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SEPT 30 - OCT 6
Brand new, you're retro. Sometimes the whirl of revisionist trends is as whimsical as the swirling autumn leaves (and just as unpredictable). Thus we've got a week that sees Danish garage rock followed up by classic bluegrass and a singer straight out of Breakfast at Tiffany's performing the same night as Easy Rider. Are we just hungry goats with perverse appetites for what came before? Well, why not? With the new laws up for grabs, there's plenty to learn from our ancestors. Twist together the frayed epochs, and spread it. |
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ABSOLUT Mandrin encourages you to get out. Do the town. Enjoy the crisp fall air. Then stop in for a crisp fall cocktail with the natural zing of mandarin and orange. |
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| | With last week's release of their self-titled debut album, stellastarr* have secured their spot as one of the best discoveries of this year — and of the next. Influenced by such bands as the Cars, the Damned, Joy Division, and Roxy Music, NY-based stellastarr* have created a sound as unique as it is addictive. Live, they explode with so much infectious energy that audiences can't help but to get caught up in the frenzy. Popular Danish duo the Raveonettes are the headliners. (JG)
  
 What band did stellastarr* evolve out of? The first two correct answers each win a pair of tickets to the show.
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| | By now, you probably know that Holly Golightly loves Jack White (of the White Stripes) like a little brother, but did you know that Ms. Golightly has been performing for more than a decade and that her new album, Truly She Is None Other, is her 11th release? Golightly, who insists that the Breakfast at Tiffany's-lifted moniker is her real name, makes her triumphant return to San Francisco after moving out of her apartment above Bottom of the Hill less than a year ago. The Brit, whose latest album combines '60s-era country, surf rock, and soulful blues, is in the midst of a five-week US tour, backed by members of Cincinnati garage band the Greenhornes. (TP)
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ART
Free Museum Day at Fort Mason Center
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| when: | Wed 10.1 (12-7pm) |
| where: | Fort Mason Center, (various locations, 415.441.3400) |
| price: |  FREE |
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| | For those lucky enough to have a little free time this mid-week afternoon, head over to the Marina District, where you can enjoy diverse works of art in rustic splendor at Fort Mason's Free Museum Day. Choose from Museo ItaloAmericano's ever-growing collection of Italian/Italian American works; the Museum of Craft and Folk Art's group-curated exhibition at the crossroads of craft, folk, and fine art; or the San Francisco African American Historical & Cultural Society's current installation, Queen
Califia: An Artistic Expression Of California Black History. Better yet, spend the afternoon experiencing all of the park's offerings, including informal exhibits from City College Art classes to SFMOMA's Artists' Galleries. All in all, it's a great opportunity to view incredible local and international artists' collections. (RJH)
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ART: Opening
David Choe's Appetite For Mutilation
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| when: | Thur 10.2 (5pm-2am) |
| where: | 111 Minna Gallery (111 Minna St, 415.974.1719) |
| price: | FREE |
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Event Info | David Choe |
| | Part spray can ninja, part Mexican muralist, part robot anime cartoonist, David Choe is a true West Coast artist. A seasoned Angelino graffiti guerrilla, he feeds off pressure — whether he's tagging the Hollywood Freeway or dashing off a mural in San Francisco in 48 hours before catching a plane to do the same thing in Osaka, Japan. Yet despite his spontaneous method and breathless style, the vast and intricate detail of Choe's art freshly renders an oddly beautiful world — insolent, funny, sexy, and tormented. On sale tonight are drawings, paintings, comic illustrations, and wooden sculptures. The highlight is a mural created for the show of Munko the giant mutilated whale. Special guests include Choe's assistant Madison Park, Friends with You, and DJs Ted Shred, Fingerbangers, and Skrunchface Projects. (SS)
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PANEL
CopyArt: The Impact of Copyright on New Media Art
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| when: | Thur 10.2 (7-9pm) |
| where: | Phyllis Wattis Theater, SFMOMA (151 3rd St, 415.357.4130) |
| price: | $15 |
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| | The old adage says that good artists borrow and great artists steal. But in an age of effortless digital reproduction, corporate consolidation, and profit obsessions, the question of artistic "theft" may have seriously litigious consequences; arguments about artistic provenance have become supplanted by turf wars over intellectual property. Tonight's panel features Swiss-American artist Christian Marclay, who has borrowed Duchamp's tactics to make art out of appropriated (or, perhaps, stolen) images and sounds; UCSC's assistant professor of art history Jennifer Gonzalez; and Stanford's Lawrence Lessig, one of the preeminent experts of intellectual property and the public sphere. (PS)
What Christian Marclay artwork fuses the soundtrack of one film with the visuals from another? The first correct answer wins a pair of tickets to the event.
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| | Seeing singer/songwriter John Darnielle perform as frontman of the Mountain Goats makes you feel less like a spectator than a member of a community. His quirky songs illuminate the lives of all kinds of characters, including a metal band from Ohio, Southern Californian speed freaks, a quarreling couple from Florida, and any number of folks in between. He's a mighty fine storyteller who bangs passionately on his guitar while sucking you into his brilliant world. A Mountain Goats show involves much banter, increasing performer inebriation, rabid fans, and, more often than not, it culminates in a rowdy rendition of "The Sign" by Ace of Base, one of Darnielle's favorite covers. (LB)
What cassette label released the Mountain Goats' first three releases? The third correct answer wins a pair of tickets to the show.
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DISCUSSION
Al Jazeera News Coverage: What American Viewers Don't See
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| when: | Fri 10.3 (12pm) |
| where: | Commonwealth Club (595 Market St, 2nd Fl, 415.597.6700) |
| price: | $12 |
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Event Info | Al Jazeera |
| | By disseminating countless video and audio clips of Osama bin Laden post-9/11, Al Jazeera became a household name in the US. But few of us here in the States understand Al Jazeera's mission, its role in the Middle East, or its impact on journalism around the world. Hafez Al-Mirazi, the Qatar-based network's Washington bureau chief and host of the weekly program From Washington, discusses the network's history, its approach to news, and its coverage of the war in Iraq. Find out what this pan-Arab news source, which prides itself on its freedom "from the shackles of censorship and government control," is all about. (MN)
In what year did Al Jazeera launch? The third correct answer wins a pair of tickets to the discussion.
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| | Fans of the fiddle and twang once again gather in Speedway Meadow to heed a herd of musical talent. Last year's array of traditional instrumentation and stirring harmonies drew a large and appreciative crowd, and this year should be no different. The three-day festival boasts a bluegrass smorgasbord on three stages, including such luminaries as Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, and the incomparable Willie Nelson. Friday's show is a tribute to Woody Guthrie, featuring the Peasall Sisters. (PMc)
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DJ
Benefit para Dia de los Muertos
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| when: | Fri 10.3 (9pm-4am) |
| where: | Club Six (60 6th St, 415.863.1221) |
| price: | $10 |
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| | As any viewer of Six Feet Under well knows, burying loved ones can be an expensive proposition. As it turns out, the same goes for paying respects year after year. The Marigold Project, which coordinates Mexican Day of the Dead festivities in SF, has found its funding pushing up daisies, one more victim of California's increasingly austere economic climate. Tonight's fundraiser to keep the project running features a dream team of local talent, including Mr. E, Spesh, Laird, and more, to keep the music anything but funereal, while Karen Gutowsky, Lyn Gaza, ZaZa Dance Theatre, fireFlygirlz, and more provide visual art and performance to create a link between the traditions we've been given, and the ones we invent. (PS)
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FILM
The Blob (1958)
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| when: | Sat 10.4 (7pm) |
| where: | Lawn of the Presidio Main Post Theatre (99 Moraga Ave, 415.561.5000) |
| price: | FREE |
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| | Well-loved cinematic cheese-reel The Blob shines through the fog tonight outside the Main Post Theater in the Presidio. The 1958 film features a budding Steve McQueen as a renegade teenager bent on saving his town from a mysterious, glutinous, extra-terrestrial visitor. This definitive B-movie also includes an early highlight of Burt Bacharach's composing career ("Beware of the Blob"), and headlines the second annual Film in the Fog program — a free, all-ages event that includes a picnic and live music by the SuperSonic Saxes and a brass quintet of the Air National Guard Band of the West Coast. Bring a lawn chair and a blanket. (PMc)
Note: Live music begins at 5pm.
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SPOKEN WORD
7th Annual San Francisco Fray Day
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| when: | Sat 10.4 (7:30pm) |
| where: | Victoria Theatre (2961 16th St, 415.863.7576) |
| price: | $5-10 sliding scale |
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| | Welcome back to the 7th annual installment of Fray Day San Francisco, an unscripted evening of true and personal storytelling. Notable featured guests include Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin; spoken word performer, SF Gate columnist, and Porchlight storytelling series founder Beth Lisick; and musical guests Noe Venable and Mark Weigle. Since anyone can bring a story to the open mic, here's your chance to lay bare a dark secret or talk about the funny thing that happened on the way to the Fillmore. Rules? It happened for true. It happened to you. Ya got five minutes. (SS)
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| | Blowin' up the spot like Vladimir Putin, DJ Vadim is Russia's best-known hip hop DJ — possibly because he left the country years ago for London, which he now calls home. First gaining attention in the mid-'90s for his stark, percussive beatmaking, Vadim survived the trip hop downturn by evolving his sound into increasingly darker, denser shapes, beefed up with a healthy dose of ragga. His live appearances are generally lighter-hearted affairs than his recordings, mixing up UK hip hop with classics the whole room can bob along to. Put your hands in the air and wave them like the crowd in Red Square. (PS)
Note: DJ Vadim signs records at Amoeba SF on Mon 10.6 (6pm).
What record label did Vadim found in 1995? The first two correct answers each win a CD copy of USSR: The Art of Listening.
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| | San Francisco boat parties have long played a key role in the city's dance music scene, but facing increasing political disapproval because a few bad apples rocked the boat, they're becoming something of an endangered event. Not to be daunted, Om Records breaks the bubbly on the bow of a 750-person luxury liner tonight in celebration of Chicago house stalwart Mark Farina's new album, Air Farina. While Farina takes us on a three-hour tour of his crates, shipmates Iz, J Boogie, Apollo & Vinroc, and People Under the Stairs swab the decks (and the mixer and the mic). Forget shuffleboard — all the action's on the dancefloor on this cruise. (PS)
Tell us a story about a boat. Our five favorite answers each win a CD copy of Air Farina.
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| | Sans his band of Pharmacists, Ted Leo graces Bottom of the Hill tonight, treating weekenders to a solo performance of the East Coast rock for which he's famous. A unique blend of punk and folk, offset with soul and hard rock, has led Leo to relative fame; his singing and songwriting earns comparisons to Billy Bragg and Alex Chilton. Trained as a guitarist, Leo also has amassed extensive experience as a producer, developing skills that help his solo performance to reverberate as if many more musicians were playing. His wistful yet rousing tunes are sure to energize this Sunday night's crowd of pleasure seekers. (LB)
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MUSIC: Indie Rock
Jim Yoshii Pileup w/ Timonium
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| when: | Sun 10.5 (10pm) |
| where: | Hemlock Tavern (1131 Polk St, 415.923.0923) |
| price: | $6 |
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| | Oakland's own Jim Yoshii Pileup invade the Tenderloin's Hemlock Tavern this Sunday night. Formed in 1997 as a three-piece operation — and named in honor of a high school friend of the group — the band added another guitarist and blasted off. Smartly aligning itself with California-strong Absolutely Kosher records (home to Pinback), the quartet has delivered bare-bones indie rock to scores of willing audiences along the West Coast, and beyond. "We were just a pawn," they may sing, but tonight they're the ones pushing you across the board. Supporting act Timonium opens the show with their brand of pensive, swirling indie pop and rock, inflected with the moody signature of Versus and Low. (SNS)
What song on the Jim Yoshii Pileup's first EP borrows its title from Robert Musil? The third correct answer wins a pair of tickets to the show.
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| | One of 2002's best albums came from a highly unlikely source: Birmingham, England's 22-year old Mike Skinner, a soft-spoken kid with a quick wit and a flair for unusual beats chipped off the UK garage lodestone. That his droll, regular-Joe raps — ruminations on subjects like curry, brandy, and birds — found a home as the first release from New York's überhipster publishing conglomerate Vice is just as unusual. So we shouldn't be surprised that his new mini-album, All Got Our Runnins, is being released exclusively via paid download. Whatever the rules of the "rap game," someone clearly forgot to tell Skinner, and we're all better off for it. Tonight Skinner and his bandmates school the Fillmore in Midlands wisdom and wiggly, whimsical rhythms. (PS)
Tell us a story about a street (or an alley, or an avenue...). Our favorite answer wins a pair of tickets to the show.
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| | Strip away the wispy hair, polyester clothes, and shady politics, and what's left? Some damn good movies. The Red Vic's '70s Cinema showcase presents a selection of films that helped define the era — and impacted American film forever. Easy Rider is the ultimate road flick, featuring Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda traversing America, befriending hippies, and pissing off rednecks in a weed-induced haze. John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever gave the decade its collar-on-the-outside look while the BeeGees gave it its helium sound. Robert Altman's M*A*S*H, hailed as the best anti-war comedy of the '70s, is supposedly the first major American film in which the f-word was uttered. As they'd say back then, "Right on!" Other effing good flicks in the series include The French Connection, Shampoo, and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. (SAS)
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| | He's ready to "pump you up." And while he's at it, he's running for governor of our beloved state. That's right, the former Mr. Universe turned predator turned kindergarten cop turned (quasi-)Kennedy turned political virtuoso probably overlooked the fact that this 1977 documentary, Pumping Iron, would generate the sort of publicity it has. This film fleshes out the story of the fleshy pol, showing him at his most competitive as he goes head to head with the likes of Lou "The Hulk" Ferrigno. You can bet the Huffington campaign is watching this one frame-by-frame. (SNS)
What was Arnold's nom de film in 1970's Hercules Goes Bananas? The first three correct answers each win a pair of tickets to the film.
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| CD REVIEW: Various Artists, The Shape of Jazz to Come |
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Thirsty Ear
Released September 2003
$8.99 (Other Music)
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Thirsty Ear Recordings' just-released compilation The Shape of Jazz to Come offers a picture-perfect introduction to some of the more stimulating trends in post-modern jazz. The many artists and genres showcased on this sampler range from avant-garde kingpins such as William Parker to abstract hip hop pioneers Antipop Consortium. Other notables include a grooving collaboration between jazz pianist Matthew Shipp and electronica programmer Flam as well as a track from Tim Berne's upcoming release The Sublime And, which serves as a powerful
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testament to Berne's peerless ability as a bandleader. This compilation represents the forward-thinking musicians who are truly defining the shape of jazz to come. (JM)
How do you quench your thirsty ear? The best answer wins a copy of
this compilation.
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| WORLD LIT: Words Without Borders |
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The founders of the new online international literary magazine Words Without Borders note that "50% of all the books in translation now published worldwide are translated from English, but only 6% are translated into English." By seeking to convert the work of the best writers around the world into English, WWB strives to remedy this imbalance, opening up previously closed linguistic borders. Plunge forth with translator Zara Houshmand's incisive commentary on Iranian theater in New York, Edmund Keeley's essay on returning to Greece in the '40s after a long absence, or Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto's bizarre "Third Letter to Uncle Sam." (JKG)
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| STREAMS: dublab |
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Good personal hygiene is essential to professional success. It is a proven fact that if you don't smell you will sell more widgets than the next worker. If you brush your teeth upward and downward skillfully, your boss will notice that shiny sheen and vault you up the ladder. Keep your toenails trimmed, and you'll type memos at twice the speed. Your appearance defines your destiny. Spend at least six hours a day pruning, waxing, and buffing, and your net worth will increase tenfold within the month. While hard at work on your body, tune into dublab. It's the perfect match. (Frosty)
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