Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 4/10/14-4/16/14

Hey look! It's an actual neutral milk hotel!
Hey look! It’s an actual neutral milk hotel!

As with every April, it’s a really full week of shows. Enjoy!

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Let’s Not Make This Awkward: A Survey of Dave Chappelle and Bill Cosby

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I laid there comfortably. I was coming off of some great painkillers thanks to a little minor surgery and moving had become a bother. It was beautiful outside but I had settled into a 6-hour marathon of ‘The Cosby Show’. It was one of my favorite episodes where Claire Huxtable tries to lose weight to fit into a dress as Debbie Allen played her no-nonsense trainer. The episodes fluctuated between seasons: from Rudy young to Rudy pre-teen from Lisa Bonet’s short ‘do to her long, flowing, dread-full (see what I did there) locks. I even experienced a little ‘jump-the-shark’ Olivia. I was enthralled. The episodes were funny, heart-warming, and insightful. They were timeless.

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