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Issue 374 |
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Your event guide
Here's a snapshot of our favorite things to do in San Francisco. |
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San Francisco
Jun 30-Jul 6, 2009
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America's pop-cultural landscape lost two of its biggest icons last Thursday, with the untimely passing of Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. What was equally stunning was the immediacy — perhaps most prevalent with Jackson's case — with which online commentators let loose the snark. A man, who for all his flaws, inner demons, and poor personal decisions, brought joy to millions as perhaps the greatest pop musician of our time, had died. And all some trolls could come up with were cheap jokes along the lines of, "Well, at least his kids are safe." Even Martin Bashir, whose infamous 2001 interview with Jackson reeked of condescension, offered something of a belated mea culpa when discussing the King of Pop's passing. Forecasting from a pre-messageboard universe, Andy Warhol quipped that someday everyone would be famous for 15 minutes; in today's TMZ-and-schadenfreude-fuelled media landscape, that famous dictum could really be rephrased to indicate that the famous will only retain their dignity for about that long.
- Matt Sussman, Managing Editor
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From Russia with love
Stolichnaya is the classic Russian vodka for a reason. Distilled for more than a century in Russia's black-earth region, Stoli is produced from a careful blend of smooth winter wheat and spicy rye, then filtered through quartz, sand, activated charcoal, and cloth. Sounds like a lot of work for such a simple spirit, but give it a sip or two and you'll know it was worth it.
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Win and fly with Virgin America
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Virgin America has partnered with Le Tourment Vert to bring the Green Fairy on board, and the first taste could be yours. To win two tickets on the airline, just email us or tweet @Flavorpill your chosen city within the Virgin America network and tell us why you'd love to travel there in five words or less. (Tag your tweet #LTVabsinthe.) This contest is open to everyone, so spread the word. Entries close on July 31. »
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Bill Callahan w/ Bachelorette
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Tuesday June 30 (8pm)
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Bimbo's (1025 Columbus Ave, 415.474.0365)
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$16
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Weary-voiced Bill Callahan now performs free of his (Smog) moniker, offering the antithesis of everything associated with the "singer/songwriter" tag. Sure, guitars are ever-present, and rootsy arrangements abound, but Callahan's strange baritone drawl, darkly funny lyrics, and impressionistic instrumentation form a rare hybrid that avoids sentiment and cliché at every turn. Callahan bares his cynical, wizened persona at Bimbo's tonight in support of his new album, Sometimes I Wish I Were an Eagle.
- Oliver Spall
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PERFORMING ARTS: Comedy
Arj Barker
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Wednesday July 1 (8pm)
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Cobb's Comedy Club (915 Columbus Ave, 415.928.4320)
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$15.50 - 20.50
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Mixing intellectual observation with stoner humor and the fruits of a good old-fashioned Bay Area upbringing, comedian Arj Barker is best known for his role as Dave, the hopelessly self-involved pal of Bret and Jemaine on Flight of the Conchords. Barker also has a hefty resume of his own in the comedy world, though; he's run the gamut from late shows to Comedy Central specials, and he co-wrote The Marijuana-logues (currently enjoying a successful off-Broadway run). With no topic off-limits and no end to his comedic charms, Barker offers a whole lot of homegrown funny.
- Laureen Mahler
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MUSIC: DJ
Decibel feat. Derrick May
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Thursday July 2 (9:30pm–2am)
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Vessel (85 Campton Pl, 415.433.8585)
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For the dance-music-minded in SF, underground, smaller-room affairs are often the norm. But size has nothing to do with an epic night of dancing, and tonight's Decibel most definitely fits the bill. Detroit techno innovator Derrick May takes to the decks at the ever-hedonistic Vessel, complete with heavy sound system (in May's more than capable hands) and what's sure to be an amped-up crowd of 'heads.
- Colin Nagy
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Price info TBA. Please check the venue's site for updates.
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MUSIC: Experimental
Sir Richard Bishop & His Freak of Araby Ensemble w/ Oaxacan and Rubber O Cement
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Friday July 3 (10pm)
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Bottom of the Hill (1233 17th St, 415.621.4455)
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Sir Richard Bishop's last several solo records play like travelogues through international, acoustic-guitar exotica — touching down in Spanish flamenco, Indian raga drone, Brazilian samba, and British folk. So it's somewhat surprising to see the former Sun City Girl not only strap on the electric, but also settle into one general style. A mix of originals and traditional covers, the recent The Freak of Araby explores Middle Eastern music (filtered, of course, through Bishop's unique brand of mysticism and playfulness). The tour marks another first: Bishop comes flanked by a full live band, helping flesh out the legendary nomad's latest fascination.
- Stephen Gossett
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ART
Bazooko's Circus
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Saturday July 4 (9pm–2am)
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Space Gallery (1141 Polk St, 415.377.3325)
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$4
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Celebrate the dark side of the Fourth tonight with Bazooko's Circus: a one-night art show themed around Hunter S. Thompson's famous adage. With its eclectic variety of local artists, Bazooko's Circus aims to showcase the bizarre extremes of human behavior. Soak up the eccentric with more than 50 works of photography, illustration, painting, and mixed media, then join local hostess with the mostest Dottie Lux for a screening of Hassan Said's film It's a Strange World, complete with live orchestra.
- Laureen Mahler
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FILM
Jules et Jim (1962)
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Sunday July 5 (2, 4:15, 7 & 9:15pm)
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Red Vic (1727 Haight St, 415.668.3994)
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Early on in Francois Truffaut's third film, the titular deux amis fall for a statue that is soon embodied by intellectual sexpot Jean Morreau. It's fitting that the fictional characters are so enamored by art, and that art influences their lives, since Truffaut's Nouvelle Vague standard has been mimicked, referenced, and quoted by just about every weepy Francophile pondering croissants and the cobblestoned streets of the Left Bank.
- Adam Eisenberg
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ART
OCEAN + BEACH
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Monday July 6 (noon–7pm)
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Needles & Pens (3253 16th St, 415.255.1534)
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Sun, surf, and sand are the guests of honor at Needles and Pens' OCEAN + BEACH. The exhibit brings together 20 artists from up and down the coast (including more than a few locals), and features a wide range of talent celebrating summertime's favorite destination. New work on display includes Amy Jo Diaz's whimsical pen-and-ink drawings, Alberto Cuadros' colorful surfer-inspired typography pieces, and Lana Porcello's meticulous pencil illustrations.
- Laureen Mahler
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FILM: Festival
1939: The Golden Year of Cinema
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Wednesday July 1
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The Castro Theatre (429 Castro St, 415.621.5288)
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Something must have aligned in the stars in 1939 that made Hollywood sing. Often hailed as one of the Golden Age's greatest years, '39 found many of Tinseltown's brightest shining in some of their most memorable pictures. James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich paired up in Destry Rides Again; Cary Grant and Jean Arthur in Howard Hawks' Only Angels Have Wings; and let's not forget the all-female ensemble of The Women. Appropriately, San Francisco's only movie palace, the Castro, screens these and 15 other glorious classics from this golden year, including Another Thin Man, You Can't Cheat An Honest Man, Wuthering Heights, and Son of Frankenstein.
- Matt Sussman
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About Us |
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Cultural Partner
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Editors
MANAGING EDITOR
Matt Sussman
DEPUTY EDITOR
Ilya Tovbis
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Tanya Feldman
Laureen Mahler
Andrew Phillips
PUBLISHERS
Sascha Lewis
Mark Mangan
SENIOR EDITORS
Doug Levy
Jake Lancaster
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