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Bill Kopp on July 28, 2017
Dave Wronski spends a lot of time thinking about how to put the “surf” in the instrumental surf rock music he makes with his band, Slacktone—comparing what he does to what Ennio Morricone did with his iconic soundtrack to The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. “Guys like him wanted to create imagery…
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Camille MIller on July 27, 2017
It’s been 39 years since the world got its first taste of the Gilroy Garlic Festival, and the three-day celebration of the city’s most beloved aromatic bulb lives on. This year, the Gourmet Alley chefs are cooking up a mouthwatering addition to the menu: delicious deep-fried garlic shrimp. Famous festival favorites include…
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David Letterman complemented Norm Macdonald recently, calling the SNL alumnus one of the “funniest of the funny” on Macdonald’s webcast talk show. The Canadian standup veteran has been firing off wry observations since 1987—delivering his often-offbeat punchlines with a knowing smirk that can sometimes feel exclusionary. Perhaps that’s part of the reason…
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The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football biennial Gold Cup soccer tournament is wrapping up with the championship match between the United States and Jamaica. It should be a close match, as the U.S. has shown an ability to advance far into the Gold Cup bracket in recent years—last…
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San Jose rock band Red Fences will be celebrating their debut full-length album, The California Sea, with a release party. Spearheaded by frontwoman Dana Kelley, the group evokes memories of great female-fronted bands, like Garbage, while also introducing elements totally their own. On “The Joker,” they meld funky, wah-wah chka-chkas and electronic…
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Yousif Kassab on July 21, 2017
Corey O’Brien, owner of The Ritz, was a pro skater back in the day—his single-tail Santa Cruz board is displayed at Cinebar. So it makes sense that he would host this super-gnar screening party. The Ritz will show the latest episode of the Viceland show a week before its premiere. The Thrasher-sponsored…
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Richard von Busack on July 21, 2017
Some will remember The Seeds as the one-hit AM radio wonders responsible for “Pushin’ Too Hard,” a 1966 pop song about a girl who needs to back off. The tune is thick with the political anxieties of the time and in his new documentary, The Seeds: Pushin’ Too Hard, director Neil Norman attempts…
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Fans of Ben Henderson might be surprised to learn that the soft-spoken graphic artist and musician has a soft spot for one of the most critically derided sub-genres of the past 20 years: rap-rock. “There was a lot of potential there,” Henderson says with a wry smile, though it doesn’t seem like he’s…
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When I interviewed horror legend George A. Romero several years ago, he had recently been sent a script about the life of Edgar Allan Poe. He had been interested in directing it, and in an attempt to get across to me how Hollywood works—or more accurately, doesn’t work—he explained why he didn’t…
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This weekend’s Freestyle Explosion at the Shark Tank should draw plenty of old-school DJs and b-boys. After all, songs like Stevie B’s “Spring Love” and “Party Your Body” were an integral part of breakdancing culture and 1980s house parties. “I grew up with freestyle music,” Cutso of San Jose-based DJ crew The…
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