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Nick Veronin on February 7, 2019
The San Jose Institute of Contemporary art has teamed up with Social Policy Cafe for a truly communal art exhibition at the coffee shop and eatery located at 200 S 1st St. in downtown San Jose. The show features a collection of personal objects and mementos from current or past romantic relationships.…
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Mike Huguenor on January 30, 2019
Swaggering and cool, RJD2’s production work is known to many more than probably realize it. He penned the tune used in the opening credits of AMC’s hit period drama, Mad Men. First emerging on El-P’s Def Jux label in the early 2000s, his beats have always been at once forward-thinking and classic…
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It seems appropriate in the Trump Era to describe a public debate between two intellectuals from opposite sides of the political spectrum in the language of professional wrestling. But let’s give the benefit of the doubt to these two high-profile economists and commentators—former presidential adviser and UC Berkeley professor Robert Reich, and…
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Wallace Baine on January 30, 2019
Downtown San Jose’s Clandestine Brewing has been tapping kegs and pouring up frosty glasses of locally crafted brew for a full year now. To celebrate, they are inviting beer lovers from all over Silicon Valley to pull up a stool or, if the weather allows, enjoy their spacious patio—with a beer in…
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Mike Huguenor on January 30, 2019
Oakland’s Sugar Candy Mountain is one of the most recent contributions to the Bay Area’s long and storied tradition of gritty, lysergic rock. This East Bay duo mixes synth pop with swirling psych and elements of tropicalia (check out the castanets on “Crystalline”). The neon boat on the cover of this the…
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Mike Huguenor on January 30, 2019
There is a classic indie rock vibe to Funny Face House’s BDIY-005. Released this past August, BDIY is a hissing snap of four-track rock complete with weirdo melodies, scuzzy vocals, double-tracked guitar solos and warbly keyboards. Think Pavement debut Slanted and Enchanted, or Thee Oh Sees. It’s also an unabashedly fun record,…
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Wallace Baine on January 30, 2019
These days it wouldn’t be so surprising to hear My Chemical Romance raining softly down from overhead speakers at your local Nordstroms. But before punk was fully incorporated into the Great Corporate American Songbook, a trio of scuzzy East Bay kids in their 20s paved the way with a multi-platinum album called…
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Wallace Baine on January 30, 2019
Stand-up comedian Chris Porter spoke for millions of self-loathing middle-age dudes in his hit comedy special Ugly & Angry. If you’re a fan of Comedy Central or NBC’s Last Comic Standing, maybe you’ve gotten a taste of his deadpan drollery—“If you wear a toupee, know this: No one’s heard a word you’ve…
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Mike Huguenor on January 30, 2019
Oakland-based The Younger Lovers don’t have time for just being young. They want to be even younger. Younger than Neil Young. Younger than Young Jeezy. Younger! Surfy, trashy and fuzzed out, these East Bay punks definitely have a youthful energy. Their songs are short and dirty, and sound a bit like Shannon…
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Nick Veronin on January 30, 2019
Anyone who paid even the least bit of attention during social studies class should know at least a few things about Leonardo Da Vinci. Quite literally a Renaissance man, he lived from 1452 to 1516 and is known for his painting, inventions, scientific work and sculpture. Oh, plus the “Mona Lisa”—that was…
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