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Metro Staff on September 18, 2019
All Aboard the Light Rail, the new EP from South Bay rockers 6 Speed Supernova, opens with an explosion. “Boom” channels the heavy pop sounds of bands like Heart and Dio—twisting chugging riffs and triumphant lead guitars around powerful female vocals. The message is clear: These guys came to the party to…
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Mighty Mike McGee on September 18, 2019
The Circus of Sin celebrates its third anniversary this Thursday at the Caravan Lounge. Featuring some of the South Bay’s wildest and most creative performers, this bawdy burlesque and variety show continues to draw a dedicated crowd. That’s thanks in no small part to the program’s debauched and demonic emcee, King Patrick—known…
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C.J. Prusi on September 18, 2019
An AstroTurf coming-of-age drama from the mind of Sarah DeLapp kicks off the company’s 2019-20 season. This off-Broadway sensation nearly nabbed a Pulitzer in 2017. Featuring an all-female cast, City Lights’ production of The Wolves is led by director Kimberly Mahone Hill—a dialect coach, associate professor at Santa Clara University, actress and…
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Mighty Mike McGee on September 18, 2019
Comedian Tom Segura keeps audiences in stitches by drawing upon his own life experiences—as a father, a husband and a college kid on GHB. He’s easily one of the funniest people to ever come out of Cincinnati, which is also home Katt Williams… and William Howard Taft. Tom co-hosts the “Your Mom’s…
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Nick Veronin on September 18, 2019
Generational nostalgia follows a reliable, cyclical pattern. What was once at the height of style will inevitably fall out of fashion, only to be reinterpreted and given a second life decades later. Lengthy lumberjack beards; the lean angle and long hood of the Dodge Charger; the practice of releasing singles and shorter,…
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Bill Kopp on September 18, 2019
While she is popular the world over these days, contralto Diana Krall got off to a modest start. Her official debut, 1993’s Stepping Out, earned positive reviews, but it didn’t initially move many units. Yet that release did bring her to the attention of producer Tommy LiPuma. He produced her second LP,…
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Avi Salem & Nick Veronin on September 11, 2019
A little bit of country, a little bit of rock & roll and a little bit of hip-hop swagger. For the second summer in a row, alt-rock hit-machine Cake joins forces with singer, songwriter and piano-pop powerhouse Ben Folds—hitting the road with guitars, trumpets and vibraslap in tow.
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Gary Singh on September 11, 2019
Each year the Steinbeck Center presents the Steinbeck Award, celebrating musicians, writers, documentarians, thinkers, artists and activists whose work embodies the empathetic spirit and values of John Steinbeck. Previous recipients include Bruce Springsteen, Rachel Maddow and Ken Burns. This year, British folk-pop superstars Mumford & Sons are set to accept SJSU’s illustrious…
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C.J. Prusi on September 11, 2019
From the Hebei Province in China, this impressive group of flexible and high-flying performers is sure to dazzle. Watch as more than 40 world-class athletes incorporate elements of traditional and contemporary Chinese circus into their respective routines. The troupe blends dance, gymnastics and acrobatics in a mix of death-defying stunts and awe-inspiring…
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C.J. Prusi on September 11, 2019
Zach Leary, son of pioneering psychonaut Timothy Leary, is the host of “The MAPS Podcast” as well as “It’s All Happening with Zach Leary.” James Fadiman is an author and psychedelic researcher. During the Talking Art: Psychedelic Medicine event, the pair will discuss microdosing psychedelics—such as psilocybin and LSD—and the potential benefits…
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