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The event is called C2SV, and seeing local heroes Thee Oh Sees open for rock ‘n’ roll legends Iggy and the Stooges in Downtown San Jose’s St. James Park is going to be awesome! Here’s more info on the music portion:

Held over four days at 12+ downtown San Jose venues, C2SV will showcase emerging and established acts in some of Silicon Valley’s best venues. Early punk innovators Iggy and The Stooges will headline the inaugural event at St. James Park on September 28 with additional performances throughout the weekend.

Tickets (at many different pricing levels) here.

P.S. Stooges guitarist James Williamson is also one of the conference’s featured speakers.

[via Vic Wong on Instagram]

Caryn and Kristin nailed their debut, so they’re at it again tonight:

We’re running quiz night at Shotwell’s again this Monday!

There will be a category on the Baldwins so brush up. Normal music round this time! Emily Atkinson will be pouring your beers and there will be Mama Chuchos Mexican food.

Arrive by 8 to play. Best team name gets a point.

Seriously, I heard multiple reports that it was the most entertaining quiz night in town. I missed it because I was in Australia, and somebody Skyped me in the middle of the night just to tell me how great it was! RSVP and invite your friends!

Mission Local dug through the SF Public Library’s archives and found a handful of ancient menus from long-gone eras here in the Mission. Imagine a time when Bruno’s was an actual Italian restaurant!

Read on for all the rest.

Yeeeeeah!!!!! Happy birthday, Ariel!

[via Nick Pal]

Little red stools and everything! How exciting! Congrats to the whole Rice Paper Scissors team!

(And for those of us here in SF, they’re doing a popup dinner this Friday at Virgil’s Sea Room, and the menu looks fab!)

Brisbane menu after the jump:

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Local thirtysomething David Enos recalls a bygone era:

It’s been jarring to notice that nearly all of the local landmarks of my 20’s have disappeared.  They weren’t meant to last into this new era; even back then their appeal was in how surprising it was to find them.  Action Camera, CALA foods, The Video Cafe, the upstairs room at the Edinburgh Castle, Musee Mecanique at the Cliff House, Johnny Appleseed’s, Nap’s, Petra Cafe, Irving 5 & 10, the 100 Van Ness building, Koko’s Cocktails, Video Zone, Into Video, Salvation Army on Sutter, Indian copy and printing place on 16th and Guerrero, mysterious corner store run by lone elderly woman on Guerrero and 17th, Adobe Books, Stacy’s Books, Kayo Books, Borders, Tower Records, the Gold Dust, Ace Cafe, the Red Vic, Lumiere, Alexandria, Coronet and Bridge theaters. [link]

Yeah dude I’ll always miss those amazing bloody marys at Nap’s, and I was way bummed when they shuttered that Borders to make room for Zeitgeist.

But at least we’ve got that great short film about the Ace Cafe, and the 100 Van Ness TV series (and zine).

[Image © 2010 Microcosm Publishing]

Watch:

[via Velo Vogue]

The Bay Bridged tells us all about Thursdays benefit show/Tamale party:

The Knockout is hosting a benefit concert for The Tamale Lady this Thursday, September 19, and on top of live music from Grandma’s Boyfriend, Scraper, Windham Flat and Quite Polite, there will be here will be more than enough FREE tamales to go around. All proceeds will go towards Virginia’s Indiegogo campaign, which still has a long way to go to reach its $50,000 goal. Come out to the party and show your support for one of San Francisco’s truly original characters, or simply head over to her Indiegogo page to donate what you can.

Read on for more info and songs by all the bands.

[via Corntard Almighty]