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Mike Huguenor on January 20, 2021
Last July, as the local economy scrambled to survive the third month of the coronavirus pandemic, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek took to Twitter with some economic figures of his own. “Excited to announce our Q2 numbers showing strong growth across the board,” Ek tweeted on July 29, 2020. Linked in the tweet…
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Steve Palopoli on May 27, 2020
Maybe we’ll eat beans and emit noxious gases Maybe we’ll start taking a bunch of online classes Maybe we’ll drink lemonade every day at 5 And listen to the folk singers on the Facebook Live —Dan Bern “Til The Quarantine Is Thru”
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Nick Veronin & Charlie Swanson on July 10, 2019
“I’m a nobody,” Jeff Larsen says with a laugh. Most weekdays, the West San Jose resident works as a real estate agent. On weekends, he spends time with his family and friends. On occasion, he boards a commercial aircraft for some of the world’s most dangerous conflict zones, where he dons a…
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Mike Huguenor on January 10, 2018
It’s hard to blame Rory Koff for feeling a little boastful. What musician wouldn’t brim with pride upon receiving a platinum record? “I gotta brag a little,” he texts me, not long after we finish speaking on the phone. “Look what I just got.” Attached to the message is a photo. In it,…
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Nick Veronin on November 15, 2017
Gabriel Maciel admits that every song on his band’s new album is “a bummer.” The founder and primary songwriter of San Jose new wave-indie trio The Trims lets out a little laugh, a genuine chortle. Maybe it’s a conscious attempt to deflect, or he feels a bit embarrassed about baring his soul…
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Nick Veronin on October 26, 2017
Wielding a skull-topped scepter and decked out in demented makeup, Brian Miller looks very much the part. The ringleader of a gang of killer clowns, he has schooled his motley crew in the art of lurking. They hide behind bushes and around blind corners—waiting for an opportunity to set upon a young…
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Tad Malone on August 30, 2017
He’s not the one to boast, humblebrag, or really even speak of personal success. And yet, almost nightly, at little coffee shops or large theaters across the country, whether in front of 10 people or a 1,000, Mighty Mike McGee has bared his soul.
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Metro Staff on June 7, 2017
We live in an age when people revel in their ignorance, even when good information has never been easier to access. Save the politics. We’re talking cocktails. Not too long ago Haberdasher owner Cache Bouren—the progenitor of craft cocktails in Silicon Valley—sent along an instructional video on how to make a great Old…
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Metro Staff on June 7, 2017
One of the first things people notice when they look up IBU Taproom & Bottle Shop in Milpitas is that the six-month-old craft beer bar has no phone. Anyone interested in finding out what’s available on the 50 taps, or what’s featured in the rotating selection of 250-plus brands of cans and bottles,…
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Metro Staff on June 7, 2017
Summer is coming. That may not sound as ominous as winter, but here in breezy Northern California the number of wine options can sometimes leave non-sommeliers in a state of paralysis by analysis. In steps Will Sundquist, wine director for Rootstock Wine Bar. A Los Gatos institution for six years running in…
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