When Blondie was given the Mission district bar at 21 by her entrepreneur mother, she did not know the difference between a vodka tonic and a gin and tonic. “My mom told me, ‘That’s the glassware, those are the bottles of booze. Go.’” Since 1991, Blondie’s has hosted a sweet and savory 16-ounce martini menu, garnished with home-stuffed blue cheese and sausage olives and pickled asparagus, using local and international spirits.
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Who’s in townFazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairman of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, speaks. [7 p.m., World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter St., S.F.]LecturesPolitics and media: Diane Dwyer, NBC Bay Area news anchor, and Randy Shandobil, of Shandobil Communications, discuss the media’s role in shaping presidential politics. [6 p.m., Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., S.F.]
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Once a do-it-yourself punk rocker, always one. That’s according to founding Blondie guitarist Chris Stein, who issued the group’s adventurous new “Panic of Girls” recording digitally, then on its own imprint, then in a deluxe edition overseas, complete with poster, postcards, badges and a 132-page book – not to mention bonus tracks recorded for various versions around the world. “I have a lot of respect for Skrillex and his free-for-the-masses attitude.
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It’s been eight long years since their last studio set. Time enough for a whole new generation to have come of age without hearing New York proto-punkers Blondie.
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