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Who wore it better?
In the late 1990s, the films The Truman Show (1998) and EDtv (1999) were noted for their uncannily similar premises, in which reality TV shows go to increasingly invasive and unethical extremes in the pursuit of higher...
Martín Perna creates space for collective music-making
He started as an alto. Not a baritone, not a tenor. An alto. In the chorus of a Philadelphia elementary school, singing parts he was told to sing, performing repertoire he found corny and sometimes worse. He...
Shannon Shaw returns Hunx and His Punx to Oakland
Shannon Shaw is likely too humble to accept the title of Queen, but she’s earned it anyway. Between her seemingly endless roster of bands, tours and creative projects, one wonders when the Oakland garage-rock powerhouse actually sleeps....
Social Eyes: Week of June 4-10
This week's calendar picks feature Gabriel Schillinger-Hyman Trio, Natalie and Brittany Haas, Yoav Konig Quartet, Juvenile, California Kicks Part Three: The Return, The Fin, Hunx and His Punx, The Montvales with Creekbed Carter Hogan, ChRocktikal, and Mihali.
Bay Area musicians organize benefit for Palestinian relief
While I do not practice the religion, I grew up in a Jewish family. I attended temple with my great grandmother, mostly for high holidays like Purim, Passover and Hanukkah but sometimes on a random weekend as...
