The other day was the third time I’ve watched you brush your two big white long-haired dogs in the parking lot of a mini mart and a liquor store on Willow Street. While it’s nice to see you grooming your dogs, it’s very rude of you to not clean up the piles…
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Bill Kopp on February 9, 2018
San Jose Jazz Winter Fest returns this month with a lineup of jazz luminaries, rising local talent and boundary pushing young artists, who aim to blend the line between the classic and the cutting edge. Here is just a sampling of some of the great shows in store at this year’s festival.
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Yousif Kassab on February 9, 2018
South Bay pop rock fixture David Brookings is getting the band back together. After playing a number of local shows on his own, Brookings is taking the stage with his backing band—The Average Lookings—for the first time in more than half a year. The show comes on the heels of the band’s…
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Nick Veronin on February 9, 2018
Blending plainspoken folk lyricism, jangly, lo-fi surf guitars, twangy vocal harmonies and tasteful sprinkles of alt-country instruments—like banjo, pump organ and harmonica—this Los Angeles quintet sound like a multigenerational echo rippling through Laurel Canyon. Currently on tour behind their sophomore LP, The World We Built, the band makes a pit stop in…
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Salvatore Maxwell on February 7, 2018
Whether you have a valentine or not, let the old-school sounds of the ’70s and ’80s fill your heart. This one-night show will put Cupid into a frenzy with multiple artists singing their greatest love ballads and heartbreak hits. Heatwave will seduce the arena with harmonic voices, while Deniece Williams will be…
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Yousif Kassab on February 7, 2018
The ’90s were absolutely crazy. Photoshop had every advertising agency going overboard with zany fonts, bowling shirts were suddenly a fashion statement and hip Gen X-ers all over the country decided to hit the dance floor to the sounds of big band. The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies rode this wave with aplomb, dominating…
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On a recent night I saw your group of three people walk back to your disabled parking space, unload your cart and just leave it smack in the middle of another handicapped parking space. The cart return was only three spaces away. I couldn’t believe a group using parking for the disabled…
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Stephen Perez on February 2, 2018
Singer-songwriter and playwright Stew—along with his band, The Negro Problem—will be performing a dynamic rock & roll song cycle. Titled “Notes of a Native Song,” the performance is a tribute to legendary artist and activist James Baldwin. Known for works like his 2008 Tony-winning musical Passing Strange and his 2016 single, “Klown…
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Stephen Perez on February 2, 2018
Not many contemporary artists can channel the essence of early ’80s pop like Mexico City’s audiovisual production and performance duo Shiro Schwarz. Together since 2011, Pammela Rojas and Rafael Marfil have been offering audiences an immersive, extrasensory experience for more than half a decade. The two are known for pairing 64 bit-inspired,…
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Salvatore Maxwell on February 2, 2018
Brent Walsh, of the Fremont-born, proggy post-hardcore band I the Mighty is bringing his stripped-down solo material to Mountain View. Walsh—who released his debut solo album, 7, on Equal Vision Records back in 2014—used the record to showcase his powerful voice and agility on the acoustic guitar, with songs like “Ride the…
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