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Tad Malone on August 30, 2017
He’s not the one to boast, humblebrag, or really even speak of personal success. And yet, almost nightly, at little coffee shops or large theaters across the country, whether in front of 10 people or a 1,000, Mighty Mike McGee has bared his soul.
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Bill Kopp on August 24, 2017
Multiracial American funk band War got its start backing British singer Eric Burdon, formerly of the Animals. “Spill the Wine” from 1970’s Eric Burdon Declares “War” effectively captured the zeitgeist of the era: a brotherly-love hippie ethos that was as sexy as it was hopeful. Though the Long Beach-based group parted ways with…
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A pleasant bike ride shouldn’t devolve into racist tirades. But that’s exactly what we saw happen to a woman out cycling with her 9-year-old daughter. You pulled up in your late-model Nissan sedan right up behind them and began to honk your horn impatiently. The mother confronted you about your rudeness, but…
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I’ve heard of couples getting a little too comfortable with one another, letting a burp go here or passing a little gas there, but it would be great if you could leave the rest of us out of it. I was walking to a show with my husband when we passed you…
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I sit down to breakfast and ask, “You’re not a Trump supporter are you?” You’re an attractive, amiable man, so I was hoping we could clear that hurdle. Of course, you like Trump and defend him. Persistently. I tell you I expect there to be a civil war. You agree. Several days…
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You’re a young man. You were with your son in the park. He was about 4 years old and riding his two-wheeler bike. He was riding between you and apparently his mother—and he was not wearing a helmet. I noticed this right away and then I saw his helmet on your backpack.…
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Tomek Mackowiak on June 7, 2017
I waited for Mr. Harada in my lair located deep within the old New Almaden mine complex. The Quicksilver mines, as most people know it, arguably produced the region’s first outrageous fortunes (and superfund sites). The collection of San Jose mines was the most profitable outfit to come out of the Gold Rush. No…
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Metro Staff on June 7, 2017
We live in an age when people revel in their ignorance, even when good information has never been easier to access. Save the politics. We’re talking cocktails. Not too long ago Haberdasher owner Cache Bouren—the progenitor of craft cocktails in Silicon Valley—sent along an instructional video on how to make a great Old…
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Metro Staff on June 7, 2017
One of the first things people notice when they look up IBU Taproom & Bottle Shop in Milpitas is that the six-month-old craft beer bar has no phone. Anyone interested in finding out what’s available on the 50 taps, or what’s featured in the rotating selection of 250-plus brands of cans and bottles,…
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Metro Staff on June 7, 2017
Summer is coming. That may not sound as ominous as winter, but here in breezy Northern California the number of wine options can sometimes leave non-sommeliers in a state of paralysis by analysis. In steps Will Sundquist, wine director for Rootstock Wine Bar. A Los Gatos institution for six years running in…
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