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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill Flinging Foam Pelican Media The Pageant – Rated PG

It has been a while since I’ve seen Then it was time to seek out the broken Mankind has a long and infamous bers of the fl ock. Olive is a mitred conure anyone foam the downtown foun- sprinkler. They were always easy to fi nd. history of taking wild animals from who mates with one of the red crowns to tain. In fact I haven’t seen anyone Broken sprinklers ran throughout the night where they belong, transporting produce a new breed endemic to the Bay foam the new fi sh fountain downtown since all around town. Sure enough, just up the them somewhere they don’t, and then let- Area. Picasso and Sophie are an insepa- it’s been installed, and it’s not all that new. street I saw the sprinkler I had been seek- ting them run loose to wreak havoc on rable couple until he goes missing and she The old fountain was foamed all the time. ing. It looked like a geyser spraying up from the local fl ora and fauna. You’d think the gets condolences from Connor, who’s been At every major holiday (before they were the sidewalk. The geyser shot high into locals would have some kind of built-in in a number of unsuccessful relationships banned), someone dumped a whole bottle the air and pointed a few degrees towards advantage, being on their home turf and himself since his mate died some years be- of dish soap into the old fountain. This the street. I pulled my cab up as close to all, but introduced species often do sur- fore. All the birds have their own little role created a huge foam pile covering the side- the curb as I could. Then I pulled the cab prisingly well in new environments even in a larger soap opera. Bittner is there to walk on that side of the street. The foam up onto the curb to get the full rinsing ef- when you would suspect the opposite. If, note who’s been doing what with whom, crawled like a slow moving white bubbly fect and broke a couple more sprinklers in for example, you dropped a fl ock of par- and Irving manages to catch a lot of it blob into the 15-minute parking spots and the process. rots into the middle of San Francisco, on fi lm. out into the fi rst lane of traffi c. As far as I Once fully rinsed, I headed back to you’d probably expect them to drop dead The birds, of course, are pretty pho- can remember the great white blob always Duffy’s, knowing full well that there would over the winter. But if you headed over togenic. They do the usual bird things slowed by the time it reached the middle of be a frightened fare ready to fl ee. Sure to Telegraph Hill anytime in the last few like preening, fi ghting, dangling from Main Street. enough, when I pulled up, an older couple years, you’d fi nd a healthy and happy wild branches, popping out of the nest to take When this freak occurrence was in the was ready to go. The older couple was tell- population composed of several species their dramatic fi rst fl ights, etc. And even process of happening it made it easi- ing me some story about a crazy cabbie (red-crowned conures, mostly), tended to though they have to share the spotlight er to clean any puke off the side of my that was up on the sidewalk with foam by a musical bum named Mark Bittner. with Bittner, that works to everyone’s ad- taxi. Coinciding with the old busy banned all over his car (I wonder who that could Judy Irving’s latest documen- vantage since Bittner is obvi- holidays, whenever I saw the fountain get have been?). They seemed sincerely upset tary is essentially devoted to ously more concerned about foamed, someone seemed to puke out the about the lack of safety the foam covered the parrots, but it includes promoting the birds than window of my taxi the same night. As long cab executed. Bittner out of necessity. himself. You’d think a as it all went on the outside of the cab it The older couple didn’t fi gure out that Unlike, say, Winged Mi- quasi-homeless street was alright, all I dealt with was the stench I was that crazy cabbie until the end of gration, there’s no musician and failed of the rancid vomit during the process of the ride. In front of their home the cou- epic journey across writer would pimp the the upchuck. ple was standing beside the cab with the continents to docu- fact that the movie was Once I dropped off an overindulged vic- door open. The older gent was handing me ment here; the birds basi- based on a book he wrote, tim who did just that: puked all over the money and thanking me for the safe ride cally just hang around, and but Bittner mentions it only side of my cab. After dropping them off, I home as I watched out of the corner of nobody’s really sure how they once, in an oh-by-the-way headed right to the foamy fountain. Mak- my eye a nipple of foam collecting on top got there. kind of manner. He’s a bit of a ing sure I had all the windows up, I swung of the open door jam. I held my breath Bittner’s job is to make the movie per- hipster doofus, but he’s sincere and articu- in close to the curb, smashing blindly and tried not to look at the incriminating sonal rather than observational, to make late, and by the end of the fi lm you like through the huge blob of foam. It was foam. He paid me with a nice tip and as sure that we’re seeing individuals rather him just as much as any of the animals thick, it was everywhere and it was like my he withdrew his hand, the collecting nip- than just animals and to provide a sec- he tends to. worst day shaving. I couldn’t see a thing. ple of foam formed into a drip. The large ondary story to supplement the main Another thing you notice by the end of I hit my wipers just in time to see a dozen foam drip fell, intercepting his hand at the theme. Fortunately, he’s able to do all of the fi lm is a sense of narrative progress or so hippies scattering from the corner threshold of the door. The old guy gave the above because he knows all the birds lacking in most documentaries. There was near Duffy’s. The corner near Duffy’s was me this angry shocked look and I tore the on an individual basis and he has his own a moment in the middle where I thought quickly approaching my uncontrolled car. I hell out of there with the door still open story arc that connects to the making of Irving had run out of steam and was trying was on the brakes, but my soapy bald tires and my sinister laugh echoing through the fi lm in a very intimate way. to pad out the last 30 minutes or so; later slid ever closer toward the cringing crowd. the streets. It’s appropriate that the birds are I realized she was pacing herself. The last I cranked the wheel, pointing the steel treated as individuals instead of as a col- few scenes are unexpectedly emotional, beast up 4th Street, and stepped on the gas. [email protected] lective, since they all have distinct per- and the end is tragic, hopeful and abso- I caught some traction on an abandoned sonalities. The one named Mingus stands lutely perfect. You walk away feeling sad Birkenstock and, fl inging foam all over the out because he’s apparently institutional- but optimistic — the fl ock is a few mem- unfortunate crowd, I fi shtailed my way ized, preferring to stay indoors even when bers short by the end and Bittner is no up 4th. he’s given the option to leave. Connor is a longer there to care for them, but they’re blue-crowned conure, the only one of his still there, as are other fl ocks in various species in the bunch and something of an areas of the country. Hell, we might have outcast; he makes friends with the other one in Chico, if Daniel’s escaped lovebirds interspecies misfi ts and protects injured managed to survive the winter. I just hope birds from harassment by insensitive mem- somebody fed them…

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The Low Budgets, Ballistics, KFOG Kaboom Afterthought & MC Oroville Pier 30/32, San Francisco Off Limits Saturday, May 21st Thursday, May 26th

Yet another solid show at Off No, you don’t need to recheck Limits. It was a little surprising your calendar. It’s really not the to see three full bands and then 4th of July yet. So what’s up MC Oroville at the bar-cum-venue, but it with all the fi reworks in San Francisco was nice regardless. The $4 cover charge in May? It’s KFOG’s annual free concert, was really worth it, especially when you Kaboom, held on Piers 30/32. The day is factor in the whole Dead Milkmen tie and dedicated to celebrating music with the the great drink specials. best “listener” party around which at- MC Oroville is one goddamn raunchy son they’re more technical, drawing from Rise tracts a few hundred thousand spectators of a bitch. Between barking at the crowd Against-style guitar work, and are more dy- of all ages. This year the crowd was no- and barking at the soundman, Oroville is namic. This batch of new songs exploded ticeably younger than in previous years. to duplicate their success at home here pure entertainment. I mean, look at the and stuck out much more from the songs Sure, there were still plenty of tie-dyed in the US, followed with an incredibly guy standing up there with a 40 (at a bar) we’ve all heard before. The songs weren’t veterans scattered around the pier check- powerful set that included a drum solo in one hand and a mic pressed up against the only new thing; some girl invented a ing out three bands plus what has to be by Michael Barker that made everything his lips between his beard and long shag- crazy dance which caught the attention of one of the best fi reworks shows around. that followed seem just a little dull in gy hair in the other. His sexually-charged pretty much everyone at the bar at some It’s kind of tough to say anything bad comparison. The band’s style of folk, with rants are as funny as they are refreshing. point during the chaotic set. at all about a free concert, and you have a dash of reggae, is defi nitely a soulful You must take him with a grain of salt, When you think of old punk rockers to hand it to San Francisco radio station sound to take notice of. Finally, The Wall- however, because a lot of his act is about who’ve started new bands 20 years later, KFOG for putting on such a well-managed fl owers took the stage playing a mix of shock value. He’s not out to change the you usually think of idiots like Jerry Only show, especially considering the size of old favorites including “Three Marlenas,” world or save the rainforest; just trying to and the lame-ass new-look Misfi ts, or the the crowd. “6th Avenue Heartache,” “One Headlight” get your attention and make you laugh… entire Dead Kennedy’s fi asco. It’s really Kaboom begins at about 3 PM (if you and “The Difference.” The set also incor- a little. nice to see an old punk rocker playing mu- want a good spot) and runs until around porated a preview of the band’s new re- Afterthought could really use some help sic for the sake of playing music. The Low 9:30 PM. Getting in and out of the city lease, Rebel, Sweetheart, including “The in the equipment department. Their puny Budgets, which features Joe Jack Talcum is another story entirely. Beautiful Side of Somewhere,” “Back to little practice amps just don’t cut it. Get (previously of Dead Milkmen fame) on keys, KFOG normally takes this annual op- California,” “Nearly Beloved” and “Some real amps, pretty please. You’re just a little brought the rock. A solid set from start to portunity to introduce its listeners to Flowers Bloom Dead.” too shy about being in a band. The band fi nish of happy-go-lucky, yet rough around one emerging artist, one established art- And then there are the fi reworks…and did give it their best shot and showed the edge punk in that poppy, fun fashion. ist and then reacquaint them with one more fi reworks and bigger fi reworks. KFOG some enthusiasm for playing, but the It seemed like they played a shorter set of their favorites. This year’s lineup in- cleverly synchronizes the fi reworks show crowd didn’t seem to care. A good portion than the other bands, but then again, time cluded opener, singer-songwriter Kath- to classic rock, so be sure to bring a radio of the fl oor immediately in front of the fl ies when you’re having fun. leen Edwards, Australian band the John and headphones so you don’t miss out. In stage was empty throughout their set. Butler Trio and the crowd favorite the the end, even the fi reworks are all about The Ballistics have been putting togeth- Wallfl owers. Edwards opened the show the music. er some new songs after what has seemed with a full band and gave a solid perfor- like an eternity of the same old thing. The mance, showcasing her talent for a full great thing about the new songs is that hour. John Butler Trio, making an effort

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Gorillaz Athlete The Epoxies Pigeon John Demon Days Tourist Stop the Future Pigeon John Sings VIRGIN/EMI EMI RECORDS FAT WRECK CHORDS The Blues In these trying times, RED URBAN RECORDS even our favorite car- As much as I’d love to say that Athlete has With a sound recalling mid-‘80s, bored-with- Pigeon John’s fi fth album, Pigeon John toon characters are risen above the indie-pop fold and delivered suburbia-valley-girl-angst, Portland’s The Sings the Blues, is a breath of fresh air in becoming cynical. With an amazingly groundbreaking record, I can’t. Epoxies manage to infuse two genres meant the dank cavern known as modern hip-hop a new producer (Danger Not to say I don’t like this album; I actually for weirdos (punk and new wave) into an music. Pigeon’s career as a rapper began in Mouse) in tow, the four-color foursome of 2D, really enjoy it. They have made a really good album of goofy nostalgia. Without the glori- the early ‘90s in the suburbs of Los Angeles Noodle, Murdoc Nicholls and Russel Hobbs studio album here, employing a string sec- ously cheesy synth-lines of Fritz M. Static, or in the city of Hawthorne. In a genre that have returned with a darker disposition. tion, synthesizers and at one point a choir the heavy voice of frontwoman Roxy Epoxy, is wrought with violence, misogynism and Though “Feel Good Inc.” has plenty of ra- (see track eight for some fantastic synthe- The Epoxies would sound like your regular bling, Pigeon reminds us of what true hip- dio-worthy bounce, it’s imbued with Demon sizer usage). It’s all very well orchestrated, neighborhood punk band. Now, the band hop is supposed to be: personal, soulful and Days’ ominous feel — from Damon Albarn’s with some very decent vocals atop the whole is fun and all, but without eliminating the most importantly, honest. His unorthodox bleak vocals to the mocking tone of the raps thing. It’s defi nitely a very good album, but proper amount of self-consciousness and style borderlines R&B, jazz and blues. Pi- spit by De La Soul. This kind of atmosphere I doubt it will garner fans from outside its adding the needed amount of inebriation, geon’s down-tempo jams inspire the listener permeates the album, beginning with an in- particular genre. Stop the Future tends to grow a bit tiring. to love, to live and to think. Pigeon makes tro containing elements of “Dark Earth” from Rob Reeves However, songs like “Toys” can help aid one music that anyone can relate to; he’s a self- the fi lm Dawn of the Dead. Danger Mouse in having a good time with The Epoxies. So described average John. So if you’re in the uses similar moods and elements through- if you’re currently feeling the ‘80s right now, mood to listen to something different, funky out the album — choral voices, thick bass and you just dig weirdo hairdos and sun- and original, don’t sleep on this one. lines and almost subliminal acoustic guitar glasses, Stop the Future might be enjoyable. Chris De La Madrid strumming — amidst an expansive library Nick Walker of ambient sounds and sharp beats. If this album has any shortcomings, it’s how deftly Danger Mouse melds one track into the next. Cadiz Josh Martinez Smoke or Fire He handles the atmospheric material so Breakers Midriff Music Above the City smoothly, even Demon Days’ most magical SWANN HOUSE C A M O B E A R FAT WRECK CHORDS moments seem commonplace. This doesn’t deter from the album’s effec- tiveness, however. Seemingly endless layers Cadiz’s debut album is brimming with alt- Josh Martinez gives the disclaimer that this Self described as “a rock band with ethics,” of production can make Demon Days sound countrifi ed rock and lyrics that refl ect rural album is “summer music,” the kind you put there’s no doubt that Smoke or Fire brings like a different album each time you listen, life. However, Breakers seems to embody in the player, light up the grill to and kick something to the table with their freshman depending on how closely you’re paying at- the humdrum of small town existence too back with friends, and he’s right. Midriff release, Above the City. They have the po- tention, and the many guest appearances well. While there are some pleasant events Music is a mix of mellow beats and fl uffy litical rants such as, “forget everything they are worked in naturally. MF Doom drops that occur, the album on a whole feels a bit lyrics, each song more upbeat than the last. said/ don’t let them into your head/ can’t you methodical verses on the dreary “November lackluster. The slowly cascading pedal steel The album includes the futuristic yet soulful see that’s what they want from you,” along Has Come,” his grainy voice mingling well guitar of “Under The Farm” is not enough sounding “One More Sucka,” the funky old with some pretty heavy thunder sticks on with Albarn’s ghostly hook. Demon Days is to hide the faulty phrasing of Robert C. school throwback “Played Out” that features behalf of Nick Magguire and vocals that suc- far from a lazy summertime listen, but better Lee’s singing. Some excitement is injected Kunga 219, and “Tranzar,” which combines cessfully exist somewhere between a screech suited to those who stare at the blazing sun in “Girl At The Zoo” with its tweaked out melodic humming with Spanish guitar. But and a gravelly roar. These contributions col- hoping for rain. guitar sound, but three songs later the me- it is the remix to “Nightmare” that, if this lide best with the whines and rhythm of Joe James Barone diocrity of “Making Plans” numbs your once is a true look at what is to come from this McMahon and Jeremey Cochran on guitar in happily tingling eardrums. Interestingly, Canadian born artist, is quite promising. The the charged opening “California’s Burning” the album’s quietest song, “Spiders,” is one bottom line: it’s summertime, and this is the and the head nodding “Fire Escapes.” How- of its best with quickly creeping spider leg perfect accent to lazy days of lying in the ever, most songs on the 12-track release are guitar arpeggios. hammock with a beer in hand. able to fi nd their sound within the standard Connell Burton McDaniel Katie Patterson two-minute time lapse. It’s an enjoyable album if you don’t ask yourself why this Richmond, VA rock quartet sings “you and I are leaving Los Angeles.” Noel Pearson An Angle Des Ark Mommy and Daddy Victor Wooten We Can Breathe Un- Loose Lips Sink Ships Fighting Style Killer Soul Circus der Alcohol BIFOCAL MEDIA Panda EP VANGUARD RECORDS DRIVE-THRU KANINE RECORDS

If singer/songwriter Kris Anaya could fi nd Loose Lips Sink Ships begins with a fl oating This is a tough one. It’s kind of got a romp- The cover of Soul Circus features an eight- a way to sound any more manic, there’d be female voice and the moderately strummed driven beat, like the type of music you would armed Victor Wooten playing his bass. While a straightjacket and a fi stful of Thorazine guitar of “Some Are Love.” “No More Fighting fi nd at a sporting event or something, but at Wooten is known to some as the “Funktapus,” waiting for him right outside the recording Cats, OK?” ups the ante with jagged guitars the same time it offers a lot of high-pitched this album aims not to drive the myth so studio. With trembling livejournal memoirs, and stressed singing contrasted with a sud- dance-y silliness. The vocals tend to be much as to dispel it; to prove that Wooten is, simple high school band orchestration and den mid-song pause, followed by a melodic passionate, but in a way that encourages in fact, mortal. It begins with “Bass Tribute,” delightfully wounded acoustic ballads, his change that almost makes one believe an- dancing, like disco on steroids. All in all, it a shout-out to past bass afi cionados, and a second album is well crafted, but buckles other song has begun. Then, a minute into comes off a little like bad skate punk, only melodic rendering of the bassist’s increased under the weight of its presumed infl uences. the fourth song, “Yes Sir, Yes Way,” singer minus the bad parts, and plus some good importance over the years…as expressed Walking into a room with We Can Breathe… Aimee Argote lets loose with a throaty wail parts. Geez, I don’t know. It’s catchy. There’s by 12 different vocalists. This theme rings on the stereo, you’ll likely ask which Bright that brings both the song and album to a a lot going on in the music and it’s fairly in- throughout the following tracks. “Play with Eyes record you’re listening to. On that note, greater emotional and sonic height. Using teresting, but at the same time it’s nothing the soul, and not just with the hands,” Woo- you kinda want Anaya to give back the page their pause-and-change formula to tweak that would weird people out. This band is on ten raps. The man has already proven — via taken from Oberst’s diary and step beyond typical song structures, the Des Ark guitar their way to inventing the disco mosh pit. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones — that the the omnipresent Saddle Creek shadow. But / drum duo of Argote and Timothy Herzog Charles H. Peckham V bassist is no longer just the background guy, We Can Breathe’s inherent beauty shows have crafted an enjoyably dynamic disc. and this chaotic collection of funk, soul and that Kris is capable of much more than Connell Burton McDaniel soloing sets it in stone. It screams of au- merely retooling his infl uences. tonomy. Maurice Spencer Teilmann David P. Brown

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Oliver Ackermann is the gui- tarists equivalent to a mad scientist. His company Death By Audio has Public Enemy been providing the tools for crazy sonic ma- nipulation for almost three years now, and It Takes A Nation Of Millions: shows no signs of letting up. His lineup of London Invasion 1987 pedals includes things like the Sound Saw SLAM MEDIA-DVD (two fi lters in one box), Supersonic Fuzz Gun (gnarly, unstable fuzz), and the Total Remember when hip-hop was scary? Where Sonic Annihilation (makes other effects do did we go wrong? It used to be powerful and unholy things). Another cool aspect about leave people with either a sense of enrich- the company is the ability to create a totally ment, or disgust. There was no middle line. custom effect. It will probably cost you, but Public Enemy embodies hip-hop the way it’s you pay for what you get, and if you want supposed to be: A threat to the mainstream your guitar to sound like a car horn, he can way of thought, motivated by the movement, probably oblige you. not dollars; pro-black, and truly pumped by Rob Reeves the music.

This particular DVD documents the posse on their fi rst trip overseas to London for the 1987 Def Jam tour. People may recog- Modern Drunkard nize some of the audio from this show on w w w. moderndrunkardmaga- It Takes A Nation Of Millions from the intro z i n e . c o m to various fi lls. Obviously, if the show was W e b s i t e good enough to be pressed on DVD, then PE did their thing and turned the show out. Drunks nationwide haven’t had The fi lm and sound quality is what would be a reason to be this proud since expected from a tape fi lmed in the ‘80s, but the repeal of prohibition. Modern Drunkard anyone who complains about that is missing Magazine, that Denver based monthly bulle- the point. Between songs are fi lmed inter- tin of booze, has an online site stocked with views with British media which gives more a free archive of articles back to the maga- insight into what Public Enemy was really zine’s 2001 inception. What’s the drinking about, and it wasn’t a joke. These cats were scene like in Antarctica? Do monkeys actu- really about making a statement in soci- ally brew up their own vats of wine? Does ety, and after viewing it 18 years after, I drinking actually make you sexier? Sure, would say that they succeeded. Not in the some of the articles are — how do you say? sense of a full on revolution, but the aware- — a tad on the adolescent side, but that’s ness and consciousness that they instilled what you get when your demographic is the in black people, and anybody who listened ordinary lush. Maybe you can’t drink at work, to their music. There will never be another but that shouldn’t stop you from wasting an Public Enemy; a group who is progressive afternoon plumbing the depths of alcoholic with their sound, but whose prowess goes pleasure, right? beyond music. Warwick McCallaghan Corey Bloom

Johnny Cash Snakes and Earrings The Man, His World, By Hitomi Kanehara His Music DUTTON BOOKS SANCTUARY?BMG DVD – Not Rated Snakes and Earrings is an ex- quisite single serving of a book, By far the best tribute to Johnny Cash I’ve literally gauged by gauges. 19- seen is a bootlegged sticker of his famous year-old Lui is rapt by a young man’s snaked Folsom Prison fl ip-off with the words “Now tongue and that passion serves as the cata- you buy my damn records” scribbled across lyst for her future decisions and encounters. it. The Man, His World, His Music is a close With the change of each gauge, the hole second. Where posthumous releases can in her tongue widens, mirroring the expan- seem disingenuous, designed less to further sion of her understanding of the superfi cial a legacy than line pockets, The Man… is a world in which she surrounds herself: To- touching tribute to not only Cash’s endur- kyo’s clubs, tattoo and piercing parlors and ing music, but to Cash himself. Interspersed bars fi lled with sex, violence and murder. As between concert footage are clips of Johnny the hole widens, her ideas of pleasure, pain, and June with family, passing time on the semblance and substance tangle. Lui is a tour bus, and just relaxing on the couch sad, delicate narrator in a tough fashioned with a guitar. It is in these candid moments shell who tells a fast paced and engrossing where we are given clues into the gruff, yet story to be read in a single sitting. surprisingly tender character of the man J. Bibbo in black. Maurice Spencer Teilmann

May 30 - June 5, 2005 A kite is a note, a con is a okey doke Synthesis 25 by kozmic kev kozmic debris

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