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DEC 31 - JAN 6
Despite the storms, the city has felt quiet for a week now. And though the urban engine's still idling, that's hardly a reason not to look out the fogged-up windows. Toast the new year, take in a movie, get your rock on, or get involved in the community. It's resolution time, so get out and spread it.
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Have an ABSOLUT holiday: One part revelry. One part ABSOLUT. Garnish with good will, good music, and shake. Find more recipes for cheer at www.absolut.com.
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This week's flavor:
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| art: | Ferris Plock |
| comedy: | SF Sketchfest 2003 |
| dance: | The Devil-Ettes |
| dj: | ESC Featuring Tipper |
| film: | 24 Hour Party People, Black Orpheus, Talk to Her |
| getaway: | Bay Area Hikes |
| music: | Austin City Limits Featuring Beck with Flaming Lips, Gram Parsons Tribute |
| NYE: | Anon Salon's Sea of Dreams '03, Balkan New Years, Construction 2003, Fantasy Island, Future Primitive, Massive Selector, Melvins, Miguel Migs, Sno-Drift Featuring DJ Dan, The Inciters |
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NYE
Fantasy Island New Year's Eve
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| when: | Tue 12.31 (8pm-2am) |
| where: | Lingba Lounge (1469 18th St, 415.335.0001) |
| price: | $75 presale, dinner & party / $45 presale, party only (includes open bar and Thai pupus) |
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Lingba Lounge |
| | Lingba offers a laid-back alternative to the hectic big-ticket events. This Polynesian Potrero Hill joint is one of the most intimate in the hood, and after a long struggle with the city, they've brought the beats back (Aloooooha!). Tonight they partner with Thanya and Salee Thai for a deep-down, delicious way to bring in the new year. (PS)
  
 Who was your favorite character or guest from Fantasy Island and why? Our favorite answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.
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| | If you're itching to break up the New Year's Eve routine, maybe a little Balkan business is your style. Edessa, named after a northern Greek village and dedicated to a music it calls "Balkan without borders," draws on Greek, Macedonian, Bulgarian, and Albanian folk music to present a family-friendly concert designed to kick off the year with a healthy dose of Old World cheer. (NN)
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| | For those who would love to spend New Year's Eve at Black Rock City's Playa, but know their van won't make it, Anon Salon has put together a special night. Between Sound Tribe Sector 9's jam fusion, Rosin Coven's gothic psych, and the house grooves of Garth, Laird, and Space Cowboys — to say nothing of the other entertainments and diversions — tonight's run into 2003 should burn fiercely.
(KV)
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| | One of the city's down-and-dirtiest parties, Massive Selector takes over Club Six — a space always on the verge of startin' somethin' — and fills it with house, breaks, hip hop, and dancehall, courtesy of selectors Charlotte the Baroness, Rasta Cue Tip, Ms. E, J-Boogie, and more. Rewind your way into 2003. (PS)
From which hip hop artist did Brownthought of Massive Selector get his name?
The first five people to get this right win a pair of tickets to this event.
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NYE
Sno-Drift Featuring DJ Dan
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| when: | Tue 12.31 (9pm-5am) |
| where: | Sno-Drift (1830 3rd St, 415.431.4766) |
| price: | $65 presale / $75 at door |
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Sno-Drift | Tickets |
| | DJ Dan tears it up with four hours of funky house on the main floor, while Rasta Cue Tip, DJ Seven, Keebo, and DJ Solomon keep rumps bumpin' in Sno-Drift's sultry side room. These aren't the cheapest tickets in town, but you can bet on a crowd that looks like a million bucks. (PS)
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NYE
Construction 2003
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| when: | Tue 12.31 (9pm-4am) |
| where: | Club Bas (383 Bay St, 415.399.9555) |
| price: | $45 presale |
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Club Bas |
| | Local faves Miguel Migs and Ellen Ferrato will both be busy tonight, shuttling between venues, but for fans of Terry Mullen, this is the only chance to catch his brand of deep, percussive Chicago house. (MG)
What's your favorite tool and why? The third good response wins a pair of tickets to tonight's party.
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| | For those who want their NYE action packed, Flavor, Uniting Souls, and Compression have planned a party with a little some-somethin' for everyone: capoeria, circus performances, "total immersion visuals," classical Indian music at sunrise, three or more open bars, samba/batucada performances by Loco Bloco, and prime slots from superstar DJs Craze and Miguel Migs. This is the party for raving 'til brunch time. (PS)
The first two people to tell us what years Craze won the DMC World Championships win a pair of tickets to this party.
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| | No lightweight NYE event, Ipecac's 4th Annual Binge & Purge Fest features the Melvins, one of the world's heaviest bands, and a lineup that'll go to your head faster than a keg stand of Perrier-Jouet: Mike Patton, Dillinger Escape Plan, Mondo Generator (featuring Nick from Queens of the Stone Age), Dälek, Pink Anvil, and DJ Kid606. Headbang your way into 2003. (PS)
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| | If you don't have the patience for tonight's madding crowds and astronomical prices, here's a chance to break a sweat without smashing the bank. Ten bucks gets you "no frills" but thrills aplenty, illin' and spillin' to the Northern Soul stylings of The Inciters and the retro-moonstomping Agrolites. Mod beats for post-modern times. (PS)
The first person to tell us on what label The Inciters recorded their last album win a pair of tickets to this show.
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| | Funk your way into the future with Future Primitive's ridiculously good lineup, including Shortkut and Apollo, Doc Fu, Romanowski, J-Boogie, and DJ Eniki. Guest MC Mr. Lif keeps the party rocking into the wee hours of 2003, aided and abetted by Quannum Projects mystery MCs. The party will move to a secure, undisclosed location and keep rocking 'til morning, proving that hip hop, you don't stop... (PS)
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| | For almost everyone, or at least everyone who's not nursing a
debilitating hangover, New Year's Day is
a time to take stock, a chance to
reflect on the previous year and make resolutions for
the one coming up. And what better way to get a little
perspective on things than from a point on high? For
the incline-inclined, we recommend a day hike on
Mt Tamalpais. With its 2,571-foot peak and an
abundance (6,300 acres) of stunning redwood groves and
oak woodlands, Mt Tam offers a panoramic view of
coastline and East Bay Hills. If the easy, scenic ambling of the Pantoll Trailhead doesn't tire you out, Mt Tam has 50 miles of trails for hikers and bikers to enjoy. (PS)
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| | Whirl into 2003 with the Devil-Ettes, a San Francisco-based synchronized dance troupe that formed three years ago for a talent show, and has been go-go-ing mad ever since. Fluxing from 12 to 20 members, the luciferious ladies pick rare oldies for their routines, which are inspired by everthing from period movies and '60s pop culture to mom's guilded memories. Not one member boasts formal dance training, but the Devil-Ettes pack their shows with such retro-charm and magnetic enthusiasm that they'll take you straight to hell and back (but in a good way, we swear). (LK)
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| | Internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar (All About my Mother) makes his return to the screen with an evocative and original film. Talk to Her is about Benigno, a male nurse who dotes over a beautiful coma victim, and Marco, a journalist who falls in love with a female bullfighter. This unlikely pair — fated to become friends — first meet when they're seated next to each other at a dance performance and are later reunited under less pleasant circumstances. A melodrama with a unique brand of humor, this story of unrequited love will speak to you long after the credits stop rolling. (MB)
Note: This is the last day in the film's week-long run. Check site for more details.
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| | Director Michael Winterbottom nails the frenetic pace of cultural change in this fast-paced film about a scene and an era. The subject is Manchester, England — London's gloomy industrial stepchild and the spawning ground for punk, new wave, and acid house talent. Tony Wilson, played by Steve Coogan, is a TV news reporter who discovers Joy Division, launches Factory Records, and later opens the Hacienda, stomping grounds for the Happy Mondays and the birthplace of acid house. Coogan is great, but Danny Cunningham gets the best role as Shaun Ryder, the Mondays' chronically intoxicated lead singer. (RR)
Note: This runs for two days only — if you can't make it tonight, you have four chances tomorrow, Saturday 1.4 (2, 4:15, 7:15, & 9pm).
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MUSIC
Fourth Annual Sleepless Nights — Gram Parsons Tribute
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| when: | Sat 1.4 (9pm) |
| where: | Great American Music Hall (859 O'Farrell St, 415.885.0750) |
| price: | $10 |
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GAMH | Gram Parsons |
| | He was the troubadour who put the cowboy sound firmly into rock 'n roll and revived a veteran rock band's fading career. But it was Gram Parsons's songs that people remember most. In a career that ended at age 26, Parsons influenced the Eagles and the Rolling Stones, and masterminded Sweetheart of the Rodeo, a country rock classic, while with the Byrds. For the fourth year, a big group of artists gathers to pay tribute. Dave Gleason's Wasted Days, Chuck Prophet and Stephanie Finch, Red Meat, and The Real Sippin Whiskeys are just a few. Best of all, funds from the benefit will go to the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic. (RR)
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DJ
ESC Featuring Tipper
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| when: | Sat 1.4 (10pm) |
| where: | Club Six (60 6th St, 415.863.1221) |
| price: | $15 |
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Club Six |
| | Those Eyephunk kids just don't quit! Hot on the heels of a busy autumn season, the breakbeat mavens from Eyephunk and Echolocation kick off ESC, a new monthly at the ever-popular Club Six. Tonight's headliner, Fuel Records' Tipper, is responsible for some of the most exciting breakbeat mutations of late, mixing up electro, IDM, garage, and of course breaks' cut-to-the-gut boom-bap. Guests include LA's Trichome (E.L.M.) and SF's Andres Octavio, with Prolix on visuals and Adam Ohana, Anon, and Girlie8 representing the residentials. (SK)
What's your favorite keystroke and why? The first six answers win a prize out of the Eyephunk grab bag — from Tipper CDs to Mixman gear to guestlist spots.
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MUSIC
Austin City Limits Featuring Beck with Flaming Lips
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| when: | Sat 1.4 (12:30am) |
| where: | KTEH Channel 54 |
| price: |  FREE |
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Austin City Limits | KTEH |
| | Couch potatoes will want to turn to Austin City Limits tonight to catch a live performance of Beck backed by The Flaming Lips. Recorded last month when Beck showcased the material from Sea Change, he finds a mellow groove that leaves plenty of space for the music to move. The granddaddy of live music shows on TV, Austin City Limits keeps churning out 60-minute nuggets of history. Since 1976 the show has presented more than 500 acts, from country to rock n' roll to zydeco. Here we get two of the era's most creative commercial acts appearing on TV's most musician-friendly program. (RR)
Note: Those without cable can see the show on 1.19, when it plays on KQED Channel 9.
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FILM
Black Orpheus
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| when: | Sun 1.5 (2, 4:15, 7:15 & 9:25pm) |
| where: | Red Vic (1727 Haight St, 415.668.3994) |
| price: | $6.50 / $4.50 matinees |
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Red Vic |
| | French director Marcel Camus's reinterpretation of the Orpheus-Euridyce myth (via Vinicius de Moraes' play Orfeu do Carnaval) catapulted the bossa nova movement to international recognition when the film was released in 1959. This Portuguese Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film, set in Brazil against the colorful flurry of Carnival, features an Afro-Brazilian cast and the pivotal samba-jazz of composers Luis Bonfa and Antonio Jobim. With exceptional performances from Breno Mello and Marpessa Dawn and a best-selling soundtrack that inspired the likes of Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd, Black Orpheus (or Orfeu Negro) has become a cinematic institution for music lovers. (PW)
Describe the bossa nova sound in five words or less — best answer wins a pair of tickets to this film.
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| | Word on the street is that Eskimos have many words for snow. While San
Franciscans can't find much use for winter's linguistic frivolity, we can
exercise the many synonyms for laughter during January's arctic chill.
Sketchfest 2003 has arrived, so leave the snow pants behind and prepare to
break out your guffaws. Chortle at local heroes Kasper Hauser and Killing
My Lobster. Giggle at the witty irreverence of New York's Upright Citizen's
Brigade. Howl with delight at the improvisational brilliance of Fred
Willard of Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show. Leave the flurry
words to those stuck in igloo-city; we in the Bay Area will start the New
Year tee-heeing all over town. (LE)
Quote a funny line from a movie — the first three good answers win a pair of tickets to one of the Wednesday shows (1.8, 1.15, or 1.22).
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ART
Monsters and Their Hats: New Works by Ferris Plock
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| when: | Now through 1.14 |
| where: | The Grind (783 Haight St, 415.864.0955) |
| price: | FREE |
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Ferris Plock |
| | You might’ve seen local artist Ferris Plock’s alter ego stickered on lampposts and stenciled on sidewalks and on t-shirts carried at Villains store on Haight. His monsters, goblins, and aquanauts are sinister, yet they command respect for their quirkiness. Ferris’ latest line of black-and-white monsters are on display at lower Haight’s favorite coffee stop, the Grind. If you liked his take on "The Last Supper" at October’s Decked Out show, come out for 20 or so new humorously painted skateboards, among other works. (KV)
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| CD REVIEW: Triple R, Friends |
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Kompakt
Released 10.01.02
$15 (Kompakt)
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Cologne's Kompakt label used to have the rep of being impossibly austere, but Triple R's mix CD demonstrates how the label's tastes have strayed from the minimal tech of yore to a sunnier, more succulent brand of poptastic techno. Friends collects tracks from Kompakt's colleagues — artists like Process, Dntel, and SF's own Broker/Dealer, representing labels like Perlon, Traum, and Plug Research. Death Cab for Cutie vocalist Ben Gibbard even makes an unexpected appearance. Triple R's surreptitious mixing style propels you effortlessly from percussive melancholy to cushioned bliss: horizontal house at its finest. (PS)
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| STREAMS: Groovetech |
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However you decide to ring in 2003, don't forget to invite your old friend Groovetech to the party. Even though the masterminds behind this streaming-central website may be on holiday this week, the deep selection of the GT Radio archives is always on tap and ready to please. Beats, breaks, drum 'n bass, hip hop: Groovetech's got it all, and the beat don't stop.
 | Beats & Breaks: GT Radio (Craig Richards with Lee Burridge)
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| Experimental House: Flavor (Herbert)
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| Hip Hop & Funk: Tummy Touch (Mains Ignition)
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