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"content": "\u003cp>When people talk about San Francisco as the epicenter of hippie culture in 1967, Bill Graham’s Fillmore Auditorium is invariably mentioned as the scene’s musical focal point. A 1,000-capacity hall that was once a roller-skating rink, the Fillmore served as training grounds for bands like Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, and Big Brother and the Holding Company. By many accounts, the “San Francisco Sound” came from the Fillmore’s stage — and as young people came to San Francisco in droves, Graham’s shows were practically tourist attractions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/summer-of-love/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13338499\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Fillmore wasn’t the only stage during the Summer of Love. Once the San Francisco Sound became mainstream, all kinds of new clubs popped up, providing gigs for groups who weren’t on that week’s bill at the Fillmore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were so many dives that popped up out of nowhere, and because the [Grateful] Dead had done one show there, they were the new club on the map,” Flamin’ Groovies guitarist Cyril Jordan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all those places had an impact on the music, but the ones that did have stories worth telling. Here’s just a few.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13333481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13333481\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The entrance to the former Avalon Ballroom\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to the former Avalon Ballroom. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Avalon Ballroom\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 1966, when asked by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.rockmine.com/Archive/Library/MojoNav/Mojo08.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojo Navigator\u003c/a> where would she would rather play — the Fillmore or the Avalon — Janis Joplin said the acoustics at the Avalon were better, and that the last time her band played the Fillmore, the audience members “weren’t really into the music” and “would walk around trying to pick each other up, sailors and all that…”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those comments led to Joplin and Big Brother And The Holding Company being unofficially banned from Graham’s stage for about seven months. It didn’t matter — they were managed by Chet Helms, who also ran the Avalon, the hall with the better sound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tall, bearded, and with hair to his shoulders before it was a hippie standard, Helms was a messiah-like figure with a religious view of music that he was hell-bent on preaching. Helms was also Joplin’s earliest supporter, and he believed in her so much that he drove to Texas to bring her back with him to San Francisco — twice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxdTnLL2fec\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After putting on a few shows with a little help from Bill Graham, Helms broke out on his own and, while working with a local commune called the Family Dog, secured permits to rent the Avalon Ballroom, a former dance hall on Sutter. Helms had the phrase “May the baby Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind” painted above the entrance, and went on to book a series of concerts that focused not just on music but an entire experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you come to the Avalon, some of the time, you just get entertainment, but very often, you get a connection with people. In a sense, an oceanic experience of being unified with something larger than yourself, that is essentially ultimately regenerating and renewing and is what the word recreation means in its true sense,” Helms said \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/04/28/chet-helms-on-bringing-janis-to-s-f-starting-music-scene-1998-qa/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">during a 1998 interview\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From \u003ca href=\"http://www.chickenonaunicycle.com/FD%20Shows.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 1966 to March of ’69\u003c/a>, Helms booked bands of all stripes at the Avalon, including psychedelic rock pioneers like the 13th Floor Elevators and Captain Beefheart and almost-forgotten-by-then blues musicians like Bo Diddley and Buddy Guy. He gave Moby Grape and the Steve Miller Band their first big breaks, and — like the Fillmore — every show was advertised with eye-catching, multi-colored psychedelic posters that now go for hundreds of dollars. Ask anybody who was alive back then and they’ll tell you the Avalon wasn’t appropriating the hippie culture — it was the real deal. It’s why many call Helms the “father of the Summer of Love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC8tlP4N6uc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But noise complaints brought the Avalon’s fun times to an end. Helms relocated Family Dog Productions to a space on the Great Highway, and other promoters who tried to book the hall afterward could never recreate the same vibe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the Regency Ballroom, a live music venue right next door, is often mistaken for the Avalon. In actuality, the old Avalon is now an office space — and, for a brief time, the shell of the Avalon \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/slideshow/S-F-Real-World-house-in-old-Avalon-Ballroom-75179.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">served as living quarters\u003c/a> for the cast of MTV’s \u003cem>The Real World\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13333482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13333482\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Matrix \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Matrix. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Matrix\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Matrix came to be after \u003ca href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20050222091301/http://www.geocities.com/balinmiracles/hightimesart.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marty Balin convinced three guys\u003c/a> he met randomly at a bar to put up $3,000 each for a club he wanted to start. He then found a former pizza place in the Marina, signed a lease, and, before opening, enlisted some friends to paint a gigantic mural of the four horsemen on the wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balin later said he opened the Matrix so he could start a band and have a place to play. That band turned out to be the Jefferson Airplane, and they were the first group to play the club. On opening night, a publicist convinced local jazz critic Ralph Gleason to come to the show. Gleason fell in love with the band that night, and not only did he dedicate an entire column in the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> to them, he would go onto be the group’s biggest cheerleader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t long before the place started packing in all the local eccentrics, who would be treated to early performances from the Doors, Grateful Dead and the Steve Miller Blues Band in an intimate setting (the club sat about 100 people). An early Matrix regular was gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, who immortalized the club in his book, \u003ci>Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c/i>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkaJzNwQUTM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One huge bonus for bands playing the Matrix was the high-quality recording setup used to capture performances. Almost every group’s set was put to tape, and recordings of Steppenwolf, Santana, the Great Society (Grace Slick’s first band) and the Velvet Underground were later released as live albums. But many tapes never saw the light of day, like the recording of fuzz-rock legends Blue Cheer, who played the club once as a six-piece. According to the band’s Leigh Stephens, the Matrix recording convinced the group that they needed to pare down to a trio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We listened to [our recording] back and three guys were playing the songs one way and the other three were somewhere else,” Stephens said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx9f0IAKYYI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balin’s share was eventually bought out by two of the other partners, and after a few different bookers, the club closed in 1972. Now, the building is an “ultralounge” concept, still called the Matrix, which is owned by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s company, the Plumpjack Group. For a short time it hosted live bands, but now only DJs provide the tunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>(Bonus link: An interview with the singers of The Only Alternative and His Other Possibilities on the \u003ca href=\"https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/210748\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive\u003c/a>.)\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13333479\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13333479\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"California Hall\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Hall \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>California Hall\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Chet Helms used this large rental hall for a few shows, as did many activists raising funds for various causes — the end of marijuana prohibition, for instance, or sexual liberation. The Hells Angels also once held a party there, and Blue Cheer played “A Tribute to J. Edgar Hoover” (not a genuine celebration of the former head of the F.B.I.).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13333872\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 538px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13333872\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cal-Hall-19670210-2.jpg\" alt='Flyer from \"A Tribute to J. Edgar Hoover\"' width=\"538\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cal-Hall-19670210-2.jpg 538w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cal-Hall-19670210-2-160x225.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cal-Hall-19670210-2-240x338.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cal-Hall-19670210-2-375x528.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cal-Hall-19670210-2-520x732.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flyer from “A Tribute to J. Edgar Hoover.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Chicken on a Unicycle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are some heaven-sent lineups that happened at the California Hall — a fundraiser for the Sexual Freedom League is a standout, which featured the Doors, Captain Beefheart and the 13th Floor Elevators. But you won’t hear much about California Hall from those in the scene, as it simply wasn’t a great place to see shows. Housed inside a 1912 building, the hall itself didn’t have great acoustics. Its lack of soundproofing made it sound “boomy,” which you can hear in a live recording of Big Brother and the Holding Company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was the worst gig in town,” Jordan said. “Everybody who played there sounded like shit. I remember bands playing their first show there and breaking up afterward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What the hall is remembered more for are non-musical activities. In 1965, the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.lgbtran.org/Exhibits/CRH/Room.aspx?RID=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Council on Religion and the Homosexual\u003c/a>,” which brought together gay men and religious leaders, tried to host a Mardi Gras-themed drag party at the hall to raise funds. When police caught wind of the plans, they attempted to force the hall’s owners to shut it down. When that failed, officers stood outside the hall and took pictures of attendees in an attempt to intimidate them. Some of the ministers from the event held a press conference the next day and described the police as being like the Gestapo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RScBsb0vYOc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Police attracted more bad press at California Hall decades later in 1984, when they held a graduation party for new recruits at the Rathskeller, a restaurant in the basement. During the party, a shy recruit was \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/1985-04-15/news/mn-13956_1_police-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handcuffed to a chair and made to receive a blowjob\u003c/a> from a prostitute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, whenever a new music scene popped up in the city, as punk did in the ’80s, its bands would hold shows at the California Hall. U2 played there in 1981. The hall now houses fashion classes for the Academy of Art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13333480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13333480\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Goodwill where the Straight Theater once stood\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Goodwill where the Straight Theater once stood \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Straight Theater\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Straight Theater holds the honor of being the only live venue actually located in the Haight-Ashbury during the neighborhood’s hippie heydays. Opened as the Haight Theater in 1910, it operated as the ‘hood’s main movie house until it closed in 1964, after two of its owners turned it into an experimental gay theater. For the crime of risqué decor and showing movies like Ed Wood’s \u003ca href=\"http://hoodline.com/2015/07/from-haight-theater-to-goodwill-the-history-of-1700-haight-street\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003ci>Glen or Glenda\u003c/i>, the owners were run out of town by locals in a matter of weeks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taoDcurT738\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years later, in 1966, five hippie artists had the idea to buy the theater and turn it into a performing arts space. The Grateful Dead and Country Joe played fundraising concerts at the Avalon, and as many as 20 people supposedly invested in the theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the neighborhood didn’t take kindly to the idea. It hadn’t been long since locals ran out the owners who’d showed a movie about a crossdresser, and now they had a hippie problem on their hands. A place for lovey-dovey hippie music was expected to make the neighborhood’s “problems” worse, and the San Francisco Police Department denied the Straight’s application for performance permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The buyers kept fighting. At a Permit Appeals board hearing, Dame Judith Anderson, considered one of the greatest classical stage actors of the 20th century, testified in support of the club. As the stepmom of one of the five buyers, Anderson told the board that there would be nothing wrong with hippies coming to the theater for rock ‘n’ roll, since they would be exposed to culture in the process — the owners had planned to host poetry readings and even Shakespeare. (Anderson was also clear that she wasn’t a fan of the “hippie cult,” citing their “sick faces and hideous behavior.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx9Gz34BFMQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The owners won their permit, and by June of ’67, the Straight hosted shows for the Steve Miller Band, Clover (pre-Huey Lewis and the News) and the Grateful Dead, who in the beginning had to bill their concerts as “dancing lessons” because the owners didn’t yet have the proper permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>True to Anderson’s testimony, the hall hosted a wide variety of entertainment, including film screenings like the 5am premiere of the Beatles’ \u003ci>Magical Mystery Tour\u003c/i>. It’s also where Kenneth Anger had 1,500-feet of his famous film \u003ci>Lucifer Rising\u003c/i> stolen after a multimedia event called “Equinox of the Gods.” The theft left \u003ca href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/kenneth-anger-no-rest-for-the-wicked-9185690.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anger so distraught \u003c/a>that he announced he was dead in the pages of the \u003cem>Village Voice\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Straight also hosted quite a few “nude theater” events, one of which took place in the middle of a conference on runaway children. According to reports, with over 400 juveniles in attendance during a discussion on why teens run away from home, members of the Jane Lapiner Dance Group came on stage and began doing their thing, naked. Two officers accosted the performers but were stopped by the crowd. Other audience members then surrounded the dancers and escorted them off stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the theater held memorable shows, it always struggled for money. Within a year, it turned to fundraising concerts to keep the doors open. It shut down in 1969 and sat empty for over a decade before it was torn down. A Goodwill is now on Haight St. where the 1,400-seat Straight once stood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13333483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13333483\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The lot where the Ark once stood\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lot where the Ark once stood \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Ark\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Built in 1916, the Charles Van Damme was a steamboat that shuttled commuters from Richmond to San Rafael for over 20 years. After being decommissioned and stripped of its parts, the old ferry sat landlocked on Sausalito’s waterfront, in the middle of the town’s thriving houseboat community, still sporting its paddlewheel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Infamous \u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/csp/mediapool/sites/PressDemocrat/News/story.csp?cid=2291971&sid=555&fid=181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Bay restaurateur Juanita Musson\u003c/a> housed her late-night diner Juanita’s Galley there for three years before taking her famous clientele and irreverent hijinks to Sonoma Valley. Fred “Marti” Martinez and Frank McGinnis then bought the Van Damme, cleaned up the boat’s interior, and by 1965 they had turned it into a plush after-hours nightclub. The Ark was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite never charging a cover and paying the bands with food — breakfast, usually, since the shows either started or ended at 2am — many seminal groups came to play the Ark. Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Charlatans, and the West Coast Pop Experimental Band played there often, and in attendance would sometimes be stars like David Crosby, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. Even Otis Redding came down to the club when he was living in a Sausalito houseboat and writing his hit, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Ark’s biggest contribution to Bay Area music was serving as the incubator for Moby Grape, the band that could’ve ruled the world were it not for bad luck and a host of issues, drugs among them. Moby Grape played their first shows at the Ark and used the boat as a rehearsal space in the daytime. Neil Young and Stephen Stills occasionally jammed with the band on stage, and Young would later say that his song “Mr. Soul” was simply a melding of two Moby Grape tracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffDNfpn7b4Y\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another band that became an Ark favorite was the Sparrow, a Canadian band featuring a singer named John Kay. After the Sparrow broke up, Kay moved to Los Angeles and started Steppenwolf, the riff-tastic rockers behind the rebel anthem “Born to Be Wild.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1968, during one of its 2-6am weekend shows, someone set fire to the Ark. Subsequent repairs forced the club to shut down for a little while, but the owners tried to keep it going for a few months more until closing it for good. When asked why decades later, \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/general-news/20060410/famed-ferrys-final-voyage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martinez said\u003c/a> that the muddy lot where the Ark sat clashed with the club’s fancier vibe, keeping it from fulfilling its potential, so they moved on. (Martinez then started the classy waterfront restaurant Ondine.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years after its time as the Ark, the Charles Van Damme would serve as a center for the local houseboat community. Bands like the Redlegs would play and use the cover charges to help keep up the deteriorating boat. In the early ’80s it was condemned by local authorities, and after an unsuccessful attempt to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for restoration, it was bulldozed. Locals didn’t make the demolition easy, as dozens laid in front of the bulldozers and were arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The site where the Ark once stood is now just a dirt lot, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.charlesvandammeferry.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local houseboat activists \u003c/a>continue to care for its paddlewheel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13333484\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13333484\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Jabberwock-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The corner where the Jabberwock used to be\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Jabberwock-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Jabberwock-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Jabberwock-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Jabberwock-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Jabberwock-by-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Jabberwock-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Jabberwock-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Jabberwock-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Jabberwock-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Jabberwock-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corner where the Jabberwock used to be. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Jabberwock\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As San Francisco was becoming a breeding ground for psychedelic rock, Berkeley was still enjoying its reputation as \u003ca href=\"http://www.chickenonaunicycle.com/Berkeley%20Art.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">part of the folk circuit\u003c/a>. Throughout the ’60s, folk musicians flocked to Berkeley from around the country to clubs like the Blind Lemon, Steppenwolf and the Cabale, and for over a decade it hosted the Berkeley Folk Music Festival, a major event for the genre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Berkeley’s folk venues were short-lived. Among the shortest-lived but most beloved was the Jabberwock, a former jazz club on Telegraph Avenue. Bill Ehlert, a.k.a. the “Jolly Blue Giant,” bought the place in 1965, and Cal students and local musicians regularly packed the place for bills that read today like a Roots Music Hall of Fame; John Fahey, Doc Watson, Skip James and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott are just a few legends that graced its stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A roots-music aficionado from Los Angeles named Joe McDonald lived next to the Jabberwock and was a regular, playing in the house “pickup” group, the Instant Action Jug Band, with a guitarist named Barry Melton. McDonald, Melton and a few others would end up recording a song McDonald wrote in a matter of minutes called “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag.” Released on an EP, the song — a satire-laden protest of the Vietnam War — became a regional hit, so McDonald and Melton began playing at the Jabberwock as Country Joe McDonald and the Fish. Three years later, they’d play “Fixin’-To-Die” at Woodstock, with a \u003ca href=\"http://www.countryjoe.com/cheer.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cheer heard ’round the world\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyr7P8VCPDg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bands that developed in the Jabberwock seemed to embrace a dark sense of humor with their Americana. Another notable song from the Jabberwock’s scene was “Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent” by \u003cem>Berkeley Barb\u003c/em> writer Jef Jaison. \u003ca href=\"http://www.eljefe.net/fnnafaq.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inspired by a pot dealer\u003c/a> who ripped off some undercover police officers at a Berkeley pizza shop by selling them a large quantity of Jasmine tea for hundreds of dollars, it became of a staple on Dr. Demento’s legendary comedy music show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqjSG4YPIG0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jabberwock closed in 1967 when Ehlert couldn’t afford to bring the club up to code. Doc Watson played its final show, and the club was immortalized by Jaison in the \u003cem>Berkeley Barb\u003c/em>. By 1969, the corner of Telegraph and Russell where the Jabberwock once stood was a barren lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Special thanks to Ross Hannan for expertise and connections. Hannan and Corry Arnold created the \u003ca href=\"http://www.chickenonaunicycle.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicken on a Unicycle website\u003c/a>, a one-stop source for information on the Bay Area’s live music scene during the ’60s.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When people talk about San Francisco as the epicenter of hippie culture in 1967, Bill Graham’s Fillmore Auditorium is invariably mentioned as the scene’s musical focal point. A 1,000-capacity hall that was once a roller-skating rink, the Fillmore served as training grounds for bands like Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, and Big Brother and the Holding Company. By many accounts, the “San Francisco Sound” came from the Fillmore’s stage — and as young people came to San Francisco in droves, Graham’s shows were practically tourist attractions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/summer-of-love/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13338499\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Summer-of-Love-300x300JPG-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Fillmore wasn’t the only stage during the Summer of Love. Once the San Francisco Sound became mainstream, all kinds of new clubs popped up, providing gigs for groups who weren’t on that week’s bill at the Fillmore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were so many dives that popped up out of nowhere, and because the [Grateful] Dead had done one show there, they were the new club on the map,” Flamin’ Groovies guitarist Cyril Jordan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all those places had an impact on the music, but the ones that did have stories worth telling. Here’s just a few.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13333481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13333481\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The entrance to the former Avalon Ballroom\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Avalon-Ballroom-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to the former Avalon Ballroom. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Avalon Ballroom\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 1966, when asked by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.rockmine.com/Archive/Library/MojoNav/Mojo08.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojo Navigator\u003c/a> where would she would rather play — the Fillmore or the Avalon — Janis Joplin said the acoustics at the Avalon were better, and that the last time her band played the Fillmore, the audience members “weren’t really into the music” and “would walk around trying to pick each other up, sailors and all that…”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Helms was also Joplin’s earliest supporter, and he believed in her so much that he drove to Texas to bring her back with him to San Francisco — twice.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/yxdTnLL2fec'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/yxdTnLL2fec'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>After putting on a few shows with a little help from Bill Graham, Helms broke out on his own and, while working with a local commune called the Family Dog, secured permits to rent the Avalon Ballroom, a former dance hall on Sutter. Helms had the phrase “May the baby Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind” painted above the entrance, and went on to book a series of concerts that focused not just on music but an entire experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you come to the Avalon, some of the time, you just get entertainment, but very often, you get a connection with people. In a sense, an oceanic experience of being unified with something larger than yourself, that is essentially ultimately regenerating and renewing and is what the word recreation means in its true sense,” Helms said \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/04/28/chet-helms-on-bringing-janis-to-s-f-starting-music-scene-1998-qa/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">during a 1998 interview\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From \u003ca href=\"http://www.chickenonaunicycle.com/FD%20Shows.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 1966 to March of ’69\u003c/a>, Helms booked bands of all stripes at the Avalon, including psychedelic rock pioneers like the 13th Floor Elevators and Captain Beefheart and almost-forgotten-by-then blues musicians like Bo Diddley and Buddy Guy. He gave Moby Grape and the Steve Miller Band their first big breaks, and — like the Fillmore — every show was advertised with eye-catching, multi-colored psychedelic posters that now go for hundreds of dollars. Ask anybody who was alive back then and they’ll tell you the Avalon wasn’t appropriating the hippie culture — it was the real deal. It’s why many call Helms the “father of the Summer of Love.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/iC8tlP4N6uc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/iC8tlP4N6uc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>But noise complaints brought the Avalon’s fun times to an end. Helms relocated Family Dog Productions to a space on the Great Highway, and other promoters who tried to book the hall afterward could never recreate the same vibe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the Regency Ballroom, a live music venue right next door, is often mistaken for the Avalon. In actuality, the old Avalon is now an office space — and, for a brief time, the shell of the Avalon \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/slideshow/S-F-Real-World-house-in-old-Avalon-Ballroom-75179.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">served as living quarters\u003c/a> for the cast of MTV’s \u003cem>The Real World\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13333482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13333482\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Matrix \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Matrix-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Matrix. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Matrix\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Matrix came to be after \u003ca href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20050222091301/http://www.geocities.com/balinmiracles/hightimesart.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marty Balin convinced three guys\u003c/a> he met randomly at a bar to put up $3,000 each for a club he wanted to start. He then found a former pizza place in the Marina, signed a lease, and, before opening, enlisted some friends to paint a gigantic mural of the four horsemen on the wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balin later said he opened the Matrix so he could start a band and have a place to play. That band turned out to be the Jefferson Airplane, and they were the first group to play the club. On opening night, a publicist convinced local jazz critic Ralph Gleason to come to the show. Gleason fell in love with the band that night, and not only did he dedicate an entire column in the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> to them, he would go onto be the group’s biggest cheerleader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t long before the place started packing in all the local eccentrics, who would be treated to early performances from the Doors, Grateful Dead and the Steve Miller Blues Band in an intimate setting (the club sat about 100 people). An early Matrix regular was gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, who immortalized the club in his book, \u003ci>Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c/i>.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/QkaJzNwQUTM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/QkaJzNwQUTM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>One huge bonus for bands playing the Matrix was the high-quality recording setup used to capture performances. Almost every group’s set was put to tape, and recordings of Steppenwolf, Santana, the Great Society (Grace Slick’s first band) and the Velvet Underground were later released as live albums. But many tapes never saw the light of day, like the recording of fuzz-rock legends Blue Cheer, who played the club once as a six-piece. According to the band’s Leigh Stephens, the Matrix recording convinced the group that they needed to pare down to a trio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We listened to [our recording] back and three guys were playing the songs one way and the other three were somewhere else,” Stephens said.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Tx9f0IAKYYI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Tx9f0IAKYYI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Balin’s share was eventually bought out by two of the other partners, and after a few different bookers, the club closed in 1972. Now, the building is an “ultralounge” concept, still called the Matrix, which is owned by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s company, the Plumpjack Group. For a short time it hosted live bands, but now only DJs provide the tunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>(Bonus link: An interview with the singers of The Only Alternative and His Other Possibilities on the \u003ca href=\"https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/210748\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive\u003c/a>.)\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13333479\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13333479\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"California Hall\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/California-Hall-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Hall \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>California Hall\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Chet Helms used this large rental hall for a few shows, as did many activists raising funds for various causes — the end of marijuana prohibition, for instance, or sexual liberation. The Hells Angels also once held a party there, and Blue Cheer played “A Tribute to J. Edgar Hoover” (not a genuine celebration of the former head of the F.B.I.).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13333872\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 538px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13333872\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cal-Hall-19670210-2.jpg\" alt='Flyer from \"A Tribute to J. Edgar Hoover\"' width=\"538\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cal-Hall-19670210-2.jpg 538w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cal-Hall-19670210-2-160x225.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cal-Hall-19670210-2-240x338.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cal-Hall-19670210-2-375x528.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cal-Hall-19670210-2-520x732.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flyer from “A Tribute to J. Edgar Hoover.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Chicken on a Unicycle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are some heaven-sent lineups that happened at the California Hall — a fundraiser for the Sexual Freedom League is a standout, which featured the Doors, Captain Beefheart and the 13th Floor Elevators. But you won’t hear much about California Hall from those in the scene, as it simply wasn’t a great place to see shows. Housed inside a 1912 building, the hall itself didn’t have great acoustics. Its lack of soundproofing made it sound “boomy,” which you can hear in a live recording of Big Brother and the Holding Company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was the worst gig in town,” Jordan said. “Everybody who played there sounded like shit. I remember bands playing their first show there and breaking up afterward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What the hall is remembered more for are non-musical activities. In 1965, the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.lgbtran.org/Exhibits/CRH/Room.aspx?RID=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Council on Religion and the Homosexual\u003c/a>,” which brought together gay men and religious leaders, tried to host a Mardi Gras-themed drag party at the hall to raise funds. When police caught wind of the plans, they attempted to force the hall’s owners to shut it down. When that failed, officers stood outside the hall and took pictures of attendees in an attempt to intimidate them. Some of the ministers from the event held a press conference the next day and described the police as being like the Gestapo.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/RScBsb0vYOc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/RScBsb0vYOc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>San Francisco Police attracted more bad press at California Hall decades later in 1984, when they held a graduation party for new recruits at the Rathskeller, a restaurant in the basement. During the party, a shy recruit was \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/1985-04-15/news/mn-13956_1_police-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handcuffed to a chair and made to receive a blowjob\u003c/a> from a prostitute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, whenever a new music scene popped up in the city, as punk did in the ’80s, its bands would hold shows at the California Hall. U2 played there in 1981. The hall now houses fashion classes for the Academy of Art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13333480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13333480\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Goodwill where the Straight Theater once stood\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Straight-Theater-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Goodwill where the Straight Theater once stood \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Straight Theater\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Straight Theater holds the honor of being the only live venue actually located in the Haight-Ashbury during the neighborhood’s hippie heydays. Opened as the Haight Theater in 1910, it operated as the ‘hood’s main movie house until it closed in 1964, after two of its owners turned it into an experimental gay theater. For the crime of risqué decor and showing movies like Ed Wood’s \u003ca href=\"http://hoodline.com/2015/07/from-haight-theater-to-goodwill-the-history-of-1700-haight-street\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003ci>Glen or Glenda\u003c/i>, the owners were run out of town by locals in a matter of weeks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/taoDcurT738'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/taoDcurT738'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Two years later, in 1966, five hippie artists had the idea to buy the theater and turn it into a performing arts space. The Grateful Dead and Country Joe played fundraising concerts at the Avalon, and as many as 20 people supposedly invested in the theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the neighborhood didn’t take kindly to the idea. It hadn’t been long since locals ran out the owners who’d showed a movie about a crossdresser, and now they had a hippie problem on their hands. A place for lovey-dovey hippie music was expected to make the neighborhood’s “problems” worse, and the San Francisco Police Department denied the Straight’s application for performance permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The buyers kept fighting. At a Permit Appeals board hearing, Dame Judith Anderson, considered one of the greatest classical stage actors of the 20th century, testified in support of the club. As the stepmom of one of the five buyers, Anderson told the board that there would be nothing wrong with hippies coming to the theater for rock ‘n’ roll, since they would be exposed to culture in the process — the owners had planned to host poetry readings and even Shakespeare. (Anderson was also clear that she wasn’t a fan of the “hippie cult,” citing their “sick faces and hideous behavior.”)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/rx9Gz34BFMQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/rx9Gz34BFMQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The owners won their permit, and by June of ’67, the Straight hosted shows for the Steve Miller Band, Clover (pre-Huey Lewis and the News) and the Grateful Dead, who in the beginning had to bill their concerts as “dancing lessons” because the owners didn’t yet have the proper permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>True to Anderson’s testimony, the hall hosted a wide variety of entertainment, including film screenings like the 5am premiere of the Beatles’ \u003ci>Magical Mystery Tour\u003c/i>. It’s also where Kenneth Anger had 1,500-feet of his famous film \u003ci>Lucifer Rising\u003c/i> stolen after a multimedia event called “Equinox of the Gods.” The theft left \u003ca href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/kenneth-anger-no-rest-for-the-wicked-9185690.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anger so distraught \u003c/a>that he announced he was dead in the pages of the \u003cem>Village Voice\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Straight also hosted quite a few “nude theater” events, one of which took place in the middle of a conference on runaway children. According to reports, with over 400 juveniles in attendance during a discussion on why teens run away from home, members of the Jane Lapiner Dance Group came on stage and began doing their thing, naked. Two officers accosted the performers but were stopped by the crowd. Other audience members then surrounded the dancers and escorted them off stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the theater held memorable shows, it always struggled for money. Within a year, it turned to fundraising concerts to keep the doors open. It shut down in 1969 and sat empty for over a decade before it was torn down. A Goodwill is now on Haight St. where the 1,400-seat Straight once stood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13333483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13333483\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The lot where the Ark once stood\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/The-Ark-photo-project-by-Estefany-Gonzalez-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lot where the Ark once stood \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Ark\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Built in 1916, the Charles Van Damme was a steamboat that shuttled commuters from Richmond to San Rafael for over 20 years. After being decommissioned and stripped of its parts, the old ferry sat landlocked on Sausalito’s waterfront, in the middle of the town’s thriving houseboat community, still sporting its paddlewheel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Infamous \u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/csp/mediapool/sites/PressDemocrat/News/story.csp?cid=2291971&sid=555&fid=181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Bay restaurateur Juanita Musson\u003c/a> housed her late-night diner Juanita’s Galley there for three years before taking her famous clientele and irreverent hijinks to Sonoma Valley. Fred “Marti” Martinez and Frank McGinnis then bought the Van Damme, cleaned up the boat’s interior, and by 1965 they had turned it into a plush after-hours nightclub. The Ark was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite never charging a cover and paying the bands with food — breakfast, usually, since the shows either started or ended at 2am — many seminal groups came to play the Ark. Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Charlatans, and the West Coast Pop Experimental Band played there often, and in attendance would sometimes be stars like David Crosby, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. Even Otis Redding came down to the club when he was living in a Sausalito houseboat and writing his hit, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Ark’s biggest contribution to Bay Area music was serving as the incubator for Moby Grape, the band that could’ve ruled the world were it not for bad luck and a host of issues, drugs among them. Moby Grape played their first shows at the Ark and used the boat as a rehearsal space in the daytime. Neil Young and Stephen Stills occasionally jammed with the band on stage, and Young would later say that his song “Mr. Soul” was simply a melding of two Moby Grape tracks.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ffDNfpn7b4Y'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ffDNfpn7b4Y'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Another band that became an Ark favorite was the Sparrow, a Canadian band featuring a singer named John Kay. After the Sparrow broke up, Kay moved to Los Angeles and started Steppenwolf, the riff-tastic rockers behind the rebel anthem “Born to Be Wild.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1968, during one of its 2-6am weekend shows, someone set fire to the Ark. Subsequent repairs forced the club to shut down for a little while, but the owners tried to keep it going for a few months more until closing it for good. When asked why decades later, \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/general-news/20060410/famed-ferrys-final-voyage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martinez said\u003c/a> that the muddy lot where the Ark sat clashed with the club’s fancier vibe, keeping it from fulfilling its potential, so they moved on. (Martinez then started the classy waterfront restaurant Ondine.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years after its time as the Ark, the Charles Van Damme would serve as a center for the local houseboat community. Bands like the Redlegs would play and use the cover charges to help keep up the deteriorating boat. In the early ’80s it was condemned by local authorities, and after an unsuccessful attempt to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for restoration, it was bulldozed. 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Throughout the ’60s, folk musicians flocked to Berkeley from around the country to clubs like the Blind Lemon, Steppenwolf and the Cabale, and for over a decade it hosted the Berkeley Folk Music Festival, a major event for the genre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Berkeley’s folk venues were short-lived. Among the shortest-lived but most beloved was the Jabberwock, a former jazz club on Telegraph Avenue. Bill Ehlert, a.k.a. the “Jolly Blue Giant,” bought the place in 1965, and Cal students and local musicians regularly packed the place for bills that read today like a Roots Music Hall of Fame; John Fahey, Doc Watson, Skip James and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott are just a few legends that graced its stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A roots-music aficionado from Los Angeles named Joe McDonald lived next to the Jabberwock and was a regular, playing in the house “pickup” group, the Instant Action Jug Band, with a guitarist named Barry Melton. McDonald, Melton and a few others would end up recording a song McDonald wrote in a matter of minutes called “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag.” Released on an EP, the song — a satire-laden protest of the Vietnam War — became a regional hit, so McDonald and Melton began playing at the Jabberwock as Country Joe McDonald and the Fish. Three years later, they’d play “Fixin’-To-Die” at Woodstock, with a \u003ca href=\"http://www.countryjoe.com/cheer.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cheer heard ’round the world\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/oyr7P8VCPDg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/oyr7P8VCPDg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The bands that developed in the Jabberwock seemed to embrace a dark sense of humor with their Americana. 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"content": "\u003cp>The over-the-top poppycock that is Hollywood’s summer stock-in-trade has a certain appeal to me at the moment, I have to admit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/hot-days-and-summer-nights-guide-2017/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13376303\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between the domestic political horror du jour and tragedy and turmoil abroad, I’ve rarely found escapism so inviting. If I’m going to listen to delusional declarations with horrific consequences for millions, I’d prefer they be uttered by supervillains in kitschy costumes rather than the President. I’m even willing to accept the spectacle of several dozen digital explosions, and all that CGI-generated CO\u003csub>2\u003c/sub>, as part of the deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On that optimistic note, let’s check out our best options and most enticing alternatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13298459\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Cars 3’ (June 16) \u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In support of the Bay Area economy, and the stock options of Pixar’s hard-working employees, I’m waiving my longstanding objection to sequels for this one. It’s a comeback story this time around, with graybeard Lightning McQueen overtaken by a field of next-generation racers and compelled to rely on a young female race tech to regain his mojo. The hour-and-49-minute running time seems more suited to grownups than kids, which I interpret as Pixar’s contribution to our tenuous national sanity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Beguiled.1000-800x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13298458\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Beguiled.1000-800x420.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Beguiled.1000-160x84.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Beguiled.1000-768x404.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Beguiled.1000-1020x536.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Beguiled.1000-960x504.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Beguiled.1000-240x126.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Beguiled.1000-375x197.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Beguiled.1000-520x273.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Beguiled.1000.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘The Beguiled’ (June 23) \u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Remakes generally don’t find favor with this curmudgeonly correspondent, but I’ll make an exception for Bay Area product Sofia Coppola. In her sixth feature behind the camera, Coppola revisits Thomas Cullinan’s novel about a wounded Union soldier recuperating in a Confederate girls’ boarding school. The director has been fascinated by the behavior of women in groups since her debut with \u003cem>The Virgin Suicides\u003c/em>, and she explores the built-in sexual tension and shifting power dynamics through low-light naturalism rather than hothouse melodrama. Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood took a rather different approach, shall we say, to this material in 1971.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-800x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"377\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13298464\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-800x377.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-160x75.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-768x362.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-1020x481.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-960x453.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-240x113.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-375x177.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-520x245.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ (July 14)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The previous installment, \u003cem>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes\u003c/em>, boasted a script that was as serious as it was smart, and a San Francisco setting. That’s ample reason to tout the next chapter in this apocalypse-courting science-fiction saga over the numerous other threats-to-our-species exercises in ersatz heroism clogging the multiplexes in the next few months. That, and Woody Harrelson as the villain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13298461\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Dunkirk’ (July 21)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>At long last, Christopher Nolan (\u003cem>Inception\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Interstellar\u003c/em>) has abandoned the sham profundity of his bloated sci-fi morality tales for a chunk of actual history. Or, to be less charitable, he’s tired of being Ridley Scott and aspires to David Lean. Featuring a roster of familiar names and faces alongside battalions of extras, \u003cem>Dunkirk\u003c/em> reenacts the 1940 evacuation of some 300,000 Allied troops from France over 10 days. Pack a lunch — and earplugs. (Nolan has a notoriously heavy hand when it comes to sound, especially in the third act.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/InconvenientSequel-2.1000-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13298463\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/InconvenientSequel-2.1000-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/InconvenientSequel-2.1000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/InconvenientSequel-2.1000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/InconvenientSequel-2.1000-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/InconvenientSequel-2.1000-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/InconvenientSequel-2.1000-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/InconvenientSequel-2.1000-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/InconvenientSequel-2.1000-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/InconvenientSequel-2.1000.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power’ (July 28)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Local documentary makers Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk (\u003cem>Audrie & Daisy\u003c/em>, now on Netflix) pick up Al Gore’s ongoing global crusade to light a fire under the tushes of elected officials, CEOs and the greater population. Along with a treatise on the imminent dangers of climate change, the film necessarily delivers an upbeat assessment of the human potential — through now-existing technology and public will — to take major action before we reach the point where another \u003cem>Inconvenient\u003c/em> sequel will play as tragedy. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13298460\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Detroit’ (Aug. 4)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Aiming to duplicate the August box-office success of \u003cem>Straight Outta Compton\u003c/em> in 2015, director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal’s third nerve-shattering collaboration (\u003cem>The Hurt Locker\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Zero Dark Thirty\u003c/em>) immerses us in a different summer in the (inner) city. \u003ci>Detroit\u003c/i> dramatizes the misguided and ruthless police raid of an interracial party at the Algiers Motel 50 years ago this July, and the ensuing public outcry. Escapist? Hardly. Timely? Plus ça change, and all that jazz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13298462\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘The Glass Castle’ (Aug. 11)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Newspaper reporter and columnist Jeannette Walls’ best-selling memoir, published in 2005, described a complicated childhood and adolescence spent with an alcoholic father and artistic mother in poverty and constant movement from town to town (including a stint in the Tenderloin). Brie Larson portrays the writer in Destin Daniel Cretton’s screen adaptation, a high-profile reunion following their breakthrough work on the 2013 indie drama \u003cem>Short Term 12\u003c/em>. If all that isn’t enough to pique your interest, Naomi Watts and the redoubtable Woody Harrelson play Rex and Rose Mary Wells. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PattiC-akes.1000-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13298465\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PattiC-akes.1000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PattiC-akes.1000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PattiC-akes.1000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PattiC-akes.1000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PattiC-akes.1000-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PattiC-akes.1000-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PattiC-akes.1000-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PattiC-akes.1000-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PattiC-akes.1000.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Patti Cake$’ (Aug. 25)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Flash-bulb acclaim at Sundance is no guarantee that a film will receive a sunny reception on general release. Here’s hoping that writer-director Geremy Jasper’s acclaimed debut, and his indomitable heroine, find an audience. Danielle MacDonald plays a New Jersey ugly duckling who trades her prosaic given name of Patricia Dombrowski for the titular moniker while pursuing an identity (and a career, possibly) as a rapper. An urban underdog saga forged from the time-tested triumvirate of family troubles, societal indifference and artistic expression, \u003ci>Patti Cake$\u003c/i> may be the most hopeful movie of the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The over-the-top poppycock that is Hollywood’s summer stock-in-trade has a certain appeal to me at the moment, I have to admit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/hot-days-and-summer-nights-guide-2017/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13376303\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/SummerArts2017-300x300px-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between the domestic political horror du jour and tragedy and turmoil abroad, I’ve rarely found escapism so inviting. If I’m going to listen to delusional declarations with horrific consequences for millions, I’d prefer they be uttered by supervillains in kitschy costumes rather than the President. I’m even willing to accept the spectacle of several dozen digital explosions, and all that CGI-generated CO\u003csub>2\u003c/sub>, as part of the deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On that optimistic note, let’s check out our best options and most enticing alternatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13298459\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Cars3.1100.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Cars 3’ (June 16) \u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In support of the Bay Area economy, and the stock options of Pixar’s hard-working employees, I’m waiving my longstanding objection to sequels for this one. It’s a comeback story this time around, with graybeard Lightning McQueen overtaken by a field of next-generation racers and compelled to rely on a young female race tech to regain his mojo. The hour-and-49-minute running time seems more suited to grownups than kids, which I interpret as Pixar’s contribution to our tenuous national sanity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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In her sixth feature behind the camera, Coppola revisits Thomas Cullinan’s novel about a wounded Union soldier recuperating in a Confederate girls’ boarding school. The director has been fascinated by the behavior of women in groups since her debut with \u003cem>The Virgin Suicides\u003c/em>, and she explores the built-in sexual tension and shifting power dynamics through low-light naturalism rather than hothouse melodrama. Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood took a rather different approach, shall we say, to this material in 1971.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-800x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"377\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13298464\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-800x377.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-160x75.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-768x362.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-1020x481.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-960x453.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-240x113.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-375x177.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000-520x245.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/WarForPlanet.1000.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ (July 14)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The previous installment, \u003cem>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes\u003c/em>, boasted a script that was as serious as it was smart, and a San Francisco setting. That’s ample reason to tout the next chapter in this apocalypse-courting science-fiction saga over the numerous other threats-to-our-species exercises in ersatz heroism clogging the multiplexes in the next few months. That, and Woody Harrelson as the villain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13298461\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dunkirk1000.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Dunkirk’ (July 21)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>At long last, Christopher Nolan (\u003cem>Inception\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Interstellar\u003c/em>) has abandoned the sham profundity of his bloated sci-fi morality tales for a chunk of actual history. Or, to be less charitable, he’s tired of being Ridley Scott and aspires to David Lean. Featuring a roster of familiar names and faces alongside battalions of extras, \u003cem>Dunkirk\u003c/em> reenacts the 1940 evacuation of some 300,000 Allied troops from France over 10 days. Pack a lunch — and earplugs. 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Along with a treatise on the imminent dangers of climate change, the film necessarily delivers an upbeat assessment of the human potential — through now-existing technology and public will — to take major action before we reach the point where another \u003cem>Inconvenient\u003c/em> sequel will play as tragedy. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13298460\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Detroit1000.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Detroit’ (Aug. 4)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Aiming to duplicate the August box-office success of \u003cem>Straight Outta Compton\u003c/em> in 2015, director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal’s third nerve-shattering collaboration (\u003cem>The Hurt Locker\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Zero Dark Thirty\u003c/em>) immerses us in a different summer in the (inner) city. \u003ci>Detroit\u003c/i> dramatizes the misguided and ruthless police raid of an interracial party at the Algiers Motel 50 years ago this July, and the ensuing public outcry. Escapist? Hardly. Timely? Plus ça change, and all that jazz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13298462\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/GlassCastle.1000.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘The Glass Castle’ (Aug. 11)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Newspaper reporter and columnist Jeannette Walls’ best-selling memoir, published in 2005, described a complicated childhood and adolescence spent with an alcoholic father and artistic mother in poverty and constant movement from town to town (including a stint in the Tenderloin). 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Here’s hoping that writer-director Geremy Jasper’s acclaimed debut, and his indomitable heroine, find an audience. Danielle MacDonald plays a New Jersey ugly duckling who trades her prosaic given name of Patricia Dombrowski for the titular moniker while pursuing an identity (and a career, possibly) as a rapper. 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"content": "\u003cp>Jess dela Merced, Bay Area native and one of \u003ci>Filmmaker Magazine\u003c/i>’s “\u003ca href=\"http://filmmakermagazine.com/people/jess-dela-merced/#.WDNVgrIrKUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">25 New Faces of Independent Film\u003c/a>,” is on the move. Speaking over the phone last week, it became apparent this wasn’t just a figure of speech. 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Dela Merced wrote the screenplay after working as the cinematographer on a classmate’s film in Detroit. “People said it was unsafe, but I had an immediate connection to the city. I wanted to know more about it,” she says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born in San Francisco and raised in South San Francisco, dela Merced was drawn to more than just Detroit’s cinematic ruins. “I see how lucky I was growing up in such a diverse city,” dela Merced says. “It motivates me to want to tell this story about these kids who aren’t growing up in such an ideal environment.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/119272391?color=ffffff&portrait=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While making her fourth short film \u003ci>Wait ‘Til the Wolves Make Nice\u003c/i>, which acted as a proof of concept for \u003ci>Chickenshit\u003c/i>, dela Merced worked closely with local non-actor children, filming everything — pyrotechnics and all — in five days. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We didn’t follow the rules. We just did everything ourselves and we didn’t have that much help because we were trying to keep it as cheap as possible,” she says. In the process, she proved to herself — and others — that she was up to the task of making a feature-length film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there’s still a ways to go before \u003ci>Chickenshit\u003c/i> reaches audiences, dela Merced retains a sense of urgency about the film, especially in today’s political climate. “I am motivated even more because of what’s been happening,” she says. “I feel like Detroit is a cautionary tale, and it needs to be told as soon as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, watch \u003ci>Hypebeasts\u003c/i> in its entirety, courtesy of \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/filmschoolshorts/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Film School Shorts\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/170070172?color=f1592a\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Jess dela Merced, Bay Area native and one of \u003ci>Filmmaker Magazine\u003c/i>’s “\u003ca href=\"http://filmmakermagazine.com/people/jess-dela-merced/#.WDNVgrIrKUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">25 New Faces of Independent Film\u003c/a>,” is on the move. Speaking over the phone last week, it became apparent this wasn’t just a figure of speech. Dela Merced was literally \u003ci>on the move\u003c/i>, driving through the streets of Los Angeles as we talked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There simply isn’t time to slow down — she’s in preproduction on her first feature-length film, \u003ci>Chickenshit\u003c/i>, for which she just just received a $25,000 “packaging” grant from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sffs.org/filmmaker360/narrative-grants-and-programs/sffs-krf-filmmaking-grant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Film Society and Kenneth Rainin Foundation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12429366\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/HypebeastsCOVER-800x450.png\" alt=\"Still from Jess dela Merced's 'HYPEBEASTS,' 2014.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12429366\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/HypebeastsCOVER-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/HypebeastsCOVER-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/HypebeastsCOVER-768x432.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/HypebeastsCOVER-1020x574.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/HypebeastsCOVER-960x540.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/HypebeastsCOVER-240x135.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/HypebeastsCOVER-375x211.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/HypebeastsCOVER-520x293.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/HypebeastsCOVER.png 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from Jess dela Merced’s ‘Hypebeasts,’ 2014. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Film School Shorts)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re hoping to shoot next summer,” dela Merced says. “We’re just getting the script ready and trying to find the right collaborators and financing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of what’s drawing support to dela Merced’s newest project is her award-winning work in short films. Her graduate thesis film from NYU, \u003ci>Hypebeasts\u003c/i> — \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/170070172/b34d2d4026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now available online\u003c/a> courtesy of \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/filmschoolshorts/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Film School Shorts\u003c/a> — skillfully balances the youthful excitement with simmering racial tension as two Filipino-American siblings and their Korean-American friend join a line of die-hard sneaker fans. When that tension explodes into a riotous mob, dela Merced (who also stars in the short) spares no one from either physical violence or the shaky remorse that follows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Hypebeasts\u003c/i> is inspired in part by \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/13/chick-fil-a-ching-chong-r_n_1146266.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a racist incident at a Chik-fil-A\u003c/a> near UC Irvine, where dela Merced went to college. 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Dela Merced wrote the screenplay after working as the cinematographer on a classmate’s film in Detroit. “People said it was unsafe, but I had an immediate connection to the city. 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We just did everything ourselves and we didn’t have that much help because we were trying to keep it as cheap as possible,” she says. In the process, she proved to herself — and others — that she was up to the task of making a feature-length film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there’s still a ways to go before \u003ci>Chickenshit\u003c/i> reaches audiences, dela Merced retains a sense of urgency about the film, especially in today’s political climate. “I am motivated even more because of what’s been happening,” she says. “I feel like Detroit is a cautionary tale, and it needs to be told as soon as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, watch \u003ci>Hypebeasts\u003c/i> in its entirety, courtesy of \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/filmschoolshorts/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Film School Shorts\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/170070172?color=f1592a\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10134584\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/sweetbackposter.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/sweetbackposter.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song\" width=\"500\" height=\"746\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10134584\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/sweetbackposter.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/sweetbackposter-400x596.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/sweetbackposter-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>In this occasional series, Jon Brooks looks at films that illustrate different aspects of California culture.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melvin Van Peebles said he made \u003ci>Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song\u003c/i>, released in 1971, because he didn’t much care for the way movies portrayed African Americans. When asked later by an interviewer to name some of the films he took issue with, he said, “About every damn thing that had a black person in it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while it’s a long way from \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=hattie%20+mcdaniel\">Hattie McDaniel\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=sidney+poitier\">Sidney Poitier\u003c/a>, it may be an even more distant journey from Poitier to Van Peebles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The title of \u003ci>Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song\u003c/i> alone is enough to give pause. The repetition in front, the extra vowel and prolonged sibilance near the rear — suspicion arises that such an affront to the tradition of concise movie titling can only be a juvenile ploy for attention. Things don’t get any more routine once the film starts. A series of shots showing five black women facing the camera is presented with an asymmetrical, vexing syntax: closeup, cut to closeup, pan to closeup, cut to two-shot. The women stare at something but don’t appear to be looking at the same fixed point, another visual pebble in the shoe. In conjunction with the whirring on the soundtrack, it all feels spacey and disorienting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually we see what — or who– holds the women’s attention: a ragged, filthy black boy, his skull marked by bald patches where ringworm has set in. Voraciously, he shovels food into his mouth. Quick freeze frame and cut to a black man, emerging from an underpass, running toward the camera. An epigraph appears on-screen, for some reason in English and French: “Sire, these lines are not a homage to brutality that the artist has invented, but a hymn from the mouth of reality.” That’s a “traditional prologue of the dark ages,” we are told.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> We hear a train, then a siren. Fade. Another on-screen message: “This film is dedicated to all the brothers and sisters who had enough of the Man” (no period).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back to the boy. No dialogue, but we hear the exaggerated clang of dishes. Now the boy is carrying towels; a woman beckons him to her room. She takes her clothes off, then undresses him. Some sort of industrial machinery on the soundtrack. She pulls the boy, maybe all of 12, on top of her. “Move!” she chides. A gospel song on the soundtrack. The boy dutifully humps the woman, who is brought to orgasm. “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine!” we hear sung. “F—,” the woman moans. “You got a sweet, sweet back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freeze frame. Big red letters in cartoonish font cover the screen: “Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song.” Jazz-funk music over credits:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 20px;margin-left: 20px\">Starring\u003cbr>\nTHE BLACK COMMUNITY\u003cbr>\nand\u003cbr>\nBRER SOUL.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rD1OzJVoWY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re five minutes in and, uh, just what the hell is going on here? Imagine the disorientation, before \u003ca href=\"http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2011/04/blaxploitation_films_40_years_after_sweet_sweetbacks_baadasssss_song.html\">blaxploitation\u003c/a> took hold, from all those black faces on-screen, alone. (Tyler Perry, Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Samuel Jackson were all just gleams in Hollywood’s eye.) The rest of the film is a political bomb thrown at the movie establishment, and at the “technological colonization of the white aesthetic,” as Van Peebles put it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boy who lays down with the prostitute (played by Van Peebles’ son Mario) in one freakishly effective cut arises a man. He now earns his keep as a sexual performer in a hard-core burlesque show for mixed-race audiences. Sweetback, as played by Van Peebles, does not derive even an iota of sexual satisfaction from the erotic encounters we see. When the show’s emcee, a fey black man in fairy godmother costume, invites audience members to have sex with Sweetback, a white woman is eager. But the brothel owner shakes his head — not in front of the white cops who have wandered in. “The offer’s only open to … sisters,” the emcee adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time of the film’s release, at least one black group was critical: “Van Peebles pictures sexual freakishness as an essential and unmistakable part of black reality and history, a total distortion and gross affront to black people.” But some black Americans undoubtedly related to the total lack of agency experienced by the character. Objectified, fetishized, Sweetback is such a complete cipher that his employer hands him over to the cops to serve as a fake suspect in a murder. While taking Sweetback to the station, the policemen arrest a young black radical and work him over. For a time Sweetback impassively observes the brutality. But he eventually comes to the radical’s defense, attacking the cops. From then on he roams L.A. as a fugitive. We frequently see him literally on the run, and not necessarily from an immediate pursuer, so that his flight becomes the central metaphor of the film, an almost mythological task. Between these desperate flights, the rest of the film happens: Sweetback has various encounters as the police continue their search, and he winds up in the desert with LAPD canines hot on his trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Van Peebles recounted a story from the movie’s opening in Atlanta, sitting next to an elderly black woman who mumbled, “Oh Lord, let him die in the desert, don’t let them kill him.” He said about the incident: “It was beyond any thought that someone would defy a white authority and live.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which brings up the film’s most explosive component: the overt racism and brutality against blacks on display by the LAPD, an \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Police_Department#Misconduct\">issue that has plagued the department and the community it polices\u003c/a> for decades. We see white police fire a gun next to a black man’s ear; the police commissioner spits out a “nigger” then apologizes to his black officers: “I didn’t mean any offense by that word.” In a case of mistaken identity, cops brutally beat a black man in bed with a white woman. “That’s not him,” one of them realizes. “So what?” says the other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not exactly crossover material. While \u003ci>Sweetback\u003c/i> is often credited with ushering in the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaxploitation\">blaxploitation genre\u003c/a>, it has a much rawer quality than those subsequent 1970s films. And as far as style goes, well, call it impressionistic, call it off-the-wall, or call it a travesty, even. I’ve seen it four times and I still have a hard time figuring out what’s going on. Some audiences weaned on traditional film grammar will find it utterly inaccessible, and you can’t always determine what is a piece of experimental brilliance and what is simply a mistake. If the film has any stylistic antecedents, they’re the films of the French New Wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though he’d directed two other features, Van Peebles began his career with no training. He made \u003ci>Sweetback\u003c/i> with a non-union, multi-ethnic crew, half of whom had never seen a camera before, according to the director. They shot guerilla-style, working 20-hour days for almost three weeks. Things went helter skelter on the set. Crew members were arrested. A real gun wound up in the prop box. The film uses mostly amateur actors (including Van Peebles as Sweetback, his stoicism logical and effective, but just as likely due to lack of ability), and the dialogue often feels improvised or uneasily remembered. Dubbed lines, color filters, cross-cut sequences disjointed by an inconsistent soundtrack, repeated shots, freeze frames, double exposures, barely visible lighting — all on display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even the music at times disintegrates into a shambles. But it’s also the music that frequently compels us to keep watching, and the film actually might be intolerable without it. Written by Van Peebles and recorded by newcomers Earth, Wind and Fire, the jazz-funk score is an all-time great. While you can often lose the narrative thread of \u003ci>Sweetback\u003c/i>, the music married to frequently striking visuals provides some sublimely lyrical moments, a poetic soul-on-fire feeling evoking the metamorphosis of degradation into resilience. It’s probably as apt an anthem as any for the roiling rebellion of that era.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contrary to the Atlanta woman’s fatalism regarding cinematic rebellion by black people, Sweetback manages to escape his pursuers, and the film ends with another on-screen message: “Watch out… a Bad Assss nigger is coming back to collect some dues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We never did get to see that payment — Van Peebles did not make the sequels he’d intended. So those who craved cinematic catharsis in the form of black retribution against the white power structure had to wait until a \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/25/movies/quentin-tarantinos-django-unchained-stars-jamie-foxx.html?_r=0\">white director offered it up \u003c/a> 40 years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before \u003ci>Sweetback\u003c/i>, Van Peebles had once looked forward to completing a three-picture deal with Columbia, but he’d quarreled with the studio over the ending to \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_Man_%28film%29\">\u003ci>Watermelon Man\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, a film about a bigoted white man who one day wakes up black. Van Peebles said he sunk “every penny I had” into \u003ci>Sweetback\u003c/i>, completing it with no studio money and a production-saving $50,000 loan from — of all people — Bill Cosby. His studio career over, he turned to the theater, music, and other endeavors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not every critic took to \u003ci>Sweetback\u003c/i>, as you may imagine. Vincent Canby of the \u003ci>New York Times\u003c/i> \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?%20res=9801E2D71F3BE73ABC4153DFB366838A669EDE\">reviewed it\u003c/a> like this: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 20px;margin-left: 20px\">“The movie is the story of Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Flight, accompanied by lots of soundtrack song, a journey made eventually intolerable not only by the hardships and the duplicity (of even white counter-culturalists like the Hells Angels), but by the simplistic sensationalism of the treatment and the eye-disorienting visual style that substitutes film school technical complexities (such as the superimposition of double, triple and quadruple images) for dramatic content. Instead of dramatizing injustice, Van Peebles merchandizes it. With the exception of perhaps a dozen scenes, the movie is composed almost entirely of the sort of fancy montages with which television (is) the goal. Still to be found are a director and a choreographer to guide a cast of about 25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But I think of this in-your-face look at institutional racism along the lines of Henry Miller’s definition of his own \u003ci>Tropic of Cancer\u003c/i>: “This is not a book. This is libel, slander, defamation of character. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty …” Indeed, some things in this movie only John Waters could love: a man on a toilet moving his bowels and wiping himself, a man biting into a raw lizard, a dead dog drowned under water. It all adds up to the sense of being privvy to a perversity usually kept under wraps, and one uniquely disconnected from the American Dream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, it must be noted, black audiences ate it up. As told by Van Peebles, he could only open the film in two theaters, one in Atlanta and one in Detroit. In Detroit, only three people came to the first show and none to the second. But for the third, the Black Panthers showed up in force and eventually the lines went around the block as word spread. The film did by some accounts $15 million at the box office on a budget of $500,000, partly because of heavy promotion by the Panthers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No him, no me,” Dizzy Gillespie once said of Louis Armstrong. In the continuum of African American cinema, \u003ci>Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song\u003c/i> is at the forefront.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> We hear a train, then a siren. Fade. Another on-screen message: “This film is dedicated to all the brothers and sisters who had enough of the Man” (no period).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back to the boy. No dialogue, but we hear the exaggerated clang of dishes. Now the boy is carrying towels; a woman beckons him to her room. She takes her clothes off, then undresses him. Some sort of industrial machinery on the soundtrack. She pulls the boy, maybe all of 12, on top of her. “Move!” she chides. A gospel song on the soundtrack. The boy dutifully humps the woman, who is brought to orgasm. “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine!” we hear sung. “F—,” the woman moans. “You got a sweet, sweet back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freeze frame. Big red letters in cartoonish font cover the screen: “Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song.” Jazz-funk music over credits:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 20px;margin-left: 20px\">Starring\u003cbr>\nTHE BLACK COMMUNITY\u003cbr>\nand\u003cbr>\nBRER SOUL.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/0rD1OzJVoWY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/0rD1OzJVoWY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>We’re five minutes in and, uh, just what the hell is going on here? Imagine the disorientation, before \u003ca href=\"http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2011/04/blaxploitation_films_40_years_after_sweet_sweetbacks_baadasssss_song.html\">blaxploitation\u003c/a> took hold, from all those black faces on-screen, alone. (Tyler Perry, Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Samuel Jackson were all just gleams in Hollywood’s eye.) The rest of the film is a political bomb thrown at the movie establishment, and at the “technological colonization of the white aesthetic,” as Van Peebles put it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boy who lays down with the prostitute (played by Van Peebles’ son Mario) in one freakishly effective cut arises a man. He now earns his keep as a sexual performer in a hard-core burlesque show for mixed-race audiences. Sweetback, as played by Van Peebles, does not derive even an iota of sexual satisfaction from the erotic encounters we see. When the show’s emcee, a fey black man in fairy godmother costume, invites audience members to have sex with Sweetback, a white woman is eager. But the brothel owner shakes his head — not in front of the white cops who have wandered in. “The offer’s only open to … sisters,” the emcee adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time of the film’s release, at least one black group was critical: “Van Peebles pictures sexual freakishness as an essential and unmistakable part of black reality and history, a total distortion and gross affront to black people.” But some black Americans undoubtedly related to the total lack of agency experienced by the character. Objectified, fetishized, Sweetback is such a complete cipher that his employer hands him over to the cops to serve as a fake suspect in a murder. While taking Sweetback to the station, the policemen arrest a young black radical and work him over. For a time Sweetback impassively observes the brutality. But he eventually comes to the radical’s defense, attacking the cops. From then on he roams L.A. as a fugitive. We frequently see him literally on the run, and not necessarily from an immediate pursuer, so that his flight becomes the central metaphor of the film, an almost mythological task. Between these desperate flights, the rest of the film happens: Sweetback has various encounters as the police continue their search, and he winds up in the desert with LAPD canines hot on his trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Van Peebles recounted a story from the movie’s opening in Atlanta, sitting next to an elderly black woman who mumbled, “Oh Lord, let him die in the desert, don’t let them kill him.” He said about the incident: “It was beyond any thought that someone would defy a white authority and live.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which brings up the film’s most explosive component: the overt racism and brutality against blacks on display by the LAPD, an \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Police_Department#Misconduct\">issue that has plagued the department and the community it polices\u003c/a> for decades. We see white police fire a gun next to a black man’s ear; the police commissioner spits out a “nigger” then apologizes to his black officers: “I didn’t mean any offense by that word.” In a case of mistaken identity, cops brutally beat a black man in bed with a white woman. “That’s not him,” one of them realizes. “So what?” says the other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not exactly crossover material. While \u003ci>Sweetback\u003c/i> is often credited with ushering in the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaxploitation\">blaxploitation genre\u003c/a>, it has a much rawer quality than those subsequent 1970s films. And as far as style goes, well, call it impressionistic, call it off-the-wall, or call it a travesty, even. I’ve seen it four times and I still have a hard time figuring out what’s going on. Some audiences weaned on traditional film grammar will find it utterly inaccessible, and you can’t always determine what is a piece of experimental brilliance and what is simply a mistake. If the film has any stylistic antecedents, they’re the films of the French New Wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though he’d directed two other features, Van Peebles began his career with no training. He made \u003ci>Sweetback\u003c/i> with a non-union, multi-ethnic crew, half of whom had never seen a camera before, according to the director. They shot guerilla-style, working 20-hour days for almost three weeks. Things went helter skelter on the set. Crew members were arrested. A real gun wound up in the prop box. The film uses mostly amateur actors (including Van Peebles as Sweetback, his stoicism logical and effective, but just as likely due to lack of ability), and the dialogue often feels improvised or uneasily remembered. Dubbed lines, color filters, cross-cut sequences disjointed by an inconsistent soundtrack, repeated shots, freeze frames, double exposures, barely visible lighting — all on display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even the music at times disintegrates into a shambles. But it’s also the music that frequently compels us to keep watching, and the film actually might be intolerable without it. Written by Van Peebles and recorded by newcomers Earth, Wind and Fire, the jazz-funk score is an all-time great. While you can often lose the narrative thread of \u003ci>Sweetback\u003c/i>, the music married to frequently striking visuals provides some sublimely lyrical moments, a poetic soul-on-fire feeling evoking the metamorphosis of degradation into resilience. It’s probably as apt an anthem as any for the roiling rebellion of that era.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contrary to the Atlanta woman’s fatalism regarding cinematic rebellion by black people, Sweetback manages to escape his pursuers, and the film ends with another on-screen message: “Watch out… a Bad Assss nigger is coming back to collect some dues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We never did get to see that payment — Van Peebles did not make the sequels he’d intended. 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Or at least wind up with a sliced nostril.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SPakQ7hH6I&w=480&h=270]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So director Roman Polanski and screenwriter Robert Towne’s 1974 film offers us all the trappings of classic film noir — but in color. The plot: J.J. “Jake” Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is an ex-cop and current private eye in 1937 drought-stricken L.A. who gets lured into a case ostensibly concerning marital infidelity. The plot then thickens — or dampens, rather — revealing a conspiracy involving water and where it goes. As he navigates his way through an array of self-interested liars, Gittes, naturally, plunges into a rabbit hole of intrigue, greed and corruption. There is also a murder, a crooked ex-sheriff, thugs, benighted cops, and a beautiful woman (Faye Dunaway), along with a jazzy music score and gorgeous cinematography evoking a romantic past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this is no ordinary noir. In this \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hollywood\">New Hollywood\u003c/a>, era, comforting genres got turned on their heads, and revisionist films like \u003ci>Bonnie and Clyde\u003c/i>, \u003ci>McCabe and Mrs. Miller\u003c/i>, and The Long Goodbye subverted old tropes while exploding audience expectations. The precipitating event in Chinatown — a dissembling woman hiringa private dick — echoes Brigid O’Shaugnessy working Sam Spade at the start of \u003ci>The Maltese Falcon\u003c/i>, that archetypal noir. But where Bogart’s Spade kept turning the tables on the rogues gallery attempting to ensnare him, Gittes is a man who makes a habit of arriving a day late and a dollar short. The fact that he can handle himself belies the fact that his idealism makes him ill-suited for the business. And can you imagine Bogart or Mitchum indulging in the kind of ingenuous delight Nicholson displays in his eagerness to tell a dirty joke? Or that any of the image peddlers in the heyday of noir would have signed off on their leading man walking around for a good chunk of the film with his nose covered by a large bandage?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/chinatownnose.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\" alt=\"\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Faye Dunaway’s Evelyn Mulwray lies and evades, following the classic femme fatale script. She’s too sexy to ignore but too dangerous to trust, right up to the denouement, when…. bam! We find out that the mystery woman Gittes has been chasing is in fact Evelyn’s own daughter by her father (John Huston). One can only imagine how audiences responded in 1974, when incest was not a topic of talk shows and self-help books. Here, the repressed emotions and transgressed taboos that classic Hollywood excelled at subversively communicating under the stricture of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93301189\">Production Code\u003c/a> are brought out of the two-toned noir shadows and thrown into colorful stark relief, and the audience gets the same rough education as Gittes. “My father and I … understand?” Evelyn asks him, disgust suffusing her voice, after Gittes has slapped the truth out of her. “Or is it too tough for you?” That’s a question for us, as well. Do we, like Gittes, have the stomach for anything stronger than subtext in our on-screen fantasies? Where the femme fatale is not the root of original sin, but a broken victim?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/chinatown2.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\" alt=\"\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/chinatown4.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\" alt=\"\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/chinatown7.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\" alt=\"\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ending, which Polanski had to fight for, is one of the bleakest in American cinema. When Huston’s Noah Cross drags his daughter/granddaughter away, the failure of our detective hero is complete, and we know that history will repeat in Cross’ perverse sexuality and in his successful financial scheming. If Gittes has solved any mystery, it’s only that in the face of powerful forces you don’t understand, it’s better to do “as little as possible,” as they used to say on his old Chinatown beat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What else makes the movie great? The rich sepia-toned cinematography lends a parched but beautiful look to a story with a backdrop of drought. The atmosphere is grim; everyone’s suspicious, wary, or cranky. And the acting is out of this world. Nicholson’s Gittes is another in an extraordinary run of indelible performances over a six-year period (\u003ci>Five Easy Pieces\u003c/i>, \u003ci>Carnal Knowledge\u003c/i>, \u003ci>The King of Marvin Gardens\u003c/i>, \u003ci>The Last Detail\u003c/i>, and \u003ci>One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest\u003c/i>). Dunaway may go him one better; in a star turn of supreme intelligence, her fragility comes into focus only after her horrifying secret is revealed. At one point she stumbles over the words “my father,” looking blankly into the distance, the familial term seeming to confound all reason. Later, while naked, she covers herself up at his mention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/chinatown8.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\" alt=\"\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With good reason. “I don’t blame myself,” the robber baron and pedophile says about the sexual abuse of his daughter. “Most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place, they’re capable of \u003ci>anything\u003c/i>.” John Huston as Noah Cross lends the type of megalomania that can only come from personal experience. Yet something comical stirs amid the monstrousness — he’s a ruffian who has terrorized his way into high society but can barely conceal his pirate’s heart. At the end, when he is shot point blank, he naturally suffers only a flesh wound. 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