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Posted on: Sunday, January 25, 2009

ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
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"Council of Doom": Fixed-gear bike daredevils from Costa Mesa flaunt their tricks in a new indie film.

Have a sales or bargain tip? Hit us up at salesandbargains@gmail.com.

New use for your towel bar: a necklace holder.

Bono, right, and U2 rocked the "We are One" concert last Sunday, and just released a new track.

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"Let Them Eat Cake" by J. Robert Reed, at UH-Manoa.

ANDREW SHIMABUKU | The Honolulu Advertiser

DJ Eskae

"Council of Doom" — sound like it might be deadly? The daredevil Costa Mesa, Calif.-based fixed-gear bike collective — considered extremist by some for its tricks — lets you in on the action at its indie-film premiere Saturday at thirtyninehotel.

"Council of Doom" takes the viewer along on epic rides, while demonstrating what it means to master a fixed-gear bike in an urban setting, bringing unparalleled freestyle tricks and gutsy riding to the table. The event also boasts music by the Nocturnal Sound Krew, and art by Aaron "Angry Woebot" Martin, Jeff Nisbet, Adam Funari, Aaron Lee and Maurice Radke. Council of Doom Film & Art Showcase, 8 p.m. Saturday, thirtyninehotel, 39 Hotel St.; $5; www.thirtyninehotel.com.

— Lacy Matsumoto

SALES & BARGAINS

So you're sticking to your plan — you're working out. A good sports bra and good shoes are essentials. Specialty athletic shop Fleet Feet in Kailua carries an excellent collection of both. Athletic shoes by Asics, adidas, Brooks, Keen, Pearl Izumi, Mizuno, Montrail, New Balance, Nike and Saucony line the glass walls. The pros here measure your feet, analyze how you walk and match up the right pair for you, saving the time and expense of trial and error. Not only that, they have a selection of women's and men's workout wear that's marked 40 percent off, including Moving Comfort's compression/encapsulation sports bras. Your girls will thank you. Fleet Feet, 17 Aulike St., next to McDonald's; 262-3278.

Keep your skin aglow with Kiehl's new Soymilk & Honey Body Polish. Part of its famous creme de corps line, with luffa fruit and jojoba butter, it moisturizes the skin as it sloughs off all that dirt and dead skin. Some scrubs are too rough, and others too light; we think this one is just right. At $27.50, it's a beauty treatment you can perform on yourself in the privacy of your own home. At department stores; www.kiehls.com.

Here's a hot tip: Find yourself dripping with necklaces but have got nowhere to hang them? Take over your towel bar, and let them hang loose. It's an attractive and totally practical solution. If you don't have a towel bar to spare, install one! Home Depot has them starting at just $9.99. All you need is a screwdriver, and you've got yourself a cheap jewelry display. Various locations; www.homedepot.com.

Vintage glasses offer a unique look that many of us desire. But since glass frames are easily bent and broken, they're hard to find out on the open market in good condition (for cheap). That's where American Apparel comes in, with a new sunglasses line that matches the look of '80s punk/glam that we've come to expect from this retailer. With prices as low as $45, you might be able to spring for more than one pair. American Apparel, 2142 Kalakaua Ave., Waikiki; www.americanapparel.net, 923-4554.

— Pualana Lemelle

RELEASES

U2'S CALL TO ARMS

On the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration, just hours after U2 entertained the president-elect, Bono and company unveiled a new single. Way to claim your spot on the "Yes, We Can" caravan!

"Get on Your Boots" is a first taste from the band's new album, "No Line on the Horizon," which drops March 3. Pundits are splitting hairs about it — does it sound like Elvis Costello circa "Pump It Up" or the Temptations classic "Ball of Confusion"? Both connections are plausible, and there's also a fuzzy Stooges-style guitar riff that would have made Ron Asheton chuckle.

"GOYB" is sharper-edged than "Mysterious Ways," faster than "Elevation" and less linear than "Vertigo." It's dance-rock with a few small, tricky changes: a very Eno-esque bridge to nowhere, based on the phrase "you don't know how beautiful you are" that drags out the beat like Silly Putty, and a break near the end that has Bono rapping "let me in the sound" over a muscular Larry Mullen Jr. drumbeat that yells, "I love rock and roll!"

This is happy stuff, almost hedonistic, with not a whiff of anxiety or paranoia or even sexual tension. "Get on Your Boots" is a song about letting loose and letting go and moving toward a brighter future.

— Ann Powers, Los Angeles Times

WHAT'S ON YOUR IPOD?

DJ Devon

1. "Just Dance," Lady Gaga

2. "Single Ladies," BeyoncŽ

3. "Live Your Life," T.I. & Rihanna

4. "Womanizer," Britney Spears

5. "Green Light," John Legend

POMP(ADOUR) AND CIRCUMSTANCE

J. Robert Reed's outrageously theatrical installation of an oversize Marie Antoinette-style figure and surrounding decor is on view at the University of Hawai'i Art Gallery. "Let Them Eat Cake!" is one work in "31: Graduate Student Exhibition," up through Feb. 13.

The installation features ornately tied and arranged plastic shopping bags along with a host of complimentary white and silver debris, from beer cans to crutches. "Let Them Eat Cake!" is at heart about consumerist excess — and the lack of accountability that comes with it. Reed asks, "Is being apathetic far from being ostentatious?" (See a full review of "31: Graduate Student Exhibit" at www.ArtHonolulu.com.)

— Courtney Biggs

TAKE IT OFF

The name of the game is Swap and Bop, and the goal is to raise money and clothing for the Next Step Project, while being able to walk out with a new outfit. The project, launched in 2006 by Gov. Linda Lingle, supports social services to the homeless. Join the cause, and follow these rules: 1. Don't wear anything you can't part with. 2. When the siren sounds, you MUST swap clothes with the closest person next to you! 3. Absolutely no nakedness. 4. No fighting. 5. Have fun. Who knows what you'll be going home with?

Bonus: DJs Casey and Ross Jackson will spin through the swirl. Swap and Bop, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday, Mercury Bar, 1154 Fort Street Mall; $10 with clothing donation, or $15 for "immunity" from the swap; www.myspace.com/swapandbop, swapandbop@gmail.com.

— L.M.

JUST GO

Open for just a few weeks now, the V Lounge is rolling out new nights, like Go Hard! on Sundays with DJ Eskae from Nocturnal Sound Krew. Tonight, Eskae and Contrast Magazine throw a listening party for NYC-based hip-hop and electronic music label Fool's Gold Records, founded by DJs A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs.

The first 50 people in the door tonight get a free Fool's Gold and Scion double CD by Nick Catchdubs. Everyone gets drink specials, with $3 domestics and wells all night.

The V Lounge at Bar Seven, 1344 Kona St., 10 p.m.-2 a.m., 21 and over; free; 955-2640, www.djeskae.com.

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