program Mgrs, Proj. Mgrs, S/W Enggs, Sys Analysts, Cmptr Prgmrs, Data Scientists, Bus. Analysts, Prgmr Analysts & Prof. Services Consults at all lvls for Business Intelligence/Data Wrhsng.

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ENGINEERING BoardVantage, Inc. seeks Quality Assurance (“QA”) Engineer to design & develop test scenarios to support product validation. Worksite: 4300 Bohannon Dr., #110, Menlo Park CA 94025. Resume to: bvhr@boardvantage.com.

Biotech Arbor Vita Corp. seeks Product Coordinator to generate test methods and associated specifications to test the E6 protein. Resume to worksite: 48371 Fremont Blvd., Suite 101, Fremont, CA 94538.

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TECHNICAL Cisco Systems, Inc. is accepting resumes for the following positions in San Jose/Milpitas/Santa Clara, CA: Information Security Engineer (Ref.# SJ540): Provide system administration support to rapidly growing Public Key Infrastructures.

Solutions Integration Architect (Ref.# SJ596): Responsible for IT advisory and technical consulting services development and delivery. Software Development Manager (Ref.# SJ654): Lead a team in the design and development of company’s hardware or software products. Telecommuting permitted. Manager, Software Development (Ref.# SJ23): Lead a team in the design and development of company’s hardware or software products. Please mail resumes with reference number to Cisco Systems, Inc., Attn: M51H, 170 W. Tasman Drive, Mail Stop: SJC 5/1/4, San Jose, CA 95134. No phone calls please.

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Computer Infogain Corp. seeks Technical Project Manager: Plan & coordinate IT projects. May be assigned to work at client sites in Santa Clara County, CA. Resume to worksite: 485 Alberto Way, #100, Los Gatos, CA 95032, Attn: D. Sharma

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BUSINESS Cisco Systems, Inc. is accepting resumes for the following positions in San Jose/Milpitas/Santa Clara, CA: Business Architect (Ref.# SJ603): Coordinate Invoice-To-Cash related programs with focus on revenue related initiatives based on Oracle Platform. Telecommuting permitted.

HR Manager (Ref.# SJ955): Organize design and development and strategic workforce planning. Telecommuting permitted and Travel may be required to various unanticipated locations throughout the United States.Please mail resumes with reference number to Cisco Systems, Inc., Attn: M51H, 170 W. Tasman Drive, Mail Stop: SJC 5/1/4, San Jose, CA 95134. No phone calls please. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. EOE. www.cisco.com

Engineer Cavium seeks Lead Software Engineer to develop system software for Cavium’s multi-core family of network processors. Worksite: San Jose, CA. Submit resume to HR via co. website: http://cavium.com/careers. html & reference job code: LEPR01.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #615742 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Pantera Trucking, 1639 Waverly Ave., San Jose, CA, 95122, Fernando Gonzalez. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/01/02.Refile of a previous file #482550 after 40 days of expiration date/s/Fernando GonzalezThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/30/2016. (pub) 4/06, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/2016

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): "When I discover who I am, I'll be free," said novelist Ralph Ellison. Would you consider making that a paramount theme in the coming weeks? Will you keep it in the forefront of your mind, and be vigilant for juicy clues that might show up in the experiences headed your way? In suggesting that you do, I'm not guaranteeing that you will gather numerous extravagant insights about your true identity and thereby achieve a blissful eruption of total liberation. But I suspect that at the very least you will understand previously hidden mysteries about your primal nature. And as they come into focus, you will indeed be led in the direction of cathartic emancipation.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "We never know the

wine we are becoming while we are being crushed like grapes," said author Henri Nouwen. I don't think that's true in your case, Taurus. Any minute now, you could get a clear intuition about what wine you will ultimately turn into once the grape-crushing stage ends. So my advice is to expect that clear intuition. Once you're in possession of it, I bet the crushing will begin to feel more like a massage— maybe even a series of strong but tender caresses.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your sustaining mantra

for the coming weeks comes from Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer: "I am not empty; I am open." Say that aloud whenever you're inclined to feel lonely or lost. "I am not empty; I am open." Whisper it to yourself as you wonder about the things that used to be important but no longer are. "I am not empty; I am open." Allow it to loop through your imagination like a catchy song lyric whenever you're tempted to feel melancholy about vanished certainties or unavailable stabilizers or missing fillers. "I am not empty; I am open."

CANCER (June 21-July 22): According to my

analysis of the astrological omens, you are close to tapping into hidden powers, dormant talents, and future knowledge. Truths that have been offlimits are on the verge of catching your attention and revealing themselves. Secrets you have been concealing from yourself are ready to be plucked and transformed. And now I will tell you a trick you can use that will enable you to fully cash in on these pregnant possibilities: Don't adopt a passive wait-and-see attitude. Don't expect everything to happen on its own. Instead, be a willful magician who aggressively collects and activates the potential gifts.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): This would be a perfect moment to give yourself a new nickname like "Sugar Pepper" or "Honey Chili" or "Itchy Sweet."

It's also a favorable time to explore the joys of running in slow motion or getting a tattoo of a fierce howling bunny or having gentle sex standing up. This phase of your cycle is most likely to unfold with maximum effectiveness if you play along with its complicated, sometimes paradoxical twists and turns. The more willing you are to celebrate life's riddles as blessings in disguise, the more likely you'll be to use the riddles to your advantage.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Right about now you

might be feeling a bit extreme, maybe even zealous or melodramatic. I wouldn't be surprised if you were tempted to make outlandish expostulations similar to those that the poet Arthur Rimbaud articulated in one of his histrionic poems: "What beast must I worship?

What sacred images should I destroy? What hearts shall I break? What lies am I supposed to believe?"

I encourage you to articulate salty sentiments like these in the coming days—with the understanding that by venting your intensity you won't need to actually act it all out in real life. In other words, allow your fantasy life and creative artistry to be boisterous outlets for emotions that shouldn't necessarily get translated into literal behavior.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Adyashanti is my favorite mind-scrambling philosopher. One of his doses of crazy wisdom is just what you need to hear right now. "Whatever you resist you become," he says. "If you resist anger, you are always angry. If you resist sadness, you are always sad. If you resist suffering, you are always suffering. If you resist confusion, you are always confused. We think that we resist certain states because they are there, but

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actually they are there because we resist them."

Can you wrap your imagination around Adyashanti's counsel, Libra? I hope so, because the key to dissipating at least some of the dicey stuff that has been tweaking you lately is to STOP RESISTING IT!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): During every election

season, media pundits exult in criticizing candidates who have altered their opinions about important issues. This puzzles me. In my understanding, an intelligent human is always learning new information about how the world works, and is therefore constantly evolving his or her beliefs and ideas. I don't trust people who stubbornly cling to all of their musty dogmas. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because the coming weeks will be an especially ripe time for you to change your mind about a few things, some of them rather important. Be alert for the cues and clues that will activate dormant aspects of your wisdom. Be eager to see further and deeper.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Friedrich Nietzsche published his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, in 1872, when he was 28 years old. In 1886, he put out a revised edition that included a preface entitled "An Attempt at Self-Criticism." In this unprecedented essay, he said that he now found his text "clumsy and embarrassing, its images frenzied and confused, sentimental, uneven in pace, so sure of its convictions that it is above any need for proof." And yet he also glorified The Birth of Tragedy, praising it for its powerful impact on the world, for its "strange knack of seeking out its fellow-revelers and enticing them on to new secret paths and dancing-places." In accordance with the astrological omens, Sagittarius, I invite you to engage in an equally brave and celebratory re-evaluation of some of your earlier life and work.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #615429 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Capital Electric Sign Co, 990 Helen Ave., #1, Sunnyvale, CA, 94086, Capital Electric & Sign Co.. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/23/16Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/ Won Ik ChoCEO #C3845535 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/23/2016. (pub Metro 3/30, 4/06, 4/13, 4/20/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #615425 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Julie’s Hair Design, 5138 Monerey Hwy, STE C, San Jose, CA, 95111, Khanh Q. Nguyen, Thuyen T. Le, 2480 Shilshone Cir., San Jose, CA, 95121. This business is conducted by a married couple. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/23/2016 /s/Khanh Q. NguyenThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/23/2016. (pub) 3/30, 4/06, 4/13, 4/20/2016

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "Go back to where

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Melita Group, 50 West San Fernando Street, Suite 1350, San Jose, CA, 95113, Melita-McDonald Insurance Services, Inc. This business is conducted by a corporation.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/13/2016.Refile of previous file #453233 with changes.

Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/Paul Mifsud CEO #A0508564 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/01/2016. (pub Metro 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/04/2016)

you started and learn to love it more." So advised Thaddeus Golas in his book The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment. I think that's exactly what you should do right now, Capricorn. To undertake such a quest would reap long-lasting benefits. Here's what I propose: First, identify three dreams that are important for your future. Next, brainstorm about how you could return to the roots of your relationships with them. Finally, reinvigorate your love for those dreams. Supercharge your excitement about them. here in mid-air?" asks Ted Hughes in his poem "Wodwo." Right about now you might have an urge to wonder that yourself. The challenging part of your situation is that you're unanchored, unable to find a firm footing. The fun part is that you have an unusual amount of leeway to improvise and experiment. Here's a suggestion: Why not focus on the fun part for now? You just may find that doing so will minimize the unsettled feelings. I suspect that as a result you will also be able to accomplish some interesting and unexpected work.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): How many fireflies would you have to gather together in order to create a light as bright as the sun? Entomologist Cole Gilbert estimates the number to be 14,286,000,000. That's probably beyond your ability to accomplish, Pisces, so I don't recommend you attempt it. But I bet you could pull off a more modest feat with a similar theme: accumulating a lot of small influences that add up to a big effect.

Now is an excellent time to capitalize on the power of gradual, incremental progress.

Homework: Let's meet in dreams sometime soon. Describe to me the adventures you'd like us to have together. FreeWillAstrology.com Go to REALASTROLOGY.COM to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SBI Construction General Contractor, 131 Nancy Lane #5, San Jose, CA, 95127, Inosencio Sanchez. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 4/4/16. /s/Inosencio Sanchez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/04/2016. (pub) 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/04/2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #615091 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Bigger Picture Photographic, 156 Red River Way, San Jose, CA, 95136, Eric J. Davis. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/14/2016. /s/Eric J. Davis This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/14/2016. (pub) 3/23, 3/30, 4/06, 4/13/2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #615264 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 101 Mobility, 2109 O’Toole Avenue, Suite C, San Jose, CA, 95131, Now Voyager Mobility, Inc.. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious

business name or names listed herein on 01/01/2016.

Refile of previous file #582936 with changes.Above entity was formed in the state of California/s/Virgil MoorePresident#3860670This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/17/2016. (pub Metro 3/30, 4/06, 4/13, 4/20/2016)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #615359 The following person(s) / entity (ies) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Golden Chef Restaurant, 2622 Union Ave., San Jose, CA, 95124, Peter Yuisee Kwan, Yen Chuan Kwan, 4565 Meadowhurst Ct., San Jose, CA, 95136. This business was conducted by a married couple. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 4/23/2013 under file #577634 /s/Peter KwanThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/21/2016. (pub Metro 4/06, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #614546 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: High Fi Productions, 5659 Begonia Dr., San Jose, CA, 95124, Patrick Custodia. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Patrick CustodiaThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/29/2016. (pub) 3/23, 3/30, 4/06, 4/13/2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #614963 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Blue Rhino Insurance Services, 345 E. Santa Clara Street, #207, San Jose, CA, 95113, Luat Nguyen 2161 Osborne Cir., Hollister, CA, 95023, Du Nguyen, 3015 Wall St., San Jose, CA, 95111. This business is conducted by a general partnership. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Luat NguyenThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/09/2016. (pub) 3/23, 3/30, 4/06, 4/13/2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #615131 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Pirata Trucking, 415 Aldo Ave., Santa Clara, CA, 95051, Israel H. Gonzalez. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/18/16. /s/Israel H. Gonzalez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/15/2016. (pub) 3/23, 3/30 4/06, 4/13/2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #615174 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Saddlery Solutions, 4412 Hampshire Place, San Jose, CA, 95136, Kristen Vlietstra. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein./s/Kristen Vlietstra This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/15/2016. (pub Metro 3/30, 4/06, 4/13, 4/20/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #614944 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Juleson Pool Service, 206 Bret Harte Ct., Santa Clara, CA, 95050. This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1098. /s/John JulesonThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/092016. (pub) 4/06, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/2016

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But actually, the male brain is not the emotional dead zone many women suspect it to be, with a few tumbleweeds and a Doritos bag blowing through in place of feelings. In fact, neuroscientist Tor Wager reviewed 65 brain imaging studies and found that men’s brains aren’t any less responsive to emotional stimuli than women’s.

However, women do tend to be more emotionally expressive. This difference makes sense, as women evolved to be the caregivers of the species—tending to the needs of babies (who typically require a more nurturing response than “Bring it, bro!”). Men, on the other hand, evolved to be the warriors of the species—competing for the alpha dog spot by clubbing a rhino or the most hombres from another tribe. This has had an effect on how men express themselves. As sex differences researcher Joyce Benenson explains, when you’re a warrior, revealing your feelings—like having a good cry on the battlefield— puts you at a disadvantage. (Kind of like going out in a T-shirt with a big arrow and “Your spear here!”)

Conversationally, where men and woman differ is in why they talk and what they talk about. Linguist Deborah

Tannen describes male versus female styles of communication as “report” versus “rapport.” In short, while women use conversation (including texting) as a form of bonding, for men, it’s a tool.

And just like other tools, men use it as needed. As my boyfriend put it, “you bring out the wrench when you have a loose nut; you don’t go around looking for nuts to fasten. Also, afterward, you put the wrench away; there’s no ‘Let’s us boys get together and explore how we feel about wrenches.’”

This explains why many guys text more in the chase phase, when they need to “talk chick,” to a degree, to reel you in. Once they have you, they fall back to what’s more natural for them—texting merely to say stuff like “late!” or “w/get wine” (the SMS form of grunting). But this should simply be seen as a different style of communicating, not a deficient one.

You judge whether a man cares about you by the sum of his actions, not by his pointer finger action. And besides, if you demand that he text you like a woman, he’s within his rights to expect you to act like a man—by carrying his luggage like a pack mule while he totters behind you in heels or by chasing a mugger while he stands on the corner crying softly and hoping you’ll come out of it alive.

My boyfriend introduces me as his girlfriend to his parents, friends, coworkers, etc. However, he doesn’t like to Facebook the intimate details of his life, including our relationship. My friends think it’s a red flag that he doesn’t post about us on Facebook. Do you think they’re right?—Hidden Your boyfriend doesn’t post what he had for lunch—and probably not because he’s embarrassed to be seen with his sandwich or he’s looking to cheat on it with a plate of spaghetti.

Even criminals have the right to remain silent. But that isn’t what your boyfriend’s trying to do. In fact, he’s public about your relationship; he just draws the line at publicizing it on social media—as in, having a bunch of people he doesn’t know know a bunch of things about him. (In economics, this is called “information asymmetry.”)

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something shady you’ve done—while privacy is about choosing who gets the scoop on your life. There’s this notion that if you aren’t doing anything wrong, you’ve got nothing to hide. Well, you aren’t doing anything wrong on the toilet, but you probably don’t want to replace your bathroom walls with glass and set up bleachers in the backyard.

Apparently, your boyfriend just expects people to put in effort to invade his privacy—rather than his being all “Welcome to our relationship! The usher will lead you to your seats—13A and B, right by the headboard. We look forward to your comments. Even if you’re an Internet troll. Even if you’re a bot!”

©2016, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 550 S. First St., San Jose, CA 95113, or email adviceamy@aol.com.

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EEP LEARNING flooded the San Jose McEnery Convention Center last week, when NVIDIA staged its biggest-ever GPU Technology Conference.

Thousands of graphics developers stuffed the building and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang spent more than two hours keynoting announcements. As usual, conventions and trade shows bring more people downtown than anything the Super Bowl devised.

In fact, some of the Virtual Reality and/or GPU-based technology employed by the NFL appeared in various sessions and hands-on labs. At the show, VR was one of the main themes underlying everything, along with autonomous vehicles, drones, AI and deep learning.

Paradigm shifts are afoot.

These types of massive conferences seem both above and below ground at the same time. Thousands of delegates descend upon the neighborhood, yet no one who lives here has any idea what’s going on inside. The sheer magnitude, the bombast, thousands of people flooding the exhibitors’ floor to explore new technologies, all go mostly unnoticed to the general public. Inside, hundreds of scientists

and engineers discuss how to advance the state of their fields, yet it feels like a secret event.

At the conference, software engineers from Pixar talked about realtime 3D graphics in the film industry. Hardware engineers talked about wearable personal assistants for the blind. Rob High, of IBM Watson, demonstrated cognitive systems that use emotional analysis to determine people's’ personalities based on the dating profiles they write. Car manufacturers, medical researchers, geophysicists, VR sycophants and molecular biologists all demonstrated their projects and research.

Here’s just one example: Folks from Roborace spilled stats on the world’s first self-driving electric race car, which aims to function at the intersection of cognitive computing, motor sports and entertainment. Measuring 15 feet, nine inches long and six feet, seven inches wide, the vehicle is 100 percent driven by NVIDIA’s DRIVE PX 2 supercomputer,

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utilizing deep learning for 360-degree situational awareness. The car processes inputs from 12 different cameras, plus radar and ultrasonic sensors to learn from its environment and develop its own driving ability.

For the contest. prospective teams of programmers get to submit their algorithms and code to run the cars, which will first compete in a virtual race. The winners will then get to see their software operate the cars in the real race, in which each car is identical, with the same hardware and sensors.

Thus, unlike F1, it’s not a competition of budgets or which teams have the most money. For Roborace, the programmers are all on the same playing level. It’s a competition of software engineering and programming chops. It’s a battle to build the smartest artificial mind to run a car in the smartest fashion.

The point isn’t to replace humanpowered races, in my opinion. In fact, it may help spur future technological developments in F1 racing. Researchers now have the computing power to design, implement and test a race car without the driver, reducing risk.

As someone who grew up hacking with the first era of PCs, I would have killed to learn this stuff in Boy Scouts, rather than whittling a wooden toy car for some dorky Pinewood Derby.

Imagine if grade school kids could learn how to write software to operate autonomous race cars. I mean, here in Silicon Valley, this is exactly what we should be teaching kids.

When it comes to the Roborace car, designer Daniel Simon, who previously designed the light cycles for Tron: Legacy, stood there at the podium and said the idea was to introduce beauty and sleekness into racing. Admittedly a big fan of ’60s racing, he said: “The surfaces on this car are sleek. I wanted something that even a 10-year-old child could draw.”

A company whose processors form the basis for much of the world’s graphics-intensive number crunching, NVIDIA never seems to occupy the same household-word status as other large Silicon Valley companies. Maybe it’s due to being primarily a hardware company, I don’t know. Headquartered in Santa Clara, NVIDIA is also active in corporate social responsibility.

Several years ago, I watched them as they helped rebuild Overfelt High School. Maybe now they should teach the students to program self-driving responsible race cars.

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The chain out of Redlands is opening locations in both Cupertino and Mountain View (the latter coming later this month), and the

“Made in America” approach sticks to traditional dishes rather than joining the fusion trends. Meanwhile, the bar program includes microbreweries specifically selected for each restaurant’s location.

Truffle fries are a staple at every New American eatery, and often the truffle flavor is barely noticeable. Not so at Eureka. The large mound of fries ($9.50) gets a sprinkle of truffle salt, and then there’s truffle oil and Havarti in a splendid cheese sauce.

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for many, brussels sprouts have also become ubiquitous on menus in recent years. The Crispy Glazed Brussel Sprouts ($8), with herb oil and macadamia nuts, dress up the tender sprouts. Also not to be missed: the Osso Bucco Riblets ($10), which are braised in sherry; the Golden Ale Mussels ($13); and Lollipop Corn Dogs ($8).

Appetizers are available at discounted prices during “Hoppy Hour,” from 2-6pm, when beers and wine are $2 off. Wine is half off on Tuesdays and a live band plays on Thursdays, making a good formula for an after-work hangout—especially since the Cupertino location is conveniently located in the middle of Apple’s sprawled out campuses.

Beers are a particular point of pride here, as the beverage director has

selected local American craft beers for each location, with the exception of Hangar 24 Brewery from Redlands.

This brand is carried at all locations in an ode to the restaurant’s roots. Wines are also chosen regionally and whiskey from 50 small-batch distilleries are used in their specialty cocktails.

I sampled the Hemingway ($10) with rum, grapefruit, maraschino cherry and lime—all nicely balanced with layers of flavor. The Industry ($11) is also a good option for those who prefer tequila and a good dose of cilantro.

All these drinks are to be paired with the restaurant’s other pride and joy: burgers. There is a Veggie Beet Burger ($12) and Turkey Tortilla Burger ($12) for those who don’t want classic red meat options, but for those of us jonesing for meaty goodness, the Bison Burger ($16) comes with a topping of baconinfused jalapeño jam, charbroiled tri-color peppers and melted smoked mozzarella. Because bison is a leaner meat, it makes for a cleaner, slightly gamey patty that goes well with all the toppings and toasted bun.

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The brainchild of Paul Anderson, a member of the local arts community as well as the drinking collective South Bay Beerhounds, created the event to combine craft beers, ceramic art and charity into one gathering. All art sales and a percentage of alcohol and food receipts will benefit the Silicon Valley Pet Project (SVPP), which aims to help at-risk pets in shelters around the area.

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Yeah, whatever. At The Ritz on Saturday night.

Hoods came in handy in the rain at the San Jose Fantasy Faire.

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Photos by Greg Ramar & Geoffrey Smith II

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