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I WAS immediately captured by the photo of the skydivers on the cover of the May 27 issue, having had my very own first dive four years ago for my 70th birthday. I compared feelings and experiences as I read Curtis Cartier’s narrative (“Freefalling,” Cover Story). Our greatest difference was in the planning—mine was my surprise BD party—hence not a lot of time for nervousness and those “dreadful f lutters.”

I had watched divers and yearned for that soaring feeling for years. There were 40 of my best friends there to witness, share and celebrate with me. I wrote them after the party to share my feelings and assure them that there was never one second of fear or apprehension, just an overwhelming feeling of pure joy that I was, in fact, getting to do this!

I was also enthralled with your articles on ziplining (“The Air Up There,” Cover Story) and the Sea Swings ride (“Cheap Thrill,” Cover Story)! Guess what I’ll be doing next!

I enjoy the Santa Cruz Weekly.Opal McAllister,

Aptos

I WAS REALLY impressed by the depth of the reporting for “Inside the Pornocopia” (Cover Story, May 20). This was comparable with The New York Times or any paper! Wow! Kudos to you and Ms. Lussenhop.

Although I was reading until the end, hoping for answer—yay or nay, what is good,

what is bad? But I guess there are no easy answers in life, and the data is not there yet.

Sophia Yen,

Atherton

IN YOUR article “Billion” (Breakdown, May 20) it says a million seconds is 11.8 days, a billion seconds is 31.7 years and a billion dollars stacked “on top of one another, would stretch all the way to the moon and back.”

The average distance to the moon is 238,857 miles. Twice that distance in inches (5,280*12*2) is 30,267,959,040. A stack of money is between 200–233 an inch. You would need about 6 trillion paper currency to measure to the moon and back.

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I ’M LOOKING out my office window at a world desperate for love and tenderness. I walk the halls of a neighborhood school and I hear bullies taunting skinny adolescents. I f lip on the news

at lunch and pastors are sneering at gay activists, cheering the court’s unimaginable validation of Proposition 8. I check my email before bed and I see that two more friends have lost their jobs. There’s a callousness out there that breaks my heart. This week I saw a bumper sticker that said: “I DON’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOU.” Really. Just like that.

In the Bible I’m reading, Jesus has absolutely nothing to say about men marrying men or women marrying women. He does, however, have a lot to say about generosity and forgiveness. And he’s deep into turning the other cheek and beating swords into plowshares. It’s really not that complicated. Proposition 8 would just make Jesus mad. Christians? Rolling back human rights? Limiting civil liberties? Are you kidding? The Christian Right’s obsession with homosexuality is both troubling and deceptive: “Let’s get the ‘base’ all worked up about sex so they miss the stuff about feeding the hungry, sharing the wealth and loving the enemy.” It’s way beyond exasperating. And it makes me cry.

Over the years, I’ve officiated at a dozen gay and lesbian marriages. Some were legal at the time; some were not. Without exception, however, these couples were committed to loving one another and determined to grow together. A few were already raising children. They include lawyers and teachers, pastors and physical therapists, elderly parishioners and eager grad students. My religious tradition has always taught me that human rights are human rights: they belong to all of us, for we are one human family bound together in a single spirit. Children of God. I’m always honored to bless a couple making an extraordinary lifetime commitment. Call it what you will. I call it marriage. In a world desperate for tenderness, they give me hope.

I may be way off course here, but my faith compels me to love my neighbor, even to treat his needs or hers as if they were my own. It takes some courage, this faith; but it reveals, at times, the essential mystery of life itself. We are one. One planet, one family, one spirit, one body. Jesus inspires me to work for my neighbor’s liberation with all my strength, with all my heart, with all my soul. Because our causes are really the same. A rabbi I know reminds me that the great teaching of Judaism can really be translated: “Love your neighbor who is yourself.” Let that sink in for a bit. Love your neighbor who is yourself.

“Prayer is meaningless,” wrote Abraham Joshua Heschel, “unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism and falsehood.” That pretty much describes my spiritual practice these days–as a human being, as lover of life, as a Christian pastor. I pray daily for the energy, the chutzpah, the humility, to ruin the pyramids of callousness and hatred that stand too tall over religious institutions around the world. And when we’re done with that, let’s feed the hungry, share the wealth and end war once and for all. For straight kids and gay kids. And for God.

The Rev. Dave Grishaw-Jones is senior minister at First Congregational Church, the United Church of Christ, in Santa Cruz.

truth. A million seconds is 11.57 days and a billion seconds is 31.69 years.

Not trying to pick. I used to hunt pyramid schemes on the Internet and report them. Making fun of their claims gave me practice noticing when things don’t scale.

John Pilge,

Soquel

COMPUTERS are not the sole contributors changing the way our kids view sex. All one has to do is f lip to the back cover of the Santa Cruz Weekly for the featured ads from American Apparel. Easy!

Cynthia Martino,

By email

MANY voted no in the special election not to protest more taxes but to reject confusing shell games with state funds and demand a real fix to California budget problems. First, let’s revisit property taxes. Prop. 13, designed to keep homeowners from losing their homes as property taxes rose beyond their means to pay, was forecast as a disaster for education and local services. We’re in the midst of that disaster. Writing a bill that keeps a safety provision for primary residences but allows counties to tax commercial and corporate property at its actual value would provide a steady revenue stream to schools and local services.

Next, change drug laws and super-punitive sentencing laws that result in millions going to keep people who are dangerous only to themselves behind bars for years. The criminal justice budget is higher than the social services budget. Let’s put the pressure on our state officials to stop holding us hostage to their political bickering and show some real leadership. I do believe my students at the Santa Rosa Junior College could work together more constructively and creatively to design a budget that provides the services we need without taxing the people who can’t afford more taxes.

Judy Helfand,

Kenwood

I WOULD BET that Phil Trounstine (“It’s High Time for Progressives to Support Progress,” Bullhorn, May 20) is not a Republican, just a frustrated citizen of Santa Cruz County, as am I. And I couldn’t have agreed with him more. Glad to hear I am not the only one.

As a proud member of the bleeding heart liberals and a progressive, let’s remember the “progress” and keep moving forward, find solutions, Get things done. One glaring example is Highway 1/Fishhook. It took so long to come to a decision, and the beautiful work completed only resulted in moving the logjam up a few exits.

Maybe the widening of Highway 1 to Soquel will help somewhat, but traveling 1 at commute time is still a grave concern when it comes to emergency vehicles, pollution creation, gas consumption and livability. Progressive equals PROGRESS, end of debate!

Pat Lasich, Aptos

ARI LEVAUX’s article, “Fun with Factory Farm Bills” (Dining, April 15) had me sympathizing. Who doesn’t like small family farms, backyard gardens, farmers markets, “your flock of backyard chickens,” etc.? After all, writes LeVaux, our right to grow our own food is “as inalienable as the right to bear arms.” Those evil lawmakers better not screw with that right. I’m gonna stand guard in my back yard. They’ll take my homegrown turnips when they pry my cold, dead, fingers from them!

Philip Ratcliff, Cloverdale

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property until the financing is repaid, and thus eliminates an applicant’s equity or credit rating from being needed to qualify. A city using a plan like this would merely have to keep track of who’s signed up, and, since the loan is paid back through a special assessment on a homeowner’s property tax, would need to provide some accounting work to separate and monitor the monies.

“When the program launched here it sold out in about nine minutes,” says Berkeley press liaison Mary Kay Clunies-Ross of the program, dubbed Berkeley FIRST. “It’s essentially a program designed for people who want solar but want to pay it off over a longer period of time.”

Alternative energy financiers Renewable Funding, LLC teamed up with Berkeley when it launched Berkeley FIRST last November. The company provides the loans and assumes the risk so the city’s not left holding the bag. Cisco DeVries,

president of Renewable Funding, has also been in talks with Santa Cruz leaders.

“The problem with buying solar sometimes is that it’s like purchasing 20 years of electricity up front,” he says. “We attach the cost to the property, and that’s very unique. We essentially take care of everything and there is no city obligation.”

Ross Clark is Santa Cruz’s Global Warming Coordinator and has spearheaded the city’s work on the alternative energy district project. He hopes that six months from now he’ll be signing up eager residents for their first solar panels. He says getting a company like Renewable Funding to cover as much of the costs as possible is key.

“I know we are doing whatever we can to make this program cost-neutral,” he says. “It’s in everyone’s best interest to get it going, though. We’re going to need to set up something like this if we want to meet our energy goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2020.”

Not everyone is fully warmed up to the idea of an alternative energy district. Roger DeNault is president of Solar

S ANTA Cruz City Councilmember Mike Rotkin spent $63,000 to outfit his house with solar panels. Using the equity in his

home and good credit, he easily qualified for a loan from Santa Cruz Community Credit Union and expects to have it paid off in seven years. Considering his savings in energy costs, Rotkin calls investing in solar energy “a no-brainer.” But not everyone has the kind of home equity and credit that qualified him for a solar loan. That may all change soon, however, as Rotkin and his cohorts on the City Council as well as the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors are considering developing an “alternative energy district” that could make utilizing solar power as easy as paying property taxes.

The proposed program is based on a similar plan in Berkeley. In it, an outside lender provides solar energy loans that are attached to a property instead a person. This clever maneuver puts a lien on the

An alternative energy tax district would remove some of the financial risk of installing home solar panels.

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Technologies on Soquel Avenue and one of the most experienced local solar installers in the county. He says that while he supports the idea of an alternative energy district, programs like it sometimes cause customers to hold off buying solar power, believing there are better deals ahead.

“One of our big concerns is that you can create a poorly understood mechanism that seems like a good idea. So you have all these people waiting around for a tax district to be formed instead of buying the solar power they could already qualify for,” he says.

Rotkin agrees with DeNault and says anything short of stealing solar panels from a factory is worth the kind of savings that roll in once they’re installed. He hopes Santa Cruz can implement the program but says anyone who can get solar power now shouldn’t wait another minute.

“If you have the means to get solar, you’d be an idiot not to,” says Rotkin. “There’s no legal activity that can give you the kind of return that installing solar on your home can.”

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I T’S BEEN a little over a week since Watsonville’s City Council approved a series of tentative agreements that will whack the city employees’

work week down to four nine-hour days, creating an overall 10 percent reduction in cost to the general fund and a service blackout one day per week, likely Fridays. During last week’s public comment, not a soul stood up to weep for the lost wages or decry the city as draconian. A Zen-like sense of acceptance seems to have settled upon the city and its 557 employees. “People are pretty good about it. They knew it was coming,” says Rex Rackley, the city’s Lone Ranger of graffiti abatement. “I’m just happy to have a job.”

The 2009–10 and 2010–11 biennial budget, in its current 300-page-plus incarnation, contains enough cuts to close a $4.5 million budget gap and is naturally a pretty gory read, rife with program cuts and service reductions. But the bulk necessarily had to come from employees, says administrative services director Marc Pimentel. “Nobody’s looking forward to a 36-hour work week. The work level won’t change,” he says. “But that’s the reality. We’re not going to complain about it.”

It was only a few months ago that many city employees accepted a two-week holiday work furlough, and it seems to be the best approximation of what residents can expect Fridays in Watsonville to look like after July 17—no dumping your compost, no paying the water bill, no retrieving a towed vehicle.

Pimentel says the impact seems to have been minimal. “We didn’t have this mountain of voice messages saying, ‘I couldn’t get this done, where were you?’” he says, adding: “The fortunate thing is this is temporary. ”

That is, of course, if economic woes lessen. While the agreements are only for one year, with room to reassess if revenues pick back up, Pimentel is already projecting a deficit for the next three fiscal years, starting at $2.8 million for 2010–11. Though the firefighters’ union has yet to cut a deal with the city, the police have already agreed to a 7.5 percent reduction, though Lt. Edward Gluhan says that citizens will see the same number of cops on the street, just not so many behind the desks at 215 Union St. “It

is very likely that our civilian staff will see an hour reduction. Some of the things they do will have to be done by officers,” he says. “It may impact how quickly they’ll be able to respond to lower priority situations.”

The nonsafety unions banded together in a coalition early on, hoping to make the most of the $2.8 million worth of concessions the city was asking for. But at first the amount was a shock, says Operating Engineers Local No. 3 representative and coalition spokesman David Cariaga.

“We were taken aback by the steep amount of reduction they wanted,” he says. “We spent weeks, if not months, looking at the city’s budget, making sure it definitely was true. Once we believed the numbers, we changed our stance and worked with them.” He says the 18 members of OE3, SEIU Local 521, management and the rest of the group quickly abandoned the quest for raises and settled for minimizing the carnage. “[The city] did not come off their mark, [whereas] we probably moved off our mark four times in a three-week period,” says Cariaga. “That’s what they call hard bargaining.”

In the end, Cariaga says, as the highly unpopular May 19 ballot measures neared and the revenue forecast worsened, the coalition felt pressure to make a move. “[We thought,] if we keep holding out, what happens when the state taps the city for more money? Do we cut our losses now?” he says. “We thought, ‘What’s it going to be like when they get pink slips?’ We didn’t want to put our co-workers through that if we could prevent it.”

Their conclusion: it is far better to have worked and lost 10 percent than not to work at all. The four-day week has pared down some 80 to 100 layoffs to just eight.

“The city has a very collegial atmosphere. It was almost everyone’s top priority not to have any job cuts,” said one library employee who sat at the bargaining table. “It’s not easy, but it’s something that I can deal with. I have a kid, so four days a week is actually kind of nice.”

But it’s still not smooth sailing from here. The state may come looking for a handout—in Watsonville’s case, up to a $1.85 million handout—and if so, jobs will again be at serious risk across all departments, according to Pimentel.

Blackout FridaysCash-strapped Watsonville moves to a 36-hour work week

june 3-10, 2009


MAUREEN Halligan never has to worry about working two jobs to afford expensive vinyl paints

and matte acrylics again. Halligan, her boyfriend Marshall Kleiber and fellow painter and filmmaker Ray Sumser each pay $300 a month for a three-bedroom loft at the Tannery Arts Center that includes brand-new kitchen appliances, high ceilings and a music studio with room enough for Kleiber’s drumset, electric keyboard and vintage Gretch guitar. High windows and track lighting provide Halligan with just the right amount of light while she works on the series of oil paintings she plans to debut at the grand opening this Friday.

The gathering celebrates the completion of the lofts, Santa Cruz’s affordable housing project for the arts, and serves as a reminder that there’s more to come at the complex just north of Highway 1 along River Street. On deck for Phase Two are work-only spaces that will provide affordable studios for artists throughout town. A black box theater

and the renovation of the old Hide House for use by the Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre Company, along with office suites for nonprofit art organizations, a cafe and an art gallery, will complete Phase Three. Visitors from all over the Bay Area are anticipated, cementing the vision of the Tannery as a collaborative, tight-knit community of dynamic artists as well as a bustling focal point of cultural tourism.

It’s the end-product of a process that started years ago, when a Redevelopment Agency survey revealed that many valued members of the creative arts community were being priced out of town. Not only are paints and plaster expensive materials, but unless an apartment is big enough to choreograph dances in or comes equipped with a dark room, money for studio space is an additional financial strain.

“Artists were kind of living stacked up on top of each other,” says Tannery Arts Center board director George Newell. Restoring the old Salz Tannery on River

A Tannery resident keeps his live/work space tidy.

Street and turning it into affordable housing with incredibly low rent and ample work space was a way of reeling back in painters, drafters, writers and dancers.

The finished first phase, completed by the East Coast–based nonprofit Artspace Projects Inc., erected 100 units of live-work space, which have been inhabited since February 2009 by some 220 people (including 56 children). To qualify for low-income housing, the applicants must earn less than 50 percent of the median area income, which f luctuates yearly.

The total cost of Phase One was $35.4 million. Trust fund investments of $3.7 million were able to generate or attract around $32 million in outside funding. “These are some of the smartest economic development dollars we have invested in our local economy in a long time,” Newell says. He buffers this claim by pointing to the hundreds employed locally for the two years it took to build the lofts.

The work-only studios and performing arts center will solidify a reciprocal relationship between the Tannery and the community. “Phase Two and Phase Three are really the public-serving parts of the project,” explains Newell, “As we develop each part of this project, it helps to add credibility to the next chapter. The housing goes up, people go ‘Oh, that’s the real deal!’”

Each phase was designed independently, so that a wrench thrown into one gear would not disassemble the other two. “As you can see, the first phase is more certain than the last two, since it is built and paid for,” says Newell. And that’s the trick. This summer renovation will start on the old buildings. Newell assures that “the only real barriers that remain now are funding.”

Phases Two and Three are estimated

to cost $10 million dollars each. A $2 million grant from the California Cultural and Historic Endowment has given a substantial kick-start to Phase Two, along with a $5 million federal grant still pending. But it’s the private sector that Newell credits as the “precious and hopeful source that remains the Tannery’s biggest life-saver.”

The grand opening will showcase the residents’ progress and help keep private investors intrigued. “The day’s event will be a good sampling of what the people who live and work have been able to achieve,” says Margeret Niven, head of the events committee.

Halligan sees the event as an opportunity to shake the hands of those who have made her new home a reality. At 3pm a speakers program of city officials, including Mayor Cynthia Mathews, will precede a barrage of dance and spoken word performances. An open studios tour of the lofts will give visitors an inside-out view of the creativity Newell identifies as Santa Cruz’s most robust renewable resource. “We pretty much achieved our goal of trying to keep people here,” he says.

The Art Beat of Santa CruzThe Tannery’s Grand Opening sheds a light on the work that remains

june 3-10, 2009

ACT IVATE

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PHILANTHROPIST

THE TANNERY LOFTS GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION takes place Friday, June 5, at 2pm at 1040 River St., Santa Cruz. Free bike valet provided.


I am a field researcher/marine biologist by training. But my work also extends into community organizing, social media/networking, grad student mentoring, filmmaking and writing.

I’d be a neuroscientist who thinks about nature. A neuroconservationist, actually. It’s a job title I think I invented. Sounds fun, though, doesn’t it?

Look after the orchard, play with the kids, enjoy the ocean, strum the guitar and walk in the redwoods.

P U B L I C E Y E1 0 Q U E S T I O N S

Kahlil Lukin, 7, waves the rainbow flag at Tuesday’s Town Clock protest against the state Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ban on gay marriage. Photograph by Curtis Cartier.

I was living in San Francisco and doing field research in Mexico on sea turtles. I felt like I couldn’t go back to the city, so we decided to move an hour north or an hour south along the coast. South won. I live in Davenport with my family.

Swanton Road, Davenport.

2010 is going to be a really great year for the ocean, I can feel it. The ocean needs a good year.

Traffic. My life has been designed to avoid it.

Howard Gardner’s Five Minds for the

Future, this month’s AdBusters magazine and some papers on sea turtle egg physiology.

Keep your saw blades sharp.

Coconut juice and raw almonds, when traveling. Swanton Berry Farms organic strawberries when home (they’re neighbors—eat local!). ) submit your public eye photo to [email protected] (

S T R E E T S I G N S

Mayhem in Mass FictionTHE RULES sounded simple. The flier for the

“Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries HUGE Civic Book Sale” on May 30 spelled

out the following: 1. No book hoarding or scooping of more than 15 books at a time. 2. Books left unattended (unless placed at the HOLD BOOKS table) would be returned to the sales tables. A third disclaimer warned against “table jostling.”

Table jostling? After mulling over the various implications of those words, I called the library to ask about sales years prior, half-expecting stories of bruised ribs and broken limbs after a book lovers’ battle to the death for the last copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s

Stone, but the woman on the other line wouldn’t dish. She did offer a piece of advice: “Get there early.”

My mother—the tough cookie who got me front stage at a Green Day concert back in eighth grade—was in town, the perfect accomplice. The Civic Center was still swarmed when we arrived over an hour late on Saturday morning. The smorgasbord of cookbooks, mystery, sci-fi and romance novels was more bounteous than I had imagined. I was impressed by the mom who figured out each of her children could carry 15 books, the wife who piled heavy hardcovers into the arms of a devoted husband and other stealthy scooping tactics.

I lost Mum somewhere in the Travel section and lost myself in Mass Fiction. Flipping through Janet Finch’s Paint It Black while simultaneously maneuvering the leaning tower of Tom Clancy, I gathered, was becoming a dicey affair. I noticed a woman in a blue vest on my

trail like my roommate on the Twilight series, grunting as she repositioned every book I had sifted through.

Was I hoarding? The pain in my wrist, which I’d slightly fractured two weeks ago playing softball, told me I was. I surrendered three books, and the woman left me alone. It was time to charm the meter maid, and only 10 minutes before the sale closed at 1pm for lunch. It was after we walked away with our spoils (20 pounds of books for $30) that the man who rang us up informed me of their 2pm deal: all the books you could fit into one bag for just $5. However, if I had waited until 2pm, my trip down memory lane with Judy Blume would have no doubt been snatched up by the merciless competition—the 12-year-old girl behind me in line.

—Jaime Nabrynski

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1917 Mission St., Santa Cruz 831.458.3474www.HawgsSeafood.com

Illustrating the enduring appeal of discounted drinks and modestly priced appetizers, the area’s newest seafood dining-room-with-a-bar is helping out impecunious patrons with a healthy sense of Happy Hour happiness 4 to 6pm every single day of the week, and from 11:30am until 6pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday. As one Hawg’s spokeswoman put it, “That makes for a very happy weekend.” Indeed, especially since you can swill the tequila-intensive Hibiscus for a dollar off while devouring a $7 seafood quesadilla. Hawg’s Happy Hour gives you raw oysters for a buck each, roasted garlic bread for $2 or an order of popcorn shrimp for $6 to go with that $7 Pimm’s Cup. Anything behind the bar is $1 off.

104 Stockton Ave., Capitola 831.479.8888

Since British-born Tina Davey-Lee took over this landmark in the very center of Capitola Village, it has grown in local appeal past its former ice cream shop reputation. Following her dream to California, Davey-Lee opened up the f loor plan and invited locals to indulge in breakfast all day long. “People don’t like to be limited. Now it’s one of our most popular things,” she says. The idea of an omelette burrito for dinner does sound not only tasty but inexpensive. Breakfast for dinner—obviously a great idea when you’re watching the bottom line. But Davey-Lee refuses to succumb to doom and gloom thinking. “I think the recession is good for weeding out bad businesses,” she maintains. “We have not been affected one bit by the

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493 Lake Ave., Santa Cruz 831.479.3430 www.johnnysharborside.com

Here’s another full-service drinks and dining establishment helping you economize while you dine out. And with specials every day, you’re bound to get lucky—financially and otherwise. Johnny’s goes the extra distance, featuring Bloody Mary and Mimosa specials with its weekend brunch menus, plus a Monday $20 gourmet dinner. This is a full-on three-course dinner driven by specialties like asparagus salad and entree of katsu chicken with ginger biscotti for dessert and a glass of Thomas Fogerty Chardonnay. All that for $20. And all week long there are $10 lunches that include a half sandwich or wrap, a small salad and a small cup of soup. They’re not kidding about trying to make you offers you’d be silly to refuse. The view alone is worth the promotional bargains—and Johnny’s full bar makes lingering downright effortless.

787 Rio del Mar Blvd., Aptos 831.662.9799 www.bittersweetbistro.com/

On the forefront of budgetary belt-tightening, Bittersweet started inviting the folks to dine often and well (for not much money) quite a while ago. Bold and honest, the Bistro advertises its weekly array of food and wine specials as “Recession Busters & Crushers.” I’m down with that, especially since the Saturday night version involves wood-fired pizzettas for $6—and a cocktail for a mere additional $5. Bittersweet runs these nightly specials in its spacious bar area. Monday is special appetizers like roasted artichokes, fried calamari or chicken taquitos plus a martini. Tuesday it’s three tacos with a margarita, Wednesday pastas with red wine. Thursday, mini-cheeseburgers or pulled-pork buns with beer, and on Friday a fish fry pairs with a glass of fine wine. Saturday pizza, and on Sunday you can feast on comfort food like meatloaf with mashed potatoes, or beef stroganoff, plus a glass of selected wine. Each food plate is $6, and each accompanying libation is $5, all served in the lounge. You can do that much, can’t you?

2591 Main St., Soquel 831.479.9777 www.michaelsonmain.net

Michael’s has always made happy hours special, with irresistible appetizer discounts along with expert cocktails. But every Tuesday the Food & Wine pairing—6:30–8pm, $25 per person—lets fiscally conservative gourmets graze through a special dinner created to showcase special wines. For example locally pastured TLC, grass-fed pork was featured in a meal matched with wines by Cinnabar. Pear almond tart dessert and music by John Davis. Each of these Tuesday dinners features a theme—Southern hospitality, Hawaiian islands, a trip to Spain—each one joined by top local wines and enjoyed along with live music. That’s a lot of evening pleasure for less than you would think. On June 30, Michael’s Tuesday pairings involve farmers market bounty—the fresh and the seasonal, joined by Storrs Winery specialties and music from David O’Connor. You really have no excuses.

725 Front St., Suite 101, Santa Cruz 831.426.8466 www.vinocruz.com

Since woman does not live by bread alone, our one and only downtown oenoteca dedicated entirely to fine Santa Cruz Mountains wines—Vinocruz—is at our beck and call (well, you know what I mean) on Fridays. Wine Down Friday, back by popular demand, is a chance to appreciate a glass of really terrific wine out on the patio along with a cheese plate. That pretty much takes care of all the important food groups. On Fridays, Vinocruz offers a selection of wines by the glass for $5 (five bucks!) from 5pm until 6:30pm, the classic Friday happy hour timeframe. Just last Friday Vinocruz was offering the lovely 2007 Foxglove by Varner, Cabernet Sauvignon for $5 a glass. And if you order a cheese plate with your glass of wine, during Wine Down Fridays, the entire tab comes to only $15.

7500 Old Dominion Ct., Aptos, at Seacliff Inn 831.688.8987 www.seacliffinn.com

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housed inside the Seacliff Inn, makes Tuesday very special. Here’s how. On “Tasty Tuesdays” everything on the entire menu—breakfast, lunch and dinner—is half-price. Put it another way, 50 percent off the entire menu. Whoa, are they serious? Yes. That means items like seared ahi tuna appetizer: half off. Rack of lamb: half off. Huevos Rancheros, ditto. Let’s do that math. If you order Huevos Rancheros ($9.99), you will pay $9.99 plus tax (let’s say that makes it $10.75). Now take half of that: $5.38. That’s all you pay. The price of your order, with tax added, then slashed in half. Lunches of skirt steak salad, or fish and chips? Half price on Tuesdays. Essentially, that veal piccata you love ($22) ends up costing somewhere near $12. Recession? What recession?!

1750 Wharf Road, Capitola 831.475.15211

Here’s a very upbeat idea that involves only a tiny bit of advance planning. The concept is like an early bird, Tuesday evening, food and drink discount. “Two-Fer” Tuesday offers cocktails, beer and wine for $3.50, plus all pizzas and appetizers priced “Two for One,” and it all happens between 4 and 6pm in the extremely handsome, vivacious atmosphere of the Shadowbrook’s cocktail command center, the Rock Room. Got that? Tuesday, early evening, inexpensive cocktails, two for one bar food. If you linger longer, you can catch Ken Kraft and Karin Phoenix in the

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lounge starting at 6:30pm every Tuesday evening. Shadowbrook owner Ted Burke reminds me that the restaurant’s overall approach to “economic challenges” has been to hold prices to reasonable dimensions, both in the legendary dining rooms, as well as the Rock Room Lounge with its “lighter fare and lighter price points.”

Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf 831.423.2180

You are upstairs in a local wharf landmark, looking out over Steamers Lane, the Lighthouse and the Boardwalk. You’re being soothed by the waves, regaled by seagulls and in general feeling very close to stress-free, and you’re quaffing your favorite beverage at bargain prices. This doesn’t feel like a rock-bottom recession scenario, now does it? Well, it is. Because you’re out at Stagnaro Brothers, where Happy Hour is an authentic expression. From 3pm to 5pm on weekdays you can stroll out almost to the end of the wharf (where I used to get those little cups of shrimp cocktail when I was a kid), head upstairs to the upper deck and politely request a $3 pint of beer. Or you could sip a $4 glass of wine. Appetizers are $2 off, so that you can afford to enjoy something in the key of seafood with that lager. This is a no-brainer.

2621 41st Ave., Soquel 831.476.3801 www.cafecruz.com

Chef Steve Wilson makes sure his customers can enjoy top quality for low prices. The Monday–Thursday $12.95 special just could be your new best friend. Meatloaf—the way Wilson’s mom used to make it—with gravy and mashed potatoes, plus veggies, $12.95. Or hickory-smoked ribs with sauce and two sides, or spit-roasted pork loin with two sides. Are you getting this? These meals cost $12.95. “We always have the $12.95 special, Monday through Thursday, and folks can call us to find out what the special is on any given day,” he says. Dinner-size salads and dinner sandwiches are now on the menu, like the 11-ounce bistro steak sandwich with house onion rings and a caesar salad for $16.95, or the Kobé burger with fries for $13.95. “We’ve got a lot of dinners under $15,” Wilson promises. Dinner starts at 5:30pm seven nights, and lunch runs 11:30am–2:30pm; bar menu 3–5:30pm Monday–Saturday.

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happiness and sadness” that went along with the year 2008.

A Flying Lotus album, however, is a very different beast than a Flying Lotus live show. Onstage, FlyLo bumps up the tempo and turns his normally relaxed vibe into a frenetic freakout, mixing clips of his tracks, his friends’ tracks, countless remixes, movie quotes and live looping into a single improvised and uninterrupted symphony of jazzed-up hip-hop goodness. In San Jose, Ellison says, expect the unexpected.

“It’s a different trip, you know, a different energy live,” he says. “I got some new shit I’ll probably drop, you’ll see. I mean I could play the same old tracks, but who wants to hear that?”

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their way through level eight of Super Mario Brothers, or a dozen samurais using thick twigs to fight off a herd of drugged Victor Wootens, and you might come somewhere near it. Ellison says there’s nothing he’d rather hear.

“A lot of people don’t like to say they dig own their shit. I love my shit, you know what I’m sayin’? I mean if I don’t like my music, why would anyone else?” he says. “That’s how I work on tracks, you know. If I’m digging a track I’ll keep at it. But if not, I’ll throw it out. I think that’s my gift, really, being able to know what works and what doesn’t.”

Ellison is using his gift to polish up his latest album, the much-anticipated follow-up to 2008’s groundbreaking LP Los Angeles. “It’ll hopefully be done in October,” he says of his progress, before going on to call it “by far my most honest work.” The trip from small-time beat dabbler to in-demand international artist was both a blessing and a curse, he says, and when the new disc drops it will chronicle “the spectrum of extreme

Ellison knew music was something deeply ingrained in his genes. So when his Adult

Swim tracks started getting noticed and the smaller record companies started knocking, he bided his time.

“I never thought Warp would care what I was doing, though,” he says of his legendary label, which hosts electronica and indie gods like Aphex Twin, Grizzly Bear and Squarepusher. “I couldn’t believe when they called. It was totally surreal.”

Part of a new breed of “laptop musicians,” Ellison makes music using programs like Ableton Live and hardware like drum machines and samplers—highly technical equipment, to be sure. But while the chilled-out jams he creates are certainly something no human hands could bang out, they have an organic feel that’s unmistakable. It starts with the drums. Almost all of FlyLo’s tracks have the drums arranged just a hair off-step. Rhythms, therefore, sound just sloppy enough to extend the classic hip-hop head-nod into more of a lip-curling head-grind. Imagine a tribe of bongo players battling

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S TEVEN ELLISON goes by many names, but most people know him as Flying Lotus. The tall, soft-spoken Los Angeles–based

producer is Warp Records’ newest icon. A lover of cartoons, a designer of video games and a patient of medical marijuana, he’s also pushing hip-hop and electronica in a new direction and may just be the most cutting edge musician working on a major label. Just in time for his June 5 gig at San Jose’s Blank Club, Santa Cruz Weekly tracked down the beat genius, who laid down the facts on his rise from fanboy to fame.

“It started when Adult Swim had a viewer submission project,” says Ellison, describing how, in 2006, he mailed a demo disc emblazoned with a hand-drawn image of Aqua Teen Hunger Force character Masta Shake to Cartoon Network in hopes they might use a few bars of his hip-hoppified electronica for their iconic text segues. “I mean, first off, I love that network. I think they’re making the best shit on TV. Anyhow, it turned out they liked it, you know. So yeah, I guess you could say that’s my claim to fame.”

Pick any night to watch Adult Swim these days and chances are you’ll hear a half-dozen Flying Lotus tracks, along with other high-caliber producers like J Dilla, Madlib and Boards of Canada. But Flylo, as he’s affectionately called by fans, was destined for greater things than cartoon soundtracks. A close nephew of the late and great Alice Coltrane, who was the wife of jazz legend John Coltrane and a renowned musician in her own right,

FLYING LOTUS plugs in, along with Free the Robots and DJ Basura Goldenchyld, on Friday, June 5, at 9pm at the Blank Club, 44 S. Almaden Ave., San Jose. Tickets are $16, available at www.ticketweb.com or 408.292.5265.

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with each other, the f lowers blooming and all available ears at hand. Michael McGushin and his Ariose Singers will show off their precision a cappella ensemble in two works by 100-year-old-and-still-taking-commissions Elliott Carter, Musicians wrestle everywhere and Heart not so heavy as mine; Carlos Guastavino’s setting of Rafael Alberti’s poem “Se equivocó la paloma” (The Mistaken Dove) and Heitor Villa Lobos’ arrangement of the Brazilian folk song “Estrella é lua nova.”

New Music Works will appreciate bids on their silent auction for valuable goods and services and their sweet deal on wines by the glass.

century. Marshall also teams up with guitarist Gyan Riley for Indigo Trails, composed specifically for the party by Brooklynite Jeffrey Harrington, whose scores are available for the taking on his website.

The eight members of Laura Mallon’s Singing Wood Marimba Ensemble go for the Shona dance music of Zimbabwe, rhythmically complex and utterly infectious. The Shona people, of Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique, number about 9 million, speak several dialects and maintain a rich cultural heritage.

Local guitarist and all-around music man Kenny Hill brings his own menu of new American fare, including Andrew York’s Albaycin and King Lotvin and James Kline’s Morning

Coffee. Albaycin is the old Moorish neighborhood of Granada, Spain (which includes the Alhambra). You can see and hear York play his King

Lotvin on YouTube. In their corner of the garden, singer

Lori Rivera and bassist Stan Poplin have their own musical ideas to share

The Works, Alfresco

The Ariose Singers will perform four works at Sunday’s Avant Garden Party.

Tough times aren’t stopping

New Music Works from putting on one humdinger

of an Avant Garden Party

GOING where no one has gone before has lately gotten a bit dicier. The present economy pulled a rug out

from under the previous New Music Works concerts, a not-nice turn during this 30th anniversary season. But none of Phil Collins’ band of the best new-music specialists in town will be crying the blues at their Avant Garden Party this Sunday afternoon in Soquel.

The annual event, described this round as “a carnival of sounds and f lavors from Brazil to Zimbabwe,” offers an even larger serving than last year of new music for the ears and eyes, along with a feast of “gourmet delicacies” for the palate courtesy of India Jozseph Schultz and David Jackman.

A steal of a deal at $35 general, $30 seniors and $25 students in advance—5 bucks more at the door—the Avant Garden Party frolics all afternoon, from 3pm to 7pm, in the garden of Laura Bathrick and Robert Eberle on Monterey Avenue (close to the intersection of Soquel Drive and Park Avenue).

The Choros Ensemble—named after Brazil’s popular music style that often manages to distill a happy lament—leads the lineup of performing ensembles and artists. In this case, mandolinist Mike Marshall and company improvise in that sensual style that emerged in Rio de Janeiro in the middle of the 19th

NEW MUSIC WORKS’ 28TH ANNUAL AVANT GARDEN PARTY is Sunday, June 7, 3–7pm at 2701 Monterey Ave., Soquel. Tickets are $25–$35 in advance at www.Santa CruzTickets.com, UCSC Box Office or Santa Cruz Civic Box Office. For more info visit www.newmusicworks.org.

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june 3-10, 2009

HE WORDS kept elbowing their way to the front of her mind, so at practice that afternoon Michelle Chappel let the band in on the joke: a song that seemed

to be writing itself with the refrain “Screw you, Yahoo.” It was December 2008, and the company was on its third round of layoffs for the year. Though Chappel’s position as a usability consultant insulated her from the dreaded pink slip, her teammates enjoyed no such guarantees, and it bothered her.

“I was surrounded by people who were freaking out. I absorbed all their tension, and I felt so bad for them I tried to figure out how I could relieve their tension.”

The result was a jaunty, cornball acoustic number on how bad it feels to be laid off and think it’s your fault when it’s not. An accompanying video posted to YouTube featuring the diminutive Chappel showing flashcards with key words from the song became an instant hit around the office and a brief Internet sensation, garnering 17,000 viewers on its peak day.

“I think the video’s more relevant now than it was then,” Chappel says. “There’s research that shows being laid off really hurts your health. It’s not good for you at all, and people do it so easily—it’s such a regular way of coping with business problems. I was saying, ‘Isn’t there a better way to do this?’”

All of it—the creative impulse, the concern for others, the agency to act on that concern—is par for the course for Chappel, a Princeton-trained psychology professor who left a secure job teaching at UCSC when she realized she’d

Ph.D.-wielding songstress Michelle Chappel works inspirational messages into her songs.

The Chappel ShowFormer UCSC psych prof parlays coaching work into songs

MICHELLE CHAPPEL’s CD release party for

‘Shine’ is Thursday, June 4, at 7:30pm at Don

Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. Tickets are

$8 advance/$10 at the door. (831.603.2294)

outgrown the role that set her on the path to academia. With that leap, she embarked on a musical career and started coaching—“usually people in transition”—to help them shake off outmoded behaviors.

“We come into the world, we’re brought into our family and we take on these roles, and it may not be who we are, but it works at the time,” she says. “And then we go to school and we’re rewarded for repeating what the teacher says. We’re rewarded for following, and slowly over time we lose pieces of our true self. My whole mission is to help people get back to that place.”

That mission is amply evident in her music, a country-pop amalgam built around Chappel’s surprisingly powerful, expressive alto. Many of her songs contain messages of uplift, and while lyrics like “Shine/ Let your spirit come through/ Shine/ Just be real” aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, they are undoubtedly the work of a brave original. The new release Shine, her fifth CD, includes “You Can Make It,” about escaping an abusive relationship, as well as a cover of “Me and Bobby McGee.” Without question, Chappel has a plan.

“I’m kind of hoping I can help people make little breakthroughs and not even notice that it’s happening,” she says.

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The best and brightest of UCSC’s graduate Digital Arts and New Media program show off their work in an exhibit at the Museum of Art and History. Through June 24. MAH, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz. 831.429.1964.

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It always sells out, so get your 21-and-over behind in gear and snap up tickets to this benefit for the Bonny Doon Community School Foundation. The Barry Porter Foundation Jazz Project (shown) serenades festivalgoers, as well as Sadza Marimba and Celtic and Spanish music, while local vintners and chefs pour unlimited wine and beer and dish up tasty treats. Saturday, June 6, 11am–5pm, Bonny Doon Airport Gardens, Empire Grade. Tickets are $30 advance/$40 at the gate. 831.420.1555.

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What you hear listening to John Weinland play music is as important as what you don’t. By subduing his band’s instruments, the Portland folkster’s delicate falsetto vocals shine through, shifting the musical emphasis to cuttingly clever lyrics and singsong melodies. Weinland’s tunes immediately bring to mind the late Elliot Smith, with his fragile, quivering voice and melancholy minor chords. But this is decidedly positive music; it may sound on the verge of tears, but it always seems to leave you chuckling softly. A unique act in a genre full of soundalikes, Weinland is destined for great things. Crepe Place; $8 advance/$10 door; 9pm. (Curtis Cartier)

Yellowman was once considered a gatecrasher for his brand of dancehall toasting. Thirty years later, he stands as an elder statesman of the form, widely respected as the genre’s greatest popularizer and one of Jamaica’s most influential reggae artists. On tour with the Sagittarius Band, an outfit comprised of Jamaican icons, Yellowman has settled into the elder role quite well, something of a revelation for an artist who made his name with such once-inflammatory tracks as “Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt.” Moe’s Alley; $20 advance/ $25 door; 9:30pm. (Paul M. Davis)

Even though she’s taken a few unexpected and admirable artistic side routes in recent years, such as the 2006 anthology Ruby’s Torch, Nanci Griffith is first and foremost admired for her own sharp songwriting voice. For the loyal, Griffith’s recent release The Loving Kind is a welcome return to form. It highlights Griffith’s songwriting strength—precise examinations of heartache that glide over unadorned folk arrangements—without being affected or fussy. As related by the trusty Blue Moon Orchestra, her current laments serve as an excellent testament to a storied career. Rio Theatre; $28; 8pm. (PMD)

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In the same league with Buddy Rich and Max Roach, jazz percussionist Brian Blade doubles as a songwriter, shying away from traditional jazz formulas and instead favoring smooth atmospheric melodies and folk-inspired vocals. In tow is the Fellowship Band, which adds five especially talented horn blowers and bass thumpers to Blade’s mix and results in one of the most inimitable acts on the jazz club circuit today. Kuumbwa; $20 advance/$23 door; 6pm. (CC)

These four pop punks are not your average wayward band of hooligans fated to play house parties for 30 minutes until the cops show up and send everyone home. The Spurts sound like old-school punk that’s been cryogenized Disney-style, then injected with Beach Boy suavity and iPod-era indie glamour. Though lending their talents as one of the 41 local music projects that made up Sounds of the Mighty

San Lorenzo has solidified their status as a credible in-town act, beware of their rock-and-rollicking antics. Crepe Place; $7; 9pm. (JN)

Peacheson Ngoshi, the ostensible mission of Mbira Dze Muninga is to broadcast to the world the optimistic spirit of Zimbabwe’s people in spite of the country’s difficulties. On tour in the States for a f leeting two months, Mbira Dze Muninga is bringing attention to a musical form little-known in the West and alarmingly close to extinction in Zimbabwe. Don Quixote’s; $13 advance/$15 door; 8pm. (PMD)

One of the most respected names in the world of independent hip-hop, Oakland’s own Del tha Funkee Homosapien has been putting his unique spin on rap for almost 20 years. As cousin of the iconic rapper-turned-B-movie-star Ice Cube, Del might have been expected to follow the mainstream path to fame. Instead, the hip-hop pioneer strayed into the experimental and has made waves with his own spaced-out albums and collaborations with Gorillaz, Hieroglyphics and Handsome Boy Modeling School. And with a brand new album available free for download, Del is sticking it to conventional music in more ways than one. Catalyst; $16 advance/$19 door; 9pm. (CC)

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Dancehall genius Yellowman lights up Moe’s Alley Friday.

A four-piece outfit performing the traditional mbira music of Zimbabwe’s Shona tribe, Mbira Dze Muninga shines a spotlight on the talents of four masters of the form. Featuring Jacob Mafuleni, Micah Munhemo, Tonderai Ndava and

The bulk of this squad of retro-“soul”diers is made up of members of the Dap Kings and Breakestra, which explains the heaping servings of funk and reggae they dole out. For over 10 years Orgóne’s unique twist on established musical f lavors has gotten hip-hop fans into Ray Charles and gospel listeners to give Snoop Dogg a try. Lead vocalist Franny Franklin has been compared to sultry siren Amy Winehouse and is backed by a rich procession of brass vibrations and electric riffs. Like a Frankenstein of musical genres, Orgóne stitches bits of rhythm and strips of blues together with patches of funk, resurrecting of a hybrid species of vintage groove. Moe’s Alley; $12 advance/$15 door; 9:30pm. (Jaime Nabrynski)

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We know what Christine’s major malfunction is from the wonderful previews: trying to toughen up as a loan officer, she turned down an extension on an old Gypsy’s mortgage. Perhaps not PC. As racial slurs go, having the world tremble with fear about your curses is low impact. Protesting against such hooey would be like Joey Skaggs’ famous prank of holding press conferences urging legislatures to “rename the Gypsy Moth—we Gypsies have suffered enough.”

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exclamation point. Otherwise, Drag Me

to Hell misses no tricks, proving that a movie can be both spine-tingling and droll. Alison Lohman makes a spirited scream queen under Sam Raimi’s endlessly witty direction. Raimi (of the Spider-Man trilogy and, more relevantly, the Evil Dead series) illuminates the girl’s backstory with a few well-chosen images. And he plays the class card as if this were a game of slapjack. Seeing bankers get what’s coming to them—even a banker one likes—shows some serious zeitgeist.

Drag Me to Hell is a startler, and yet one doesn’t get irritated by the jump-ups. They pay off and are as well planned as anything else in the film. So much in Drag Me to Hell depends on atmospherics, makeup and orchestral music. Christopher Young’s inspired, crescendo-heavy soundtrack gets you juiced, with its shredded-violin references to Saint-Saëns’ Dance

Macabre. And here are visual effects that haven’t changed since Murnau: the scuttling dead leaves that chase a f leeing figure; the clutching shadow hand that sneaks under a doorway and falls palm first on a lovely and sad female face.

Lohman’s Christine puts up a vigorous defense against the Unknown, though, dropping a damn anvil on its head at one point. Under the stress, Christine reverts from dutiful loan

arranger to the tougher girl she once was. Lohman has one moment of insane hysterical laughter, proving well how an actor’s freshness can bring the unexpected even unto a well-storyboarded action scene. After a nightmare-tormented evening (bug vomit; dead, toothless Gypsy French kiss), Christine is late for work. The obsequious butt-kisser (Reggie Lee, hilarious) next desk over comments about it. She snarls back, “What are ya, the hall monitor?”

In our cinema, too many spookhouses charge social property tax. Since The Exorcist, when the hellmouth speaks, it usually says, “This Sunday, go to the church of your choice.” Piety is not in Drag Me

to Hell’s equation; there are no priests (or shabby scholars or aged cotton-topped sages) to slow this story down. Christine’s fellow hellfighter is a

Loan Ranger

Alison Lohman gets soaked in her battle with evil in ‘Drag Me to Hell.’

Mrs. Ganush shows instances of Lugosian anguish. And Justin Long edges his way out of light comedy here; he’s very gentle as the boyfriend who can only watch helplessly as an evil spirit gives Christine 72 hours’ notice. Did I mention Mrs. Ganush’s explanation of her cataracted gaze: “The sickness took my eye”? The police doctor muttering offstage, “An obvious case of post-traumatic-stress disorder”? A hissing black cat named Hecuba? The rich and horrible dinner party that seemed to be right out of Buñuel? The talking billy goat?

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(Unrated; 97 min.) The Portuguese have passed down the tradition of fado music for a century and a half. This film attempts to explain why by showcasing modern fado artists performing in video-style setups. On a related note, the Portuguese also drink grappa by the truckful. When is someone going to explain that? (Opens Fri at the Nick.) (SP)

(1998) Animator Ralph Bakshi

once warned that a live-action version of Hunter Thompson’s book would look like a bad cartoon—and Bakshi would know, since he’s made plenty of bad cartoons himself. He was certainly right. Too many people—from director Terry Gilliam to star Johnny Depp all the way on down—try way too hard here, and though they all claim to adore the book, all they seem to have gotten from it is that Thompson is “wacky” and drugs are freaky, man! I always thought the best joke of the book is that it’s

not really about getting wasted on made-up drugs, but the more intriguing subtexts about Las Vegas in particular and America in general don’t come off in Gilliam’s film, leaving it to be about pretty much nothing. (Plays Thu at Santa Cruz 9.) (SP)

(R; 100 min.) In this fratty comedy from the director of Old School, drunken groomsmen lose track of their groom in Las Vegas, and set about to recover him. Pfft, good luck. I’ve been a groomsman plenty of times, and I can tell you: you’re just going

to lose a few. Get over it. (Opens Fri at 41st Ave, Santa Cruz Cinema 9 and Scotts Valley.) (SP)

(1984) I have always believed this is the misunderstood middle child of the Indiana Jones films. C’mon, it’s got flaming hearts, Thuggee guards and that cool mining-cart sequence, and people still slag it. Let them try to sit through the Ron Jeremy porn spinoff San Fernando Jones and the Temple of Poon, that’s what I say. Then we’ll see if they don’t

have a new appreciation of TOD’s many merits. (Plays Fri and Sat at the Del Mar.) (SP)

(PG-13; 93 min.) You probably remember this Sid and Marty Krofft TV series about a family transported to prehistoric times as completely stupid, because you are a pleasant, well-adjusted person with excellent hygiene. But just to show that absolutely anything on television can inspire terrifying loyalty, I will point out that someone wrote a dictionary for

the language spoken by Cha-Ka, the caveman who made friends with the Marshalls and taught them his native tongue. Perhaps the supernerds who are on the Internet complaining about how the producers of this film turned the series into a Will Ferrell comedy should be happy Mel Gibson didn’t sign up to direct and make it a somber meditation on the nature of primate society, with unsubtitled dialogue in Cha-Kaese. Hey, it’s pretty much what happened to Lost in Space. (Opens Fri. at 41st

Movie reviews by Steve Palopoli

and Richard von Busack

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a film byCARLOSSAURA

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STARTS FRI 6/5!“A celebration of human expressivity through music!”

–The New York Times

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Free Film Discussion with Morton Marcus Sat 2:00

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Ave, Santa Cruz Cinema 9 and Scotts Valley.) (SP)

(Unrated; 114 min.) A teenage surfer deals with the expectations and dysfunction of his blue-collar family. You got your surf movie in my family drama! You got your family drama in my surf movie! Come on now, don’t fight! They’re two great tastes that taste great together. (Opens Fri at the Nick.)

(Unrated; 88 min.) Title subject and executive producer Mike Tyson is kept in a medium close-up for most of the picture. In between Tyson’s straight-to-the-camera interviews—sometimes mixed in with split-screen and overlapping dialogue—director James Toback cuts to Tyson wandering on his beach like a lonely guy in a dating-service commercial. What you get out of Tyson is the immense amount of fear that created this champion fighter and champion failure. The boxer presents himself today as a calm, clean and sober man in his 40s; a religious family man, as opposed to the mad dog and convicted rapist he once was. Tyson is a compelling, sobering movie, though Toback’s own overlay of great, deep-man status on Tyson clouds the issue a little. (Opens Fri at the Nick.) (RvB)

(PG-13; 113 min.) See review, page 44.

(PG-13; 99 min.) See review, page 41.

(G; 90 min.) It’s Disney’s Earth, we just live here. James Earl Jones rumbles on the soundtrack as the sunrise is viewed from outer space. Holding the series of critter encounters together is the plight of a polar bear family—“Dad,” “Mom” and two cubs, an heir and a spare—during the course of a year. The stunning small effects make more of an impression. Remarkable time-lapse photography pans gently across a valley while observing

the yearly change of a forest of deciduous trees from bare branches to scarlet leaves. Otherwise, it’s the usual: shark vs. seal, polar bear vs. walrus, lions vs. elephant, and cheetah vs. gazelle. To the organization’s credit, Disney bites the bullet: “The planet is warming,” Jones says, leaving no room for backpedaling. Very, very cute, and the ending is somehow happy and comforting, just like the critter shows one drowses through at the end of a beery Sunday. (RvB)

(Unrated; 77 min.) Stephen Soderbergh’s well-researched film about sexwork concerns the blank courtesan “Chelsea” (porn star Sasha Grey). Having a chance to hire that most intimate of orifices—an ear—some New York tycoons spend their expensive sessions moaning about their soon to be lost jobs. It’s set in October 2008; everyone in this affluent world is surprised out of their consumerist torpor by the giant flushing sound of the Lehman Brothers collapse. Chelsea, too, has career worries—a younger escort seems to be scooping her regular clients. Soderbergh visualizes Chelsea’s world as largely bereft of natural surfaces. Mostly, we’re inside expensive boutiques—a parody of the shopping montages in Pretty Woman. Later, the dutiful record of Chelsea’s clothes, tricking and shoe-shopping are typed into a computer, against a background of McCain talking as the election rolls around. Does it all work? In the real world, even a Chelsea could have held her own against a predatory webmaster; channeling Laird Cregar, film critic Glenn Kenny plays a horny, back-stabbing charlatan—the one definitely amateur performance in this movie. (RvB)

(PG-13; 103 min.) Comedy/tragedy of an aged magician (Michael Caine) facing a final curtain in a dowdy Yorkshire retirement home during the nadir of the Thatcher years. Caine and his foil, a precocious

little boy played by Bill Milner, elevate the material, but director John Crowley can’t find a tone. (RvB)

(R; 116 min.) Aggravating, crabby, mulishly withholding. And of course it has its defenders. Jim Jarmusch’s all-time most banal film ever is proof that some directors don’t become photographers when they die: they become cinéastes instead. While dropping the names of directors who entertained, Jarmusch doesn’t mention Antonioni’s The Passenger or Melville’s Le Samourai, both of which might have been too close to home. His cinematographer here is Christopher Doyle, who aestheticizes the hell out of the surroundings; it would all make an arresting spread in Vogue. The statuesque Isaach De Bankolé plays a nameless Zen assassin traveling through Spain on a mysterious series of quests. At cafe tables, he meets guest stars John Hurt, Gael García Bernal and Tilda Swinton, playing people in the same diamond-smuggling game as our Lone Man hero. He does his tai chi every morning, dons his spotless electric blue sharkskin suit, wanders around and refuses sex to the naked girl in his hotel room (Paz de la Huerta, re-creating both the display and the little-girl voice of Bardot in Contempt). I think Bill Murray—onscreen for five minutes—is supposed to be Dick Cheney. (RvB)

(R; 112 min.) Stodgy, set-bound story of the forbidden love between poet Federico Garcia Lorca (Javier Beltran) and artist Salvador Dali (Robert Pattinson); either this movie was dead or my watch melted. Teen-scream star Pattinson, in early scenes, looks oddly like Emo Phillips. As the elder Dali, Pattinson wears the famous reverse handlebar mustache, which looks like a piece of licorice a child might stick to his face in order to portray Snidely Whiplash. Luis Buñuel (Matthew McNulty)

looks on with distaste, as well he might. The real-life Lorca is a martyr, and this movie has no room for those who aren’t; this is one of those lives-of-the-saints texts that Buñuel and Dali set out to profane. (RvB)

(PG; 105 min.) Will Amy Adams’ pants be in the Smithsonian someday? They ought to be, since they work wonders for Shawn Levy’s otherwise only-for-the-kids movie. Ben Stiller’s security guard hero is still disinterested. Hank Azaria’s talents as a vocal actor are on display in his accent for the pharaoh Kahmunrah; in a world domination scheme, this animated Egyptian statue recruits a militia of historical villains, including Ivan the Terrible (Christopher Guest) and Al Capone (Jon Bernthal). Director Levy oversees some very sweet and technically tricky effects—a ride on the Wright brothers’ plane, the colossal statue of Lincoln escaping his monument and a purple-pink giant octopus attack. At the imaginary “National Art Museum” (actually the National Gallery), the paintings and sculptures come to life; a Roy Lichtenstein girl turns her head and frets. Admittedly, the living paintings are stuff we get at Hogwarts, but the more modern art makes the effect new. As the snugly clad Amelia Earhart, Adams gives this film some class and some adult appeal. (RvB)

(R; 110 min.) A reunion of Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal from Y tu mamá también; great to have them back even in a lesser movie. The narrator is Batuta, “Baton” (Guillermo Francella), who is full of charming fatalistic proverbs about the relation between soccer and life. Baton is an essentially a trickster figure, with dyed whiskers and a sports car, ruining a pair of rural banana plantation workers by making their dreams come true; thanks to Baton they become futbol stars, but Beto’s gambling and Tato’s hopeless

ambition to become a singer ruin them both. Diverting, and you get a lot of Mexico in the movie, but because of its slight patronization, the film is only almost really funny and only almost really tragic; however, it’s elegantly moraled: “Pity, nowadays, wars are mistaken for games and games are mistaken for wars.” (RvB)

(R; 96 min.) UCSC grad Cary Fukunaga’s startling debut concerns the cross-Mexico run of a doomed gangbanger (Edgar Flores) and the girl who comes to love him, Sayra (Paulina Gaitan). For a young first-time feature filmmaker, Fukunaga has succeeded at reconciling the tragedy and beauty of this life on the run. The movie contains multitudes: pearlescent dawn shots of smoking volcanoes, barrios seen from the crowded top of a freight train. There are lyrical interludes of refuge at stops along the rail yards where the travelers bathe and are fed. Be warned that this passionately told, moody film includes the horrific side of urban Mexican life. Could Sin Nombre be the first post-hip-hop urban movie? (RvB)

(PG-13; 117 min.) On again, off

again true-life story of a deranged street musician (Jamie Foxx) who turns out to have spent time at Juilliard; this and more is teased out during his troubled friendship with his Boswell (Robert Downey Jr., very good and very dry), an L.A. Times columnist named Steve Lopez. The highlight is the nigh-apocalyptic view of the city’s boiling homeless encampment, like something out of Bosch. The backstory of Lopez’s romantic troubles, a fictional subplot borrowed from His Girl Friday is by contrast about as believable as a bum’s tale about why he needs a dollar. Foxx does some artistically athletic turns—he switches gears fast—but his hammy, babbling rain-man gets on the nerves, and his acting in the flashback scenes is almost risible. The Soloist demonstrates one of the essential marks of simple-minded scriptwriting: the idea of that the disturbed have a special conduit to the divine. (RvB)

(R; 102 min.) In Albuquerque, two sisters get into the lucrative field of cleaning up after dead bodies. Christine Jeff ’s mostly pleasant comedy of death and bloodshed is lit up like a pink lamp

shade by the ever-lovable Amy Adams and given some dark highlights by Emily Blunt as her grimier sibling. The film seems trampled over by a producer’s cold feet, but what’s left has charm and hard-nosed humor. With Alan Arkin as the feckless father of the sisters—looking fit as usual, Arkin; he’ll probably get a shovel and bury us all some day. (RvB)

(PG-13;115 min.) More robots, half the fun. Christian Bale’s John Connor stops, drops and rolls in front of ultraflat green-screen flickering images of chaos. He’s trying to save his teenage father (Anton Yelchin) long enough to send the guy back in time to impregnate his mother (the viral “Mother Lover” sketch from SNL turns out to be timely, I guess). Meanwhile, Mad Max’s American cousin, Marcus (Sam Worthington), goes on a mysterious mission to Skynet—a mission that would be more mysterious if its secret hadn’t been blown in the previews. Moon Bloodgood is a female combatant and as close to love interest as this mess gets. It’s a ridiculously serious movie, right up to the snicker-inducing Seven Pounds–ish finale. Human feelings elude

director McG so much you wonder if he has a little titanium in his skull. (RvB)

(PG; 96 min.) During the last Depression, a reject kid named Carl becomes fascinated with that darling of the newsreels, the intrepid dirigible pilot Charles Muntz, who discovered the bones of an immense bird in South America and was declared a fraud. Fast-forward and Carl (voiced by Ed Asner) is a square-headed, Spencer Tracy lookalike of 78. When trouble comes, he escapes in the only direction open to him—straight up, with his battered house as the gondola to thousands of balloons, Unfortunately, a pesky 7-year-old scout, Russell (Jordan Nagai), is clinging to the front porch. The pair land in South America, where they discover a 13-foot-tall iridescent goonie bird and eventually Muntz himself (Christopher Plummer). Pixar spoils us. The news that Up is one of the year’s best films isn’t really news; Pixar has faith in an audience’s ability to feel without being manipulated—that’s what makes them more than just a studio with an unusually dazzling command of the vocabulary of animation. (RvB)

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man without depth perception?” The muzzy Ruffalo is just right; he has a con man’s too-honest face. Brody does soulful, and that’s what he always does, a little relentlessly. Maybe someone a little more warm-blooded could have shown both necessary remorse for a life of swindling, as well as the lingering appetite for it. As it stands, this cinematic taffy starts to get pulled a little too far by the endgame. Interesting to note that Johnson again likes to see a hardboiled hero in tears at his finale, as in Brick. I think he worries about the sensitivity of the characters in his entertainments, which he shouldn’t. While this will be way too coy for the straightlaced, for me it was love at first grift.

Rian Johnson tours the Balkans

in postmod tale of con artists,

‘The Brothers Bloom’

FROTH DE LA FROTH, a cinematic peach melba. The

Brothers Bloom is Rian Johnson’s follow-up to Brick, a similarly

dazzling exercise in style (and a little substance). I think any young American artist with talent, ambition and a success under his or her arm would want to go straight to Eastern Europe. Mexico could do, also, but the kids these days don’t get it—too bad for them: “I don’t want to simplistically vilify an entire people, but Mexico is a horrible place,” says one of the continent-hopping con-artist brothers of the title. This dumb insult is forgivable because these are movie characters we’re talking about—the Bloom Brothers know they’re in a movie as much as we know it. And they also know what happens to movie characters when they get south of the border: Fate Catches Up, an Appointment in Santa Samarra.

What I mean to say is that Johnson does the Balkans (and the other global locations) proud. The humongous Soviet relics, tragic coasts, molded-plaster swank and crazy backward alphabets of the Balkans really bring out the Orson in a director. The final shootout takes place in an abandoned seaside pavilion that would have made Greene keen and Welles kvell. The postmod intentions are clear right off in naming this pair of grifting brothers Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody). The patient Penelope, to round up the Ulysses cross-references, is Rachel Weisz.

Too many directors have been shoving this lovely actress toward maternal seriousness. Darren Arnofsky just about entombed her in a crystal coffin in The

Fountain. Johnson finds a ’60s kook in Weisz’s plaintive straight face, making her a screwball heiress, formerly a bubble-girl because of her allergies. Weisz’s kidlike brio is irresistible. She has a drunk scene on a train that certainly beats the toylike choo-choos in Wes Anderson’s far less enjoyable

The Darjeeling Limited. Moonlit and plastered, Weisz crows with pleasure over a thunderstorm outside the train’s window; the scene is fit make you run for the nearest Amtrak station with a fifth of something and a national weather report.

The Brothers Bloom is a combo of 1930s comedy and Richard Lester–style Swinging London editing. Surprising how easy a sandwich made of these elements goes down. The brothers’ cohorts seems to have dropped in from an especially Ian-drunk spy movie. Their regular partner is the chic Asian demolition expert Bang Bang (Rinko Kikuchi). Pursuing the brothers, probably, is an eye-patch-wearing Maximilian Schell. He has the juiciest line: “Are you afraid of an old

Blooms in Love

Rinko Kikuchi plays a globe-trotting demolition expert in ‘The Brothers Bloom.’

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zones on the palate—sweet, sour, salty, bitter. We were urged to note mouthfeel, umami, as the angular sauvignon blanc glass channeled the wine straight to the tip of our tongue. That way we first taste the herbal notes, not the wine’s high acidity. Noting the silkiness and aromatic nuance, I swallowed. Sure enough, there was a Granny Smith apple finish. “This is a very good food wine,” he beamed.

The ample curves of the syrah glass, on the other hand, coaxed the flow of wine to the midpalate, where the silky mouthfeel and sensuous fruit was foregrounded, with tannins following. To make his point—and this was done with each of four different wines—Riedel had us pour wine from his glassware into a thick-rimmed, generic restaurant goblet. The results? “No aroma, very acidic and

dense and concentrated wines.” In this case, a sauvignon blanc. Next to it, a lavish goblet with the Burgundian inward pinch about a half-inch from the top was designed specifically for pinot noirs, and another—with a short stem and tall flowing balloon, was “developed between 1993 and 1995,” Riedel explained, “after tastings in every major syrah growing region. The winemakers contributed their views and we came up with this.” He brandished the delicate glass filled with a 2004 Michaud Syrah from Chalone, exuding roses and black pepper.

“Glass has a great impact on the wine,” he intoned, spitting expertly into a nearby bucket. “If we taste wine in different glasses, the perception is going to be different.” And it was. Swirl, look, sniff. We learned about the four taste

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W INE potentate Robert Parker Jr. once said of Riedel stemware: “The effect of these glasses on

fine wine is profound.” For 11 generations the Riedel family has dealt in glass, and in the 20th century that expertise translated into goblets so deftly designed that the prototype ended up in the Museum of Modern Art. Last week Maximilian Riedel, who heads up the family’s New York office, came to convince a crowd of California restaurateurs and winemakers that his glassware truly enhances the expression of fine wines. He was convincing.

First off, let’s clarify. Riedel makes over 300 different kinds of stemware—glasses to suit specific beverages and wine varietals, hand-blown lead crystal glasses and lead-free, machine-crafted glassware for tasting rooms and restaurants. The demo I attended at Carmel’s La Playa Hotel last week showcased the latter—glasses that, as the whippet-thin Herr Riedel explained, “translate the message of the wine.”

We began with a sharply-tapered beauty “designed in response to more

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$$ Indian. Authentic Indian dishes and specialties served in a Aptos 207 Searidge Rd, 831.685.0610 comfortable dining room. Lunch buffet daily 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner daily 5pm to close. www.ambrosiaib.com

$$ American and specialty dishes from the British and Emerald Aptos 8017 Soquel Dr, 831.688.1233 Isles. Full bar. Children welcome. Happy hour Mon-Fri 2-6pm. Open daily 11am to 2am.

$$$ Italian. Ambience reminiscent of a small trattoria in the streets Aptos 257 Center Ave, 831.685.8111 of Italy, serving handmade lasagna, pasta dishes, gnocchi and fresh fish. Wed-Sun, Lunch 11am-2pm, Dinner 5-9pm.

$$$ Continental California cuisine. Breakfast all week 6:30-11am, Aptos 7500 Old Dominion Ct, lunch all week 11am-2pm; dinner Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun-Thu 831.688.8987 5-9pm. www.seacliffinn.com.

$$ Middle Eastern/Mediterranean. Fresh, fast, flavorful. Gourmet Aptos 7528 Soquel Dr, 831.688.4465 meat and vegetarian kebabs, gyros, falafel, healthy salads and Mediterranean flatbread pizzas. Beer and wine. Dine in or take out. Tue-Sun 11am-8pm.

$ All day breakfast. Burgers, gyros, sandwiches and 45 flavors of Capitola 104 Stockton Ave, 831.479.8888 Marianne’s and Polar Bear ice cream. Open 8am daily.

Japanese. This pretty and welcoming sushi bar serves Capitola 200 Monterey Ave, 831.464.3328 superfresh fish in unusual but well-executed sushi combinations. Wed-Mon 11:30am-9pm.

California Continental. Swordfish and other seafood specials. Capitola 1750 Wharf Rd, 831.475.1511 Dinner Mon-Thu 5:30-9:30pm; Fri 5-10pm; Sat 4-10:30pm; Sun 4-9pm.

Mediterranean tapas. Innovative menu, full-service bar, Capitola 231 Esplanade, 831.464.1933 international wine list and outdoor dining with terrific views in the heart of Capitola Village. Open daily.

$$$ California cuisine. Nightly specials include baby back ribs, Capitola 203 Esplanade, 831.475.4900 prime rib, lobster and crab legs. Daily 7am-2am.

$$ Mexican/Seafood/American. Traditional Mexican favorites. Best Santa Cruz 1116 Pacific Ave, 831. 426.7588 fajitas, chicken mole, coconut prawns, blackened prime rib! Fresh seafood. Over 50 premium tequilas, daily happy hour w/ half-price appetizers. Sun-Thu 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm.

$$ American, California-style. With a great bar scene, casually Santa Cruz 110 Church St, 831.429.2000 glamorous setting and attentive waitstaff. Full bar. Mon-Sat 11:30am-10pm, Sun 1-10pm.

$$ Crepes and more. Featuring the spinach crepe and Tunisian Santa Cruz 1134 Soquel Ave, 831.429.6994 donut. Full bar. Mon-Thu 11am-midnight, Fri 11am-1am, Sat 10am-1am, Sun 10am-midnight.

Seafood. Fresh seafood, shellfish, Midwestern aged beef, pasta Santa Cruz 2218 East Cliff Dr, 831.476.4560 specialties, abundant salad bar. Kids menu and nightly enter- tainment. Harbor and Bay views. Lunch and dinner daily.

$ Mexican. Serving breakfast all day. Popular for our street tacos Santa Cruz 460 Seventh Ave, 831.477.2908 and handmade Salvadorian pupusas. Vegetarian options made w/ local fresh vegetables & organic tofu. Daily 9: 30am-9:30pm.

$$ Americana. Ribs, steaks and burgers are definitely the stars. Santa Cruz 303 Soquel Ave, 831.426.7770 Full bar. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner Sun-Thu 5:30-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 5:30-10pm.

$$ California/full-service bakery. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. “Best Santa Cruz 1102 Pacific Ave, 837.420.0135 Eggs Benedict in Town.” Happy Hour Mon-Fri 5-6pm. Half- price appetizers; wines by the glass. Daily 8am-9pm.

’60s Vegas meets ’50s Waikiki. Amazing dining experience in Santa Cruz 221 Cathcart St, 831.426.4852 kitchy yet swanky tropical setting. Fresh fish, great steaks, vegetarian. Full-service tiki bar. Happy-hour tiki drinks. Aloha Fri, Sat lunch 11:30am-5pm. Dinner nightly 5pm-close.

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$$ Seafood/California. Fresh catch made your way! Plus many Santa Cruz 493 Lake Ave, 831.479.3430 other wonderful menu items. Great view. Full bar. Happy hour Mon-Fri. Brunch Sat-Sun 10am-2pm. Open daily.

$$$ Italian. La Posta serves Italian food made in the old style— Santa Cruz 538 Seabright Ave, 831.457.2782 simple and delicious. Wed-Thu 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 5-9:30pm and Sun 5-8pm.

$$ Fine Mexican cuisine. Opening daily at noon. Santa Cruz 49-B Municipal Wharf, 831.458.9393

$$ Thai. Individually prepared with the freshest ingredients, Santa Cruz 1319 Pacific Ave, 831.420.1700 plus ambrosia bubble teas, shakes. Mon-Thu 11:30am-9:30pm, Fri 11:30am-10pm, Sat noon-10pm, Sun noon-9:30pm.

Italian-American. Mouthwatering, generous portions, Santa Cruz 555 Soquel Ave, 831.458.2321 friendly service and the best patio in town. Full bar. Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30am, dinner nightly at 5pm.

$$ Irish pub and restaurant. Informal pub fare with reliable Santa Cruz 1220 Pacific Ave, 831.426.9930 execution. Lunch and dinner all day, open Mon-Fri 11:30am- midnight, Sat-Sun 11:30am-1:30am.

$$ Wine bar with menu. Flawless plates of great character and flavor; Santa Cruz 105 Walnut Ave, 831.423.2020 sexy menu listings and wines to match. Lunch Wed-Sat noon- 2pm; dinner Mon-Thu 5-10pm, Fri-Sat 5-11pm, Sun 4-10pm; retail shop Mon 5pm-close, Tue-Sat noon-close, Sun 4pm-close.

$$ Pizza. Specializing in authentic Sicilian and square pizza. Santa Cruz 2415 Mission St, 831.423.9010 Homemade pasta, fresh sandwiches, soups, salads and more. Hot slices always ready. Sun-Thu 10am-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 10am-11pm.

$$ Pizza. Pizza, fresh salads, sandwiches, wings, desserts, beers on Santa Cruz 710 Front St, 831.427.4444 tap. Patio dining, sports on HDTV and free WiFi. Large groups and catering. Open and delivering Fri-Sat 11am-2am, Mon-Thu 11am-1am, Sun 11am-midnight.

$$ Organic Pizza. Everything organic: pizza, lasagna, soup, salad, Felton 6205 Hwy 9, 831.335.1500 beer and local wine. Always organic, local produce. Party room seats 32. Weeknights 4-9pm (closed Tue), Fri 4-10pm, Sat 1-10pm, Sun 1-9pm. See menu at www.redwoodpizza.com.

$ American. Serving breakfast and lunch daily. Large parties Scotts Valley 1210 Mt. Hermon Rd, 831.335.7311 welcome. Mon-Fri 6:30am-2:15pm, Sat-Sun 7am-2:45pm.

$ Cambodian. Fresh kebabs, seafood dishes, soups and noodle Scotts Valley 5600 #D Scotts Valley Dr, bowls with a unique Southeast Asian flair. Beer and wine 831.438.5005 available. Patio dining. Sun-Thu 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm.

$$ Mexican. Open for breakfast. We use no lard in our menu and Soquel 4724 Soquel Dr, 831.477.1048 make your food fresh daily. We are famous for our authentic ingredients such as traditional mole from Oaxaca. Lots of vegetarian options. Mon-Fri 9am-9pm, weekends 8am-9pm.

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(March 21–April 19): I’m betting that in a couple of months the fates will give you license to play with boisterous gambles and exhilarating risks. But at this particular moment I recommend that you confine yourself to tame gambles and sensible risks. I realize that may be a bit def lating to your rambunctious all-or-nothing spirit, but I think it’ll pay off in the long run. From what I can tell, this is an excellent time to lay the groundwork for the bigger fun ahead.

(April 20–May 20): The oracle you’re now reading normally has a retail value of $49.95. But because of your ongoing efforts to defeat your defeatist tendencies, and because of your dogged attempts to sabotage your sabotage mechanisms, and because of your heroic stabs at defending yourself against your defense mechanisms, you have earned the right to receive this advice absolutely gratis! To generate even more free stuff in the coming week, Taurus, all you have to do is learn how to turn around so fast that you can catch a glimpse of the back of your own head, and how to pat yourself on the back with both hands while kicking your own butt.

(May 21–June 20): Seventeen-year-old Jay Greenberg is a music prodigy who has written numerous sonatas and symphonies. His first CD, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Juilliard String Quartet, came out in 2006. It’s not exactly a struggle for him to create his compositions. He often completes them in less than a day. “The music comes fully written,” he says, “playing like an orchestra in my head.” I believe you now have something in common with him, Gemini. According to my reading of the omens, there will soon be ripe visions of future accomplishments f loating around in your imagination. You should write them down or describe them in detail to an ally or do whatever else it takes to launch the process of getting them born.

(June 21–July 22): “You may want to smash a painful emotion to bits, but you can’t blow it up with a nuclear bomb,” wrote Tsoknyi Rinpoche in his book Fearless Simplicity. What makes the situation even more poignant is that the painful emotion may be based on a wrong interpretation of experience. It may also be caused by some faulty conditioning that got imprinted on your sensitive psyche when you were a toddler. Having said that, Cancerian, I’m pleased to inform you that you currently have the power to significantly dissipate the intensity of a certain painful emotion you thought you’d never shake. To initiate the process, invoke forgiveness in every way you can imagine—toward those who hurt you, those who ignored you, those who misled you, and you yourself.

(July 23–Aug. 22): “I can’t exactly walk on the water,” says Russ Crim, “but it looks like I can because I know where the rocks are hiding just beneath the water.” This would be a good trick for you to emulate during the coming weeks, Leo. By doing your homework and some advance scouting, you could put yourself in a position to accomplish a splashy bit of hocus-pocus that will ultimately be legendary. To help ensure that you don’t generate a karmic backlash as you glorify your ego, I suggest you find a way to make your magic serve some worthy cause. For instance, maybe you could walk on water in order to raise money for charity.

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22): When I was 19 years old, a so-called psychic predicted I would die when I was 24. As much as I scoffed at his careless quackery, his words subliminally worried me for years. On the day I turned 25 I celebrated extra hard. Partly because of that experience, I’ve always tried to be impeccably conscientious about how I conduct myself as a fortune-teller. I’ve vowed never to manipulate you with melodramatic prophecies that could distort your free will. So it’s with a cautious sense of responsibility that I offer the following augury: The weeks ahead could be one of the most illuminating and successful times of the last five years.

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22): I suspect that this is a turning point in your relationship with your fantasies. It’s not enough merely to keep musing about them with wistful longing. You can’t afford to continue postponing their activation until some mythical future. If you want to keep them from receding into a hazy limbo, you will need to give at least one of them a big push toward becoming a more

concrete part of your life. The universe will provide ample assistance if you do give that push.

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21): Attention all aspiring lottery winners! If you will ever in your life win more than $10 in the lottery or similar game of chance, this would probably be the time. I’m not saying you definitely will. I’m simply suggesting that your odds are better than usual—certainly better than the chances that you’ll be invited by Brad Pitt to co-star with him in a feature film about alien pirates set in 22nd-century Madagascar. On the other hand, the possibility of a dumb-luck windfall is still rather remote compared to the likelihood of other kinds of financial progress. For instance, there’s an excellent chance that you’ll stimulate the f low of good fiscal karma if you spend quality time taking inventory of your approach to money and developing a long-term master plan to promote your prosperity.

(Nov. 22–Dec. 21): Would you say you’re closer to the “happy wanderer” model of Sagittarian, or the “eternal fugitive” type? Does your motive power usually come from the desire to head in the general direction of some attractive destination, or else to f lee from every situation you’re nervous about getting hemmed in by? Are you more inclined to shoot at multiple targets, hoping that one of them may turn out to be the correct one for you to aim at? Or do you prefer to identify the best target right from the start, and only then begin shooting? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to meditate on these core Sagittarian issues.

(Dec. 22–Jan. 19): In astrology, the word “quincunx” refers to a relationship characterized by creative tension. Two planets that are in quincunx are like two people who have a certain odd affinity for each other but don’t speak the same language. Imagine an Italian woman and an American man meeting at a party and experiencing an immediate chemistry, even though each can barely understand what the other is saying. I bring this up, Capricorn, because these days you’re in a quincunx dynamic with pretty much the whole world. To keep frustration to a minimum and enhance the excitement quotient, you should try to crack some of the foreign codes you’re surrounded by.

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18): Philosopher Buckminster Fuller said that although we are all born geniuses, the process of living tends to de-genius us. That’s the bad news. The good news is that 2009 is one of the best years ever for you to re-genius yourself, and the month of June is among the best times in 2009. So how should you go about the glorious task of tapping in to the totality of your original brilliance? Here’s one tip. Do what Einstein said: “All I want to do is learn the way God thinks. All the rest is details.”

(Feb. 19–March 20): “Dear Rob: I’ve recently developed a propensity to talk to myself. This is pretty weird. All these years, I’ve barely uttered a few words to myself on special occasions. Now I’m having long, convoluted gab fests, as if the little voices in my head had busted out of their holding cells, run amuck, and decided to NEVER SHUT UP! Am I crazy?” —Out Loud Pisces Dear Out Loud: It’s a good sign that you’re getting all the murmuring background noise out in the open. Not just for you but for many Pisceans, thoughts and feelings that had been hidden or secret are becoming available to your conscious mind. Once you clear out the backlog, the really useful revelations will begin.

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