Metallica, Afrotek Festival and New College's Blowout Sale: Your Monday Morning Hangover
By Janine Kahn in Monday Morning Hangover
Monday, Dec. 22 2008 @ 8:39AM
Weekend recap by Janine KahnWe're running on a skeleton crew here at All Shook Down this week with most of the usual suspects home for the holidays. Fortunately, our friends at sister blogs The Snitch and SFoodie were out and about this weekend, so our wrap-up won't be too terribly bare bones.
On Saturday, ASD contributor and SFoodie blog queen Tamara Palmer was in attendance for the grand opening of Candy Darling (798 Sutter), a sweet shop that shares the name of a certain transsexual who appeared in two of Warhol's art films. Tamara writes:
Read the rest, and see more drool-worthy photos here."It was genuinely hard to pick out a favorite amongst their candies; everything tastes so fresh and rich. Buttery almond brittle puts the beloved Almond Roca to shame, so maybe that was the best. But a real surprise was just how plump and juicy and sweet the dark chocolate dipped apricots are, living up to a potential I never knew existed because so many other people have ruined this simple treat. The [owners] also sell hard and gummy candies by the scoop, and have some festive lollipops."
Also on Saturday: The Snitch's Joe Eskenazi made it out to New College's blowout sale, and if his report is any indication, we don't appear to have missed out on much:"It would be a bit of an understatement to say the sale was disorganized. People didn't seem quite sure who to pay and, when they did, changing a $20 was something of an arduous task. Early in the afternoon, a man shouted that, instead of hardback books running $2 and paperbacks costing $1, now everything was a dollar. I did not notice anyone begin to grab more from the shelves. I did notice a couple of men -- both of whom seemed familiar with New College's labyrinthine halls -- shake their heads. 'The way they're running this sale,' said one, "is indicative of the reason they were forced to have it.'"More on that here.
Saturday Night: Eric K. Arnold headed to the Dark Room for the Afrotek Festival, spotted a good number of foreign folk in attendance and took it as a good sign:"The Europeans, after all, know their techno. In fact, the most significant cultural development in that part of the world since the fall of the Berlin wall may be the rise of electronic music. Where the USA has given us Britney Spears and Madonna's celebrified, stadium-ready appropriations of underground club music, Eastern Europe has produced actual underground club music, made by acts with handles like Modeselektor, Munk, and Pluxus - not exactly household names."His instincts turned out to be pretty spot-on.
Also on Saturday Night: Karla Rivera watched the Oracle Arena become one huge mosh pit for Metallica. It was one member's birthday, so silliness ensued:"After over two hours of solid metal mania, several crew members charged the stage chasing Lars [Ulruch] with cream pies and guns loaded with string confetti. It happened to be his birthday week so the celebration resulted in his messy attack of cream pie and confetti as we joined the band and sang happy birthday."Read the rest here.
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