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photography by Misha Vladimirskiy

John Mayer (the singer and guitar savant recently made famous by his relationship with pop singer Jessica Simpson) played material off of his latest effort Continuum, including the smash single "Waiting on the World to Change," at San Jose's HP Pavilion Tuesday, June 5. Singer and songwriter Ben Folds opened the show.

JOHN MAYER

Welcome to the Dark Side

photography by Misha Vladimirskiy

Danish duo the Raveonettes played songs off of their new album Pretty In Black (see Hayley's blog Paint it Black) at Cafe Du Nord June 2. Los Angeles-based Midnight Movies opened the show.

THE RAVEONETTES

Cleaning Out My Celluloid Closet

Poppa Hooker’s “Best Of” Stash

Greetings and salutations* Bay Area film nerds and nerdettes …

The Case for Cinematic Civil Disobedience

… And Film Night In Dolores Park, Oh My!

Greetings and salutations* from the private screening room of the Subterranean Beatnik Library auteur scoundrel Vincent Gallo once desecrated after focus-testing a four-hour director’s cut of his biker-gets-a-blowjob epic Brown Bunny (2003) on an unwilling gang of bipolar Hell’s
Angels …

Fire Starters

photography by Misha Vladimirskiy

Whimsical music collective Arcade Fire wowed the enthusiastic crowd at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley last weekend playing songs off their recent release Neon Bible.

ARCADE FIRE



Break the Beat

photography by Misha Vladimirskiy

As a major player in the breakbeat movement, DJ and producer Adam Freeland is no stranger to a packed dance floor. Freeland brought his skills to the dance-crazy club-goers at Mezzanine on June 1.

ADAM FREELAND



Deep Cuts

photography by Misha Vladimirskiy

SF dance-rock buzz band Scissors for Lefty played to a packed house at Popscene on May 30. Brakes, hailing from Brighton, England opened the show.

SCISSORS FOR LEFTY

Hayley's Love Sick Mix


courtesy of Prince


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