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FEB 17 - FEB 23
While we try not to dwell too much on meteorological trends, the recent days of deluge have us thinking wet thoughts (and doing shots while we dream of sunnier days). We've decided to go with the ebb and flow, finding the flavor where it washes up — from the blips and drips of the kitchen faucet to the pipes running underground, from trout fishing in America to throat singing in Siberia. This week sees a flood of zines hit the market and a watershed film about punk hit the screen. You won't go thirsty this week, so fill up your cup and spread it. |
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Cool and streamlined on the outside, surprising on the inside — with Absolut the result is always perfection. Visit www.absolut.com for all the answers. |
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ART: Opening
Killer Shots: A Photographic Response to War
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| when: | Tue 2.17 (5-8pm) |
| where: | SF Camerawork (1246 Folsom St, 415.863.1001) |
| price: |  FREE |
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| | In their haunting photographs, Vietnam-era photojournalists helped to resuscitate truth, the first and most enduring casualty of war. Electrifying works such as Eddie Adams' Vietnam Execution and Nick Ut's Kim Phuc Running Down a Napalm Bombed Street in Trang Bang opened the eyes of many Americans to the atrocities of the war, and became icons of the era in the process. But, though photography played an unprecedented role in Vietnam, the camera has been brought to bear on every conflict since the Civil War. Especially pertinent now, Killer Shots collects wartime images from battle zones of the last 30 years, highlighting the work of acclaimed photographers including Don McCullin, Susan Meiselas, James Nachtwey, and Alex Webb. (SB)
Note: Exhibit runs through Sat 3.20 (Tue-Sat: 12-5pm).
  
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| | Having depicted teen trials with the movie series After School Special, the Jimmys return with a new film night that puts the accent on another misunderstood and sentimentalized group, the British. Held every third Tuesday at the often-crowded Mission dive El Rio, So Tough presents mod and new wave flicks from the '60s and '70s. The series starts off tonight with Billy Liar, featuring Tom Courtenay in a role predating his Doctor Zhivago appearance (as well as his commemoration in the Yo La Tengo song named after him). Grab a drink before the movie starts and pogo to an atmosphere-enhancing DJ set of Brit bands. (CT)
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| | Each member of the Ebb and Flow strikes an intriguing figure on stage: frontman Sam Tsitrin does double-time on guitar and vocals, drummer Sara Cassetti drives the rhythm section, and Roshy Kheshti commands an impressive array of Moog keyboards and synths. Together the three create their own cohesive, yet musically diverse, take on indie rock. The result is enthralling, and you're nearly guaranteed to lose yourself in their jazzy improv jams more than once during the show. The Ebb and Flow are a local talent, and this is their well-deserved, first-ever headlining gig. Jeff Jacobs of Drift adds trumpet to the mix. (JS)
 What is a "neap tide"? The third correct answer wins a pair of tickets to the show.
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| | California voters go to the polls in our statewide presidential primary in a couple of weeks, but when it comes to choosing San Francisco's executive selectors, the people have already spoken. The result is tonight's event with the Nitevibe Dreamteam, the ten most popular DJs in the city as picked by Nitevibe readers. Unsurprisingly, the roster is heavily swayed in favor of house music. Topping the list are Mark Farina and Miguel Migs, two spinners who bookend SF's house spectrum — chunky on one side, smooth 'n sexy on the other. (SK)
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FILM
Thirst
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| when: | Wed 2.18 (7:30pm) |
| where: | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (701 Mission St, 415.978.2787) |
| price: | $7 |
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| | Is water an innate human right or a global commodity? Do other human rights depend upon guaranteeing access to clean, potable water? Approximately one billion people around the world lack access to safe water, and two billion live in areas with chronic water shortages. Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow's documentary Thirst examines communities in Bolivia, India, and the US where these issues have become points of critical debate as water, the world's most vital resource, is soon to become the world's most valuable. Tonight's sneak-preview screening, presented by Film Arts Foundation, kicks off FAF's eighth True Stories Documentary Series. (TS)
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| | When Massive Attack recorded their classic album Protection, they put a surreal spin on "Karmacoma" by sampling the otherworldy sounds of Tuvan throat singing, a unique vocal technique native to the tribes of the Siberian republic of Tuva. In throat singing, each performer actually sings two or three notes at the same time — a regular tone and high pitched whistle-like "overtones." The result is a mesmerizing chant that sounds like Tibetan monks reincarnated as soaring eagles. Far from some world music oddity, the universal appeal of Huun-Huur-Tu is borne out by their long list of collaborators, which includes Frank Zappa, the Chieftains, and even the Kronos Quartet. (JM)
What is the Tuvan name for throat singing? The first two correct answers each win a pair of tickets to the show.
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MUSIC: Electronic
The Feature w/ Alan Stewart
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| when: | Thur 2.19 (8-11pm) |
| where: | Beta Lounge (1072 Illinois St) |
| price: | FREE |
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Beta Lounge |
| | For close to seven years, the Beta Lounge has been one of San Francisco's most intimate spots to hear electronic music; the Dogpatch warehouse space is part webcasting studio, part living room, part workshop. Tonight, artists affiliated with Haight Street's Robotspeak, the city's experts in electronic music gear, trade in their roles as software vendors for stints as pitch-benders and mix-blenders. The Feature, featuring Janus Kober and Todd Kurnat, specialize in improvised electro-acoustic jams with an emphasis on groove and texture; Alan Stewart pulls together everything from post-techno thumps to acoustic guitar to children's records in his unpredictable sets. Bring a six pack, come early, and stay late for experimental sets from Beta Lounge's resident DJs. (SK)
If you were consigned to spend the rest of your life with a famous robot, which one would you pick and why? Our favorite two answers each win a Feature CD and a Robotspeak T-shirt.
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| | Drawing on actual '50s studies of Swedish housewives, director Bent Hamer imagines with a winking Nordic restraint a study in which scientists silently observe Norwegian country bachelors' kitchen habits from large thrones installed in the subjects' homes. It's a slow-moving, slightly arbitrary premise cast against an endless backdrop of snow with nary a female in sight and herring consumption comprising the film's chief sensual moments. Your resistance lessens, though, as the professional distance between scientist Folke and subject Isak, both aging bachelors, is replaced by the grateful intimacy borne of lonely people who've learned to appreciate small pleasures, like a patch of bright red against a bleak winter sky. (LR)
Note: In Swedish, with subtitles.
Tell us a good story about a kitchen. Our three favorites each win a pair of tickets to the film.
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| | Mama Buzz just keeps bringing us back for more. In the latest and greatest installment, Kitchen Sink magazine creative director Laurenn McCubbin showcases her own distinct work in Pinned, a spread of painted and printed media featuring pin-up girls and urban panoramas. Her comic style — fresh, sharp, and honest — translates well to this most recent exhibition. To add to that good buzz, the Nervous Breakdowns take the stage and Megan Fenske shows her clothing designs. (AK)
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FESTIVAL: Reggae
Bob Marley Days
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| when: | Fri 2.20 - Sun 2.22 (8pm) |
| where: | The Warfield (982 Market St, 415.421.TIXS) |
| price: | $30 per night |
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Event Info | Bob Marley |
| | The late, great reggae musician Bob Marley would have turned 59 years old this month. Since his untimely death from cancer at the age of 36, Marley has become reggae's most iconic figure, and this weekend pays tribute to his legacy with a festival spanning the past, present, and future of Jamaica's most famous export. The three-night showcase kicks off with the dynamic drum and bass stylings of Sly and Robbie, who in their nearly three decades together have worked with everyone from King Tubby to No Doubt to Serge Gainsbourg. Saturday's headliner, Elephant Man, brings his riotous dancehall punk to the Warfield, along with a host of Jamaica's hottest new dances. The Wailers, Midnite, and Groundation round out the festival with a rootsy tribute to Marley's legend. (JC)
Which Elephant Man song (and dance step) follows an aeronautical theme? The third correct answer wins a pair of tickets to the Friday night show.
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FESTIVAL: Experimental Music
San Francisco Tape Music Festival
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| when: | Fri 2.20 - Sun 2.22 (8:30pm) |
| where: | Cellspace (2050 Bryant St, 415.648.7562) |
| price: | $10 each night / $25 festival pass |
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| | For audiences raised on rock, the idea of "tape music" might sound more like something for road trips than live performance. But ever since the pioneers of musique concrète began their magnetic mashups in the '50s, the studio-based medium of tape music has changed the way listeners think of composition and playback. Tonight's program, presented by the New San Francisco Tape Music Center (the reincarnation of the vaunted '60s home to experiments from Pauline Oliveros, Ramon Sender, and Morton Subotnick), features well-known composers such as Steve Reich and Luciano Berio as well as more obscure — and more recent — fare from composers such as Thom Blum and Arne Eigenfeldt. If this still sounds like a broadcast from another universe, consider this: even the Beatles' "Revolution 9" is on the bill. (PS)
Who is your favorite composer who has worked with tape in their compositions, and why? Our favorite three answers each win a pair of tickets to one night of the festival.
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CITY GEM
Alternative Press Expo (APE)
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| when: | Sat 2.21 & Sun 2.22 (Sat: 12-6pm / Sun: 11am-5pm) |
| where: | Concourse Exhibition Center (620 7th St, 619.414.1020) |
| price: | $7 single day / $10 both days |
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| | The Alternative Press Expo (APE) is the premier showcase for the best in independent, underground, and self-published comics and comic-related art. With more than 3,400 attendees and 200 exhibitors last year, 2004 promises to be just as packed with fans and talent. Look for new stuff from Too Much Coffee Man, Giant Robot, I Will Destroy You Comics, and Last Gasp; there are so many exhibitors that even novices are likely to recognize some of the work (although if you're looking for Marvel or DC, you're probably in the wrong place). If you're interested in the industry, don't miss panels Day Strippers and Self-Publishing 101. (NIN)
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| | "Which is more musical: a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school?" John Cage's ontological koan on the anatomy of the ambient just may be resolved tonight. Berlin-based Carsten Nicolai (aka noto and alva.noto) has established himself as a leading multimedia designer who uses visual art and electronic sound as hybrid tools to create an aesthetic cosmos where a modem's bombinations can be dilated into its own sonic macro-sphere. Brooklynite and experimental music auteur William Basinski's music is a study of the devolution of noise and the nature of entropy; his recent Disintegration Loops provided a poignant meditation on the World Trade Center destruction. Flavorpill's own Philip Sherburne warms up the night with a selection of the more obscure records in his collection. This is no po-mo exercise — it's a meditation on the nature of sound, and it's bound to be beautiful. (TS)
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MUSIC: Hip Hop
Aceyalone w/ Visionaries and Busdriver
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| when: | Sat 2.21 (9pm) |
| where: | Slim's (333 11th St, 415.255.0333) |
| price: | $18 / $16 advance |
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| | You may know Aceyalone from the classic Project Blowed album and weekly freestyle event in LA (which happens to be celebrating its tenth anniversary this year). Before that, Aceyalone did his thing with the Freestyle Fellowship, a crew notably ahead of its time. Throughout his career, Aceyalone has been instrumental in changing the flavor and flow of underground hip hop for all future generations. Aceyalone comes to San Francisco this week to celebrate his latest solo album, Love & Hate. Catch him with cohorts Busdriver and Visionaries at Slim's. (GH)
Where does Project Blowed take place? The third and fifth answers each win a pair of tickets to the show.
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FILM
The Underground Orchestra (1998)
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| when: | Sun 2.22 - Tue 2.24 (schedule) |
| where: | Red Vic (1727 Haight St, 415.668.3994) |
| price: | $6.50 |
| | The Underground Orchestra celebrates human tenacity in the face of oppression. The documentary follows the lives of political refugees who have fled their homelands to become street musicians in the Parisian underground. Director Heddy Honigmann chronicles their stories in subtle and restrained turns, allowing the film room to breathe and avoiding mawkish sentiment. By the end, the viewer feels music's power to transcend national boundaries while providing a profound spiritual connection to the homeland left behind — but never forgotten. (TS)
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| | Writer and teacher Ianthe Brautigan is tonight's guest at Noe Valley Ministry's ongoing series, Odd Mondays, which presents a variety of speakers from the realms of the arts, politics, religion, and social activism. Brautigan's memoir, You Can't Catch Death: A Daughter's Memoir (2000), recounts the author's struggle to come to grips with her relationship with her father, Richard Brautigan — the '60s and '70s counterculture poet, novelist, and essayist, best known for his 1967 book, Trout Fishing in America, who committed suicide in 1984. Tonight, Brautigan reads from her memoir and discusses her father's warm and tender idiosyncracies, traits not often mentioned in any of his obituaries. (LW)
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| | This documentary about racial identity follows black punk rockers Tamar-Kali, Matt Davis, Moe Mitchell, and Mariko Jones, and features interviews with scores more across the US while foregoing the usual identity politics suspects. Director James Spooner explores issues of black identity in punk, as it is reflected in interracial dating, attempts to connect with non-white roots, and deciding whether race is even an issue in the punk way of life. The documentary includes performances by Bad Brains, Tamar-Kali, Cipher, and Ten Grand, and interviews with members of Fishbone, the Dead Kennedys, Candiria, and Orange 9mm. (AL)
Note: Fishbone's Angelo Moore and filmmaker
James Spooner will be in attendance.
Editor's Note: The asterisk is not part of the actual event name, but is there to avoid content filters.
Which club inspired the Bad Brains song "Banned in D.C.?" The first correct answer wins a pair of tickets to the film and a copy of a Mediaspeakeasy video.
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| | If Divine and Hibiscus had born an offspring, it might have been Leigh Bowery, the outrageous and inspirational London legend of the '80s. Often looking like a cross between a Mexican wrestler and a decorated Christmas tree, Bowery held court at his nightclub Taboo, designed costumes, danced with Michael Clark's celebrated troupe, posed nude for painter Lucien Freud, and fronted the band Minty before tragically dying from AIDS. Fortunately, cinematographer Charles Atlas was also on the scene to document these moments as they unfolded. Interviews with Boy George, Michael Clark, Damien Hirst, and others, as well as filmed footage of Bowery in full regal splendor, make this film a feast for the eyes and the imagination. (PL)
Note: There are matinees on Sat, Sun, Wed (2 & 4pm).
Which TV celebrity lost a bundle on a failed Broadway musical set in Bowery's club Taboo? The first five correct answers each win a pair of tickets to the show.
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ART
Ant Farm 1968-1978
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| when: | Now through Sun 4.25 (hours) |
| where: | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, 510.642.0808) |
| price: | $8 |
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| | Not your typical architecture firm, Ant Farm was a radical collective that blended art and design with social activism. From 1968 through 1978, a few architects banded together to infuse a revolutionary spirit into mainstream architecture, gaining icon status along the way. Inspired by nomadic lifestyles and communal living, the group used media ranging from inflatable environments to video art; 1975's Media Burn, for example, was installed in the parking lot of the Cow Palace, where a customized Cadillac was driven through a wall of flaming TVs to represent a collision of two American symbols. The traveling exhibit displays some of the pieces, photographs, and videos created by this revolutionary collective. (SSS)
What's the most radical work of architecture you've ever seen, and why? Our favorite two answers each win a pair of tickets to the exhibition and an Ant Farm t-shirt.
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MUSIC: Upcoming
Noise Pop
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| when: | Tue 2.24 - Sunday 2.29 (schedule) |
| where: | Various locations |
| price: | Various prices |
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| | A veritable smorgasbord of musical delights floods the Bay Area next week as Noisepop 2004 sets February aflame. More than 40 bands are at your phonic disposal: for something tangy, check out the Wrens' darkly glazed, understated indie pop; all who come in contact with the slowcore masters Low are hypnotized by their delicate melodies; and the unique Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players provide a show unlike any other. For trips further afield, don't miss the psychedelic hat trick of Dead Meadow, Comets on Fire, and Six Organs of Admittance. Hoping to feast your eyes? Don't forget about Noise Pop's Film Festival, including the premiere of Dirty Old Town, featuring Ted Leo/Pharmacists under the lights of Coney Island. All in all, it's the best buffet this side of the Lucky Penny. (LE)
Note: Many shows will sell out, so buy tickets early. The $125 festival pass nets you not just admission to all events but also VIP parties and surprise events.
What distinguished the Ted Leo show at the South St Seaport last August? The first two correct answers each win a copy of the Dirty Old Town DVD and a Noise Pop T-shirt, and one runner-up wins a DVD.
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| Arthur Russell, The World of Arthur Russell |
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Soul Jazz Records
January 2004
$19.99 (Insound)
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 The late Arthur Russell was perhaps the most eclectic figure in the wildly diverse, avant-garde downtown scene of late-'70s/early-'80s New York. While other albums have focused on his more esoteric and cerebral interests, this compilation (by the seemingly infallible Soul Jazz Records) documents the various guises he assumed to celebrate his love for the forward-looking disco of that era. But skeptics take note — you'll find no cloying string sections or diva histrionics. Here, Russell soaks vintage funk, tribal instrumentation, Indian raga-like progressions, gentle vocals, and his ethereal bowed cello in layers of echo to create dance music for the body to rejoice in. (JL)
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| GREAT CRATES: Turntable Lab |
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We're firm believers in supporting local businesses, but every now and then you need to venture further afield to satisfy the craving for a particular pop-culture nugget. That was the case last week when we discovered that New York's Turntable Lab was selling the last remaining copies of Dangermouse's cease-and-desisted Grey Album. By now those copies are long gone, but the Lab, a DJ equipment and record store, is your home on the Web for whatever you can't find at Amoeba, from disco edits to hip hop bootlegs to illicit mixtapes. It updates daily, and its backstock is deeper that the troughs at Maverick. Think global, shop local — but when you really get desperate for that impossible-to-find White Stripes/Nirvana mashup, turn to Turntable Lab. (PS)
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| STREAMS: dublab |
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What would be more relaxing than a day at the spa? You could start out by soaking your body in a warm bath of aromatic bubbles. Then you might stroll discreetly into the steam chamber where your shins will be massaged by a battery of soft ferret hair brushes. How about a lovely cucumber mask with daffodil powder? That would be a tantalizing thrill. Does this all sound nice but impossible? If it's too hard for you to break away from life and relax try listening to dublab. It will soothe your soul and moisten your loins. (frosty)
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