(Dizzy Balloon gets crafty with the merch setup)Live 105's Not So Silent Night Local Band Competition Finals with: Picture Atlantic, Please Do Not Fight, Go Kart Mozart, Music For Animals, and Dizzy BalloonMonday, Dec. 7, 2008Cafe du NordWords and images by Jennifer MaerzLast night, Live 105-supporting musicians bonded at Cafe du Nord over cups of free ice water and radio station schwag with one common goal in mind. They all wanted to open for the Killers, Death Cab For Cutie, Bloc Party, Franz
Play the song "Lisztomania" for friends and you'll undoubtedly get asked who's behind this extraordinarily peppy bit of electronic pop. The tune is French act Phoenix's tribute to Franz Liszt, the famous Hungarian composer and pianist, and it's part of their classically-themed (in name only) new album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. For a band namedropping such pretentious historical figures, the record is a lot of fun, with none of the seriousness its brand associating here would imply. The buzzing
Cassius V. Stevani / Chemistry Institute, University of Sao PauloThe luminous Mycena luxaeterna (eternal light) owes its name to lyrics from Mozart's requiem​Professor Dennis Desjardin is a well-named man. The San Francisco State mushroom specialist's handle, translated from French, literally means "of the garden." Earn a Ph.D in botany and people do point this out. "I thought of changing it to 'De La Merde' -- 'of the shit,'" says the professor. "You know, people always comment how mushrooms
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