I have a dream/one day/this nation will rise up/free at last… Can you picture a sampled Dr. King's voice over a quiet, yet driving, funky ass tech-house beat? Yeah I’ve heard that track before too but it’s still great. Go to www.whisteria.com and hit play. You can leave it on while you finish reading through the newsletter.

It was nice to see how many promoters acknowledged this modern-day Prophet's b-day in their flyers and e-mails -- Devotion and Whisteria being two. Then some promoters like Kinkyfunk and The Pulse even moved their usual party so they could throw it on Sunday night. I’m not naïve, I know most people think of it as just a long weekend, but at least it’s had some acknowledgment in the club scene. If you want to do the same, check out some of these links and brush up on your peaceful King philosophy. Start with the excerpts of his most beautiful and memorable words: "I have a dream," "Let freedom ring," and "Promised land". Here's a couple more links: The Full speech for "I have a dream" and The King Center.

So do you have a dream? Surface or deep, drunk or sober, let's hear what you have to say. We'll publish the best ones. Send to I have a dream.

Flyer of the Week… Yeah it’s a new thing we’re featuring. This week is the Compression flyer. The illustration is by Joe Peterson and the design is by Ian McDonell. Their flyers always look tight and consistent. You just give a glance, and you know it’s Compression - that’s good marketing. The D&B rooted Compression happens at the Cellar every Sunday. Don’t miss DJ CRAZE this week: http://www.clubcompression.com/. The featured Flyer of the Week is selected for the quality of design and only design. If you'd like your flyer to be considered for our feature - send an attachment of front and back here.

WMC… How can it be time for that debaucherous Winter Music Conference Again? Check out the site now and stay tuned to our next edition where we hook you up with some resources to get down to (and get down in) Miami: http://www.wmcon.com.

One More thing… Before we go onto the pix, can I just air out a quick grievance? What is this recent trend of not putting the price on the flyers? Is this some sort of strategy to trick people into coming? “Free before 11pm” is a dependent clause. You need to say something after that (i.e., “$5 after”).

Twelve dollars pre-sale with no door price just does not cut it.

C’mon people, let’s spread the love of knowledge and information. You can send that knowledge and information by the way to sf-events@nitevibe.com.

- Jessica Perri & Sam Khedr


Thursday

Event: Ting
Venue: Place Pigalle
DJ's: Tomas, Dougie, Romanowski
Music: reggae, dancehall
Cover: $5
You have never heard a 'ting like 'dis. Overstand? (No, I'm not impersonating Miss Cleo, I'm trying to explain to you that this is the reggae-rocksteady-dirty-pool-bar you've been looking for.) Sounds of Jamaica, 1969-82, specifically. Tomas and friends set up next to the bar, while the dancefloor creates itself. Have a redstripe and remember where it all came from.

Event: Soundcard
Venue: Hi-Fi Lounge
DJ's: Seven, Goki Chokar, Blake
Music: house
Cover: $5
Will you put the remote down already and go out? Show support for one of the scene's biggest supporters as you hear some quality house and warm up to the weekend: DJ Seven's new gig at Hi Fi.

Event: Kit Kat
Venue: The Endup
DJ's: Jellybear and Simon
Music: house
Cover: Free before 11pm, $12 after
Break me off a piece of this long running party filled with the town's hottest party people and superstar DJs. With residents like this, who needs guests? I have to warn you about one thing, though. Never have I heard anyone say, "I just stopped by Kit Kat and then headed home". Prepare for one of those nights.

Friday

Event: Twelve Monkey's Five Year Anniversary
Venue: Club Decibel
DJ's: DJ Donald Glaude (Seattle), Pat, Ben Davis, Blake Mathis, Anton, Calvin Riley, Derek Martin
Music: house, downtempo in the lounge
Cover: $15
Donald Glaude is feeling you. I mean he gets up and gets into it! How many DJs do you know who yell back at the audience and occasionally join the dancers on the floor? His trademark interaction with the audience coupled with his thumping energetic funky house and techno has him in demand on the rave circuit with an almost cult following. You know who else has a cult following? Paul Frank the designer who throws these parties in conjunction with Twelve Monkeys. Now ya know.

Event: Whisteria
Venue: Hotel Ibiza Resort
DJ's: DJs Julius Papp, David Harness, Paul Hemming, Dawn Of Sound, Consuelo, Mike Fuller, DJ Diggler, Luke Reichold, Jayvi Velasco, Camilla, Re-Pete.
Music: deep house, funky techno
Cover: $15 presale, $20 at the door
Remember... you went to this website earlier? These guys always have at least four of the biggest names in San Francisco DJing. If you want a quiet and intimate night, get a room at the Ibiza. If you want to rave half-naked by the poolside till the next day, hang out at the Whisteria party at Ibiza.

Event: Pepper
Venue: 111 Minna
DJ's: Pete Avila, Blackstone
Music: deep house, garage
Cover: $5 before 10pm
Pepper at the Minna Gallery allows for no salt in your game. Make your date think your into art and culture and all that crap by bringing him/her to an art gallery. Little will he/she know you're really going to a bangin' house and 2step event starring veteran house playa (and Bay Guardian Goldie Winner) Pete Avila and Blackstone (Faith). Keep the charade going as famed graffiti artist (Doze) paints live on a huge canvas throughout the night.

Event: Evolution Two Year Anniversary
Venue: Sno-Drift
DJ's: DJs David Harness, Keebo, Anita Lofton, Patrick Wilson, Rick Gascon, DRS
Music: deep house, hip hop
Cover: $15 before 11:30
Evolution is celebrating its second anniversary with the Evolution DJs you know and love, plus more. This party is the epitome of house but don't forget the hip hop lounge, too. It all goes till 5am, so bring a Nutri-grain bar or something.

Saturday

Event: Soundin' Off
Venue: Backflip
DJ's: MFR, Travis, Tom Thump
Music: funky breaks, house, hip hop
Cover: $10
It's The Transport Record Release party with DJ MFR and your funky residents for President Travis of Loose Joints and Tom Thump the (Groove Merchant guy, not the Thump Radio guy - this is getting confusing.) Who stole whose name anyway? If you know the answer to this pressing dilemma, please e-mail me at info@nitevibe.com. Thanks.

Event: Atmosfere
Venue: 111 Minna
DJ's: Neil Aline, Paul Craven, Said, Kaz
Music: house
Cover: $15 before 11pm, $20 after
Neil Aline (Chez Music) has a residency at New York's Centro-fly where all the fancy house kittens flock. Paul Craven (on the One) is our own local hero who is known to infuse a jazzy sound into some deep house. Check out the sounds and the sights (by Colin Manning) in the Atmosfere. It's an all-around quality vibe.

Event: Qool
Venue: DNA
DJ's: DJs Spesh, Jonathan Ojeda, Scott Carelli, Barefoot, Gil
Music: progressive house
Cover: $10
It's that Qool monthly again at DNA. These people have quite a crew and a positive attitude at that. Maybe I can't listen to progressive house all night but if you can, check out this party.

Sunday

Event: Devotion
Venue: The Endup
DJ's: Teddy Douglas
Music: house
Cover: $10
This is the night all the wannabe Devotion people come out because they have no work and school on Monday. In my day, if you were really devoted, you'd get to the Endup at last week's Devotion party and stay till this week's! Amateurs! Anyway Teddy Douglas of the Basement Boys is playing and, speaking of amateur, this house DJ from Baltimore is NOT.

Event: Kinkyfunk
Venue: Club Six
DJ's: Taylor, Behrouz, Seamie
Music: house, progressive
Cover: $15
Kinkyfunk is a relatively new party at Six. It gets pretty packed in there and the music is really good except at the very end when they play trance. This is a special event because this guy Taylor (Ultra Platipus Records) is returning from his worldwide tour with Crystal Method. John Digweed has called Taylor "the true innovator of the progressive sound on the west coast." aylor is joined by local Ten15 star Behrouz (Release, Yoshitoshi) and Seamie (An Bodhran). I'll probably check it out.

Event: Compression
Venue: The Cellar
DJ's: Craze, Storm, Aye-N, Ivry, Audio Angel
Music: breaks, drum and bass, hip hop
Cover: $5
Here is another reason why I chose the Compression flyer for "Flyer of the Week". It has the price on it! "5 Bones," it says. Not only is that cute and useful but it's fuckin' cheap to see DJ Craze -- 3x turntable champion and general wrecker of heads.

Event: Spundae
Venue: Ten15 Folsom
DJ's: Anthony Pappa, Spesh, Franky Boissy
Music: progressive, deep house
Cover: $15 before 11pm, $20 after
Raise your hand if you've never been to Spundae. That's what I thought. I'll describe the DJs instead. Anthony Pappa (Global Underground) is big news. He will be here from the UK doing that breakbeat inflected house, and trance thing. Spesh also on the progressive tip while Boissy opens with the deep Naked Music style stuff. Impressive lineup.

Event: The Pulse
Venue: Space 550 Barneveld
DJ's: Chris the Rebel, Pleez, Andrew B. (all from Wild 94.9) DJs Romeo, Mr. Jon P, Kinetix and BrianV
Music: hip hop, breaks, soul, progressive
Cover: $15
Hey when you said you wanted "freaky deaky cages with gogo dancers." The promoters from Abzolut said -- Hell Yes! When you said you wanted a massive "glow item giveaway" -again, the Abzolut promoters said hell yes! but did you know this special edition of the Pulse party is in honor of MLK Jr. and will feature hip-hop, R&B and club hits in the main room with a lil progressive on the side. I don't think so.

Listings by Jessica Perri

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