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Once again I'm busy but maybe I'll have time later to post. I am frazzled because I have to try to leave work a little early to go on the Worlds Biggest Camping Trip (TM) after work. Most of the population of the Sac area is going with me, so you are probably in the same state of mind as I am.

Goddamn! I can't even get a second to post without someone coming by to bug me. If you're not going camping this weekend my advice to you is to get stoned and watch Kate Bush videos. You won't be sorry.

Here's the post for the Kabinet movie that's this saturday, 8pm

Sunday, July 2ndJean Luc Godard’sLA CHINOISE(France, 1967)Made the same year as his classic WEEK-END, screening at this year’s Sacramento French Film Festival, LA CHINOISE provides a bridge between his earlier more populist work and the polemics of the late 60s/early 70s. Jean-Pierre Leaud is one of a group of revolutionary students trying to come to terms with their political beliefs – and each other in a film that channels the frustrations, and presages the events, of May ’68.

corey hart makes some money for a change

Not to detract from the Kabinet post (I'll repost it tomorrow), but has anyone else heard the kinda dumb new E-40 song "stunna glasses at night". Yes, it features a chorus from the Corey Hart song "sunglasses at night" but sung by a different dude. This website has an mp3 and says that another Bay Area rapper has a song using that sample right now.

Sub Shack tonight + Kabinet schedule for July

I will probably not make it out the the Shack tonight due to extreme mental exhaustion and dehydration (just like a celebrity!) but if you are inclined to go the cuisine is going to be Mexican. Fifteen bucks all you can eat, dessert included and cheap wine or beer.

The new schedule for the Kabinet is out! That's weird, I was just discussing Bob Le Flambeur with BR last night because he was saying that there was a crappy remake that came out somewhat recently with Nolte. Here's the sched:

Hi folks,

As we did last year, we’re paying tribute to Sacramento’s French Film Festival by presenting three French classics. Kabinet will be closed for two weeks while the SFFF unspools at the Crest Theatre…)

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Sunday, July 2nd

Jean Luc Godard’s
LA CHINOISE
(France, 1967)

Made the same year as his classic WEEK-END, screening at this year’s Sacramento French Film Festival, LA CHINOISE provides a bridge between his earlier more populist work and the polemics of the late 60s/early 70s. Jean-Pierre Leaud is one of a group of revolutionary students trying to come to terms with their political beliefs – and each other in a film that channels the frustrations, and presages the events, of May ’68.

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Sunday July 9th

Jean-Pierre Melville’s
BOB LE FLAMBEUR
(France, 1955)

Melville’s rarely-screened ARMY OF SHADOWS just received its first U.S. release (more than 35 years late) so it seems more than appropriate to celebrate one of the “godfathers” of the French New Wave with a screening of his finest film. With “Bob the Gambler,” he takes the familiar story of an aging gangster staging one last heist and employs it to eulogize a fading way of life. With stunning scenes of Montmartre at night and deadpan narration by Melville himself, this is a must-see.

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Sunday, July 16th & Sunday, July 22nd

Kabinet will be closed. Please enjoy the Sacramento French Film Festival at the Crest Theatre!!!

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Sunday, July 29th

Jacques Rivette’s
CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING
(France, 1973)

Please don’t let the three-and-a-quarter hour running time scare you off: time flies when you’re having this much fun! And this madcap, everything-plus-the-kitchen sink fantasy is one of the most sprightly and delightfully goofy films ever made. A librarian with an interest in the occult and a nightclub magicienne strike up a friendship and discover a strange mansion where a tale of murder plays out over and over, day after day, until the duo can solve the mystery. Rivette evokes Henry James, Alice in Wonderland, To Catch a Thief, and dozens of other cinematic and literary touchpoints, but CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING is nothing if not original – and rarely screened to boot. So don’t miss this chance to see what critic David Thompson called “the most important film since CITIZEN KANE!”

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Thanks!
J.

http://www.kabinet.org

I'm really excited about the French Film Festival. They always have great movies. This year it's on the weekend of July 15th. They posted the schedule for it. And Strangers with candy opens that same weekend!

quick post

I wasn't even going to do a post because I have work to do, but I was so stoked on everybodys comments while I was gone that I want to. I think this blog works better when I'm not around.

I didn't go to that show at on the y last night, but smiller did and he absolutely raved about Fuckwolfeyeshamburgergetonthegroundandrollaround. J.K. he thought they sucked but he liked the other two bands, a band called Yikes and JP's band.

June's blew my mind and filled me up to the point of no return. Whatever that means. You citizens of Sac who can get to Junes sometime between the highly inconvenient hours of 8am and 2pm and who would like to just eat one meal to fill you up all day, go to Junes as soon as possible! I am now All About Japantown and will be making a tshirt that says that soon. Speaking of tshirts, OK I already told this at the bbq last night so just skim if you were there, but yesterday I saw a somewhat tweaky guy on a BMX bike who had the look of someone who would ask you for spare change or a cigarette but he had on a homemade tshirt that in giant lettering said "NO SPARE CHANGE, NO SPARE CIGARETTES". Everyone has a thing, and this was that guys thing I guess.

KW reviews the Pakistani restaurant that is now in the space of Bravo (RIP Bravo and RIP piano playing guy at Bravo). I hope to go there soon.

Speaking of RIP, something is up at Taka's. I guess it is closed due to a dispute with the owner? This came out of the blue and I'm really bummed because I just started eating there recently and it's a quick walk from my house. So is Kamon, but I don't like Kamon that much. This sucks.

they should be committed, alright

Yes, I am blogging on my day off. Just because I care about my readers and I want you all to know that the ten dollar tasting at 58 degrees tonight from 5-7 is zinfandels. There, now you all have plans for tonight and you can thank me for it. We went there last night for a glass and Lisa D. let us tast a moscato d'asti that's called bug juice which is a very refreshing and slightly fizzy dessert wine that I would definitely recommend to beat the heat. She also took us back to see the reserve room and wine lockers (both rooms were very cool and smelled great, like fresh-cut wood). We also got to see the members lounge and Doug and Jackie Christie were up on some program on the flatscreen looking fully insane. I think they wrote a book called "doug and jackie christie committed" or something but I can't find any info on it. Here's a link to an old nytimes article about their, um, unique relationship.

I ate at Ricksha last night and it was surprisingly great, well most of it. Damn, now I used one of the only adjectives I possess to describe it and I'll have to haul out the thesaurus for the midtown monthly article. Today I'm eating at June's for the very first time, which is a special day in any girls life.

meet and greet the heat

I have tomorrow off. There's a Tetuzi Akiyama show at Fool's tonight. This guy is an improvising blues country guitarist from Japan? Hmm...don't know what to say about that. There is an interesting show at on the y tomorrow. Well, I'm really just going because smiller thinks it will be good and I trust him, I don't know much about it.

I'm eating at Ricksha tonight because I'm writing a thing about Japantown for the midtown/downtown monthly. I haven't been there in forever!

So Luna's has started having noise shows now? That's really weird.

Any reports on the Four Eyes show? I wanted to go but I am all about trying to Beat the Heat and that would be more like Meet the Heat! Har!

Morning downer

So in addition to the increase in violent crime Sac has experienced in the last year, the heat seems to be spurring a mini-crime wave. Five people have been shot in sac since saturday. Here's the sad story of the guy in Valley Hi. I can't find the article right now but the sheriff had a good quote where he downplayed the surge in violence by pointing out that it's usually gang members that are killed. Not this time, but usually. Way to justify it.

SRD meeting tonight, same time and place.

just because

I've been meaning to post this picture of Ian McKellan for a while just because it's awesome

everybody loves a good shvitz

The community garden benefit was interesting and kinda fun. It really had the feel of something that would warrant a page in Sacramento magazine, but it was for a good cause so that was OK. Robbie Fong dressed like a total D and schmoozed the crowd. Baby Grand looked really picturesque against the high-school gym-type background. I got a free one week pass to the Capital Athletic Club, which seems pretty fancy, and I plan to take advantage of it. I wonder if the sauna is included? Nothing like a good schvitz on a hundred degree day. I ate something that didn't agree with me (I'll spare you the repulsive and shocking details), but there was so much different food it was hard to tell what the culprit was. Did anyone else feel sick? I'm sure it wasn't the gallons of wine that I drank that night.

I went to a most exciting supermarket this weekend, thanks to a tip from Natalie. It's in West Sacramento, in the same strip mall that the new Goodwill is in . It's called Europa foods (3049 west capitol, right off the freeway). It is basically a Russian (in the sense of former USSR) market. The exciting thing is it has a full service deli with all kinds of cheeses and meats and caviar and such. Me and Scott picked up many varieties of Baltika beer, dark German bread that was still warm, Bulgarian salami and pickles (delish), German bologna (spongy and gross), crazy white Moiva caviar, water from Belarus, and Russian cheese. Oh yeah, and an electric green tarragon soda that I still haven't opened. They had tons of crazy sodas, one of which contained St. John's wort and eucalyptus oil!

Batman at the Kabinet was really good last night. That movie is really funny, mostly because of the brilliance of Adam West and the ham-handed double entendres. And, contrary to previous reports, it was comfortably cool inside. J. said that he has the schedule for next month worked out so I'll post it as soon as I get it from him.

nananananananana Batman!

Oops, I just caught that I posted the wrong day for the Kabinet movie. It's SUNDAY at eight, as usual. Batman movie.

I am becoming increasingly intrigued by this Fremont Community Gardens fundraiser event. Does anyone know when it starts and ends and whether discount tickets can still be purchased today and until when. More info, anyone?

a reminder...

This is the last night of the Daniel Johnston movies, and 830 (or 820) is the last showing.

Also, the Sub Shack is having their dinner/wine thing tonight. Don't know what's on the menu. He's done BBQ the last two weeks.

is it friday yet?

Just as an early reminder and because everybody's working for the weekend, the Bike Kitchen opening is this saturday, Baby Grand is playing at the wine tasting/food event to raise money for the Fremont Community Garden. Kabinet is playing the old Batman movie this saturday at eight.

Don't laugh at me, but I went into that store Beyond Gotham that's right by 58 (you know the one with all the Von Dutch stuff) because I had spied that they have a wall of jewelry. They actually have some pretty cool earrings and their selection is giant. The earrings seemed to be in the10-20 dollar range and I got a large dangly pair. Of earrings.

day off

What a day off I had! Morning coffee and chilling at Temple, delicious lunch at La Bonne Soupe, and snacks and a rose (I don't know how to do an accent mark on here) tasting at 58 degrees. I checked out the wine shop and it has tons of under ten dollar bottles of wine. The wine tasting was 10 bucks for 6 pretty generous tastes and we sat and drank and snacked for almost two hours just on that ten bucks. Then I bought my favorite bottle at a discount (cuz I paid for the tasting) for less than eight bucks. That place is cool.

Hot enough for ya? This weather is INSANE.

I've had two reports now about the nastiness of Tortugas, the torta place that's adjacent to Zocalo and owned by the Ernastos/Zocalo people. Smiller got a terrible torta there with the greasiest bread ever, Natalie and Jay got uberbland burritos there. I tabledived (punk!) the butt of Jay's chicken burrito and it was indeed tasteless.

otherwise known as weird beard

NYTimes weighs in on freak folk. I'm going to see Feathers in July in Big Sur. I'm excited! I just hope the guy in it is not wearing his hair in a bun when I see him. I really can't handle a man with his hair in a bun.

crazy ass videos

The Pitchfork 100 Awesome videos is decidedly blowing my mind, on this most untypical day in which I can watch videos at work. There are so many good ones. I started with the Hasselhoff and from there I have seen Kate Bush do cartwheels, the Juvenile video for "ha" which is the first time I saw Juvey and I have loved him ever since, a video for Galang that reminded me why I liked M.I.A. before she stopped giving dumb interviews to Glamour and Elle, the dirty version of the Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Relax" video, and well, I'm just going to go back to watching but this is very exciting. This is why I've been saying that people (with more time on their hands than me) need to do youtube blogs in which they link the best stuff. When I do have time to watch videos my mind goes blanks and I just start searching for Luba.

And be sure to check the Kidzbop video at 2:37. You'll see.

who'd ya rather

They're playing bump it or dump it over at the Barnseyard and Huey Lewis got resoundingly bumped. As it should be. Perhaps I should start playing "who'd ya rather" in this space to spice things up. Now I can't remember the one I came up with the other night, it was Courtney Love and somebody else. But I just kept having to make the other person grosser and grosser cuz no one would choose Courtney Love. How about Courtney love or Pink?

Heyamoto reviewed the Bolt. I'm reading it and thinking "not so bad, not so bad" and then I froze on this sentence, "Though patrons said they were pleased with the new look, we didn't actually have any basis for comparing The Bolt old and new, as we are, you know, a girl person and had never been there before." Ay chihuahua! Hey, she hasn't actually reviewed the Park Downtown place, has she? I don't know anyone that's been to the nightclub so I'd be interested to see what Martha and Joan say.

So many babies

I'm being pressured to post by a certain bored reader.

Go see that Daniel Johnston movie at the Crest! It's so good. It's entertaining, it's a great introduction to his music if you don't know it (which I didn't) and if you already like him it will make you admire him even more. I never knew he was such a good artist. It is also is a fascinating glimspe into the scene in Austin in the late 80's/early 90's.

I finally got to eat out on the patio at Aioli. It's spectacular! What a great place to share a meal with friends, and the check was quite reasonable even with wine. Then we headed to the Distillery where we saw a baby triple bill the Baby Geniuses and Baby Grand and Leon's Baby (making a special remote appearance from Niki's Womb-sorry Niki it might be a shock to you to see your womb mentioned in this space-but what can I say? Nice womb).

Sunday I hit up the farmar (that's what we regulars call the farmer's market) which did not disappoint. Super spicy arugula and old-fashioned hotdogs for me.

I don't know of a whole lot going on this week. There's another SRD meeting tomorrow. Same time, same place.

FF ON FA

Fiery Furnaces on Fresh Air this morning according to Dave. Incomplete sentence. Tired. Catch it right now or download it after noon. Also lately I have discovered the show spinning on air from the NY NPR station, WNYC. It's a music show in which people play in the studio and he interviews them. He has some great guests and it's all archived.

this picture is so cool

Jay in a bitchin suit
Originally uploaded by katymonster.

also stolen from katy. hey, whaddya want, i don't have a camera!

have a good weekend. hope you do some fun crap. don't forget that jay howell art show at fool's, too.