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New Peruvian Adds a Little South American Flair to Hayes Valley
When in the Hayes Valley neighborhood and craving something brasserie-ish, I always think of Absinthe. For something casual and perfect with a lager, my go-to is Suppenkuche. While these two mainstays and other delightful Euro-centric restaurants play nicely into the prime Hayes Street scene, newcomer Essencia is a welcome addition.
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Indie Rockers Return for Treasure Island Music Fest
Less than a month after an intimate gig with a string section at Café Du Nord to celebrate the release of Mentor Tormentor, Earlimart return to San Francisco for the second day of the Treasure Island Music festival, a two-day musical extravaganza featuring Modest Mouse, Thievery Corporation, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist, and Built to Spill, among others. Founding member Aaron Espinoza -- Ariana Murray is the only other original band member -- spoke with SF Station before a gig in New York.
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SF Station Blows It Up
Slayer returned to the Bay on a co-headlining tour with Marilyn Manson last Thursday night and in true metal fashion rocked out. They performed songs from their current album Christ Illusion, and from the first note out the crowd went nuts. I could see that Tom Araya and the boys were feeding off the crowd and playing harder and harder with every song.
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Enter the Randy
What can you say about a film that spoofs Bruce Lee's martial arts classic, Enter the Dragon, segues into a spoof of The Karate Kid and is centered on the unsanctioned, underground world of extreme table tennis (a.k.a. ping-pong)? Well, for one, you can say that it's almost as consistently hilarious as the television commercials suggest.
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Zombie Presents Passable Remake
Give Rob Zombie some credit. Asked to do the unthinkable -- remake one of the most influential horror films in history, one of the few that has stood the test of time -- and he has done so, in a way that is mostly unique and still shocking. John Carpenter, director of the original Halloween, may have raised the bar to daunting heights, yet Zombie offers a broader but compelling take on the mythology that has made Michael Myers one of the creepiest villains in cinematic history.
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A Latin Riff on Ocean's 11
A Spanish-language feature made in the United States for Latino-American moviegoers and, to a lesser extent, aficionados of foreign films, Ladron que roba a ladron (roughly translated as "thief who steals from a thief"), is a surprisingly entertaining, if no less formulaic riff on the heist genre. Think of Ladron que roba a ladron as a Latin-American Ocean's 11 on a modest budget.
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Reinventing the Brazilian Bikini Wax...Sort of
There's certainly something to be said for San Francisco's au naturel beauty philosophy -- a lenient stance which pretty much dictates that bedhead is sexy and pancake makeup is soooo 1999. All the same, no matter what the purveyors of unfeigned sex appeal tell you, the old adage that "pain is gain" resounds with more than a modicum of truth. After all, in bikini weather, looking good has its price.
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