Metroactive » Secret Sidewalk https://activate.metroactive.com Thu, 10 Mar 2022 18:08:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 ‘Secret Sidewalk’ at Cafe Stritch https://activate.metroactive.com/2019/12/secret-sidewalk-at-cafe-stritch/ https://activate.metroactive.com/2019/12/secret-sidewalk-at-cafe-stritch/#comments Wed, 04 Dec 2019 23:34:35 +0000 http://wp.blvdscms.com/activate-metroactive-com/?p=125269
To those who grew up in the know, the so-called “Secret Sidewalk,” running through Niles Canyon in Fremont, was a place to go get weird. Formerly the Spring Valley Aqueduct, this graffiti-covered, rectangular channel once carried water, but eventually became a place for daytrippers to, um… trip. It’s unclear if musicians Alex…]]>

To those who grew up in the know, the so-called “Secret Sidewalk,” running through Niles Canyon in Fremont, was a place to go get weird. Formerly the Spring Valley Aqueduct, this graffiti-covered, rectangular channel once carried water, but eventually became a place for daytrippers to, um… trip. It’s unclear if musicians Alex Abalos, Mike Boo, Michael Reed and Marcus Stephens—who together form the Bay Area-based avant-electro-jazz outfit Secret Sidewalk—have named their project in homage to this stoner mecca, but their beautifully strange tunes would certainly provide an ideal soundtrack for a psychedelic journey through the East Bay foothills.

Secret Sidewalk
Wed, 8pm, Free
Cafe Stritch, San Jose

 

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