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Wallace Baine on October 25, 2018
The first time Evan Ziporyn heard David Bowie’s album Blackstar, it was from the other side of a wall. The Boston composer was at an artists retreat in Florida when he heard his neighbor in the next room playing music way too loud.
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Julia Baum on October 24, 2018
In an industry flush with the good green and cold hard cash, a number of foreign “ganjapreneurs” are making American dispensaries offers too good to refuse. Several San Jose pot shops including Harborside recently sealed some dank deals with different investors from Canada, where cannabis stock is legally traded on the market. Harborside…
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The email was meant for my office buddy, my gossip gal pal, and, yes, I should’ve kept the conversation limited to private text messages. But in a moment of carelessness, I sent an email intended for my office buddy with a little scuttlebutt about a coworker I consider intolerable … to the…
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Estefany Gonzalez on October 18, 2018
Munich is far away and plane tickets are expensive. Fortunately for local punk rock fans unable to make it out to Deutchland for the world’s largest beer festival, the X-Bar is throwing an Oktoberfest of its own. Punktoberfest boasts two stages and 10 bands, along with $2 PBRs and $2 slices of…
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Julia Canavese on October 18, 2018
The Bay Area-based Kronos Quartet is known for its innovative approach to string music. In this concert, Kronos uses its powers to break down barriers by taking aim at Donald Trump’s 2017 executive orders restricting travel from predominantly Muslim-majority countries. Drawing from the musical traditions of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria…
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Wallace Baine on October 18, 2018
Kevin Caducci, one half of the North Bay country-music duo the Easy Leaves, was on an entirely different musical path when one day years ago he stepped into a roadside bar somewhere in rural northwest Pennsylvania.
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Julia Canavese on October 17, 2018
Michael Jackson tribute artist Michael Firestone is coming to Campbell. Donning the iconic sequined glove, Firestone will tackle some of the King of Pop’s biggest hits, like “Billie Jean,” “Man in the Mirror” and the October-appropriate “Thriller.” Sure, there can only ever be one Michael Jackson, but tribute shows are as much…
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Estefany Gonzalez on October 17, 2018
Imagine a grimier Skrillex, cranked up to 11, and you’re starting to get the sounds that Frédérick Durrand—a.k.a. Snails—conjures from his DJ deck. This Montreal-based producer is credited with pioneering the heavy, maximalist EDM subgenre known as “vomitstep”—named after the gurgly filter he passes his bowel-rattling bass drops through. His latest album,…
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Julia Canavese on October 17, 2018
Miami-based hip-hop group ¡Mayday! brings its dynamic sound to The Ritz in support of its newly released South of 5th album. Led by emcees Wrekonize and Bernz, ¡Mayday! is defined by its experimental spirit and sound, making the group’s music difficult to categorize but fun to listen to. This latest album dips…
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While working at a San Jose State VIP alumni event a few weeks ago, I saw a female worker arrive dressed as instructed with the exception of wearing her hijab for religious reasons. A director—older, male, with what sounded to me like a European accent—began harassing this woman, telling her she cannot…
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