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BY TOM TOMORROW question of why, in the “Capital of Silicon Valley,â€? San Jose’s leadership did not know Chris Constantin had a brother on the police force. Mayor Reed or any City Council member (or any city staff member) should have easily been able to ďŹ nd out within minutes on a computer. All the more reason San Jose’s citizens must demand to take their city back from corruption now. Eugene Bradley, Santa Cruz

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that I received “one of San Jose’s ďŹ rst federal Recovery Act gigs,â€? it should have said that I received “one of San Jose’s ďŹ rst federal solarenergy-related gigs under the Obama Administration. Although I already have a “Green Job,â€? it’s not directly funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (a.k.a. the Stimulus Package). I do not think that anything I have done yet for

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How many contacts with city officials can a lobbyist make and still be considered ethical? Nineteen seems to fall within the ballpark since ex-mayor McEnery was forgiven for his nineteen unreported contacts. Also permitted was providing a City Council person free access to a Shark’s game. This gives me an idea: what about setting up a check list to be used by any committee evaluating the activities of lobbyists and others seeking special considerations from the city? All that is needed are the titles of favor seekers (like former mayors and council members, developers, business organizations, etc.) and the number of ethical slip-ups each group is allowed. For example, 25 ethical slip-ups for a former mayor, 20 for a developer, 19 for an athletic organization. The

same might be done with free passes. This would make ethical behaviors quantiďŹ able and save groups like the Elections Commission from the intellectual exercise of objectively evaluating lobbyists. Betsy Wolf-Graves San Jose

Donut Notes We opened up a business, because it’s the American dream (“Crazy About Donuts,â€? MetroMenu, April 8). Because it has a chance of surviving a severe recession, we chose a donut shop. We made it very different, because if we didn’t, it would be like any other donut shop. Because our donuts look and taste crazy, we chose a ďŹ tting name. Because donuts have no feelings, they won’t be upset that we’re making fun of them. Because we love Campbell, we chose our location. Because we will not ďŹ re our eight employees, we won’t shut down the shop. Because of First Amendment rights, we won’t change our name. Some groups are going after us—and not South Park and Mind of Mencia—because they are bullies. Because there are a million donut shops, everyone has a choice. Because most people have a sense of humor and like our donuts, we are thriving. Kipp Berdianski, Psycho Donuts Campbell

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“We were on the phone with the deputy prime minister before we met him and the phone [call] dropped five, six times,” Liebman said. The group was escorted by a security team, and “always felt safe,” according to Liebman, but with suicide bombings a notinfrequent occurrence, everyday safety is a constant concern for Iraqi citizens; reliable phone and Internet connections are vital to their daily lives. Heiferman returned to his Meetup office last week to a sign hanging in his office that his coworkers made. It read: “Mission Accomplished.” But there is still lots of work to do. “They’ve got real issues,” Heiferman said about Iraq. “Some say, ‘How do you think about Internet infrastructure when you need a sanitation infrastructure? How can you think about Internet connectivity when there isn’t clean water?’ And that’s very valid. But it’s not a matter of either/or. There’s parts of the rebuilding effort that can look at different things.” The delegation—the first of its kind—was organized by Jared Cohen, the 27-year-old Stanford graduate who became the youngest member of the State Department’s policy planning staff in 2006. “We all know the story of challenges in Iraq,” Cohen explained during a digital video conference with State Department reporters last Wednesday. “We’ve been hearing that story for a while. But increasingly, we’ve been hearing stories and reporting from our embassy and elsewhere about opportunities, in particular with regard to technology. So we had been exploring ways that we can embrace those trends and leverage those trends to try to look for new opportunities to use technology to support our objectives in Iraq.”

N A meeting room in Baghdad’s Green Zone, Scott Heiferman, chief executive of Meetup.com, and Jason Liebman, chief executive of how-to video site Howcast, sat down with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih for some coffee. It was one of their last meetings as part of a delegation of Silicon Valley and New York–based technology executives—including Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, WordPress’s Raanan Bar-Cohen and representatives from YouTube, Google and AT&T—who were sent to Iraq by the U.S. State Department to help formulate

ideas on how to build its information infrastructure from scratch. Outside of the Green Zone, they wore military helmets and flak jackets and met local Iraqi leaders. They sat at round tables with elite students from the University of Technology and the University of Baghdad to discuss how they use Facebook and which videos they like on YouTube. After coffee and tea with the deputy prime minister, Twitter’s Dorsey convinced him to start his own account on the microblogging platform. He could use his iPhone to update the page.

“The goal was really to listen and see if there was a way we could help, go there and come up with a list of things that we could do in a matter of weeks, not years,” Liebman, the Howcast executive, explained in a phone interview after his return to New York. The delegation confronted a myriad of connectivity problems in Iraq. Power grids are on the fritz. Only about 5 percent of homes have Internet access, according to the group, and although an estimated 80 percent of the population own mobile phones, infrastructure is crippling under the demand.

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Time Travelers EVERYONE has his or her own definition of what constitutes “live music,” but historically, San Jose does indeed boast a tradition of home-grown talent, as well as an impressive roster of touring acts. Bands in the ’60s like Count Five, Syndicate of Sound and the Chocolate Watchband emerged from the garages and teen centers to put San Jose on the rock & roll map, while venues like the now-destroyed Palomar Ballroom hosted all the top swing acts of the ’40s and ’50s. Many of the bands known for creating the Haight-Ashbury scene either had South Bay roots or played their first gigs here. By the time the mid-’80s rolled around, enough discontented folks emerged at the right time to attempt San Jose’s equivalent of the R.E.M./Athens, Ga./indie rock scene and formed a collective called First Strike. As that decade came to a close, downtown found itself right in the middle of massive construction, Redevelopment was giving it the old college try and a few alternative rock clubs opened up on South First Street and hosted then unknown bands like No Doubt, Nirvana and Green Day. Of those venues, the Cactus Club was the only one that lasted, finally biting the dust in 2002. The tradition carries on at the Blank Club, the Voodoo Lounge and in art galleries and warehouses. But it could be so much more. Left Coast Live hopes to be a catalyst for the next era. In that spirit, we’ve pulled together some fabulous posters and pictures to cast a spotlight on the glorious history of live music in Silicon Valley. The images all came to us courtesy San Jose Rocks: Celebrating Silicon Valley’s Role in Rock. Gary Singh

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Musicians, club owners, promoters, producers, people from arts groups, industry types, street intellectuals and DJs—pretty much anyone with any remote connection to what could be called a “music scene”—all attended those initial public meetings. What started as a peanut gallery offering a frenzied mishmash of concerns eventually morphed into a long process that has now led to Left Coast Live. The ambitious five-day extravaganza of gigs and panel sessions culminates with a blowout festival in downtown San Jose on Friday, May 15. 18

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On that final night, two outdoor stages will occupy South First Street, while 80-plus bands will perform at dozens of venues all over downtown. Many places that normally don’t present live music will jump into the fray. Classic rock, jazz, R&B, punk, classical, world beat and all sorts of sounds in between will be performing. Legendary Hammond B3 alchemist Booker T. will headline the main stage. Throughout the week leading up to the shows, Left Coast Live will sponsor a variety of seminars. The topics will include the intersection of Web 2.0 tools and music, and ideas on how to make local music thrive in San Jose.

Adrenaline Boost No one knows what exactly what Left Coast Live will turn into, but at the very least, everyone involved wants it to function as an adrenaline boost for San Jose. They want to give people of all shapes and sizes a feeling that they are welcome downtown. Someday, the organizers hope,

live music will always be ingrained in everyone’s consciousness and automatically on everyone’s radar. Local producer and restaurateur Chris Esparza leads the Left Coast Live enterprise. “I’m not doing this to let people know I have some secret good-fairy plan for downtown,” Esparza declares. “I’m doing it because, one, I want to get people turned on to live music, and, two, turned on to people who play live music. I want to see them, all at the end of this, feeling, like, ‘Oh, wow, something just happened.’ And maybe there’s a glimmer of hope.” With the diverse mix of people, as well as the legions of amateur musicians who have given up trying to make it commercially here, massive untapped potential exists in Silicon Valley. “It would be fantastic to equate San Jose with one of those places where great music is everywhere,” says Sheila Dowd, one of Left Coast Live’s producers. “And that’s sort of our larger vision. What we want to present is that ultimately you’d walk around downtown, and wherever you’re

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Club Crawling During the winter of 2006/07, while meeting once a week for a few months, a handful of citizens gave themselves an apt moniker: South Bay Live. They met over food and drinks while discussing how to put live music back on everyone’s agenda. Local musician Tavius Aiton was one of those people. “Initially, what we had talked about,” Aiton recalls, “was the issues with law enforcement and their overall bombarding presence downtown; city issues with ordinances, clubs and licensing and the kinds of things the city was really saying.

On one hand, they were saying, ‘We’re for it’—but on the other hand, making it very difficult to present and promote live music.” The group eventually decided to bring the conversation to the general public. A meeting was held at the California Theatre on March 22, 2007. The aforementioned cast of characters, including me, attended. They even had a whiteboard. “That’s when South Bay Live went from just a few people at the table talking about what to do to a community participating in the conversation,” Aiton says. “The idea was ‘Let’s broaden the conversation and get more people involved,’ and [then] narrow it down to some things that we can actually do to make a difference.” More sessions followed. All the usual time-tested grousing emerged: How it’s impossible to “make it” here as a musician; how the business climate leaves a lot to be desired; how licensing and permits are required for every little stupid thing; how the police handle closing time at the clubs; how people in San Jose just don’t go out to 20

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support live original bands any more. However, a few solid initiatives did materialize, one being a “club crawl,� an idea then in the works for the San Jose Jazz Festival, where jazz fans, rather than split after the day’s events, would hang around and check out live music in downtown bars. That concept, which later succeeded during the following two jazz festivals, morphed with an idea already brewing in Esparza’s head. Esparza had envisioned a one-night, live-music extravaganza where all the clubs, bars, cafes and corner lots could showcase some sort of music. People would buy one all-encompassing ticket that came with a wristband that enabled them access to any of the events that night. The club crawl idea transformed the same old bitchfest into something much more tangible.

“There was a big need to have action,� Esparza says. “We didn’t want to take a step toward action without having listened to a broad spectrum of people involved in music. Once we did a couple of those meetings and heard the initial vomiting of people complaining—about trying to do live music, and now hard the city is, or the police, or this and that—after we got that done, then ideas began to spring forward.� Aiton agrees: “We found that there weren’t enough people willing to get involved and actually tackle each of the initiatives. So what happened is that most of the people who came into the initial meetings gravitated toward the clubcrawl idea.� The original name, South Bay Live, remains, comprising many of those original 23

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constituents, using the San Jose Jazz Society as an umbrella for nonprofit status. They remain active on several fronts, most notably the organization of live music at the Theater on San Pedro Square. After Left Coast Live emerged from the original flurry of ideas, Esparza brought on a few partners and engaged the city, and the concept grew from there.

Follow the Money One thing the group needed was seed money, and they got it form 1stACT Silicon Valley. This local leadership network is dedicated to “inspiring leadership, participation and investment at the intersection of Art, Creativity and Technology,” which is what the “ACT” stands for. Funded by the likes of Apple, Cisco, Applied Materials and a few hefty philanthropic foundations, 1stACT also provided incubation money for the 01SJ (ZeroOne) Festival, the Great Cities Speakers Series and the current cosmetic redesign of the SoFA District. 1stACT’s goal is to help make downtown San Jose Silicon Valley’s urban core, to strengthen the arts and culture ecosystem and to engage people in arts and cultural

experiences. The group’s favorite buzzword is “catalyst.” “We’re only planning to be around for five to 10 years, so we’re not an organization that’s here forever,” explains Josh Russell, 1stACT’s director of Communications and Emerging Initiatives. “So what we want to do is get involved in catalytic types of activities, things that we can move the needle and make significant change and then get out of the way.” Brendan Rawson, 1stACT’s director of Cultural Participation, picks up the narrative: “We thought about how to set up a structure for a festival concept that will be able to continue forward after we’re not involved anymore.” This means engaging a wide swath of venues and musicians and providing incentives to make a successful project. “Instead of doing the traditional downtown San Jose outdoor festival on a set stage,” Rawson says, “we wanted to put it more into the businesses, . . . sort of jump-start these venues to have more live performances.” Russell adds, “We’re not looking at it as just giving money to one event but 25

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LEFT COAST LIVE 23 looking at that event as the way to kickstart live music in San Jose on a more regular basis.” And it looks like many people are indeed catalyzed. Barbara Wahli, a local promoter, booked many of the rock acts for Left Coast Live. She says that the amount of venues volunteering to be included went way beyond anyone’s expectations. She agrees that the entire event could boost a live-music mentality among local businesses and customers.

‘People have a misconception. They think of downtown and they think of club nights and all these people in the streets causing havoc, and it’s totally

A Tremendous Twilight

not like that. And this

Booker T. headlines Left Coast Live

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it’s not like that.’

HEN baby boomers moan about a long-gone work ethic, it’s easy to

ignore. The way things are looking,

—Barbara Wahli

we probably won’t be able to retire anyway. But the old-timers may have a point. This spring, classic soul legend Booker T. Jones, 64, brings us

“I think for one,” Wahli tells me, “that it’ll show a bunch of venues who don’t normally do live music that live music is really successful.” She adds, “And it’ll make them realize that they could start doing it on a regular basis . . . and that that would make more live venues exist in San Jose, and it’ll let people know we have a vibrant downtown again.” According to Wahli, “People have a misconception. They think of downtown and they think of club nights and all these people in the streets causing havoc, and it’s totally not like that. And this event will show them it’s not like that.”

an album that proves that he’s not resting on his laurels. He’ll back up that assertion with a headlining set at Left Coast Live. Although a successful songwriter and performer, Booker T. Jones remains renowned mostly as an “alchemist” of the Hammond B3 organ, particularly for his work leading the MGs, the Stax house band that buoyed luminaries like Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and the Staple Singers. Recorded in only a week, Potato Hole is likely to augment his legacy, with his signature

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keyboard lyricism stretching to new

sonic textures beyond trademark hits “Green Onions” and “Time Is Tight.”

two-minute piece with astoundingly communicative melodies.

Right from the brash opener “Pound It Out,” Jones sounds miles away from the lounge-y cool of “Green Onions,” thanks in large part to the triple-guitar attack of backing band the DriveBy Truckers and fourth axman Neil Young. Jones’ instantly recognizable organ licks are flanked by power chords, distortion and dirty blues solos, making for the boldest sound in his catalog. “Native New Yorker” has the biggest Neil stamp on it, with its heavy guitar stroll and Jones’ piercing keys seemingly mimicking Young’s famous falsetto tenor.

While his distinctive soloing may evoke great jazzmen, Jones’s accessibility is afforded by his concise rock & roll song structures, evinced here in his covers of Outkast’s “Hey Ya” and Tom Waits’ “Get Behind the Mule,” the latter presented in a kinetic, brilliantly plodding arrangement. The expressiveness of Jones’ playing makes one hardly miss the lyrics. This instrumental success reaches its zenith in the epic, slavery-themed title track, whose relentless drums and grinding guitars aid Jones’ extended organ solos in a narrative that’s damn near understandable. In addition to his renewed creativity, the soul veteran has brought imagination back to rock & roll.

But Jones presents many moods throughout the record, including the serene love letter to his wife, “Nan.” Here he plays chiming acoustic guitar, electric guitar and, of course, the organ, which sustains the gorgeous

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Silver Bullet In the end, the timing for Left Coast Live is right, because the city is struggling to make downtown nightlife attractive for people over 25 or 30 years old and who don’t want to hang out in the dreaded meat market dance clubs. One intention of Left Coast Live is to aid in that process. “Live music is not the silver bullet,” Esparza concedes. “But it’s a silver bullet to kind of make downtown and put a little life into it.” Even better, everyone involved believes that Left Coast Live will help cement a much-needed live-music culture that San Jose can call its own. “We’re making this [event] special for San Jose,” claims Esparza. “We designed it because we’re local. We’re not bringing SxSW to San Jose. We’re not bringing Bumpershoot to San Jose, but in the sense we’re looking at those models and saying, ‘How do we make it right for this town?’” Kim Walesh, chief strategist for the city of San Jose, is on board as well. “This is an opportunity for San Jose to continue developing a distinctive cultural voice,” she says. “Left Coast Live is going to, in a very exciting way, reflect who we are and showcase who we are, whether it’s boomer garage bands that our friends are in, to

introducing more people to incredible local jazz legends, to interesting solo performers, or people who are totally new to us.” Another consensus across the board is that the festival will help stir things up enough to the point where people will lose their negative preconceptions of downtown. “It’s great to come to Music in the Park, it’s great to go to the jazz festival, it’s great to go to all those things, but it’s either once a year or only in the summer,” Dowd explains. “And how amazing would it be if we created this culture where downtown is always hopping? And it’s not, like, a scary thing.” Finally, Walesh reiterates that the city’s overall strategy is for the festival to accelerate a more music-based nightlife not limited to just clubs. “What’s important to me,” she says, “is that Left Coast Live is the beginning of a return of live music to a variety of downtown venues, week in, week out, throughout the year. If we just have a one-week festival and we don’t use this as a platform for adding live music of more kinds to more venues downtown, every weekend and every weeknight, we will not be successful. And that’s what I like about this. It’s intended to lead to more fundamental change, not just add another terrific festival to our portfolio of festivals.” M

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HIGH TECH AND HIGHER learning. That’s what gets Palo Alto into the news these days, between the endless ascension of Facebook and Stanford’s research breakthroughs , which are even more regular than their poundings by Cal in the Big Game. It’s no secret that innovation powers Palo Alto. This is where Sergey Brin and Larry Page created the algorithm that would grow up to be Google. Everything from genome sequencing to DSL was developed here. But despite what the rest of the world may think, Mark Zuckerberg does not own this city. OK, maybe he does, but in any case the tech explosion isn’t the beall, end-all of the Palo Alto experience. Like some kind of cyborg creation from Stanford’s Bio-X program, the culture here is a fusion of technology and personality. Geeks hellbent on world domination thrive, but so do sensitive creative types, thanks to the city’s thriving arts scene. Its top restaurants often put a unique stamp on traditional culinary concepts, or blend traditions from around the world to create new ones. The Stanford Shopping Center is nearly as much a local institution as the university. A visit to the Nut House bar on California Avenue will throw anyone’s preconceived notions of Palo Alto nightlife upside down entirely. The forward-thinking approach trickles down to every aspect of the Palo Alto landscape. It’s a place where even a broken-down shopping plaza that time forgot can be reinvented with a whirlwind $25 million renovation—hello, Town and Country Village! A similar redux saved the Stanford Theatre, which keeps classic films running in Silicon Valley. Collected here are some PA essentials, and check out paloalto.net for a lot more. M

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ROM the culinary art of Google’s former chef to international fusion of all stripes, Palo Alto’s dining scene mirrors the innovation and diversity for which Silicon Valley is famous. Here are Stett Holbrook’s picks for the essential spots.

Quattro Restaurant and Bar Quattro Restaurant and Bar brings highstyle, impeccably sourced Italian cuisine to the South Bay, an area that has about as many great Italian restaurants as it does snow days. OK, so Quattro is located in the gleaming Four Seasons hotel and it feels more PA than EPA. It’s on the west side of Highway 101 and its glass tower, flowing fountains and late-model luxury cars purring out of the parking garage say money and power and not the grit many

people conjure up when they think of East Palo Alto. Chef Alessandro Cartumini has created a big, almost-too-long menu of modern edged Italian food full of surprises and deliciousness. Breakfast 6:30–11am Mon–Sun, lunch 11:30am–2:30pm Mon– Sat and dinner 5:30–10pm Mon–Sun. 2050 University Ave., East Palo Alto. 650.470.2889.

through the lounge as black-clad servers dart about. In the dining room, water gurgles from a wall-mounted fountain and colorful modern Indian art dangles from thin cables below the lofty ceiling. Lunch 11:30am–2:30pm Tue–Fri, dinner 5:30–10pm Sun–Wed and 5:30–11pm Thu–Sat. Lounge opens at 4:30pm. 632–636 Emerson St., Palo Alto. 650.322.3500.

Mantra Mantra serves inventive French and American food that speaks with a moderate Indian accent. This isn’t fusion, but rather a subtler blend of surprisingly compatible flavors and techniques. Walk into Mantra and it’s hard not be seduced by its dark and moody good looks. The long black bar gleams like polished marble. Bass-heavy electronic music pulsates

Junnoon Junnoon is not an Indian fusion restaurant. That’s what our server told us soon after we sat down. She described the food as eclectic modern Indian food, the kind one might get at an upscale restaurant in Bangalore or Mumbai. Consulting chef Floyd Cardoz, best known for his high-concept Indian restaurant

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Tabla in New York City, has teamed up with other chefs at Junnoon who have similar experience with high-end Indian restaurants in New York City, Washington, D.C., and London. In spite of the colorful fabric that hangs over the windows, Junnoon has a muted, earthy feel that’s cool and comforting. 11:30am–2pm Mon– Fri, 5:30–9:30pm Mon–Thu, 5:30–10pm Fri–Sat and 5:30–9pm Sun. 150 University Ave., Palo Alto. 650.329.9644.

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Situated at the lower end of restaurantdense University Avenue, this one is easy to miss; it’s set back off the street behind a 35-seat patio that is starkly empty in these chilly months of winter. Shokolaat isn’t giant in size, but the ambition and skill of the kitchen are big. The restaurant is a partnership between husband and wife duo Shekoh Moossavi and Mark Ainsworth. The two once owned Saratoga’s Restaurant Gervais and both boast impressive culinary pedigrees. The open kitchen and the pastry display counter are as gleaming and clean as a laboratory, which would be a fitting setting for Moossavi’s technically precise, modern European cooking. Counter open 10am–10pm, lunch 11:30am–2pm Mon–Fri and dinner 5:30–10:30pm Mon–Sat. 516 University Ave., Palo Alto. 650.289.0719.

Cantor Arts Center The Cantor Arts Center, housed in an imposing example of neoclassical architecture, is one of many cultural touchstones at the university that are available to the public. The museum, which boasts an impressive permanent collection and hosts substantial traveling shows, is open Wednesdays–Sundays and is always free. The Cantor also owns a major chunk of works by Rodin, including an outdoor sculpture garden. Stanford Lively Arts Stanford also nurtures a major performing-arts series that brings national touring groups to campus during the school year. Stanford Lively Arts offers more than a score of concerts in a season that runs from October to May. The shows range from classical to jazz to avant-garde dance. Each year sees some ongoing collaborations between guest artists and Stanford faculty and students. Next season, for instance, visiting performers and scholars will work with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra on the Prokofiev Project. For more information on the series, call 650.725.ARTS.

Oaxacan Kitchen

The Counter The Counter takes the quintessential American burger and turns up the Americanness by letting diners choose from dozens of options to build a custom burger. We Americans love our burgers almost as much as we love our freedom of choice. Combine the two under one roof and you’ve got a winner. The multitude of patty choices, buns, toppings, cheeses and sauces add up to more than 312,000

Stanford and The Arts TANFORD UNIVERSITY is not only an incubator for new ideas and businesses locally, it also makes a huge contribution to the Palo Alto cultural scene, and many of its best programs and exhibits are open to the public.

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In a land of heavy-on-the-sour-cream, overcheesed Mexican-American food, the Oaxacan Kitchen offers a refreshing, if unfamiliar, side trip into one of Mexico’s greatest and yet least appreciated regional cuisines. There are tacos and tortas, but also an array of Oaxacan street snacks seldom seen in these parts. My favorite is the molotes, tubes of masa filled with potatoes and chorizo and topped with a creamy—delicate, even—black bean purée and queso fresco, salsa and guacamole. The masa is lightly fried and the interior is moist and flavorful. It quickly turns into a delicious mess. Tlayudas ($8.50) are another Oaxacan classic that is well done here. The dish consists of a thick sole of masa that’s crispy on the outside and still moist inside and topped with the same goodies as the molotes, but served with a choice of poached chicken or grilled steak. It’s safe to say this ain’t your typical sombrero-on-thewall taqueria. Lunch 11:30am–2pm Tue–Fri and dinner 5–9pm Tue–Sat. 2323 Birch St., Palo Alto. 650.321.8003.

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different combinations. To order, simply tick off choices from a clipboard-mounted order form and hand it to your server. Interestingly, there’s no box to check for desired doneness. All burgers are cooked medium unless you tell your server otherwise. Add a full bar, industrial chic décor, hip music and a young staff with cool T-shirts, and it’s easy to see why the Counter has struck such a chord. 11am– 10pm Mon–Thu, 11am–11pm Fri–Sat and 11:30am–9pm Sun. 369 California Ave., Palo Alto. 650.321.3900.

ketchup. The food is affordable and often quite good. Calafia’s menu contains tacos, rice bowls and noodle dishes made with premium, often organic, ingredients. The rest of the menu is a combination of comfort food like turkey meat loaf and short ribs, quick bites and vegetable-driven dishes like veggie burgers, stir-fried greens and fresh salads. The dining room is warm and inviting and in full view of the open kitchen. 11am–10pm weekdays; brunch starting at 9am Sat–Sun. 858 El Camino Real., Palo Alto. 650.322.9200

Stanford Jazz Festival Stanford is, of course, geared to the rhythms of the academic year, but it hardly goes dormant over the summer. The major draw in the dog days is the Stanford Jazz Festival, presented by the Stanford Jazz Workshop. This year’s festival welcomes James Moody, Keith Terry, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Regina Carter, among many jazz greats, to campus. The event also features a number of sessions designed to introduce young audiences to America’s music. The concerts and workshops run June 26– Aug. 8.

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Calafia Cafe and Market A Go-Go combines elements of the fast-food world and the labor-intensive slow cooking of more high-end restaurants. Owned by former Google chef Charlie Ayers, Calafia offers “slow food fast”—good-to-eat and good-for-you food that he hopes will appeal to Silicon Valley’s frenetic, toobusy-to-eat pace of life. Ayers says there are people working in the kitchen 22 hours a day because they make everything themselves from bread to soda pop to

Joya has good looks to spare. It’s hard to believe the place was once a bank—it reportedly took two weeks just to remove the vault. The restaurant has undergone a top-to-bottom remodel and has been done up in a cool, modern style with horizontal wood panels, exposed steel and a glassed-in wine cellar featuring selections from the eclectic wine list. The wall of windows at the front of the restaurant can be pulled

The university is also, as might be expected, a fertile home for lectures, workshops and conferences on a variety of topics that range from the hard-core academic to vital current events. These are often free and open to the public. The good place to keep track of what’s coming is the school’s detailed events website: events.stanford.edu. M

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N THE shadow of Stanford Shopping Center are an array of independent boutiques offering their own unique takes on Silicon Valley style. Here are seven that shouldn’t be missed; check out PaloAlto.net for more.

Romi Boutique Romi Boutique is all about the Jennifer Aniston look: classy, casual understated elegance. They carry simple, feminine designs that flatter, like the shortsand-a-T look while out and about, but simultaneously still polished and put together. Romi’s selection of soft T-shirts and camis is gigantic, with the whole upper floor of the store dedicated to these well-made basics. While the girls can try on the best of brands like Rebecca Taylor, Alice & Olivia and Nanette Lepore, the large, comfy couches and large selection of magazines situated in the center of the store offer a place for tag-along boyfriends to take a load off. 624 Emerson St., Palo Alto. 650.322.7664.

Phyllis If Nuni and Nooni from SNL’s Schoener’s skit hit up Palo Alto, they’d shop at Phyllis on Ramona Street. No gaudy floral patterns here—Phyllis is all about a modern, avant-garde sensibility. The long, thin, minimalistic shop is decorated entirely in red, white and black, with stripes and geometric patterns painted onto the walls. Large, Jackson Pollock– esque spatter paintings are on display among racks of edgy, deconstructed, monochromatic clothing with a subdued color palette. Many pieces feature elaborate draping and unconventional cuts that may not flatter every body type but are sure to be conversation pieces. 540 Ramona St., Palo Alto. 650.323.4912.

Fashion Passion Excusing the cheesy name, Fashion Passion is a boutique gem on the University Avenue strip. Specializing in imports and European labels, the large, well-lighted shop carries everything an unashamed clothes hound could want to stay in a state of chic. They have boldly printed, daring cocktail dresses for the twentysomething set, as well as more conservative wear to flatter ladies who don’t want all their goods hanging out. Fashion Passion’s handbag and scarf selection is impressive, as are their eclectic art jewelry lines. 425 University Ave., Palo Alto. 650.328.2121.

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Charmosa Fashion & Swimwear Inspired by the beaches of Brazil, the bikinis at Charmosa Fashion & Swimwear Boutique are drop-dead sexy. This is the place for women in the market for the perfect ittsy bittsy two-piece to up their hotness on vacation. Owner and designer Neide Hall brings the sensibilities of her South American homeland to all of her swimwear designs. Her large selection of hand-painted, beaded, embroidered and sewn bikini pieces include bright and sassy prints and cuts. The rest of the shop’s stock is also decidedly beach-ready, from poolside jewelry to sun hats, bags and cover-ups. 522 Bryant St., Palo Alto. 650.838.0455.

Shady Lane With the sound of trickling tabletop water fountains and tinkling wind chimes, walking Shady Lane craft gallery is like entering an oasis of hippie calm. Large glass cases line the walls, filled with a large array of jewelry, babbles, crystals and fairy art. The one-of-a-kind stock

carried in this magical little jewelry shop makes a point to emphasize the works of local craftspeople. California jewelers Tabra, Holly Yashi and Ann Lewis, among others, supply Shady Lane’s selections of sparkling sterling silver, gold and semiprecious stone trinkets. They even stock a menagerie of carved animals, from wood hummingbirds to pewter dragons. 441 University Ave., Palo Alto. 650.321.1099.

Far East Living Far East Living is the brainchild of designer and owner Esther Shih, a Silicon Valley native who left the high-tech world to purse a passion for modern Asian-inspired fashion. The result is a beautifully designed clothing line and shop that brings forth the exotic beauty of Asia. Her clothing mixes contemporary cuts and styles with fine traditional silks, mandarin collars and even exotic mink, which can work both in the boardroom and for evenings out. Everything sold

in the dark-wood-decorated shop on University Avenue is made by local artists or designed by Shih herself, like traditional tea sets and bath robes. 540 University Ave. Suite 100, Palo Alto. 650.32.-0880.

In Her Shoes Why not splurge for a good cause? In Her Shoes is a tiny shoe and garment store with a mission: the sale of all products benefits the global fund for women. The exquisite interior is decorated in a fauxIndian style, with lots of cushy couches, chairs and mirrors. Their large stock of heels, flats and sandals go up to size 12, and include high-end designers like Sam Edelman and Richard Tyler. They even carry a selection of bohemian dresses, skirts and necklaces in back. Look above the shoe racks at the luxurious purses and clutches that are lined up above, made out of high quality tooled leather and tapestry. 644 Emerson St. Suite 100, Palo Alto. 650.326.9644. M

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DINING OUTSIDE THE BOX 33 back to open to the sidewalk, perfect for warm afternoons. In addition to the dining room, there’s an appealing lounge, a cozy bar and space for private parties. It’s easily one of University’s Avenue’s best-looking restaurants. Chef Fabrice Roux has created a well-priced menu of “modern Latin cuisine” that pulls in equal measures from Spain and the New World. On the plate, the food ranges from the magnificent to the mediocre. Tapas make up more than half the menu, and there are plenty of winners. From the list of entrees the Cuban spiced pork tenderloin is a standout. 11:30am–10pm Sun–Wed and 11:30–midnight Thu–Sat. 339 University Ave., Palo Alto. 650.853.9800.

Tamarine Tamarine is one of the Bay Area’s exemplar’s of modern Vietnamese food as imagined by the duo of Anne Le and executive chef Tammy Huynh. The restaurant’s sleek, modern and stylish lines match the food. The menu is built around small plate dishes and served family style to invite sharing. Standouts include coriander lamb meatballs, crab and garlic glass noodles, kaffir lime snapper and kumquat glazed chicken with roasted cauliflower. The top-rate, contemporary

Vietnamese artwork hanging on the wall adds to the restaurant’s appeal. Lunch 11:30am–2:30pm Mon–Fri; dinner 5:30pm–9pm Sun–Thu; 5:30–10pm Fri–Sat. 546 University Ave., Palo Alto. 650.325.8500.

Three Seasons The modern Vietnamese restaurant in the Bay Area has developed to the point where one can predict much of what the menus will say. Nontraditional spring rolls filled with things like mango, duck and avocado: check. Catfish in a clay pot: check. Green papaya salad: check. A friend steered me toward Three Seasons, a Palo Alto purveyor of modern Vietnamese food. While I trust his judgment in restaurants, I wondered whether this place would be more of the same old thing. The restaurant checks off many of the boxes for upscale Vietnamese food, but the results are better than most. Much of the menu is familiar, but Three Seasons scores on account of its superior execution and light touch. A cool, twolevel dining room dominated by a striking circular stained glass ceiling and an ornate wooden bar that serves great cocktails help set Three Seasons apart, too. 11:30am–2pm Mon–Fri and dinner 5:30–10pm Sun–Thu and 5:30-11pm Fri–Sat. 518 Bryant St., Palo Alto. 650.838.0353. M

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T IS plain to see what MayďŹ eld Bakery and Cafe is trying to do. The restaurant is yet another new business in the suddenly happening 50-yearold Town and Country Village on El Camino Real, a red-tiled landmark of peninsula shopping that has undergone a major remodel. With its simple but handsome dĂŠcor, open kitchen fronted by a long counter and tidy stacks of split almond logs tucked against the wall for the great smelling wood-burning oven, the 3-monthold Palo Alto restaurant presents updated versions of seasonally driven Mediterranean and American classics—big, bold, rustic avors and simple preparations that aim to let locally grown ingredients speak for themselves without any undue manipulation or pretence. You know the stuff: Niman Ranch burgers, spit-roasted meats, frisĂŠe salads with crumbled bacon and a poached egg on top, pizzas, grilled ďŹ sh, crusty, fresh bread and hearty, satisfying desserts. Although it checks in at a lower price point, MayďŹ eld seeks to mine the same vein of rough-hewn yet reďŹ ned farm-fresh deliciousness

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as the nearby Village Pub, a Woodside restaurant under the same ownership. It’s the kind of virtuous, satisfying food that has come to deďŹ ne Bay Area dining. While the ingredient-overtechnique aesthetic is the Bay Area’s stock in trade, it’s not enough to simply put premium ingredients on a plate and expect them to shine. And as often as not, the food at MayďŹ eld comes off as good stuff that doesn’t quite rise above the sum of its parts. While MayďŹ eld has the look and feel down cold and generally expert, knowledgeable service, the food too often falls into the gray box of mediocrity, that netherworld between bad and great occupied by the OK, the notbad and the pretty good. It’s the little things—the judicious application of salt, the right combination of ingredients, the counterpoint of acid or fat— that elevate a handful of greens into a really good salad or a piece of ďŹ sh into a memorable entree. Take, for example, the spitroasted leg of spring lamb ($24). Paired with English pea risotto and a salad of baby escarole and mint, the dish sounded too good to pass up. It wasn’t. The slices of lamb

had a one-dimensional, at avor that was a poor showcase for the meat—meat that wasn’t helped by being tough and chewy in places. The “saladâ€? was really just too-long pieces of escarole and mint leaves tossed in a hot pan. The side dish of risotto was ďŹ ne but nothing special. Taken together the dish didn’t add up. Nor did the grilled dorado ($24). The ďŹ sh, also known as mahimahi, was well grilled and served with roasted little potatoes and topped with a spring onion and green-garlic aioli. It was all ďŹ ne but instantly forgettable as soon as it was gone. The wood-oven-baked mussels ($14.50) looked fantastic. They were served with a rugged-looking smoked tomato sauce, and I expected big, wood-smoke-infused avors. Instead I got sweet, fresh but bland mussels and a rather timid tomato sauce that needed help from more garlic, a splash of wine, a smatter of capers, something to enliven it. My waiter at lunch talked up the roasted turkey and provolone sandwich ($9.75), but except for the light and crusty toasted pan de mie, it was thoroughly unremarkable—just turkey and

cheese between two slices of bread. From the list of side dishes, grilled asparagus with preserved lemon and olive oil ($5) was perfectly acceptable but left everyone at my table feeling like we could make the same thing at home. I go to restaurants looking for that je ne sais quoi, but that little something extra was in short supply with this dish. The beerbattered onion rings ($5) would have been a clear winner if they weren’t so dang salty. But when the kitchen hits the mark, the results are delicious. I absolutely loved the crisp Brussels sprouts with chiles and lemon ($5) on the lunch menu. The sprouts are left whole but ruffled up so that the leaves caramelize and crisp up in pleasingly different ways. The squirt of lemon and the hit of chile peppers temper the oily richness to create a really great, simple side dish. For me, the burrata bruschetta ($12) represents MayďŹ eld’s cooking at its best. Two crusty slices of grilled bread are topped with the fresh, sweet, gooey over-the-top cheesy goodness of the burrata (mozzarella ďŹ lled with cream and more mozzarella), grilled (-

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artichokes and the salty-tangy spike of a rough-chopped green-olive vinaigrette. Smoky, crunchy, sweet and salty combine for delicious results. Creamy potato and green-garlic soup ($7.50) drizzled with a grassy extra-virgin olive oil had me pining for more. I also liked the straightforward rotisserie chicken ($16) paired with a butter-lettuce salad gilded with fat chunks of Hogg’s bacon, avocado, blue cheese and a boiled egg. It’s really a deconstructed Cobb salad, and I liked it better than the real original.

Although it checks in at a lower price point, MayďŹ eld seeks to mine the same vein of rough-hewn yet reďŹ ned farm-fresh deliciousness as the nearby Village Pub, a Woodside restaurant under the same ownership. While I didn’t dig into the bakery’s offerings, all the bread served in the cafe was quiet good, from the warm and crusty braided rolls that come with meals to the poppy-seed bun on the hamburger and the complimentary baguette you get at the end of dinner as a parting gift. Indeed, bread and pastries are one of MayďŹ eld’s strengths. The restaurant’s affection for Americana extends deep into the desserts. The s’more tart ($7.50) takes the campďŹ re classic and reworks it into a silken chocolate tart with a dense and rich Graham cracker crust served with a toasted marshmallow and side of creamy chocolate ganache. I haven’t had an ice cream oat for years, but the black cow (chocolate gelato, cinnamon and Dad’s Root Beer, $5.25) was a delicious reminder of how good they can be, especially when the temperature outside was approaching triple digits during my visit last week. Less is often more, but it’s what you do with less that makes it become something more. I like where MayďŹ eld is trying to go, but too often I was left wanting, well, a little more. sholbrook@metronews.com

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ISA RHORER is co-owner, general manager and wine director of Cin-Cin Wine Bar in Los Gatos. Rhorer left the world of high-tech marketing to pursue her passion for wine. She graduated from the Professional Wine Studies Program at the Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena and earned membership in the Court of Master Sommeliers. She built on that knowledge as wine buyer for Whole Foods and sales manager for Spanish wine distributor Vinos and Gourmet, and she worked behind the Mjtb!Sipsfs counter at two popular Bay Area wine bars.

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METRO: Why did you decide to pursue a career in wine?

LISA RHORER: I was influenced by wine at a young age growing up in a household where wine played a significant role at the dinner table. Wine and food brought about a sense of conviviality. My father was enrolled in a wine education program and shared his passion for wine by teachin=g me about it when I was 10 years old. I was allowed a sip here and there as he explained the nuances of the wine and the region it originated from. Later in life, I had the opportunity to change my career and I asked the proverbial question, what career do I really want to pursue in life? A career in wine was the only choice for me. I learned from the ground up. That path led me to co-own Cin-Cin. I am drawn to wine, as it has the power to bring people together; it can be a complex, elegant, intellectual, fascinating and sensual beverage. And when you pair the right food and wine combination, it can be a harmonious experience. I’ve had the pleasure of studying wine abroad from some top winemakers in France, Austria, Italy and Spain. I continue to learn, be enticed and challenged by wine. I hope I can pass on my wine enthusiasm to the staff and guests at Cin-Cin. What makes the wine list at Cin-Cin special?

Our wine list encourages people to think “out of the box” and try a varietal or a region they haven’t heard of before. Cin-Cin has a very eclectic list, and we have a variety of ways guests can experience wine: by the taste, glass, flight and bottle. You can also purchase bottles to go. We focus on purchasing wine that is created by ecofriendly means, with minimal or no chemicals used to produce the wine. We also try to eliminate the intimidation factor in selecting wine in a few ways. I train our staff on our wines and teach them how to talk to guests to ascertain what styles our guests may like. Food and wine pairing is also important. We want to create the perfect food and wine combination for our guests. All this equates to a better-educated server on the floor who can connect the right wine with the right person in an approachable manner, creating a great experience. What wine or wines are you passionate about right now?

I cannot resist a good Austrian grüner veltliner or riesling. German riesling from the Nahe region is also a big favorite. Other favorites include marsanne and roussanne blends from the Rhone region as well as from the Priorat region, they are divine. I’m also enjoying the daiginjo-style sakes. What are some of the best wine values now?

Do you like the prestige and taste of high-priced wines from Napa? I can connect you with a wine from Spain for a fraction of the cost. Wines from Spain are part of my heritage so I have a special affinity for them. There are some innovative producers coming from Spain. Spanish wines are also great cross-over wines for the California palate at a fraction of the cost. Check out white wines from Priorat, Rueda, Valencia and the Peneds, or red wines from Campo de Borja, Jumilla, Rioja, Priorat and Ribera del Duero. What is your go-to wine for everyday, casual drinking?

My go-to wines include wines that have a good taste-to-value ratio and that transport me to another place: Xavier Frissant “Les Roses du Clos,” Touraine Amboise, France, ’07, from a grape called fie gris (old sauvignon blanc clone); Cooralook, Pinot Noir, ’08 from Australia; and Reymos Espumoso, (nonvintage), a sparkling muscatel wine from Valencia, Spain. Stett Holbrook

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’VE GOTTEN into some spirited discussions lately about the fact that the Obamas got a dog from a breeder, instead of a shelter, as originally promised. Yes, it was a dog that had been returned to the breeder and then was acquired by Ted Kennedy, who then gifted it to the Obamas. The bottom line is that many people are disappointed they didn’t get a shelter dog, and many other people can’t understand the fuss. My decidedly nonmainstream perspective is that this is one small example of the generally cavalier attitude most folks have towards sentient, nonhuman animals, and I can connect dots very clearly between this decision and the decision the vast majority of people make daily: To eat a dinner they know (but try not to know too much) involves suffering. We all know that shelters euthanize millions of healthy animals every year. People who haven’t given a moment’s thought to being vegetarian support spay/neuter programs and their local humane societies. It is actually a sign of privilege to be able to consider getting a purebred animal. So it was politically smart for President Obama to say they’d get a shelter dog. But it was more complicated than anticipated. One of the Obama girls has allergies. Only certain breeds are considered “hypoallergenic� (although it’s by no means guaranteed). And often dogs from those breeds don’t show up at shelters until they’re a bit older, not the “puppy� that was promised. Bottom line: a passel of purebred, hypoallergenic puppies wasn’t languishing at the local shelter looking for a large white house to call home. So because it would have taken more effort, or more patience, the Obamas got a puppy from a breeder. Or were gifted one—because a dog must be had, despite allergies (and despite the fact that one of the most common reasons dogs get dumped at the shelter is because of allergies), and because the dog must be a puppy (despite the fact that many older dogs who would make wonderful family pets languish at shelters, unchosen). So many people tell me that they’d like to be vegetarian, but that it’s hard or takes effort, or gosh-darn it, bacon just tastes so good. They want bacon, no matter where it comes from. It’s easy to do what can be done, instead of what should be done. But what a great national lesson it would have been had the Obamas done the latter. And that’s what the Obamas’ dog has to do with your dinner. Elisa Camahort (siliconveggie@workerbees.biz)

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Welcome to Left Coast Live Left Coast Live is a weeklong music experience showcasing the talent of 100 local, regional and national bands in 40 Downtown San Jose venues including cafes, museums, bars and restaurants. The event starts with a future of music discussion series, two preview concerts, and one outdoor cinema, and culminates in a giant walkable live music festival in downtown San Jose. This 5 day live music event was born from a group of local musicians, venue owners and arts supporters who were determined to grow live music in the South Bay. These visionaries knew that, by working collectively, they could ignite the local music scene and ultimately make San Jose and Silicon Valley renowned around the region and the country as a center for thriving live music. General Admission Free admission for all events Monday – Thursday including Panel Discussions, Preview Concerts, and Outdoor Cinema. Paid wristband ($25 presale/$20 student, $30 at the door) good for entrance into Friday night outdoor SoFA concerts and any of the 40 Left Coast Live downtown venues. Where to Buy To attend any of the Monday – Thursday events, go to LeftCoastLive.com to sign up. To purchase your Friday night wristband, go online at LeftCoastLive.com or Streetlight Records OR on-site Friday evening. How to Redeem with Online Purchase or Redemption Ticket If you purchased online or purchased/received a Redemption Ticket, you will need to redeem it for a wristband at one of 3 ticket kiosks in the downtown area: SoFA district at 1st and San Salvador Streets, San Pedro Square near The Old Spaghetti Factory or the Historic district near Gordon Biersch on San Fernando Avenue. You must have wristband for entry to any venue. Entrance and Admission Booth Times Weekday event start times vary. Check schedule for more details. The main ticket kiosk (SoFA) for Friday night opens at 4:00 pm and will stay open until 10:00 pm. Other ticket kiosks (San Pedro and Historic District) open at 5 pm and will stay open until 10 pm. After booths close, you may purchase tickets for entry into Left Coast Live venues at South First Billiards, Hotel DeAnza’s Hedley Club or at the Voodoo Lounge. How to Get Around the Friday Night Festival Friday night’s events span all of downtown from South of First Street to San Pedro Square. EcoCity Cycles will have pedicabs ready for hire all night long, or take in all that is downtown by strolling to each venue. For discounted hotel rooms, visit LeftCoastLive.com and view our Preferred Lodging Partner specials!

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Schedule of the Week Music is constantly evolving. New technology, evolving genres and public policy affect the South Bay’s live music scene. Left Coast Live seeks to showcase local music talent, spark lively conversation, inspire fresh ideas and connect Bay Area music lovers. May 11-14th features a series of free events that culminates on Friday, May 15th in an evening of live music with over 100 bands performing throughout downtown San Jose. 7i`˜iĂƒ`>Ăž]ĂŠ >ÞÊ£ÎÊUĂŠĂˆ\ĂŽäĂŠqĂŠn\ĂŽä Ă•ĂŒĂ•Ă€iĂŠÂœvĂŠ >ââĂŠÂœÂ˜ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ ivĂŒĂŠ Âœ>ĂƒĂŒ\ĂŠ ĂƒĂŠ >ââĂŠ i>`ĂŠÂœĂ€ĂŠ ÂœiĂƒĂŠ ĂŒĂŠ Ă•ĂƒĂŒĂŠ-“iÂ?Â?ĂŠ Ă•Â˜Â˜ĂžÂś

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ÂœiĂƒĂŠ->Â˜ĂŠ ÂœĂƒiĂŠ Â˜ÂœĂœĂŠÂˆĂŒĂƒĂŠ7>Ăž\ĂŠ/Â…iĂŠ ÂˆĂƒĂŒÂœĂ€ĂžĂŠ>˜`ĂŠ Ă•ĂŒĂ•Ă€iĂŠÂœvĂŠ,ÂœVÂŽĂŠÂˆÂ˜ĂŠ->Â˜ĂŠ ÂœĂƒi The South Bay’s vast sprawl of suburban garages has spawned a rich history of not just tech giants but also great music. A lot has changed since the Count 5 gave us a psychotic reaction to south bay garage rock in 1966. Over the decades, however, a lot about making good homegrown music for an audience that appreciates it has remained. This discussion will feature some great local artists that have been on the scene for many years in conversation with those cutting out their own path today. ÂœV>ĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜\ĂŠ ÂœĂ€`ÂœÂ˜ĂŠ ˆiĂ€ĂƒVÂ… ĂŠĂŠĂŠĂŠ ÂˆĂ›iĂŠ*iĂ€vÂœĂ€Â“>˜Vi 8:30 – 10:00 Free concert: Safety Suit Alice Lounge presented by Alice 97.3

Jazz plays an obviously important role in the history of American music innovation and experimentation over the past century. Where is it heading in the new century? San Jose, with its rich mix of multicultural musical offerings, would seem to be fertile ground for a new century of jazz exploration. What would it take to establish the South Bay as a meaningful center for jazz innovation? This panel discussion will be led by Geoff Roach, executive director of San Jose Jazz. ÂœV>ĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜\ĂŠ ÂœĂŒiÂ?ĂŠ i ˜â> ĂŠĂŠĂŠĂŠ ÂˆĂ›iĂŠ*iĂ€vœ“>˜Vi Free concert: Hedley Club’s Jazz Jam Band at Hotel De Anza 8:30 pm Concert ($5 cover) Netta B at Fahrenheit Ultra Lounge 8:30 pm Free concert: Ambience presented by Live 105 at The Blank Club 10 pm

/Â…Ă•Ă€Ăƒ`>Ăž]ĂŠ >ÞÊ£{ĂŠUĂŠĂˆ\ĂŽäĂŠqĂŠn\ĂŽä /Â…iĂŠ Â˜ĂŒiĂ€ĂƒiVĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜ĂŠÂœvĂŠ7iLĂŠĂ“°äĂŠ/œœÂ?ĂƒĂŠ >˜`ĂŠ Ă•ĂƒÂˆV Locally invented Web 2.0 tools are radically changing how music promoted and distributed, found and created. Where is it all headed? ÂœV>ĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜\ĂŠ ĂŠ >Â?Â?iÀÞ ÂˆĂ›iĂŠ*iĂ€vÂœĂ€Â“>˜ViĂƒ 8:30 – 10:00 Outdoor cinema: “Before the Music Diesâ€? + some of the best from Alice 97.3’s 3-minute Film Festival at Circle of Palms /Â…Ă•Ă€Ăƒ`>ÞÊ ˆ}Â…ĂŒĂŠ"Ă•ĂŒ`ÂœÂœĂ€ĂŠ ˆ˜i“> ivÂœĂ€iĂŠ/Â…iĂŠ Ă•ĂƒÂˆVĂŠ ˆiĂƒ At the heart of the ďŹ lm are interviews with musicians, industry insiders, music critics, and fans that reveal how music has reached this moment of truth. Featured performances from a truly diverse group of artists, ranging from the Dave Matthews Band and Erykah Badu to Seattle street performers and Mississippi gospel singers show us that great music is always out there‌ as long as you know where to look. BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES will renew your passion for great music, and inspire you to play an active part in its future. Seating limited, so bring your own LAWNCHAIR AND/OR BLANKETS.

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The premise is laid out with admirable concision: “Three years ago they came, forever altering the future of humanity.” In the nearest of futures, the aliens have come to us, instead of waiting for the Enterprise to go to them. Call it a pre-emptive strike. The extraterrestrials, known as Taelons, consist of pure energy but can manifest themselves in androgynous human shape, albeit with bulgy, veined bald heads, Spockian ear extensions and wellstuffed purple jumpsuits. Indeed, they look a bit like Teletubbies. Cuddly and nonthreatening, they arrive bearing great technological gifts that can heal the sick, end all wars and even eliminate annoying air travel with instantaneous teleportation. Their media-genic representative is soothing Da’an (Leni Parker), who extends his/her long fingers in a Buddha-like gesture and plays Mr. Rogers to the cranky Zo’or (Anita LaSelva), a kind of outer-space Dick Cheney (come to think it, maybe the ex-veep really was an alien). Dubbed the “Companions,”

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To Surreal With Lust

‘Little Ashes’ biopic melts away faster than one of Salvador Dali’s watches

By Richard von Busack

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his face in order to portray Snidely Whiplash. He pirouettes in a dressing gown around a room stuffed with taxidermed animals and seems very much like an Adam West–era Batman villain. “Who are you pretending to be today?” asks Lorca (Javier Beltrán). It’s really a line for Adam West. Like those villains of yesterday, Dali even keeps a gangster’s moll, in the form of his wife, Gala (Arly Jover). “She’s slept with every artist in Paris,” Matthew McNutly’s Luis Buñuel grumbles; every artist except one, apparently—or so one can judge when one hears that kind of complaint. Little Ashes takes its title from a Lorca poem. The movie aims to sell us the forbidden pash between Dali and the renowned poet. “You’re raw, like some animal that has been skinned,” Dali claims. Said passion comes to a boil during a somnolent trip to a fishing village on the Costa Brava, where the two men bathe in blue bubbly water, a moment of intense erotica equaled only by a synchronized swimming tryout. atching over this scene, the moon slips shyly behind a cloud, in anticipation of the similar dance of moon and clouds in The Andalusian Dog. (We see the actual clip of that surrealist masterpiece; tragically, there’s far more life in it than there is in this awkward and embarrassing film.) The real-life Lorca is a martyr, and this movie has no room for those who aren’t; this is one of those lives-

of-the-saints texts that Buñuel and Dali set out to profane. Beltran’s Lorca looks unwell as McNulty’s Buñuel complains about the maricones of Madrid and keeps threatening to shove off to Paris. Dali himself goes Franceward, so that he and Buñuel can drink champagne with topless chorines, while stock footage of the Follies Bergère flickers in the background. To which one can only reply: tsk, tsk. Morrison is basically right. Dali was in many ways an evil man. He was a slanderer, a self-promoter and a mercenary. Nothing sticks like dung, as they say, and André Breton’s almost-anagrammatical nickname for Dali, “Avida Dollars,” is deathless. But treating Dali as a theatrical pervert and cowardly closet case focuses on the less-fascinating side of both the artist and the man. If this weren’t a movie in which the characters are forever introducing themselves and each other as geniuses, would it have any more interest than any other tale of dormitory sexual experimentation? Comparing sinister, decadent and polysexual living with patriotism and hopeless steadfast love, Little Ashes chooses . . . guess what? What the censors always correctly guessed about the movies is that God-fearing gentle people often come in second to rogues. Dali’s own perhaps unlikely autobiography—Orwell called it “a striptease act conducted under pink limelight”—includes a bat-biting episode that tops Ozzy’s, as well as a story of the artist rubbing goat dung

on himself to charm Gala with its aroma. It’s always a problem, trying to smear a man who rolls in it on his own. I’m not sure what Morrison (who did the lugubrious Solomon and Gaenor) thought was interesting about Dali: That he was cute when he was young? Or was it the irony of a man going around crying “no limits” when he was too scared to carry out a homosexual relationship? (Again Orwell: “It is not given to one person to have all the vices.”) Trying to re-create Lorca’s poetry onscreen is hopeless. Beltrán, the Spanish lead in this English-language film, recites Lorca in the original and then translates it in voice-over. It’s a method as useless as having the freshfaced Pattinson trying to pose as the Great Masturbator himself. No one since Philip Kaufman (Henry & June, Quills) has been able to balance the sex life and the artistic life in famous-name biopics. And since we see little—if any—of Dali’s copyrighted art onscreen, all one can do is repeat the old argument to justify his existence. Despite his protofascism, 1936’s Soft Construction With Boiled Beans is an essential sussing up of the full horror of the Spanish Civil War. It is the work of a man with his feelers out, and Little Ashes only sees the bug, not the antennae. LITTLE ASHES (R; 112 min.), directed by Paul Morrison, written by Philippa Goslett, photographed by Adam Suschitzky and starring Javier Beltrán and Robert Pattinson, opens May 8.

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New Ask Not Johnny Symons’ documentary on the problems of the U.S. Army’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy toward gay recruits; the screening is followed by a panel discussion. (Plays May 13 at 7pm in San Jose at MACLA, 510 S. First St; www.maclaarte.org) (RvB) Every Little Step (Unrated; 96 min.) A documentary about the making of A Chorus Line. (Opens May 8 at the Aquarius in Palo Alto.) Little Ashes (R; 112 min.) See review on page 66. (Opens May 8 at Camera 3 in San Jose and the Guild in Menlo Park.) The Merry Gentleman (R; 110 min.) A woman tries to start a new life in the wake of a bad relationship. Stars Michael Keaton and Kelly Macdonald. (Opens May 8 at the Aquarius in Palo Alto.) Metropolitan Opera A broadcast of La Cenerentola. (Sat at 9:30am at CinéArts Santana Row, Century 20 Oakridge, Century Cinemas 16 Mountain View, Century 20, Great Mall Milpitas and Century 12 San Mateo.) Next Day Air (R; 90 min.) Donald Faison and Mike Epps star in an action comedy about two guys who stumble across a big-money stash of blow. (Opens May 8.) Santa Cruz Film Festival A week of features and documentaries. See www.santacruz.com for full details. (Runs May 7-15 at the Del Mar Theatre and the Riverfront Twin in Santa Cruz.) Star Trek (PG-13; 126 min.) See review at right. Tyson (Unrated; 88 min.) See review on page 68. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (PG-13; 107 min.) The filmed X-Men series has as its antihero a handsome loner of a mutant who learns to care for his fellow creatures. By contrast, the prequel is just a movie about a guy with cool metal claws. Hugh Jackman’s hero is, it turns out, actually more than 150 years old; moreover he has a psycho half-brother called Victor (Liev Schreiber). Eventually, Wolvie fled back to Canada to become a lumberjack and live with a vaguely Native American schoolmarm called Kayla Silverfox (Lynn Collins) in a humble cottage that looks like a cardiologist’s vacation chalet. But “The Man” won’t let him be. The man is Col. Stryker (Danny Huston, looking as guilty as a whipped dog). After the vengeful Victor attacks Kayla, our hero agrees to let the U.S. military electroplate his skeleton with adamantium. Gavin Hood’s semianonymous direction leaves Jackman and Schreiber’s CGI-created avatars running at each other like horny rhinos for most of the picture; it has most of the toxic assets of the summer blockbuster: guy in fat suit, lack of women, plot devices of the utmost dunderheadedness particularly the now infamous “amnesia bullet.” (Plays valleywide.) (RvB)

Revivals Niles Film Museum Regularly scheduled programs of silent film. May 9: Charles Chaplin in The Pawnshop (1916): “Of all Chaplin’s films The Pawnshop is the richest in gag invention,” states Chaplin scholar David Robinson. Here Charlie is the unappreciated assistant to a pawnbroker with a lovely daughter (Edna Purviance). Also: The Blacksmith (1922). Buster as a blacksmith’s inept helper. It’s not a masterpiece by star and co-director Buster Keaton, since it recycles a joke twice about besmirching the rides of

The Searchers/Fort Apache (1956/1948) With a bag of probably ill-gotten gold and a fishy story of where he’s spent the past few years, unreconstructed Confederate veteran Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) turns up at his brother’s place in northern Texas. Shortly afterward, the Comanches pay a visit. Edwards and a Texas ranger (Ward Bond) and a few other men lead a posse to find the survivors. Crude in moments, this film

is easily John Ford’s finest work: a Western not just for the devotees but for people who either don’t like them or don’t know them. Wayne lends his electric charisma to one of his most formidable antiheroes, so it’s one of the most important acting performances ever in a movie. Also note Stanford grad Hank Worden’s splendid counterpointing to Wayne; Worden takes the Walter Brennan part as the cracked cowpoke Mose. His gleeful pantomiming of how Edward shot out the eyes of a corpse is just one moment of ambiguity in this tale of mad pursuit. BILLED WITH Fort Apache. Henry Fonda as the Custer type—an arrogant lieutenant colonel named Thursday stuck in a desert hellhole, determined to match wits with the Apache chief Cochise (Miguel Inclan). John Wayne is the more reasonable and experienced cavalryman who saves the day— and Thursday’s reputation. (Plays May 8-10 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

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J.J. Abrams does right by the storied ‘Star Trek’ franchise in story of Spock and Kirk’s early days

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HE FIRST TIME I saw the teaser posters at the Octoplex depicting Chris Pine’s Capt. Kirk, head tilted downward with a rakish, wily look, I thought, “Speak to me, muse, of that man of twists and turns, driven time and again off-course.” Then came the disappointing longer trailers, which seemed to be playing up the obnoxious-punk angle, complete with the tag “Not your father’s Star Trek.” This, like all uses of the phrase “Not Your Father’s ———,” is a registered trademark of Your Grandfather’s Advertising Agency. Happily, J.J. Abrams’ version of the 40-year-old story is a loving and careful refurbishing of an old structure, rather than a demolishing. The cocktail-waitress skirts on the female Academy cadets might have been a bit much, but it is a kind of tradition. Other traditions honored include the green babe (Rachel Nichols) and the red-shirted ensign. “Can’t wait to kick some Romulan ass!”—last words to put on the tombstone of this typically plucky specimen of photon-cannon fodder. Pine himself is the ham that this sandwich needs. His James T. Kirk has the sensual face and velour-wrapped qualities of the immemorial Shat. As well, the older you get, the more you admire the stoical calm of Spock, and this movie is taken over by the very poised Zachary Quinto as the tragic mulatto of space. Abrams’ tendency to undervillain the picture is redeemed by his making the villain fast, raging and large. Eric Bana, made up so that his face looks like a spider’s abdomen, plays Nero, a Romulan renegade escaped from the future; he pilots a ship that looks like a mutant, multilegged flea. Nero’s orphaning of Kirk leads, in a roundabout way, to the Iowa juvenile delinquent getting into Starfleet Academy. Under academic suspension for taking the Gordian knot approach to the Kobayashi Maru problem, Kirk stows away aboard the Enterprise. The film’s only conventional love interest involves Zoe Saldana’s Uhuru, drawn to Spock, as who wouldn’t be. The film’s real tension arises in the partnership between Kirk and Spock—two halves of one great leader, calm calculation meeting insane daring. The effects have of course improved in the last few years. The transporter is done prettily, with scribbles of prismed light. Even happier is the timetested dialect-comedy characters. It’s 2009, and Anton Yelchin’s Chekov is still buggering his V’s (he sets a course for the planet Wulcan); Simon Pegg gets to be the sputtering Scottish engineer, describing a tricky piece of transporting as “trying to hit a bullet with a smaller bullet while riding a horse blindfolded.” As McCoy, Karl Urban salutes the gruff spirit of DeForest Kelley: damming it, Jim; pulling from a flask; and complaining about his divorce—“ex-wife got the whole damn planet.” And Old Nimoy reprises a particularly heart-rending line from Wrath of Khan. While Nero is no Khan (alas), he does go out shrieking “Spock! Spock!” as his quarry escapes. There is still life and romance in these movies. Unlikely as it is that humanity will make it to deep space, the saga is essentially right; if we do make it, we will be sending out our stories, our history and our literature, the best of us. Richard von Busack STAR TREK (PG-13; 126 min.), directed by J.J. Abrams, written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, photographed by Daniel Mindel and starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, opens May 8.

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Movie listings are for Friday, May 8 through Thursday, May 14 unless otherwise indicated. Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice. Updated showtimes are available online at www.movietimes.com.

Cinelux Plaza Theatre 2501 S. Winchester Blvd. (408.378.2425)

Hollister

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past noon, 2:30, 4:45,

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17 Again 1:15, 4, 6:30, 8:45 The Soloist 1, 3:45, 6:45, 9:15 Star Trek Thu (May 7) 7, 9:45; Fri-Thu 11, 1:45,

17 Again Fri-Sun 11:40 am, 2:10, 4:40, 7:15, 9:30; Mon-Thu 2, 4:10, 6:35, 8:50 Earth Fri-Sun 12:15, 2:25, 4:30, 6:50, 9:10; MonThu 2:20, 4:20, 6:20, 8:30 Fighting Fri-Sun 7:30, 9:45; Mon-Thu 6:40, 9 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40; Mon-Thu 1:55, 4:05, 6:15, 8:35 Hannah Montana: The Movie Fri-Sun 12, 2:20, 4:45; Mon-Thu 1:50, 3:50 Obsessed Fri-Sun 11:45 am, 2:15, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55; Mon-Thu 3:50, 6:30, 8:45 The Soloist Fri-Sun 11:10 am, 1:45, 4:15, 7:05, 9:35; Mon-Thu 3:15, 6, 8:40 Star Trek Fri-Sun 10:40 am, 12:20, 1:20, 3:10, 4:10, 6, 7, 8:50, 9:50; Mon-Thu 1:40, 3:10, 4:10, 6, 7, 8:50 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Fri-Sun 10:45 am, 11:30 am, 1, 2, 3:30, 4:30, 6:10, 7:10, 9, 10; Mon-Thu 2, 3:30, 4:30, 6:10, 7:10, 9

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HE TITLE SUBJECT and executive producer of the documentary Tyson is kept in a medium close-up for most of the picture. He’s reclining in a white, open-necked shirt, resting his wrist and forearm on a leopardprint pillow. Since you see a lot of it, it’s a good thing Mike Tyson has an interesting looking head—shaped like a geodesic dome, really, and accented with a crescent-shaped Maori tattoo around his eye. In between Tyson’s straight-to-the-camera interviews—sometimes mixed in with split-screen and overlapping dialogue—director James Toback cuts to Tyson wandering on his beach like a lonely guy in a dating-service commercial. At one point, the fighter is heard reciting Wilde’s “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”; this reminds us not just of Tyson’s own time behind bars but also the older-school pugs like Jack Dempsey and Jake LaMotta, who went in for Shakespeare after their retirement. And there are clips of the fights, too. First come the bouts by the young unstoppable fighter, fights that have the simplicity of gangland executions. Later come the disgraceful, tottering end-of-the-line matches. What you get out of Tyson (what you’re meant to get, let’s put it that way, because I’m not sure how trustworthy the narrator is) is the immense amount of fear that created a Mike Tyson. There’s a moment of Tyson near tears, recalling how learning how to fight meant he would never be afraid on his street corner again. I have some birds myself, so I was helplessly moved by Tyson’s story of the first time he hit someone, right after a kid decapitated one of his pet pigeons right in front of him. That doesn’t explain the rapidity of Tyson’s slide downward; he was arrested by the NYPD at age 12. Certainly, there was a transformation. Tyson was a fat kid, not that big, a kid with a slight lisp, glasses and acne. He was lucky; in an upstate New York juvenile home, he met the boxers who helped shape him into the champion. This film is exculpatory. The boxer presents himself today as a calm, clean and sober man in his 40s; a religious family man, as opposed to the mad dog and convicted rapist he once was. (The Indiana date-rape conviction is fishy, but it’s not as fishy as the court of public opinion’s judgment, a ruling of “She asked for it.”) It’s easy for Tyson to explain that he blacked out from the fury of Evander Holyfield head-butting him. It’s not as easy to explain how Tyson got his teeth out of the gum guards to bite his opponent’s ear. Tyson is a compelling, sobering movie, though Toback’s own overlay of great, deep-man status on Tyson clouds the issue a little. Tyson’s dirt-dishing isn’t the same as the deep revelation. The boxer has a reasonable explanation for everything. It’s only those moments of blurted-out, unrehearsed honesty that make the entire story so plausible. I mean, for instance, the ringside interview after Tyson’s ’05 fight with Kevin McBride, in which the defeated Tyson said he no longer had the stomach for boxing and “was there for the paycheck.” While Mike Tyson has been called a disgrace to the sport, this weird moment of openness reveals the truth about the worst of modern boxing: the billions squandered, the public worship of pain-inflictors, the poverty and desperation that makes a man become a professional fighter. Richard von Busack TYSON (Unrated; 88 min.), a documentary by James Toback, opens May 8 at Camera 12 in San Jose and at CinéArts Santana Row.

6:50, 9:40; Sat-Wed 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:40; Thu 1:10, 4, 9:40 Sin Nombre 4:50, 9:25 State of Play Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20; Mon-Thu 3:45, 6:30, 9:20 The Soloist Fri-Sun 11, 1:30, 4:05, 6:40, 9:15; Mon-Thu 1:30, 4:05, 6:40, 9:15 Sunshine Cleaning Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:30, 7:10; Mon-Tue 2:30, 7:10; Wed 2:30; Thu 2:30, 7:10 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Fri-Sun 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30; Mon-Thu 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30

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Earth Fri-Mon 10:55, 1, 3:10; Tue-Thu 1, 3:10 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Fri-Mon 11:20,

1:40, 4:10, 6:30, 9:30; Tue-Thu 1:40, 4:10, 6:30, 9:30 Obsessed Fri-Mon 11, 1:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9:10; TueThu 1:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9:10 17 Again 6:40, 9:15 Star Trek Fri-Mon 11:10, 11:25, 1:35, 1:50, 4, 4:20, 6:50, 7:10, 9:25, 9:40; Tue-Thu 1:35, 1:50, 4, 4:20, 6:50, 7:10, 9:25, 9:40 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Fri-Mon 11:05, 11:55, 1:25, 2:15, 3:45, 4:45, 6:10, 7, 9, 9:20; Tue-Thu 1:25, 2:15, 3:45, 4:45, 6:10, 7, 9, 9:20

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41 N. Santa Cruz Ave. (408.395.0203) The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Fri 4:30, 7, 9:20; Sat 2, 4:30, 7, 9:20; Sun 2, 4:30, 7; Mon-Wed 4:30, 7; Thu 4:30 Star Trek Thu (May 7) 7:15; Fri 4, 6:45, 9:30; Sat 1:15, 4, 6:45, 9:30; Sun 1:15, 4, 6:45; Mon-Thu 4, 6:45

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Sun 9:50 am, 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:35, 10:15; Mon-Wed 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:35, 10:15 Angels & Demons Thu 12:01 am Battle for Terra Fri 11:40 am, 2:10; Sun-Wed 11:40 am, 2:10 DCI 2009: The Countdown Wed 7:30 Earth Fri 10:55 am, 1:10, 3:25, 5:40, 7:55, 10:10, 12:25 am; Sun 10:55 am, 1:10, 3:25, 5:40, 7:55, 10:10; Mon-Wed 1:10, 3:25, 5:40, 7:55, 10:10 Fast & Furious Fri 11:45 am, 5:05, 10:20; SunTue 11:45 am, 5:05, 10:20; Wed 11:45 am Fighting Fri 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:30; Sun-Wed 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:30 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Fri 10 am, 11:10 am, 12:25, 1:35, 2:50, 4, 5:15, 6:25, 7:40, 8:50, 10:05, 11:15, 12:35 am; Sun 10 am, 11:10 am, 12:25, 1:35, 2:50, 4, 5:15, 6:25, 7:40, 8:50, 10:05; Mon-Wed 11:10 am, 12:25, 1:35, 2:50, 4, 5:15, 6:25, 7:40, 8:50, 10:05 Monsters vs. Aliens 3-D Fri 10:15 am, 12:55, 3:30. RealD 3-D; Sun 10:15 am, 12:55, 3:30 RealD 3-D; Mon-Wed 12:55, 3:30 RealD 3-D Next Day Air Fri 10:40 am, 12:50, 3, 5:10, 7:20, 9:30, 11:40; Sun 10:40 am, 12:50, 3, 5:10, 7:20, 9:30; Mon-Wed 12:50, 3, 5:10, 7:20, 9:30 Obsessed Fri 10:20 am, 1:05, 2:25, 3:45, 6:20, 7:45, 9:05, 11:45; Sun 10:20 am, 1:05, 2:25, 3:45, 6:20, 7:45, 9:05; Mon-Tue 1:05, 2:25, 3:45, 6:20, 7:45, 9:05; Wed 1:05, 2:25, 3:45, 6:20, 9:05 The Soloist Fri 10:45 am, 1:35, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55; Sun 10:45 am, 1:35, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55; Mon-Wed 1:35, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 Star Trek Fri 6:25, 9:25, 12:25 am. Digital Projection; Fri 10:05 am, 10:40 am, 11:15 am, 11:50 am, 1:05, 1:40, 2:15, 2:50, 4:05, 4:40, 5:15, 5:50, 7:05, 7:40, 8:15, 8:50, 10:05, 10:40, 11:15, 11:50, 12:40 am; Sun-Wed 6:25, 9:25 Digital Projection; Sun 10:05am, 10:40 am, 11:15 am, 11:50 am, 1:05, 1:40, 2:15, 2:50, 4:05, 4:40, 5:15, 5:50, 7:05, 7:40, 8:15, 8:50, 10:05, 10:40; Mon-Wed 11:15 am, 11:50 am, 1:05, 1:40, 2:15, 2:50, 4:05, 4:40, 5:15, 5:50, 7:05, 7:40, 8:15, 8:50, 10:05, 10:40 State of Play Fri 4:30, 7:30, 10:30; Sun-Wed 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Fri 9:55 am, 10:05 am, 10:35 am, 11:05 am, 11:35 am, 12:05, 12:40, 1:10, 1:40, 2:10, 2:40, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 4:45, 5:15, 5:50, 6:20, 6:50, 7:20, 7:50, 8:25, 8:55, 9:25; Fri 9:55, 10:25, 11, 11:30, 12:01 am, 12:30 am; Sun 9:55 am, 10:05 am, 10:35 am, 11:05 am, 11:35 am, 12:05, 12:40, 1:10, 1:40, 2:10, 2:40, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 4:45, 5:15, 5:50, 6:20, 6:50, 7:20, 7:50, 8:25, 8:55, 9:25; Sun 9:55, 10:25; MonWed 11:10 am, 11:35 am, 12:05, 12:40, 1:10, 1:40, 2:10, 2:40, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 4:45, 5:15, 5:50, 6:20, 6:50, 7:20, 7:50, 8:25, 8:55, 9:25, 9:55, 10:25

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201 S. Second St. (408.998.3300) Adventureland Fri & Mon-Thu 7:45; Sat-Sun

3:05, 7:45 Anvil! Fri & Mon-Thu 4:20, 8:40; Sat-Sun noon, 4:20, 8:40 Battle for Terra Fri & Mon-Thu 3:45; Sat-Sun 1:30, 3:45 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Fri 4:50, 7:10, 9:35, 11:55; Sat 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:35, 11:55; Sun 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:35; Mon-Thu 4:50, 7:10, 9:35 I Love You, Man Fri & Mon-Thu 5:25, 10:05; SatSun 12:45, 5:25, 10:05 Lymelife Fri & Mon-Thu 6:30; Sat-Sun 2:10, 6:30 Obsessed Fri 4:40, 7:20, 9:50, midnight; Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50, midnight; Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50; Mon-Thu 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 17 Again 6:20, 8:50 Star Trek Thu (May 7) 7:10, 8, 10, 11; Fri 4, 5:10, 6:50, 8, 9:40, 10:50, midnight; Sat 1:10, 2:20, 4, 5:10, 6:50, 8, 9:40, 10:50, midnight; Sun 1:10, 2:20, 4, 5:10, 6:50, 8, 9:40; Mon-Thu 4, 5:10, 6:50, 8, 9:40 State of Play Fri & Mon-Thu 3:40, 6:25, 9:10; Sat-Sun 12:55, 3:40, 6:25, 9:10 The Soloist Fri 3:50, 6:40, 9:20; Sat-Sun 1, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20; Mon-Thu 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Tyson Fri & Mon-Thu 4:10, 6:35, 8:45; Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:10, 6:35, 8:45 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Fri 4:30, 5:45, 7, 8:15, 9:30, 10:45, midnight; Sat 12:30, 2, 3:20, 4:30, 5:45, 7, 8:15, 9:30, 10:45, midnight; Sun 12:30, 2, 3:20, 4:30, 5:45, 7, 8:15, 9:30; Mon-Thu 4:30, 5:45, 7, 8:15, 9:30

5:45, 8, 10:15

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Hannah Montana: The Movie Fri-Wed 11:10

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Monsters vs. Aliens Fri-Wed 11:25 am, 1:45,

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Next Day Air Fri-Wed 11:10 am, 1:20, 3:30, 5:40,

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Obsessed Fri-Wed 11:45 am, 2:20, 4:50, 7:30,

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The Soloist Fri-Wed 11:05 am, 1:50, 4:25, 7:10,

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Star Trek Fri-Wed 11:15 am, 12:15, 1:15, 2, 3, 4,

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Century 20 Oakridge 925 Blossom Hill Road (408.225.2200)

17 Again Fri-Tue 11:50 am, 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 10;

Wed 11:50 am, 2:20, 4:50, 10:15; Thu 11:50 am, 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 10 Angels & Demons Thu 12:01 am Battle for Terra in 3-D 11:25 am, 1:45, 4:10. RealD 3-D DCI 2009: The Countdown Wed 7:30 Earth Fri-Sun 10 am, 12:20, 2:45, 5, 7:20, 9:40; Mon-Thu 12:20, 2:45, 5, 7:20, 9:40 Fighting 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:30 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Fri-Sat 10:55 am, 12:10, 1:25, 2:40, 3:55, 5:10, 6:25, 7:40, 8:55, 10:10, 11:30; Sun-Wed 10:55 am, 12:10, 1:25, 2:40, 3:55, 5:10, 6:25, 7:40, 8:55, 10:10; Thu 10:55 am, 12:10, 1:25, 2:40, 3:55, 5:10, 6:25, 7:40, 8:55, 10:10, 11:30 Hannah Montana: The Movie 11:20 am, 1:55, 4:40

The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola Sat 9:30 am Monsters vs. Aliens 3-D 12:15, 2:35, 5:05.

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1:50, 4:35, 7:10, 10:05; Sun-Thu 11:15 am, 1:50, 4:35, 7:10, 10:05 The Soloist 10:50 am, 1:40, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25 Star Trek 6:30, 7:30, 9:30, 10:30. Digital Projection; Fri-Sat 10 am, 11 am, 11:30 am, 12, 1, 2, 2:30, 3, 4, 5, 5:30, 6, 7, 8, 8:30, 9, 10, 11, 11:25; Sun 10 am, 11 am, 11:30 am, 12, 1, 2, 2:30, 3, 4, 5, 5:30, 6, 7, 8, 8:30, 9, 10; Mon-Wed 11 am, 11:30 am, 12, 1, 2, 2:30, 3, 4, 5, 5:30, 6, 7, 8, 8:30, 9, 10; Thu 11 am, 11:30 am, 12, 1, 2, 2:30, 3, 4, 5, 5:30, 6, 7, 8, 8:30, 9, 10, 11, 11:25 State of Play Fri-Wed 7:20, 10:35; Thu 7:20, 10:30 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Fri-Sat 10:15 am, 10:40 am, 11:10 am, 11:45 am, 12:20, 12:55, 1:15, 2, 2:25, 2:55, 3:35, 3:55, 4:40, 5:05, 5:40, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:20, 8:50, 9:25, 9:55, 10:25; Fri-Sat 11, 11:25; Sun 10:15 am, 10:40 am, 11:10 am, 11:45 am, 12:20, 12:55, 1:15, 2, 2:25, 2:55, 3:35, 3:55, 4:40, 5:05, 5:40, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:20, 8:50, 9:25, 9:55, 10:25; Mon-Wed 11:10 am, 11:45 am, 12:20, 12:55, 1:15, 2, 2:25, 2:55, 3:35, 3:55, 4:40, 5:05, 5:40, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:20, 8:50, 9:25, 9:55, 10:25; Thu 11:10 am, 11:45 am, 12:20, 12:55, 1:15, 2, 2:25, 2:55, 3:35, 3:55, 4:40, 5:05, 5:40, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:20, 8:50, 9:25, 9:55, 10:25, 11, 11:25

Winchester 21

3161 Olsen Drive, (408.984.5610)

Info not available at deadline; call for shows & times.

Winchester 22

3162 Olin Avenue, (408.984.5610)

Info not available at deadline; call for shows & times.

Winchester 23

3164 Olsen Drive, (408.984.5610)

Info not available at deadline; call for shows & times.

Century San Jose 24 2

741 South Winchester Blvd, (800.FAN.DANG 927#)

Info not available at deadline; call for shows & times.

Century San Jose 25 2 Westgate Mall & Campbell/Saratoga (800.FAN.DANG 928#)

Info not available at deadline; call for shows & times.

CineArts@Santana Row 3088 Olsen Dr. (408.554.7000)

DCI 2009: The Countdown Wed 7:30 The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola Sat 9:30 am

Complete info not available at deadline; call for shows and times.

San Mateo Century San Mateo 12

320 E. Second Ave. (800.FAN.DANG 968#) DCI 2009: The Countdown Wed 7:30 The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola Sat 9:30 am Star Trek Fri-Sun 10 am, 10:50 am, 11:50 am, 1, 2,

3:10, 4:10, 5:10, 7, 7:30, 8:30, 10:10, 10:40

Santa Clara AMC Mercado 20

101 Fwy. & Greatamerican Pkwy. (888.AMC.4FUN) Star Trek: The IMAX Experience Fri 11:30

am, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10, 12:55 am. IMAX; Sat 10:10 am, 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10, 12:55 am IMAX; Sun 10:10 am, 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 IMAX; Mon-Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 IMAX

Saratoga AMC Saratoga 14

Saratoga Ave. & Campbell Ave. (888.AMC.4FUN) Mobile Suit Gundam F91 Fri-Sun 10:50 am,

1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:50; Mon-Thu 1:50, 4:50, 7:50

One Nighters Kehillah Jewish High School 3900 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, (650.494.6400). West Bank Story Sat 7pm

MALCA

510 S. First St., San Jose. Ask Not Wed (May 13) 7pm

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ISSISSIPPI and Texas. Chicago and Memphis. These are the territories of the blues, that ghostlike predecessor of rock & roll still lurking beneath the surface of every form of popular music. The city of San Jose, by contrast, does not arise in conversations about the blues. No museums here are dedicated to its local histories, and Highway 61, the Blues Highway, lies a few thousand miles away. Few would automatically think of the Silicon Valley as a fertile habitat for an art form that is believed to have originated in Africa before crossing the oceans and taking hold in the plantations of the South. And yet the blues is around us, in the Bay Area, and specifically in San Jose, as proved by the annual Metro Blues Festival, now in its 29th year, which brings a day of blues acts to town on May 9 at SJSU. Guitarist Tommy Castro was born and raised in San Jose, a fact that often draws quizzical responses. “The first thing people say

when I tell them where I’m from is: No, where are you from originally?” Castro says. “I guess they expect me to talk differently or something, because they always end up telling me I don’t sound like I’m from San Jose.” Perhaps it’s Castro’s bluesy drawl that fools listeners, or his astonishing command of the electric guitar. Whatever the case may be, Castro’s reputation as one of the premier blues players around is no joke—the man can play. Just ask Carlos Santana, who once said of Castro that “the blues is in good hands.” Even the crowned King of Blues himself, B.B. King, found inspiration in Castro’s guitar playing, inviting Castro to open for him on his 2001 tour, and then again the following year. Through the course of Castro’s career, which began in the late ’80s, he has shared the stage with everyone from Buddy Guy to John Lee Hooker, and recorded a dozen critically acclaimed albums. He has won awards ranging from the 1993 Bay Area Music Award’s Club Band of the Year to the 2008 Blues Music Awards’ Best

Contemporary Blues Album and B.B. King Entertainer of the Year. Castro’s recent signing with Alligator Records, one of the pre-eminent blues labels in the country (label mates include Buddy Guy, Robert Cray and Johnny Winter) marks his entrance into the upper echelon of the modern blues universe. How did a kid from San Jose rise to such prominence on the international circuit? Actually, the answer is simple: the local circuit. “When I started out, there was a little group of people in San Jose that were really into the blues, so everything came pretty natural,” says Castro. “Everybody would get together on Sundays down at JJ’s Blues Club, and we’d all jam—there were a lot of local guitar players.” One of those local guitarists would have a profound effect on Castro musically and, perhaps, psychologically as well. “Chris Cain was one of my biggest inspirations when I started out. I used to follow his band around to watch him play; he was absolutely on fire,” remembers Castro. “When he made a record

and starting touring the country, and other countries, I remember thinking, ‘Wow, there goes Chris, a guy from San Jose making a living playing blues music around the world. I guess it is possible.’ I didn’t have the talent he had, but I thought if he could do it, maybe I could too.” Cain, renowned for his virtuosity in both blues and jazz settings, released a handful of albums on Blind Pig records, the same label that would later sign Castro. The two guitarists have a close bond formed over years of shared gigs and late-night jam sessions, and Castro is excited to have Cain performing with him at this year’s Metro Fountain Blues Festival; their set starts at 4:45pm. Castro will also have his full band in tow, which includes Keith Crossan on tenor sax, trumpet player Tom Poole, bassist Scot Sutherland and drummer Ronnie Smith. “It’s going to be a cool set,” Castro says. “We’ve got a great batch of tunes and a lot of talent to go with it.” And then, of course, there’s ,,

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event headliner Derek Trucks, at 6:30pm. A child prodigy turned seasoned vet by age 28, Trucks represents the newest generation of blues-guitar heroes, bringing new life to a century-old craft. By age 9, Trucks was an established genius on the slide guitar, leading his own band by his early teens. Barely out of high school, Trucks hit the road as a member of the Allman Brothers Band, and by 2006 he found himself recruited to play alongside Eric Clapton on his 2006 and 2007 tours. But even his remarkable rĂŠsumĂŠ can’t express the kind of magic that pours out of his amp on a nightly basis. “First of all, Derek Trucks is one of the all-time great guitar players,â€? says Castro when asked about the festival headliner. “He’s an innovator, an amazingly accomplished player. Soulful. He has such a strong connection, not religious, but a spiritual one, the way he approaches his music. When he plays, there’s not a big party going on, it’s really a serious thing because he’s so connected with everything. I really admire him, and I think he’s one of the most important guitar players to come along in many years.â€? Trucks’ new album, Already Free, displays an electrifying blend of backcountry blues and progressive funk, cut exclusively at his home studio in Jacksonville, Fla. Since the 2006 release of the critically acclaimed album Songlines, the Derek Trucks Band has been touring incessantly and living on the road for nearly 300 days a year. At this point, Trucks and his sixpiece band function like a well-oiled machine, routinely delivering awesome performances highlighted by Trucks’ jawdropping slide work. In addition to Tommy Castro and the Derek Trucks Band, the Metro Fountain Blues Festival will also feature performances by John Wedemeyer and Friends (12:30pm), the Bay Area Blues Society Caravan of All Stars (1:30pm), the Candye Kane Band with Laura Chavez (2:30pm) and Lurrie Bell’s Chicago Blues Band (3:35pm). For Castro, a high-caliber festival is just another reason why San Jose is a great place for the blues. “I’ve had the fortune to perform at the festival since the late ’80sâ€? Castro says, “and it’s always a good group of friends and talented local cats that can really play the blues.â€?

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$26 Adv./ $30 Dr. Drs. 7 p.m., Show 8 p.m. Thursday, May 7 • AGES 16+

TĂŠch N9nĂŠ plus Special Guest

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Murs

$30 Adv./ $34 Dr. Drs. 7 p.m., Show 8 p.m.

Wednesday, May 13 • AGES 16+ • In the Atrium

Mystic Roots plus Top Shelf also DMI

$8 Adv./ $10 Dr. • Drs. 7:30 p.m., Show 8 p.m. Thursday, May 14 • AGES 16+ • In the Atrium Theta Chi presents KARATE

Thursday, May 7 • AGES 16+ • In the Atrium

NOT FROM LONDON

plus

Something Clever

EXPLOSION

also Fentruck

and DJ Lash Benefit for the Fallen Officer Foundation $10 Adv./ $12 Dr. • Drs. 8:30 p.m., Show 9 p.m.

plus Cuesta Ridge also Brandon Caruso $3 Adv./ $5 Dr. • Drs. 8:30 p.m., Show 9 p.m.

May 15 The Cataracs/ The Pack (AGES 16+) May 16 Bassnectar (AGES 16+) Friday, May 8 • AGES 16+ • In the Atrium May 16 Murder Junkies (AGES 16+) May 17 Andre Nickatina (AGES 16+) May 21 Dredg/ Torche (AGES 16+) plus Ballyhoo! also Blaming Johnny $8 Adv./ $10 Dr. • Drs. 8:30 p.m., Show 9 p.m. May 21 Beats by the Pound 3 (AGES 16+) May 22 Gogol Bordello (AGES 16+) Saturday, May 9 May 23 Gogol Bordello (AGES 16+) AGES 21+ May 27 The Aggrolites (AGES 16+) $20 Adv./ $23 Dr. May 28 Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds (AGES 16+) Drs. 8 p.m., Show 9 p.m. May 29 The Dirty Heads (AGES 16+) BOOTYUNION II May 30 The Taxi Project (AGES 16+) Jun 2 The Supervillains (AGES 16+) Jun 4 Still Time/ Matt Masih (AGES 16+) Jun 5 The Mother Hips plus Sun House Hot Buttered Rum (AGES 21+) plus Saturday Night in the Atrium FREE SHOW SERIES No Cover • 9 p.m. • 21+ Jun 6 Del Tha Funky Homosapien (AGES 16+) 19 Easy Star All-Stars (AGES 16+) ISADORA’S SCARF • BLACK DREAM Jun Jul 11 Robin Trower (AGES 21+)

THE B FOUNDATION

GEORGE ORWELL EXPERIENCE

Tuesday, May 12 • AGES 16+ • In the Atrium As seen on HBO's hit series "Entourage"

SAIGON

plus

Dyme Def

also Keelay & Zaire and Sincere & Ghambit

RESCHEDULED May 19th tickets will be honored on this date or may be returned to place of purchase for a refund.

Aug 7 Johnny Winter (AGES 21+) Aug 16 Hatebreed (AGES 16+) Oct 21 UFO (AGES 21+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

$10 Adv./ $14 Dr. • Drs. 8:30 p.m., Show 9 p.m. ROCKER’S PIZZA KITCHEN 831-426-PIZZA

Sunday thru Tuesday FREE POOL for Bar Patrons Noon to Closing

$1 Pizza Slice ALL DAY TUESDAYS

Wed. - Mon. $2 CHEESE OR PEPPERONI until 6 p.m.

Advance tickets are available at the Catalyst daily with a minimal service charge. Tickets to all Catalyst shows, subject to city tax and service charge, are also available by phone at 1-866-384-3060, and online at our web site

www.catalystclub.com

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MAY 6-12, 2009 M E T R O S I L I C O N VA L L E Y

Boulder Creek, 20th Anniversary

Art, Wine & Music Festival

Memorial Day Weekend May 23–25

Noon–6 pm Photo Courtesy of Elaine Jackson

FREE ADMISSION Over 200 Booths Local Mountain Wineries Great Live Music Face Painters Henna Tatoos Rock Climbing Wall Kid’s Stage on Sunday A portion of the proceeds to benefit Valley Churches United Missions “Bucks for Hunger” and The San Lorenzo Valley Museum

VENDOR SPACE STILL AVAILABLE 408-505-1725 www.bcba.net VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Cans, bottles and coolers are not allowed at the Festival. For the safety and enjoyment of all concerned, dogs may not attend. Think green, be clean, take the bus.

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Muslims face the Kaaba, a cube-shaped building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Every mosque around the world typically has a niche that shows the precise direction of that holy place. Recently, however, worshipers have discovered that many of the older mosques in Mecca itself have niches that aren’t pointing the right way. They’re concerned that the prayers they’ve dispatched in the past weren’t aimed correctly. Is it possible that there’s a comparable scenario in your life, Aries? Might you be filled with righteous intentions, but not quite delivering them to the correct location? If so, this is an excellent time to make adjustments.

IVjgjh (April 20–May 20): In recent decades, many British people with unfortunate surnames have changed them. There are now 40 percent fewer Shufflebottoms, while the numbers of Cockshotts and Smellies have also declined precipitously. Meanwhile, back in the United States, the government has rebranded its notorious Global War on Terror, shifting to the more palatable “Overseas Contingency Operation.” I hold these examples up for your inspiration, Taurus. It’s a good time to alter any name or title you’ve outgrown, as well as any label that no longer fits or any category you’d like to leave behind. <Zb^c^ (May 21–June 20): I’m going to quote a few pieces of advice from a piece I found on the Internet, “15 Fun Things to Do During a Big, Important Test.” I trust that this will stimulate your imagination in all the right ways as you get ready for your metaphorical version of a final exam. 1. Bring your own private cheerleaders in uniform. Have them cheer loudly whenever you answer a question. 2. Haul in a large, flamboyant idol. Set it next to you and pray to it often. 3. Bring a friend to give you a massage the entire time. Insist this person is needed because your thoughts flow properly only when your circulation is enhanced. 4. Every now and then, clap twice rapidly. If the teacher asks why, say, “The light bulb that goes on above my head when I get an idea is hooked up to a Clapper. DUH!” 8VcXZg ( June 21–July 22): Buster Posey is an upand-coming baseball player for the San Francisco Giants. The poetic incongruity of his name is so apt a symbol for your imminent future, I’m making him your patron saint. According to my reading of the omens, you’ll be called on to be like a “Buster”—a macho, pushy, no-nonsense dude who gets things done—but you will also find power in being as delicate and lovely and innocent as the small flower bouquet known as a posey. Sometimes it’ll make sense to be one or the other. On other occasions, you’ll benefit from being in both modes simultaneously. AZd ( July 23–Aug. 22): The Amazing Race is a reality

TV show in which two-member teams compete for money and prizes by doing odd feats in exotic locales. One especially stupid and awesome task they performed was carrying 50-pound wheels of cheese down a slippery hill in Switzerland. Everyone started out hauling the wheels on cumbersome wooden backpacks, but hardly anyone was able to make it to the bottom without falling, breaking the backpacks, and having to manually herd the runaway cheese the rest of the way. I foresee a similar fate for you, Leo. You’ll be asked to do things that are both fun and frustrating, all in a cause that in the long run will be worthwhile.

K^g\d (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): One of the most successful managers in baseball history was Casey Stengel. His New York Yankee teams won the world championship seven times. Before the 1953 season, when the Yankees had already won four consecutive World Series, he made the observation that “If we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as smart as we think we are.” I hope some version of those words will come out of your mouth soon, Virgo. As savvy and crafty as you are, you’ll have to become even more so in order to pull off the victory that’s almost within your grasp. A^WgV (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): This notice appeared on

a bulletin board at a local nightclub that features hip hop DJs: “Missing: my great-grandmother’s necklace, which dropped off my neck while I was krump dancing last Saturday. It might have happened when I was doing a head spin. The necklace has three strands of pearls and a

pendant engraved with ‘To Florence, 1927.’ Contact Monique.” I call this to your attention, Libra, because I think it’s possible that you’ll have an experience somewhat akin to Monique’s. Playing exuberantly in a very modern style could result in you losing something from the old days. Unlike Monique, though, I bet your loss will be liberating.

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growing number of “spiritual tourists” who shop around in their search for inner peace. “We are entering a world,” said one expert, “where people aren’t interested in whether something is true or not, or whether they believe it or not, but whether it works.” That would be a good prescription for you in the coming months, Scorpio. I recommend that you reject any idea or theory or practice unless it has the practical value of making you feel more at home in the world and more accepting of yourself.

HV\^iiVg^jh (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): I encourage you

to attempt a difficult feat: For a few days, dissolve every burst of anger that rises up in you. Squash it. Wrestle it into submission. Attack it with love bombs. If you can eradicate the fury at its source, never even letting it ripen, that would be best. But the most important thing is to use all your ingenuity to keep your hostility, irritation, and snark from reaching the surface and spilling out. And why should you try this seemingly impossible experiment? Because according to my analysis of the omens, it would bring unexpected improvements in your physical and mental health.

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the older Korean woman who has failed her driving test 800 times? Or the American man who has filled out job applications at 25 Pizza Huts in 20 cities without being hired? Or the British artist who has completed over 5,000 paintings even though no gallery has ever shown his work? There is something about you that resembles those persistently frustrated people—or at least has resembled them up until now. Soon, I predict, the dogged efforts you’ve made will finally pay off in at least a modest success, and perhaps even more if you’ll make an effort to free your mind of its backlog of sad images.

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more than half the population believes they are fantastic kissers. How did they get that way? Some people say they have rehearsed extensively by smooching the backs of their own hands or rubbing their lips up against posters of celebrities. Whether you’ve tried these techniques or have developed other strategies, Aquarius, I advise you to bone up on your skills. Not this week, but soon, you will be entering a prime romantic phase of your astrological cycle—a time when you will have the potential to accomplish wonders and marvels with your mouth.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NAME STATEMENT NAME STATEMENT #522026 #522935 #523206 The following person(s) is (are) The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Lee’s Sandwiches- Monterey, 4060 Monterey Rd., San Jose, Ca, 95111, Vu Nguyen, 3155 Falls Creek Dr., San Jose, CA, 95135. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/29/09. /s/Vu Nguyen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/27/2009. (pub Metro 4/15, 3/22, 3/29, 5/06/2009)

doing business as: SCL Construction Company, 1664 Samedra St., Sunnyvale, CA, 94087, Steve Lai. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 2/16/2001. /s/Steve Lai This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/14/2009. (pub Metro 4/22, 4/29, 5/06, 5/13/2009)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Elley Photography, 1418 Foothill Meadows Ct., San Jose, CA, 95131, Elley Ho. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Elley Ho This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/24/2009. (pub Metro 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/06/2009)

doing business as: Pura Dulzura Impressionz, 696 N. 11th St., #B, San Jose, CA, 95159, Dulce J. Fernandez. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Dulce J. Fernandez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/10/2009. (pub Metro 4/22, 4/29, 5/06, 5/13/2009)

doing business as: New Era Painting, 110 Umbarger Road, San Jose, CA, 95111, Fidel Hernandez, Jr, 10793 Miguelito Rd., San Jose, CA, 95127. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Fedel Hernandez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/09/2009. (pub Metro 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/06/2009)

Services, 1341 Eldamar Ct., San Jose, CA, 95121, Robert E. Weisse. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/31/2009. /s/Robert E. Weisse This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/17/2009. (pub Metro 4/29, 5/06, 5/13, 5/20/2009)

doing business as: DCD Services, 5453 Makati Cir., San Jose, CA, 95123, David Barna. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/David Barna This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/13/2009. (pub Metro 4/22, 4/29, 5/06, 5/13/2009)

Sunnydale Ct., San Jose, CA, 95117, David A. Meltzer, Mary Anne Meltzer. This business is conducted by a Trust. Refile of previous file #447756 with changes Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/David Meltzer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/15/2009. (pub Metro 4/22, 4/29, 5/06, 5/13/2009)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Synergy Auto Works, 145 Keyes St., San Jose, CA, 95112, Phan, Thong, 1200 E. San Fernando, CA, 95116. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Phan, Thong This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/20/2009.(pub Metro 4/29, 5/06, 5/13, 5/20/2009)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NAME STATEMENT NAME STATEMENT #522743 #522805 #521820 The following person(s) is (are) The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Cedar Mortgage Company, Inc., 3190 S. Bascom Avenue, #100, San Jose, CA, 95124, Cedar Financial Network, Inc. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The state of Corporation: California. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/John A. Nogosek President #C3096566 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/13/2009. (pub Metro 4/29, 5/06, 5/13, 5/20/2009)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #523175 NAME STATEMENT #522682 The following person(s) is (are) The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RF Power #522051

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Upper Room, 444 E. Williams St, 208, San Jose, CA, 95112, Salvador Hernandez, 631 S. 10th Street, San Joe, CA, 95112. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/29/09. /s/Salvador Hernandez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/30/2009. (pub Metro 4/29, 5/06, 5/13, 5/20/2009)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #523063 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) NAME STATEMENT #522783 doing business as: Wrestling #522771 The following person(s) is (are) Observer Newsletter, 3593 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ABC Window and Carpet Cleaning., 15935 Polona Dr., Sehi, CA, 95313, Massoud Ghassemi. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Massoud Ghassemi This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/13/2009. (pub Metro 5/06, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27/2009)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sam’s Chowder House, 4210 N. Cabrillo Highway, Half Moon Bay, CA, 94019, San Mateo, Paul Shenkman, 273 Eagle Trace, Half Moon Bay, CA, 94019. This business is conducted by a limited partnership. The above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/06/2009. /s/Paul Shenkman General/Managing PartnerM#200517500014 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/21/2009. (pub Metro 5/06, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27/2009.

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Donna Beauty Salon, 3208 Lyter Way, San Jose, CA, 95135, Don Hue Do. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 5/15/2009. M/s/Don Hue Do This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/27/2009.(pub Metro 5/06, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27/2009.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #523138 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Lu Bistro, 1460 Oakland Rd., Ste #D, San Jose, CA, 95112, Lu Be, 1145 Rosebriar Wy., San Jose, CA, 95131. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 4/2/09. /s/Be Lu This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/17/2009. (pub Metro 5/06, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27/2009)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #522132 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TKW Consulting Inc., 2033 Gateway Place, Suite 670, San Jose, CA, 95110, TKW Enterprises, Inc which will do business in California as TKW Consulting, Inc.. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The state of Corporation: California. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/01/2009. /s/Sarah Jarvis Secretary #C3107945 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/30/2009. (pub Metro 4/22, 4/29, 5/06, 5/13/2009)

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how few the medical examiner thought were directly attributable to the Taser. In the huge majority of cases, drugs, alcohol, and/or poor health were cited as contributing factors. Are MEs just covering up for the cops? Maybe, maybe not. Medical journals speak of “sudden in-custody death syndrome,” which is enough to spike anybody’s BS meter. However, some experts insist that physical restraint that isn’t in itself lethal can combine with factors like heart disease and stimulant use to cause a hyperagitated state and often death in someone resisting arrest. And that’s without Tasers in the picture; add a zap or two and it’s hard to say exactly what’s doing the victim in. One study of Taser-coincident deaths from 2001–05 showed more than half the victims had cardiovascular disease, more than 75 percent were on illegal drugs, and close to 90 percent were on some sort of stimulant at the time of death. Research has found police often use Tasers when a suspect is out of control and apparently under the influence—exactly, the theory goes, when the risk of SICDS is high. In 2005 the Potomac Institute, a think tank, analyzed 72 cases of Taser-coincident death tabulated by AI and found some common threads: drug use by the suspect, physical restraint by the police and no clear proof that the Taser was the cause of death. Their conclusion? The risk of death due primarily to Taser was between 1 in 1,000 and 1 in 100,000. Let’s put the issue squarely. AI tells of officers Tasering schoolchildren, pregnant women, the elderly, etc.—these jamokes should be fired. But often cops have to get the cuffs on some raving lunatic they can’t just leave walking the streets. Almost any sublethal method of persuasion carries risks. Pepper spray can cause potentially fatal reactions, police dogs can do serious damage, plastic and bean-bag bullets can kill. Nightsticks and choke holds I don’t need to tell you about. Tasering the guy presents a non-negligible chance you could kill him. But what do you do instead?

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