Hi, sorry I don't have an opening line but since you have an opening and I have a line. . .
All you out there have, at one time or another been exposed to one of these... yea you know it - a pick up line. Wanna nother? - "Do you have a mirror in your pocket…'cause I could see myself in your pants" - It's just the nature being in the scene. But according to Nathaniel Merriweather (AKA Dan The Automator) his collection of "chat up lines" guarantees success over time. I'm not sure about that, but what I do know is that Dan's show last night with Kid Koala at Slim's was off the hook! The full title of the event was Nathaniel Merriweather presents Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Lady By….. for rest of article click here
Dear Vibe Tribe, by now you've noticed Nitevibe's new home page - the What's-On for SF. Ask and you shall receive... and after enough suggestions, we've simply jettisoned a lot of the fluff to give you what you really really want: Event Coverage. Let us know what you think at info@nitevibe.com and be on the lookout for a few more changes to come.
here's this week's top Flyer
Thursday
Event: Blueprint
Venue: Julip (formerly Light)
DJ's: Tom Thump, Tomas
Music: Future Jazz, Broken Beat, 2Step
Cover: Free
C'mon I know you've been playing it off like you know what Broken Beat is. Get down to Julip and find out once and for all. I'll give you a hint: It sounds like a DJ trainwrecking two jazzy drum and bass records. But for some reason I really like it. For a real definition ask DJ Tomas. He knows everything.
Event: Twirl
Venue: Backflip
DJ's: Demilo, Ben Doren, CHO Ego, Phylly Phyl, Joe Difalco, Trevor Mijares (front), Chad Clubb, Philip Blaze, Jason Fluid (back)
Music: funky house, downtempo
Cover: $10
Twirl is Ben Doren's gig. There's house in the front and Downtempo in Tina's Living Room (the back). Beautiful people are everywhere dancing in leather pants. It's cool because sometimes live musician's play flute or tablas with the DJs. (Note to self- get massive stocked bar w/ bartender in living room like Tina has)Event: Circuit Breaker
Venue: Fuse
DJ's: DJs Centipede, Oze, Joe Rice
Music: hip-hop, downtempo, turntablism
Cover: Free
Circuit Breaker....Fuse. I get it now. At first I was thinking they named the night after some obscure electro band or something. Speaking of electro you'll probably here a little of that along with hip-hop and some downtempo funky abstract stuff. Local DJs and young ad execs sit around the bar in harmony at this trendy North Beach bar.
Friday
Event: Paradox Sessions
Venue: Sno-Drift
DJ's: DJ Bailey (Metalheadz, UK), Havoc, Aye-N, Uptown, MC Intalekt, Didje Kelli, Rooz, Brooke Marie, Torque
Music: drum and bass, house, 2step
Cover: $15 presale
Metalheadz is the Drum and Bass institution out of the UK. If you have not heard of Bailey perhaps you have heard of some of his cohorts on the same label: Goldie, Grooverider, Photek, Ed Rush, Optical, Adam F. Yeah, it's basically like that. Massive! For more info you can rent the self titled Metalheadz documentary at most artsy video stores in SF like Into Video.Event: Electric
Venue: 177 Townsend
DJ's: Mark Farina, Miguel Migs
Music: SF deep house
Cover: $20
Mark AND Miguel!? Need we say more?Event: Joyride
Venue: 26 Mix
DJ's: DJ O Dub, Vinnie Esparza
Music: hip-hop, funk, soul
Cover: $5
As JB says, "Get up - get into it, man" This night promises blazing hip hop and heavy funk. So if you got the junk in the trunk- move it around.Event: Twice as Nice
Venue: 111 Minna
DJ's: Tino Corp., Scott Edmonds, Residents Tom Thump, Cool Chris
Music: Detroit Techno, house, 2step, funky breaks
Cover: $10
Tino Corp. puts out some funky ass shit- for real. Who is Tino you ask? Jack Dangers (of Meat Beat Manifesto) and partner Ben Stokes claim that Tino lives in Cuba and is dedicated to sharing percussion with the world. Jack and Ben occasionally get to record Tino playing hence the albums entitled Tino's Breaks. Between you and me...I think it's probably just Jack and Ben doing it all themselves. Check out their site, It's pretty funny. www.tinocorp.com
Saturday
Event: Melon
Venue: DNA Lounge
DJ's: Dano, JZ, Fredness, Perfect, Philip Sherburne
Music: breaks, house
Cover: $15
The boys from the boat are docked at DNA for their monthly event. You'll hear some funky California flavored house with some tech thrown in to keep things thumping.Event: Scuba
Venue: Decibel
DJ's: David Harness, Franky Boissy
Music: deep house
Cover: $15 before 11pm, $20 after
Descend into the depths of house. Scuba plays the stuff that helps you come up on your pill quicker.Event: Momentum
Venue: Cell Space (2050 Bryant)
DJ's: DJs Riddler?, Rasta Cue Tip, Patrick Wilson
Music: hip hop, breaks, funk, electro
Cover: $10 before 8pm, $15 after
I'm loving this idea. Tell me if you are too. Dance battle- teams of three on three representing anything from capoeira, breakdancing, freestyling to abstract. First prize is $1000. Performances by TribalHouseHop, 2-Hip Bikes and Capoeira USA- do I sense a new Olympic sport in the works?Event: Acqua
Venue: Cloud 9
DJ's: DJs Daniela, Danny C, Charles B, Antonio, Danny Brown
Music: hip hop, breaks, house
Cover: $20
This is the first night for this new monthly by the peeps who brought you Red, Honey and Sugar Feline. There is also an art exhibit showcasing Pete Tapang (Heavy Metal magazine, Playboy magazine, flyer design for Acqua, Honey, and Sugar Feline)
Sunday
Event: Juke Joint
Venue: Julip
DJ's: Consuelo, Tommy Guerrero, M3, Gadget, Ted Shred,
Music: R&B, hillbilly funk, jazz-core, rare groove, art- fuck
Cover: $5
Sunday night has some of the most creative nights in town. I've heard the music at parties described as sex trax, electrotrash and now art-fuck. What is art-fuck? What is hillbilly funk? I've never met a funky hillbilly. Maybe I will at Juke Joint. Check out the DJ lineup- impressive.Event: Rocksteady
Venue: 26 Mix
DJ's: Kimiko, Paris, Lucky Cat, Coop D' Ville, Jahyzer
Music: soul, reggae, hip hop, dancehall
Cover: $5
Someone must have read my mind… This new party featuring Jamaican flavor happens on Sunday afternoon. Mamasan's Bistro will be catering from noon until 8pm. Is this not the perfect way to come down? Last week MCs Radio and Phluid took to the mic for a freestyle session over a nu school breaks set by Jonah Sharp. How's that for a cool scene?
The album by the same name came out in November and features Dan the Automator, Kid Koala, Prince Paul, Damon Albarn, Jennifer Charles, Mike Patton, and Maseo. It has a loungy downtempo 70's French Porno feel that gets dark and dirty.
Dan (who produced the Gorillaz) is Nathaniel Merriweather. On stage he wore a kimono-type robe, along with fake side burns and was not without a cigarette (in holder) as well as a glass of red wine through the whole show. Mike Patton who you may remember from Faith no More was known as "Miguel" - a sleazy lounge singer who had the answer to all your romantic queries. Hair net in place, sporting a fake mustache and smoking jacket, he hosted the event while the gorgeous Jennifer Charles donned a red slip for a dress and supplied the sultry female vocals.
Audience members were encouraged to come on stage and massage the shoulders of the band members who drank continuously from the full bar set up in the middle of the stage. Kid Koala was tearing it up on the decks but was oddly the only one not in costume. He later told me that he misplaced his Paul Frank PJs before the show.
The way the band never broke from their sexy Lovage characters was outrageous but my favorite part of the show had to be the encore. Mike Patton and Jennifer Charles came back to the stage and broke into their own special version of "I'm Real" by Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule. If you missed the show, you won't hear that one on the record but it's worth buying anyway. Plus Valentines Day is coming up…. Check out this link and let Nathaniel Merriweather give you some pointers on how to get lucky. http://www.lovage.co.uk/
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