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Performances by AXIS Dance Company (USA) with Marc Brew Company (UK) Carpetbag Brigade (USA) Cid Pearlman Performance Project (USA & Estonia) Compagnie 7273 (Switzerland) with Sir Richard Bishop (USA) Dance Elixir (USA & The Netherlands) The Earplay Ensemble (USA, China & Germany) inkBoat with Ko Murobushi (USA& Japan) Liquid Theatre (Russia)

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Free Muni for kids makes sense San Francisco is a transit-first city that has spent millions of dollars over the years trying to convince people to ride Muni. And yet, one of the best and most effective ways to get people out of their cars is facing surprising opposition. Sup. David Campos has been pushing for months to get Muni to allow young people to ride free. It makes immediate sense: The school district, perpetually short on funds, is cutting back bus service (which is preferable to cutting back classroom instruction). For low-income families, the disappearance of a yellow school bus, which offered transportation free of charge, is a financial obstacle — and the last thing anyone needs is another obstacle to keep kids out from coming to school. Reduced-fare youth passes are already available — but they aren’t easy to get. Parents need to show up in person, during the day, with a birth certificate, passport or other government ID; that’s hard for a lot of working parents. The school district ought to be able to sell the passes, but right now nobody has the resources to make that happen. editorials

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It’s possible to create a system to identify and offer free service to low-income families, but again, unless it’s done through the schools, where that data is already kept (for reduced-price lunches), we’re talking about creating a complicated bureaucracy that isn’t remotely necessary. According to Campos, the cost of providing free service for all youth is only $8 million a year — and he’s identified regional transit funds to pay for much of it. Muni has a deep budget deficit already, and anything that costs more money has to be carefully evaluated, but there are so many ways to cover the price tag. Why is Muni still paying the Police Department tens of millions of dollars to get cops on the buses when that’s part of the department’s job already? And this goes beyond the very clear needs of low-income families. Getting young people onto the buses is an excellent way to convince the next generation of San Franciscans that it’s not necessary to own and operate a motor vehicle in the city. The message is already getting out — according to an April 5, 2012 study by the Frontier Group,

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the number of car miles driven by people between 16 and 34 dropped 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. That trend crosses class lines — in fact, among young people who earned more than $70,000 a year, public transit use rose 100 percent over the decade and biking by 122 percent. In other words, it’s proving to be a massive challenge to get older people out of their cars, but the kids are already moving in that direction. With a little help and push, San Francisco could make giant strides in the next few years. And a significant reduction in car use would more than pay for the cost of free Muni for youth. Every car off the road means less road maintenance, less air pollution — and perhaps more important, less congestion to slow down the buses. Faster buses means more riders and more fares (and less money spent paying drivers to sit in traffic). So it’s a great idea that pays for itself and helps the environment. And yet some city officials (led by Sup. Scott Wiener) still resist. They should back off; the city should move to approve this plan immediately. 2

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Robert Rosales works with proud dedication and a love of San Francisco. We both work under City Hall’s iconic dome as civil servants. While I often work late into the evening hours as a supervisor, Robert’s back-breaking work as a janitor is often done past the midnight hour, five nights a week. I had the opportunity to meet Robert last week, as part of the “Walk A Day In Our Shoes” program of Service Employees International Union, Local 1021. Robert is 52 years old. He’s worked for the city since 1999. Before that, he worked for San Francisco Unified School District. He sweeps and mops the floors and stairs of the famous rotunda and cleans 150 cubicles. Last week, Robert had me take off my jacket and tie, roll up my sleeves and do his job for a while. I swept the marble floors, which are truly unending. I mopped the grand marble staircase behind happy couples exchanging wedding vows. He let me attempt to push a gigantic whirring machine that felt more like a Zamboni than a vacuum. When I was younger, I had a summer job as a janitor at a public high school, so I know how truly strenuous Robert’s job is. Robert injured his spine as a result of pushing that heavy vacuum for years. When he was in the hospital treating his spinal injury, the doctors discovered cancer. While in chemotherapy, he didn’t miss a day of work. He lives cancer-free today. Robert is also a green pioneer at City Hall — he started a recycling program here before it was popular to do so. After that, the rest of the city caught on. He has photos of himself and the past four mayors in his home. He offers directions to visitors. He has a son, and they both live in his sister’s home. He speaks lovingly of his wife, who he lost to diabetes several years ago. As our economy evolves, we can’t leave people like Robert

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editorials — those who support our worldclass city —behind. While we court businesses who create new jobs in our city, we also need to reinvest in the people who do the important work that often goes unnoticed. Hospital workers are up at 4am, preparing meals for patients. Library technicians provide bilingual translation for our children. Others, like Robert, are up until 1am, making sure we have a clean and safe environment to work every day. After years of concessions to balance deep budget deficits, city workers experienced ongoing cuts to their wages and benefits. In current contract negotiations, they are being asked to give hundreds more each month in healthcare costs to insure their children.

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We appreciate all they have done to help our city in times of need. As our city recovers economically, it’s time to thank them, to ask others to help shoulder the costs for affordable housing, parks and recreation facilities and schools, and to reform our local business tax — which is paid by only 10 percent of our city’s companies. Last week, I got to know a fellow civil servant whose work we need to remember to value. Which is why I will stand alongside Robert, labor unions, nonprofits, community members and neighbors on Wednesday, April 18, in front of City Hall from 4 to 7 PM. Please join us in supporting the workforce that supports us all, 24 hours a day. 2 David Chiu is president of the Board of Supervisors.Thousands of community allies, elected officials, and SEIU 1021 members will rally on Wednesday, April 18 to close tax loopholes on mega banks and corporations from 4p.m.- 7 p.m. at City Hall. editorials

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The private bus problem Corporate behemoths crowd city streets and block Muni stops By Danielle Magee news@sfbg.com If you’re used to riding to work on a crowded, lurching Muni bus that arrives late and costs too much, consider this: Some San Franciscans commute on 50-foot luxury coaches with cushioned seats, wifi, air conditioning and mini television screens. The stateof-the-art vehicles arrive on time — and the service is free The buses aren’t regulated by the city and pay nothing for the use of public streets. But these giant private beasts freely and without penalty stop in the Muni zones, clogging traffic, and sometimes preventing the city’s buses from loading and discharging passengers. They barely fit through narrow corridors in neighborhoods like Noe Valley and Glen Park. City officials agree the fleets of private commuter buses have created a problem — but so far, they’ve done nothing about it. And most people don’t realize that some of these luxury bus lines are, in effect, open to the public. The buses primarily serve the city’s growing status as a Silicon Valley bedroom community, carrying commuters to and from the corporate campuses of places like Genentech and Google. editorials

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Private shuttle buses have been booming in San Francisco. Genentech has more than 6,000 employees registered in commute programs on 56 routes. Google’s Gbus service transports more than 3,500 daily riders on more than 25 routes, with about 300 scheduled departures. Then there’s Zynga, Gap, California College of Arts, Apple, Google, Yahoo!, and the Academy of Art. And the University of California, San Francisco has its own fleet of 50 shuttles. The good news is that the buses take cars off the road, giving tech workers a much less environmentally damaging way to get to work. Google’s transportation manager, Kevin Mathy, noted in the GoogleBlog that “The Google shuttles have the cleanest diesel engines ever built and run on 5 percent bio-diesel, so they’re partly powered by renewable resources that help reduce our carbon footprint.” He continued, “In fact, we’re the first and largest company with a corporate transportation fleet using engines that meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2010 emission standards.” But nobody at City Hall has any idea how many total buses are running on the San Francisco streets. Jesse Koehler, a planner at the city’s transportation authority, conducted a study on shuttles that iden-

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tified a number of problems, most linked to a lack of local regulation. Requested by then-Supervisor Bevan Dufty, the study, completed in 2011, found that, while shuttles play a valuable role in the overall San Francisco transportation system, there’s little policy guidance or management. In fact, there’s no local oversight, the study found: Shuttle operators are licensed by the state, but the California Public Utilities Commission is mostly concerned with the safety of the equipment and the licensing of the drivers. Local concerns aren’t under the agency’s purview. And there are plenty of reasons for local concern. Under city law, only Muni buses are allowed to pull over and use the designated bus stops — but Koehler reported, “Shuttles are generally also using these Muni bus spots. Some cases prevent Muni buses from entering the Muni bus zone and having the passengers board late.” The study notes that “the large majority (approximately 90 percent) of shuttle stops occur at Muni bus zones.” The shuttles take much longer to load and unload than Muni buses (because of their size and the lack of a rear door) and often force the public buses to wait, delaying routes, or to pick up and discharge passengers outside of the bus zone, creating a safety problem. music listings

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Local residents surveyed had their own complaints. The study quotes critics saying that “the shuttles can be noisy, especially at night when there isn’t much other traffic or when they are the kind with diesel engines” and “large coach shuttles are noisy on small neighborhood streets.” Muni routes are designed with the city’s neighborhoods in mind; you don’t see the extralong articulated coaches that ply Mission Street and Geary Boulevard cramming themselves into the much-tighter and more residential streets of Potrero Hill, Noe Valley, Glen Park and the Castro. That’s not a concern for the giant corporate shuttles; they go where they want. That can cause problems for pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers who aren’t used to seeing these long, tall buses, which at times take up both lanes, squeezing through turns with barely an inch to spare. And while Muni drivers are far from perfect, the shuttle safety records are even more of a concern. In November of 2010, a UCSF shuttle bus struck and killed 65-year-old Nu Ha Dam as she was crossing Geary Street at Leavenworth Street. Not even a year later, another UCSF shuttle was involved in a collision, killing Dr. Kevin Allen Mack and injuring four other passengers. A witness confirmed that the shuttle ran a red light. On February 14, a pedestrian crossing Eddy Street at Leavenworth in the Tenderloin was run over by a paratransit van. The victim was pinned under the shuttle for 20 minutes until he was finally rescued. The victim lived, but suffered several broken bones. Carli Paine, transportation demand management project manager of the SFMTA, told us that shuttles are a growing component of the San Francisco transportation network and overall, support San Francisco’s greenhouse gas emission goals. But, she noted, “Because they are a relatively new trend, and a growing one at that, there is really a need to work together between the city and shuttle providers to make sure that our policy framework is supporting shuttles and also working to avoid conflict with shuttles and transit, pedestrians, and bikes.”

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news Paine noted: “What we’ve heard is that there are places where shuttles do have conflict with other uses and then there are places that work really well, so one of the things we want to find out in those areas where spaces are being shared successfully.” Elizabeth Fernandez, press officer at UCSF, said the city doesn’t have any specific rules regarding transit systems like UCSF’s. “With the proliferation of corporate services throughout the city, there are several studies that are ongoing,” she said. “These studies are an attempt to manage the growth of these kinds of shuttle services in regards to volume as well as routing, staging, and parking.” Tony Kelly, a Potrero Hill community activist, said the root of the problem is the consistent cut in Muni service over the past 20 years. “Potrero Hill is going to double population in the next 15 years,” he said. “People and new housing units are doubling. “When all the shuttles are in our bus stops, everyone is wondering why we can’t ride these things,” he said. “Why can’t they take it when there is so much unused capacity?”

HitcHing a ride Actually, I rode several UCSF shuttles around the city, and nobody ever asked for identification. I was picked up at the Muni stop on Sutter St. at the UCSF Mt. Zion Campus (yes, the shuttle pulled — illegally — into the Muni stop to pick up passengers). Fernandez told me the school’s official policy states that “Riding UCSF shuttles is restricted for use by Campus faculty, staff, students, patients and patient family members, and formal guests.” But when I boarded, the driver made no attempt to verify if I was associated with UCSF. I did a full trip, passing through the UCSF Laurel Heights Campus, and then back to Mt Zion. There were no more than seven people on the shuttle, and about 20 seats available for riders. There are also handrails for standing if the bus ever gets too crowded. I also hopped a Genebus at Glen Park BART and rode to company headquarters in South San Francisco. Again, nobody asked for ID; in fact, Genentech spokesperson Nadine O’Campo said the company is happy to let others who work in the area hitch a ride on the cush coaches. editorials

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For information on the Genenbus routes and schedules for the Millbrae bus line, go to www.caltrain.com and look under “schedules.” UCSF also provides shuttle schedules and route maps at www.campuslifeservices.ucsf.edu under transportation. For general information on shuttle providers that provide service from and to BART, visit www.transit.511.org and go to Transit Provider Info. Riding on these shuttles is an entirely different experience than riding on the Muni. People are friendlier, the buses are clean, the seats were nicer, and the transportation is a lot faster. A UCSF student on the shuttle commutes using the BART from South San Francisco to 16th and

“when all the shuttles are in our bus stops, everyone is wondering why we can’t ride these things.” - potrero hill activist tony Kelly

Mission to take a shuttle to UCSF. She said it’s far better (and cheaper) than driving — and while Muni costs $2, the shuttles are free. The downside of that, of course, is that some of the shuttles are bleeding off Muni patrons, and riders of other public systems, in effect stealing customers, and thus robbing the transit system of fares. They’re also another example of the privatization of what were once public services. Instead of working with the city and the region to improve transit for everyone, these tech firms have decided to create a private system of their own.. And that may be the most disturbing trend of all. 2 picks

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emails to her loan servicer. There’s Alberto Del Rio, who was ignored and told that his paperwork was lost during a Kafka-esque two-year loan modification attempt, only to win a meeting with top Wells Fargo executives last month after Occupy Bernal got behind his cause. There’s Carolyn Gage, who took a cue from protesters downtown and occupied her Bayview home in November. Those taking on the foreclosure crisis certainly have a big task ahead of them. Since the market collapsed in 2008, there have been 12,410 foreclosures in San Francisco, according to data from RealtyTrac as compiled by the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE). The neighborhoods with the most foreclosures are InglesideExcelsior/Crocker Amazon, Visitacion Valley/Sunnydale, and Bayview-Hunters Point, with more than 1,000 in each neighborhood. But the number of home foreclosures are in the hundreds in every neighborhood in San Francisco. Despite the pandemic, many San Francisco residents say they felt distinctly alone in the events surrounding receiving notice of default. “I’ve lived in Noe Valley since 1972,� said Kathy Galvess, an activist we spoke to Cato’s basement. “I didn’t know anybody who had been foreclosed on.� When she got her eviction notice and, hooking up with ACCE and Occupy Bernal, faced her situation and the extent of the crisis, she wondered if her neighbors knew something she didn’t. “I asked around the neighborhood, no one had any idea,� she music listings

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point I decided I would fight to retain my home.” After dishing out most of her savings in a lawsuit and eviction stays, the fight looked grim, and her house was slated for eviction. The plan — the last line of defense — was to simply bring as many people as possible to Kenney’s home and hope they could fend off eviction. Kenney remembers her nerves, huddled up that cold morning with veteran foreclosure fighter Vivian Richardson, worried that no one would show up. “Then, at six in the morning, I had foreclosure fighters, neighbors, friends, Occupy Bernal, Occupy folks period, they just started showing up at the house, and just sat down, hunkered down with me and said, we’ll do whatever we can to at least dissuade the sheriff,” she recalls It worked. And it hasn’t stopped working. Many people who have joined with Occupy Bernal and ACCE are still in their homes thanks to everything from lobbying politicians to civil disobedience. Some were evicted despite the protest movement’s best efforts but, thanks to newfound community, they avoided homelessness. Kathy Galvess wasn’t able to keep her home, but her experience was made much more pleasant by Occupy Bernal. “Stardust got the moving truck and helped me move, out of the goodness of his heart,” she told me. “And if it wasn’t for Vivian, me and my sister would be wandering the streets in these storms we’ve been having.” It’s that community, it’s that tireless work, it’s that victory in the midst of a sea of ongoing challenges that was celebrated at the barbecue at Cato’s house. It’s hard to know the future of the occupied home. The goal of the coalition supporting it was to keep it until April 24, the day of a Wells Fargo shareholders meeting that a large coalition of advocates are determined to shut down. But for now, the place has become a community center and a symbol of hope and defiance. Politicians have certainly taken note. The Board of Supervisors passed a resolution last week urging banks to suspend foreclosures in San Francisco. “It’s great,” Cato said. “That’s what the house is useful for right now. Everyone’s coming in and asking, how can we be a part of this, how can we help.” 2 on the cheap

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aPPeTiTe Trekking around the Bay for what is not at all elusive — excellent food — is ever a pleasure. Finding it on the cheap? Options are endless. Sandwiches stand as one of the easiest ways to fill up for less, making the continued glut of sandwich openings unsurprising. (Check out the Richmond’s new Chomp n’ Swig, www.facebook. com/ChompAndSwig — hard to top the Bacon Butter Crunch sandwich: white cheddar, tomato, bits of bacon, guacamole. Or in the Mission, the Galley inside Clooney’s Pub at 1401 Valencia serves a meaty French Onion sandwich, yes, like the soup and oh so good.) Beyond mere sandwiches, here are some other affordable delights.

MarKeT anD rye West Portal is lucky to claim new Market and Rye, from Top Chef alum Ryan Scott. What could be just another sandwich shop is instead an airy, high-ceilinged cafe in yellows and whites under skylights. Salted rye bread is made specifically for the spot by North Beach’s classic Italian French Baking Company (IFBC’s sourdough and wheat bread choices are also available). Sandwiches ($8.50–$9) offer enough playful touches to keep them unique, like Funyuns on roast beef or Cool Ranch Doritos adding crunch to chicken salad layered with avocado spread and pepper jack. I took to the Reuben chicken meatball sandwich on salted rye, its generous contents falling out all over the place, overflowing with 1000 Island dressing, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, red cabbage caraway slaw, and house chicken meatballs. I almost didn’t miss the corned beef. Build-your-own-salads offer healthy alternatives, while above average sides ($4 per scoop, $7.50 food + Drink

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anDa PirOSHKi A close childhood pal is Russian and her mother and grandmother often home-baked us unforgettable treats as kids, from blintzes to piroshkis, those little baked buns stuffed with goodness. I still dream of them — a rarity in this town. Not even in Chicago or NY have I tasted any piroshkis as fresh as those at Anda Piroshki, a stall in the tiny but idyllic 331 Cortland marketplace housing a few take-out food purveyors. I’ve eaten Anda at SF Street Food Fest, but the ideal is to arrive at 331 soon after it opens when piroshkis are pulled from the oven piping hot. The dough is airy yet dense, ever-so-subtly sweet, like a glorified Hawaiian roll. No skimping on fillings — one piroshki ($3.75–$4.50) fills me up. Sustainable meats and local ingredients make them relatively guilt-free. Try a button mushroom piroshki overflowing with fresh spinach, or one of ground beef, rice and Swiss, oozing comfort. My favorite is Atlantic smoked salmon and cream cheese accented by black pepper and dill. It makes a savory, creamy breakfast. The one downside has been a straight-faced, disinterested server who could not be bothered as I asked a question about Russian sodas (like Kvass, a fermented rye soda — pleasing rye notes if too saccharine) and acted the same when I returned a second time... a stark contrast to the friendliness I encounter at every other 331 business. But momentary coldness is still worth those warm piroshkis. 331 Cortland Ave., SF. (415) 271-9055, www.andapiroshki.com 2

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PLAying JoE CooL By L.E. LEonE le.chicken.farmer@gmail.com CHEAP EATS Last Straw Sullenger and me were walking. Just strolling around the corner, to Community Thrift, to see if they had some things. My list was long. But I was telling her, as we walked, about my football team — the “here� one — and how, after just three seasons, it was starting to come together for us. Two straight wins... How a lot of our players who had never played football before are starting to really get it and kick ass, especially our quarterback. “Great. That’s great. Great,� she was saying, and I looked up and saw Joe Montana walking toward us. Now, I’m not one to generally even notice the presence of celebrity, let alone be moved by it; but in this case, I peed my pants. Joe Montana, for you young, sports historyless ‘uns, is not celebrity. He’s Joe Montana. In the Mission, on the phone, jeans and a T-shirt, less balding and yes taller than I’d have figured, the oceanic eyes and that dimpled chin. In other words: swoon. And ... boom, he was past us, just like that, except Last Straw had to practically carry me the rest of the way to the thrift store. Which isn’t to say I shopped. I mean, I did. I bought a strainer. But my needs were so much more. So much more than that. Seeing Joe Montana in the Mission is addictive, turns out. All I could think about while we were looking at desks was getting back outside and possibly — who knows — seeing him again. We did!! Joe Montana! Again! Ten minutes later, still talking on the phone, just standing there next to a telephone poll outside the barber shop on 18th and Valencia, where Circus McGirkus used to work. Iss. And we walked on by, trying to act casual while fainting and peeing our pants and shit. Anyway, I was. I’m not sure Last Straw is quite the historical (to say nothing of hysterical) 49ers fan that I am. I was in high school when Joe Montana started his career, changing everything. Seriously: seeing him, seeing us going from last place to first in two seasons, it changed the way I played football. And it changed the way I lived life. editorials

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As for him, he just wanted a haircut, probably. Anyway, as we were passing, he got off the phone and walked into the barber shop. “You should get his autograph,� Last Straw said. “On what? On my strainer?� I said. I hate to bother people, let alone celebrities, let alone Joe Montana. But no one else was! Maybe no one else in the Mission is old enough or sporty enough to even know what Joe Montana looks like. “Probably he’d get a kick out of it,� Last Straw said. “His age.� I doubted this. But I said goodbye to her at her car, then ran to my apartment, changed my pants, swapped my strainer for a football and a Sharpie, and ran back out. I had a better idea, I thought. I wouldn’t ask for his autograph. I would ask him to throw me a pass. I would tell him I play wide receiver for a women’s football team, imply that I had six months (or less) to live, and show him on my hand what I was going to do: Past the bus stop, fake left, and cut right toward the building. I’d look over my right shoulder as I made my turn, and the ball would be waiting for me. I knew it would be there, having seen him play, many times, on TV and in person. It would be waiting for me. I would pull it in, and then, maybe, he would offer to sign it. Either way, I would live the rest of my life with a sense of having caught a pass from Joe Montana. And, yeah, that would be enough. Problem: He was gone. If it was a haircut he was after, his was the fastest one ever. Ever since, I’m saying, I’ve been spending more time than usual on Valencia, with a football and a Sharpie in my bag. Did you notice that New Yorker Buffalo Wings is closed, and that signs on the windows point you toward Pizzeria, a few doors down? Earl Butter and I tried them. Meh. But next week I’ve got a great wings place to tell you about, don’t worry. 2 Pizzeria Tue.-Thu., Sun. 3:30-10:30pm; Wed.-Thu., Sun: 11am-10pm; Fri.-Sat.: 3:30-11:30pm.

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Wednesday 4/18 Wild Flag Though it could be called an all-star band based on previous groups and collaborations, which include Sleater-Kinney, Helium, Quasi, and the Minders, the members of Wild Flag have made sure their new project stands firmly on its own solid ground. Last September saw the release of the band’s excellent self-titled debut album on Merge Records, highlighted by the singles “Future Crime” and “Romance,” proving that Carrie Brownstein, Rebecca Cole, Mary Timony, and Janet Weiss have a special chemistry and searing musical bond that comes across on both tape and stage. (Sean McCourt)

ing extensively with her father beginning at age nine, Anoushka has carved out her own following. The younger Shankhar recorded a live album in New York’s Carnegie Hall at 19 and has received two nominations for Grammy Awards. She uses classical Indian instruments and techniques to delve into other genres, including jazz and electronica. Her sixth studio release, Traveler, recently released stateside, is an exploration into

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Thursday 4/19 Anoushka Shankar “The daughter of legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar.” It must be a daunting label to perform under, but after training and perform18 SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN

shops, meet and greets, and more, the festival features standouts of today such as Catherine D’Lish and performers from Cirque Du Soleil’s Zumanity, and appearances by icons such as Satan’s Angel, who started her career back in 1961 here in San Francisco. (McCourt)

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the relationship between sitar and flamenco that features a variety of Spanish artists and vocalists. (Kevin Lee) 7:30pm, $25–$60 Herbst Theatre 401 Van Ness, SF (415) 392-4400 www.sfjazz.org

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audiences via radio and MTV’s heavy rotation of the tune’s cheeky video. Local fans will want to make sure to catch the group when it comes to the city tonight between its two slots at Coachella, and hear the full breadth of the band’s varied ace catalog. (McCourt)

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Thursday 4/19 Madness British two-tone ska act Madness has enjoyed considerable commercial success in its native UK, charting numerous hit songs over a more than 35 year career, but it seems to be best known here in the states for one hit single, 1982 release “Our House,” which exposed the band to American

In a celebration of all things sultry, seductive, sexy and saucy, “Tease-O-Rama 2012” promises four days and nights of the best in burlesque, showcasing the brightest modern talents awhile also honoring several legends of the scene. Boasting live shows, workeditorials

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Friday 4/20 Perhaps we are a little too smug about living in the “second largest” dance community in the country. But then arrives — for the eighth year — another Cuba Caribe Festival. Where else would you see, in one program, companies such as Las Que Son’s jubilant women dancers; storyteller Muriel Johnson; Cunamacué’s Afro-Peruvian music and dance, and Grupo Experimental Nagó’s East-Cuban traditions? On weekend two, at Laney College Theater in Oakland, Ramón Ramos Alayo, who synthesizes tradition with modernism, is premiering “Oil and Water,” his perspective on the despoiling of the oceans. Also workshops, lectures, and film presentations. (Rita Felciano) Fri/20-Sat/21, 8pm; Sun/22, 3 and 7pm, $10–$24 Dance Mission Theater 3316 24th St., SF

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Friday 4/20 School of Seven Bells The rejiggered School of Seven Bells marches on with vocalists Alejandra Deheza and producer Benjamin Curtis after Alejandra’s twin Claudia left the band a couple of years back for “personal reasons.” Ghostory, the first SVIIB LP since the lineup shift, has more of a free flow and electronic feel than previous releases; think of a Ladytron-like sound rather than the melodious pop heard in the band’s first release, Alpinisms. Alejandra’s ethereal voice takes on a plaintive tone that melds especially well with Curtis’ low-slung shoegaze atmospherics on highlight track “Love Story.” (Lee) With Exitmusic 9pm, $15 Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell, SF (415) 861-2011 www.rickshawstop.com

Friday 4/20 STS9 I’m gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that there may be a general correlation between interest in 2012 phenomena and smoking a righteous amount of pot. If getting supremely baked and attributing significance to arbitrary dates is your thing, then

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School of Seven bells photo by justin hollar; wild flag photo by John Clark; anoushka Shankar photo by Harper smith/Deutsche Grammophon; all tiny creatures photo by Chris Rosenau; Real Estate photo by Shawn Brackbill; neon indian photo by Ben Rayner; Lauri Saunders of Alayo Dance Company photo by Austin Forbord.

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truly the stars align this 4/20 with Sound Tribe Sector 9 performing at the Fox. As if the popular electronic jam band wasn’t reason enough for stoners to organically celebrate, STS9 will be bringing its Great Cycle Spectacles — featuring a glowing LED Mayan pyramid — to the already dazzling venue. End of the world or beginning of the next stage? Either way, smoke up. (Ryan Prendiville) With Nosaj Thing (4/20), Mimosa (4/21) 8pm, $29.50 Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph, Oakl. (510) 548-3010 www.thefoxtheater.com

Saturday 4/21 Cesar Chavez Festival For too many of us, Cesar Chavez Day passes by in a blur of I’mnot-at-work (or dammit-I’m-atwork) chaos. We don’t really stop to celebrate the man, and

There are a lot of voices on Harbor, the debut album from Wisconsin’s All Tiny Creatures, some from the quartet itself — featuring musicians from Collections of Colonies of Bees and Volcano Choir — and then a number of guest collaborators, most notably

is based in Brooklyn (phew!), but the bliss and nostalgia attached to carefree, suburban teenage summers of partying discretely in parents’ basements and spending long days with a first love permeates its freshman and sophomore albums. Congratulations, New Jersey! You were due for this type of artistic beautification. (Mia Sullivan) With the Twerps, Melted Toys 8 p.m., $17 Great American Music Hall 859 O’Farrell St., SF (415) 885-0750 www.slimspresents.com

Tuesday 4/24 Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon (who All Tiny Creatures also open for at the Bill Graham) and members of Megafaun. Given the number of vocalists, it’s surprising how restrained they are in the mix, lightly drawing on their instrumental quality instead of normal lyrical structuring. The result — from the driving opener “Holography” to the scattered march of “Aviation Class” — is an immediately catchy album of prog pop that moves along weightlessly. (Prendiville)

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The artist popularly known as Rusko pays homage to the UK two-step garage popular in the ‘90s with tracks “Pressure” and “Whistle Crew.” Mercer fills out the album with dub-like tracks that feature a healthy serving of Jamaican vocals and a moderate indulgence in full-on wobbliness. As a whole, Songs is more likely to invoke respectful head-nodding, rather than the injury-inducing

When your debut album features ADHD-affected sampling, retro arpeggios, and tracks like “Should Have Taken Acid With You”, “(AM)”, and “Mind, Drips” it can be hard to sustain that level of weirdness. Despite its title, Era Extraña — the sophomore release

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Tuesday 4/24 that’s a shame because as you can tell from the way Rainbow Grocery shuts its door to celebrate him, he was a seminal figure in California history, Chicano history, and labor movement history. Luckily, we all get a hall pass this and every year if we didn’t observe the man on his state-sanctioned holiday. Today, the Mission will be marked by a parade in his honor, leading to a street fair on 24th Street with live music by Carlos Santana’s son Salvador, local hip-hop phenom Bang Data, and the Cuicacalli Youth Ballet Folklorico, among many other acts. (Caitlin Donohue) 11am parade; noon-6pm fair, free Street fair: 24th St. between Bryant and Treat, SF (415) 621-2665 www.cesarchavezday.org

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Real Estate While listening to the dazed, sun-baked surf rock of Real Estate, the pulse of Southern California comes to mind. But, wait. These guys are describing New Jersey? Yes. Childhood buddies Martin Courtney, Matt Mondanile, and

from Denton, Texas’s Neon Indian — is a comparatively straightforward record, with Italo influenced, electro dance tracks more attuned to a club performance as a band than the product of fiddling around in a bedroom. But rather than running out of or exhausting its oddball energy, Neon Indian seems to have just redistributed it to the fringe, releasing a freak EP with the Flaming Lips as well as recording a future-vintage VHS manual for its limited release toy synth, the PAL198X. (Prendiville) With Lemonade 8pm, $25 Fillmore 1850 Geary, SF (415) 346-6000 www.thefillmore.com

Tuesday 4/24 Alex Bleeker started making music a few summers back in their hometown of Ridgewood, N.J. and have cited the state itself as a major influence. Now the band picks

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5XP MPDBM CBOET BSF UPVSJOH UIF #BZ "SFB PO CJLFT BOE JOWJUF ZPV UP SJEF BMPOH By Emily SavagE emilysavage@sfbg.com mUSiC While Rupa Marya of Rupa & the April Fishes and Gabe Dominguez of Shake Your Peace are crossing their fingers for cloudless, sunny days ahead during their joint week-long bicycle trek around the Bay Area, in some ways, they were brought together by a storm. It was a storm both physical and figurative: the scattered downpours during their first encounter at the now-dispersed Occupy SF campsite at Justin Herman Plaza last November (11.11.11) during the Occupy Music Festival — where both bands played — and, the subsequent storm of ideas that lead to the bike tour agreement. “So it was kind of like the perfect storm,” says Dominguez, sitting next to Marya in the Nervous Dog Coffee cafe on Mission Street in early April. “It was an auspicious day,” Marya later adds. “Oh my god, what a day.” The fruit of that brainstorm, the Bay Rising Tour, will kick off tomorrow at Stanford University, with the ragtag bicycle caravan of around 15 core riders heading counterclockwise around the Bay, stopping in nine cities over 10 days, playing both conventional music venues and guerillas art spaces. The musicians on bikes piled high with gear will turn their final corner on to Divisadero to play the Independent April 28. Marya and Dominguez had walked into the Nervous Dog that editorials

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afternoon smiling, bubbling with expectations of the impending tour. The two are clearly platonically smitten with one another’s passion for social justice, global music, and good old-fashioned bike fun. As Marya nibbles an empanada from the cafe, Dominguez continues their story. “We made the connection that both of our bands make multicultural dance rebel music, rock music for the ecotopian revolution. Bicycles, bioregionalism, now being the time — it all just coalesced.” One key difference that’s soon to evaporate: Shake Your Peace has done many bike tours, but this will be Rupa & the April Fishes’ first (though they’ve done some trial runs in preparation). Along with leading Shake Your Peace, and playing in Tiny Home with his girlfriend, Sonya Cotton, Dominguez is a co-founder of the yearly Bicycle Music Festival (since 2007) with Paul Freedman, who too plays a role in the Bay Rising Tour. Freedman’s company is Rock the Bike, which built the pedalpowered audio system the groups will use in the open space and outdoor venues — San Jose Bike Party, Fremont Earth Day Grounds, Keller Beach Park. Along with those mentioned, the tour will roll to A Place for Sustainable Living in Oakland for an Earth Day party (with food cooked by Marya’s urban farmer brother), a Beaver Liberation show in Martinez, and a Glen Cove ceremony by Ohlone Leaders in Vallejo.

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Out on the road between venues, the caravan has three transportation strategies: people carrying their own instruments on bicycles, those packing larger instruments like guitars on Xracycles — an Oakland company that sells an extension for the back of the bike — and lastly, a few riders on electrichybrid bikes carrying six-to-eight foot trailers. They also are encouraging other cyclists and Bay Area residents to come along for the day rides between shows — to help map out the flattest routes. There’s a real community effort feel to the plan. “In the wake of where we find ourselves right now, economically, sociopolitically, we can’t wait for someone to hand us the reality we want. We have to build it, we have to create it. And that’s what’s so exciting about this way of touring,” Marya says. She adds, “it’s not asking for permission, it’s just doing what you do as a musician, which is to mobilize yourselves...bring people on your journey, have a chance to interact with them in another way, which is so different than get on the tour bus, be isolated, be backstage. We’re going to create the stage, we’re going to create the experience.” Both bands make the kind of music that invites interaction and discussion, so an interactive tour, flipping the tradition of a clear separation between artist and audience, seems the right direction. Rupa & the April Fishes — now wrapping up their third music listings

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studio album, Build — have long been fixtures on the global music scene, a Bossa nova bumping mix of Brazilian, Indian, Latin, and French influences, sung in three languages. While based out of San Francisco, they’re often out exploring the world, most recently Chiapas, Mexico; Amsterdam; and Athens, Greece. Shake Your Peace started out in New York as folk trio, but now “Shake Your Peace 2.0” makes a style of music that Dominguez has dubbed “whup” — a melding of Afro-Latin beats with bluegrass instruments such as fiddle, and gospel harmonies. “W-H-U-P, it’s a celebratory spirit with a philosophy, a political approach,” Dominguez explains excitedly. “We’re not just fighting for better wages, we’re fighting for life. It’s the spirit of your heart kicking. The scream when you come out of the womb. Life, yaow!” He appears equally amped on the Bay Rising tour itself, adding again that others should join the rides with the bands — “they’re welcome to experience this rolling summer camp with us.” And they’ll both be Tweeting their locations along the way for the day rides. As the effusive conversation in Nervous Dog comes to a close, Dominguez and Marya are still talking about the logistics of the trip, including where they’ll crash at night, and the importance of gathering tarps to cover all their gear, just in case of bad weather. 2 Bay Rising TouR With Rupa & the April Fishes, Shake Your Peace Thu/19-Sat/28 Multiple venues, Bay Area www.theaprilfishes.com

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check oNe, check two with ANNie clArk (left) ANd Merrill GArBus | St. Vincent photo by tina tyrell; tUne-yardS photo by chloe attel

Alter eGos -BCFMNBUFT 4U 7JODFOU BOE U6O& Z"S%T QMBZ XJUI DIBSBDUFST By Nicole GlucksterN arts@sfbg.com Music At first blush the music of St. Vincent, the alter-ego of accomplished guitar hero Annie Clark, and that of live looping sensation tUnE-yArDs, born Merrill Garbus, don’t appear to have a lot in common. Sure, they share a gender, a label, and an impulse for quirky alias and chimerical shape-shifting, but Clark’s complex guitarand-synth driven compositions and Garbus’ polyrhythmic ukulele and percussion spree emerge from completely different musical impulses and backgrounds. Even so, their upcoming double-header at the Fox Theater promises to be a thrilling combination, as both ladies share a reputation for explosive stagecraft and are currently creating some of the most uniquely stylized pop music in the country. Annie Clark aka St. Vincent, may have hit the cover of Spin’s “Style� issue, but in interviews Clark is more likely to refer to herself not as fashionista but as a “nerd�. As in, a prog-rock-loving, guitar-shredding, architecture of music kind of nerd. Her third solo album Strange Mercy (4AD, 2011), an oblique reflection on old traumas and fresh starts is characterized by contrast. Bell-clear vocals edging towards the ethereal, meaty guitar riffs ricocheting in from unexpected directions, and soaring organ and mini-Moog fills contributed by acclaimed gospel musician, Bobby Sparks (easily the second most striking musician on the album). A study in contraposition both as a musician and as a media 22 SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN

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personality,Clark admits to a fondness for playing with character — further evidenced by her stage alias and deceptively delicate offstage physicality, which belies the raw power of her live performances — but is equally quick to assert ownership of all of her public faces. “Whenever you walk onto a stage you are fundamentally yourself,� she explains over email. “It’s just that you hold a mixing board to your personality and turn up some aspects and turn down others.� It’s almost impossible to speak of Oakland-dwelling Merrill Garbus, or tUnE-yArDs, without referencing the time she spent studying Taarab music in Kenya. The frenetic, border-blending polyrhythms on w ho k i l l (4AD, 2011) transport the listener into an experiential space in which music and body are inextricably enmeshed. In the current ranks of American pop-makers it’s difficult to find an act to compare her to, though TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe does occasionally rise to mind, particularly in the context of vocal phrasing and politicized lyrical content. No less of an onstage powerhouse than labelmate Clark, Garbus’ personal aesthetic skews more towards that of performance artist than rock star. With a fondness for facepaint, explosive vocalization techniques, and the rubber-mask facial tics of Lily Tomlin, Garbus’ previous training in the theater arts still serve as a springboard for her approach to performance, as well as composition. “The music stems from how I can envision myself performing it,� she explains. “I like to think music listings

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of the music in terms of...altering space, and transformation, and the experience of the group.� Whether onstage or in the studio, Garbus flows smoothly between laying her own rhythm tracks, pounding fiercely on her uke, and charging into the musical fray with her battle cry vocals, but her personal fascination is with uncomfortable moments — highlighting them as absurdities and working thorough them with her audiences. Her other proclivity — that of an almost exaggerated playfulness — is less a spontaneous expression of id than an intentional construction of a persona who unifies the many strands of Garbus’ transcontinental influences and obsessions into one cohesive force. “There is power in the facepaint, and in the performance, and of a warrior stance of sorts,� she opines. “I’m not using ‘tribal fashion’ in an ironic, disconnected and aloof way. I’m a freaking badass. And I wear face paint.� 2 Can’t get enough of that tUnE-yArDs character? Look for extended interview highlights with Merrill Garbus online at sfbg.com Merrill Garbus of tune-yarDs with buster Keaton shorts Mon/23, 8pm, $20–$25 Castro Theatre 429 Castro, SF (415) 621-6120 www.sffs.org st. Vincent/ tune-yarDs With Kapowski Tue/24, 7:30pm, $29.50 Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph, Oakl. (510) 548-3010 www.thefoxoakland.com

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“home� (yep, modeled after Versailles) is midconstruction. Plugs must be pulled, corners cut. Never having had to, the Siegels discover (once most of the servants have been let go) they have no idea how to run a household. Worse, they discover that in adversity they have a very hard time pulling together — in particular, David is revealed as a remote, cold, obsessively all-business person who has no use for getting or giving “emotional support;� not even for being a husband or father, much. What ultimately makes Queen poignantly more than a reality-TV style peek at the garishly wealthy is that Jackie, despite her incredibly vulgar veneer (she’s like a Jennifer Coolidge character, forever squeezed into loud animal prints), is at heart just a nice girl from hicksville who really, really wants to make this family work. Other docs pipelined from Sundance to SF include acclaimed ones about dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry), Ethel (as in Kennedy), pervasive rape in the U.S. military (The Invisible War), and the Israeli military legal system that governs civilian Palestinians under occupation (The Law in These Parts). Of particular local interest is David France’s excellent How to Survive a Plague, about how ACT UP virtually forced the medical and pharmacological establishments into speeded-up drug trials and development that drastically reduced the AIDS epidemic’s U.S. fatalities within a decade. Don’t expect much about SF activism, though — like so many gay docs on national issues, this one barely sets foot outside Manhattan. Of actual local origin are several SFIFF nonfiction highlights, not least festival closing nighter Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey, Ramona Diaz’s film about the incredible journey of Filipino superfan Arnel Pineda, from fronting a Journey cover band to fronting the actual Bay Area outfit itself as its latest lead vocalist. There’s also Micha X. Peled’s last globalization trilogy entry Bitter Seeds, focusing on hitherto self-sufficient farmers in India increasingly driven toward bankrupting debt

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(and widespread suicides) by costly biotech “advances;� Peter Nicks’ The Waiting Room, which sits us right there at Highland Hospital in Oakland, illustrating the heroically coping status quo and desperate need for improvement in a microcosm of U.S. healthcare; and Jamie Meltzer’s world premiere Informant. The latter’s subject is activist-turned-FBI snitch Brandon Darby, whose testimony got two anarchists imprisoned — and who fully participated in this portrait, even its re-enactments of his protest-group infiltration. Darby is expected to attend the festival; given this town’s political leanings, he might want to wear a raincoat. Speaking of audiences hurling things — abuse, at the least — Caveh Zahedi (plus his lawyer) was evidently met with a shitstorm after the SXSW premiere of The Sheik and I. You, too, may feel the spasmodic urge to throttle him during this latest naughty-boy’s own adventure, in which he accepts a commission to make work for a biennial perversely themed around “art as subversive act� in the far-fromliberal United Arab Emirates. Professed fans, the curators had duly seen his prior work; surely they knew they were inviting trouble in these circumstances? Nonetheless, they play perfectly into his hands, expressing dismay and barely masked fear as Zahedi faux-naively proceeds to do everything he shouldn’t. That includes ridiculing Islam and the host sheik, stereotyping Arabs in general, putting everyone (including himself and his two-year-old son) in potential danger, all the while claiming his aim is “a critique of imperialism.� Is he really the very model of the privileged Western artist, railing about artistic freedom while ignorant that sometimes, some places, some things (like blasphemy, and prison) must take precedent? Or is the whole act just a deliberate provocation (hardly his first), albeit one with disturbingly dire potential consequences? Alternately very funny and completely infuriating, The Sheik and I is one movie you might want to attend just for the Q&A afterward. Odds are, it’s gonna get ugly. 2

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by Fuller’s “Dymaxion Map� of the world; the film is an exploration of Fuller’s maddeningly comprehensive personal archive, acquired by Stanford University in 1999. “Fuller never built anything in the Bay Area, although he proposed a couple projects, and he never lived in the Bay Area, but his influence actually is pretty profound,� notes Green. “Especially on the counterculture, and specifically on the part of the counterculture that eventually morphed into early computer and Silicon Valley culture.� His drive to create efficient, waste-free systems through design and architecture inspired information technology as much as it foreshadowed the green movement. So what makes Fuller anything more than just a fascinating mad scientist? “We’re not driving the [Dymaxion Car], and most of us are not living in domes or the Dymaxion House. So in some sense you could say he didn’t succeed,� admits Green. “But to me, what’s most relevant and most valuable about him really is that he was inspired to do everything he did by a belief that, through [better design], one could solve the problems of the world.� “At the heart of all of his activities was a really simple idea, and he was saying this since the ‘20s: there’s more than enough resources in the world so that everybody on the planet could have a very comfortable life,� Green muses. “And he really passionately believed that was possible. In some ways, music listings

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to me, that’s the love song of R. Buckminster Fuller — love of humanity — which sounds a little corny but I really do feel like that was what drove him. He was a person of incredible energy and was on a mission for 50 years, and at the heart of it, I think, was that.� This is Green’s second foray into the format he innovated with Utopia in Four Movements for SFIFF in 2010, which featured music by Brooklyn band the Quavers and is still touring around the world. “I’m charmed by the format and feel like there’s a lot of potential, a lot more I want to try with it,� Green says of this return to live documentary. “It also seems very appropriate for Fuller; he was somebody who was just a phenomenal speaker. So there seemed to be something about him that fit with this idea of a live documentary, the performative aspects of who he was.� “It’s only through doing a live piece that you learn what works and what doesn’t. It’s almost like a comedy routine,� Green observes. “You do it and you feel that people respond to certain parts, they don’t respond to other parts, and you grow it and edit it and shape it based on that.� As to whether or not he thinks there’s more to explore in the world of Bucky Fuller, he says, “With this I’m doing a live piece and an installation, and I may at some point do just a regular documentary about Fuller. I’m open. I’m certainly not done with him yet.� 2 XXX TGGT PSH

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the medical program and finds Velten changed: he’s in a business partnership with a man he openly despised in the first half of the film, and we hardly hear any mention of his European family. Berlin School director KĂśhler works displacement as a figure of psychology, politics, and narrative and smartly uses the international aid question as a frame to plunge deeper mysteries of identity. Conrad is a significant presence in The Rings of Saturn, the peripatetic novel by W.G Sebald that’s also the focus of Grant Gee’s suitably oblique documentary portrait. Patience (After Sebald) offers astute commentary on the moods of Sebald’s prose from thinkers like Adam Phillips, Robert Macfarlane, and Tacita Dean, though Gee succumbs to the spectacle of Google Earth mapping of the novel and some decidedly sub-Sebaldian spiritualism. Still, hearing the author speak his own mind on Virginia Woolf’s moth and the phenomenology of walking is worth the price of admission for fans. Gonçalo Tocha eschews the Google’s eye view in It’s the Earth Not the Moon, his resplendent study of Corvo (the tiny northernmost island of the Azores, close enough to being in the middle of the ocean and a far outlier of European Union). Tocha and his sound man DĂ­dio Pestana dropped anchor there to capture every face, bird, and rock on the island — a self-consciously grandiose goal with something of the 19th century about it. The film first approaches Corvo with statistical lyricism: dimensions, number of residents, number of roads, and so on. The notion that you could hold the entire island in your head at once is an illusion, of course, but a sustaining one. Corvo is an island such as you might have imagined as a child, which is not to say that It’s the Earth is innocent of the world. As economic math and electoral politics sweep the second part of the film, Tocha proves himself an inheritor of the French essay-film tradition of Chris Marker and Agnès Varda. The film’s three hours pass easily picks

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That leaves little space for Davy Chou’s assured debut, Golden Slumbers, and it deserves an article of its own. The remoteness we experience here is that of phantoms: Chou’s film excavates the thriving Cambodian cinema that was rubbed out by the Khmer Rouge. All that remains are fugitive traces of printed ephemera and soundtracks of curling orchestral ballads and psychedelic nuggets — and the memories of those people who made or relished the films and survived Pol Pot. Most of the films discussed in this article use offscreen sound to develop a sense of place beyond the frame, but Golden Slumbers is a special case, with the poverty of archival materials turned to an advantage as elegy. Chou’s gliding Phnom Penh interludes and spaciously staged interviews reflect the influence of Jia Zhangke and Tsai Ming-liang’s Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003), but these cinephilic touchstones never overwhelm the personal, defiant accounts of moviemaking at the heart of the film. Ever after is the tragic refrain of Chou’s film, but the once upon a time is as golden as he says. 2

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By Marke B. marke@sfbg.com SUPer eGO So many things I want to write about this week, if only my delicate, exquisite hands could stop doing these fluttery bird-like motions in front of my gorgeous face. Girls, I’ve got a serious case of the Vogues, which along with Perma-Nod, Fist Pump, “Woo!”-itis, Twirlfoot, Strobe-eye, and Record Bag Shoulder will soon flood hospital wards and special care facilities nationwide with my rapidly aging (mid-20s) club generation. That’s why universal healthcare is so very important! Have we learned nothing from disco’s untreated polyester scars, the shaken sacroiliacs of funk, Rave Damage, Swing Elbow, Goth Pout, the horrible social stigma of Breakdancer’s Breath? Shit staaank. Don’t laugh, teenage Post-Millennials, it’s coming for you. One day you’ll be holding your phone up to record that underground light show, when you’ll realized with horror that no one uses phones as cameras anymore, not even you. You’ll only be holding your phone up in your mind. And then you’ll catch Skrillexatosis. What am I even talking about? The things I most want to tell you are these. 1) Mimosas and house dancing on Sunday mornings 6am2pm at Monroe in North Beach are rad, especially the second and third Sundays of each month, hosted by the Pressure! and Forward crews respectively. 2) The Entertainment Commission is actually considering the use of mimes to help control rowdy nighttime crowds, for realz. (Read more on SFBG.com’s Noise blog.) 3) Flaunting its global fan base, amazing weekly Honey Soundsystem is now simulcasting its Sunday night parties at www.mixlr. com /hnysndsystm — so you can kiki out while doing your dishes at home. 4) I just about died when rap prodigy Azaelia Banks broke into the Prodigy’s “Firestarter” at Coachella, did you see it? More please. editorials

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Have you noticed we may be going through another heavy period of gentrification? DJ Bus Station John started his weekly Thursday night club in reaction to the last tech boom’s more blanding effects, drawing upon underground queer ‘70s culture to keep the gay ‘00s freaky, slutty, and disco-lickingly funky (also cell-phone free: don’t Tweet in this room, love, keep it between us.) “A reliable source of good music and fresh meat delivered w/love (& refreshingly w/o irony) by a 50-something bear qween,” is how BSJ himself describes it. “You won’t believe what you just 8!” is how I do. Thu/19 and every Thursday, 10pm, $5-7. Aunt Charlie’s, 133 Turk, SF.

rOCk iT SCienCe LaBOraTOrieS DOUBLe anniverSary Seven years of parties, two years as a record label, and always keepin’ it ravey-styley — local player Eric Sharp started off throwing Afterglow undergrounds at the storied Infinite Kaos venue and has become a bedrock of the Bay Area dance music (and an early handlebar mustache pioneer), now celebrating with DJ Fame, Eric Reilly, and his RISL (www.rislabs.com) family, which is us, of course. Expect craziness. Fri/20, 10pm-late, $5 before 11pm. Public Works, 161 Erie, SF. www.publicsf.com

Jeff MiLLS As “The Wizard” on Detroit’s WJLB FM in the ‘80s, the genius Mills cut ‘n scratched electro, hip-hop, house, and techno into breathtaking, highly influential conflagrations of party-starting awe. Now he not only beams genius slices of intelligent techno down from the Mothership — he basically is the Mothership, often on multiple turntables, and will deliciously demolish Public Works, along with beloved Detroit house legend Terrance Parker, LA heavy technoist Drumcell, our own Icee Hot DJs, Mossmoss, and more. Sat/21, $15–$25. Public Works, 161 Erie, SF. www.publicsf.com 2

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Monday 23 rock /blues/hip-hop

All Tiny Creatures, Minor Kingdom, Kill Moi #PUUPN PG UIF )JMM QN Behemoth, Watain, Devil’s Blood, In Solitude 4MJNÂľT QN Facts on File, Sasha Bell, Parlour Suite, Karina Denike ,OPDLPVU QN Falling Still, New Position, Spyrals &M 3JP QN GSFF Japanther, Boys Who Say No 4VC .JTTJPO QN John Mceuen and Sons Jonathan and Nathan $BGF %V /PSE QN “Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs live with Buster Keaton Shortsâ€? $BTUSP 5IFBUSF $BTUSP 4' GFTUJWBM TGGT PSH QN

Monkeys in Space, American Economy, Dogfood &MCP 3PPN QN Nick Moss and the Flip Tops #JTDVJUT BOE #MVFT BOE QN Our Lady Peace (SFBU "NFSJDBO .VTJD )BMM QN Welcome Matt 0TUFSJB 4BDSBNFOUP 4' XXX PTUFSJBTG DPN QN GSFF

jazz/new Music

Bossa Nova 5VOOFM 5PQ #VTI 4' QN GSFF -JWF BDPVTUJD #PTTB /PWB Ruth Asawa School of the Arts Big Band :PTIJÂľT QN 8JUI 8PMMPOHPOH $POTFSWBUPSJVN PG .VTJD +B[[ 0SDIFTUSB "VTUSBMJB “Yoshi’s Jazz Supper Clubâ€? :PTIJÂľT -PVOHF QN 8JUI %BWJE $PSSFB BOE $BTDBEB

folk / world/country Earl Brothers "NOFTJB QN

dance clubs

Death Guild %/" -PVOHF QN (PUIJD JOEVTUSJBM BOE TZOUIQPQ XJUI +PF 3BEJP %FDBZ BOE .FMUJOH (JSM Krazy Mondays #FBVUZ #BS .JTTJPO 4' XXX UIFCFBVUZCBS DPN QN GSFF )JQ IPQ BOE PUIFS TUVGG M.O.M. .BESPOF "SU #BS QN GSFF %+T 5JNPUFP (JHBOUF (PSEP $BCF[B BOE $ISJT 1IMFL QMBZJOH BMM .PUPXO FWFSZ .POEBZ Vibes’N’Stuff &M "NJHP #BS .JTTJPO 4' QN GSFF $POTDJPVT KB[[ BOE IJQ IPQ GSPN T FBSMZ ´ T XJUI %+T -VDF -VDZ 7JOOJF &TQBS[B BOE NPSF

tuesday 24 rock /blues/hip-hop

Buffalo Tooth, Wild Moth, Creepers, Havarti

&MCP 3PPN QN Caveman #SJDL BOE .PSUBS .VTJD )BMM QN Flatliners, Heartsounds, Civil War Rust 5IFF 1BSLTJEF QN Japanther, Hightower, Boys Who Say No )FNMPDL 5BWFSO QN Midnite *OEFQFOEFOU QN Nick Moss and the Flip Tops #JTDVJUT BOE #MVFT BOE QN Neon Indian, Lemonade 'JMMNPSF QN Real Estate, Twerps, Melted Toys (SFBU "NFSJDBO .VTJD )BMM QN Rocketship Rocketship, Aloha Screwdriver ,OPDLPVU QN Screaming Females, Audacity, Street Eaters #PUUPN PG UIF )JMM QN Shannon & the Clams, Natural Child, Chuckleberries &M 3JP QN Stan Erhart Band +PIOOZ 'PMFZÂľT QN GSFF

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ON SALE FRIDAY!

7 - 9]ĂŠ *, ĂŠÂŁn

7pm red hots burlesque 8pm omG! karaoke /0 '30/5 300. 9pm No lovely thiNG, happy idiot 14:$) 406- / 1,- 9]Ê *, Ê£™

wed 4/18 7:30 $8

Les sans CuLottes • the Minks 9:30pM no CoVeR!

BuRn down the disCo! 80s danCe paRty

8pm coNtrol-r, tremor low, meddliNG kids dJ’s sNeak-e pete & aNthoNy maNsfield

dance clubs

Eclectic Company 4LZMBSL QN GSFF %+T 5POFT BOE +BZCFF TQJO PME TDIPPM IJQ IPQ CBTT EVC HMJUDI BOE FMFDUSP F*ck Yeah #PPN #PPN 3PPN QN -JWF FMFD USPOJDB XJUI 4FDSFU 4MBZFST 4MBZFST $MVC Post-Dubstep Tuesdays 4PN UI 4U 4' QN GSFF %+T %OBF #FBUT &QDPU 'PPUXFSLT TQJO 6, 'VOLZ #BTT .VTJD Study Hall +PIO $PMJOT -PVOHF .JOOB 4' XXX KPIODPMJOT DPN QN )JQ IPQ EBODFIBMM BOE #BZ TMBQT XJUI %+ -FGU -BOF 2

, 9]ĂŠ *, ĂŠĂ“ä

suGaR snap!

dJs JZa & Guests, Motown, souL, disCo...

niiLo sMeds

Loose Joints!

w/ dJs toM thuMp, daMon BeLL & Centipede RaRe GRooVe/Funk/souL/hip-hop & MoRe!

sat 4/21 7:30-9:30, $8

wiLLiFoRd • steeR the staRs eVeRy satuRday niGht! 10pM $5

5:30pm 6pm 7:30pm 9pm

RoGeR Mas y eL kooL kyLe

CuMBia, danCehaLL, saLsa, hip-hop

sun 4/22 7:30, $8 kyMBeRLi’s MusiC Box pResents

Lotus Moons

tokyo Raid • spiRaL eLeCtRiC • dJ daRRaGh

dJ daLLe, RaFFLes, pRiZes, & MoRe! suppoRt LGBt tRoops tRans-usa Ride! 9:30pM no CoVeR!

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dJs LuCky & pRiMo & FRiends 3225 22nd st. ! Mission sF Ca 94110 415-647-2888 • www.makeoutroom.com food + Drink

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4/21 10pm $10

4/22 EArLy Show

4-8pm $6

falliNG still, the New positioN, tba 30$, 130( '3&& 4)08 */ 5)& #"$, radical viNyl - %+Âľ4 41*/ '6/, )*1)01 /1 - 9]ĂŠ *, ĂŠĂ“{

"$0645*$ '3&& '30/5 300.

shaNNoN & the clams Natural child, the chuckleberries ("3"(&

9pm color humaNo- dJ aaroN liNdell -"5*/ 406- "'30 14:$) '3&&

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A fLAmboyANT CrAzy QUEEr DANCE pArTy wITh DJS

SpINNINg 60S SoUL 45S

SATUrDAy NIghT SoUL pArTy

wITh DJS LUCKy, pAUL pAUL, phENgrEN oSwALD LUCIfEr’S hAmmEr prESENTS:

TAUrUS (STEVIE of DArK CASTLE), wILD hUNT, LADy of ThE LAKE

DUb mISSIoN

DJ SEp, LUDIChrIS AND gUEST rIpLEy (SUryA DUb/brooKLyN, NĂŠE)

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$2 DrINK SpECIALS

4/23 9pm $6

ThE AmErICAN ECoNomy, moNKEyS IN SpACE (SAN DIEgo), DogfooD, oUTErNATIoNAL

TUE

ELbo room prESENTS

bUffALo TooTh,

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4/25 LITErAry DEATh mATCh EArLy Show rEADErS: CAroLyN CooKE, grAhAm

6:30-9pm grEmorE, JoE QUIrK, AND KATE mILLIKEN $7 ADV JUDgES: rAKESh SATyAL, JoN woLANSKE, $10 Door AND mELISSA grIffIN TIX www.LITErAryDEAThmATCh.Com

5pm bermudiaN aGGressioN, luke byroN

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LATE Show 9pm prESENTS ThE bEST IN DUb, DUbSTEp, $6 rooTS & DANCEhALL wITh

wED

1#3 8&-- Â… %0--"3 %": "-- %":

7pm

ELbo room prESENTS

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4/24 9pm $5

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tue 4/24 6pM, $5

LonG Road hoMe pRoJeCt

the Judea edeN baNd cd release party amy meyers baNd, billie burNor & the bad ass boots, lemmoNhammer

3pm salsa suNdays with daNilo y orquesta uNiversal!

FLy Me to the Moon!

dJ puRpLe kaRaoke

staNd-up comedy from travis mcfarlaNd -" GeorGe cheN 4' & Jesse ferNaNdez #&3,&-&:

free oysters oN the half shell dJ’s carmeN & miraNda at the elrio fruit staNd '6/, %*4$0 101 5*-- ". /0 red hots burlesque the people’s party 0-% 4$)00- '6/,

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w/ dJ dJ and BRyan duRan

AfroLICIoUS

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'6/, 406- 101 4-*%*/( 4$"-&

Mon 4/23 6pM FRee!

60s souL, GiRL GRoups, GaRaGe & BuBBLeGuM! 9:30pM no CoVeR!

FRI

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brANDEN DANIEL & ThE ChICS (SEATTLE), ThE DIg-ITS

ANDrE & JENNA rIoT

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6-9pM FRee!

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4/19 9:30pm wITh DJ/hoST: $5 pLEASUrEmAKEr

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ChuB-e-FReeZ!

the FRonds Cd ReLease paRty!

4/18 9pm $6

3:30-7pm the GuardiaN preseNts:

thu 4/19 9pM FRee!

FRi 4/20 7:30pM, $6

wED ELbo room prESENTS

4/20 10pm $7

*/%*& 1045 16/,

w/ dJ BiG nate aLL hip-hop, aLL VinyL!

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Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio :PTIJÂľT -PVOHF QN Marty Eggers 1JFS &NCBSDBEFSP 4' QN Gaucho #PUUMF $BQ 1PXFMM 4' XXX CPUUMF DBQTG DPN QN GSFF Men of Endurance 3SB[[ 3PPN QN

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DEAD NATION PRESENTS

30 SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN

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LATE Show

10pm $5

CLUb ShUTTEr wITh DJS NAKo, omAr, JUSTIN

UpComINg: ThU 4/26 AfroLICIoUS & frI 4/27 5 yr ANNIVErSAry! SAT 4/28 bAyoNICS/KEV ChoICE SUN 4/29 DUb mISSIoN: DJ SEp ADVANCE TICKETS

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