SF Weekend Edition

Sun-Splash Summer?!?! Minus the fog! The days are longer. And Our event emails have tripled. It's summer madness time folks, and Nitevibe will be giving you the fat-n-skinny of it all. And to kick things off, we strongly recommend you get the hell out of town fast. Yes, if you know SF then it's time to pull out your sweaters for the months of June through August. Otherwise, we've got some Fog-busting party ideas for those of you who are not willing to settle for anything less then balmy 80+ degree nights...somewhere else. Consider us your party vacation finder. Aiight check it.

Ibiza, The Party-Island Mecca - If it's nightlife your after, then the gang from SF's Mixed Elements, lives up to it's name by mixing up their magic formula: take the best clubs and DJs in the world; add a cosmopolitan mix of clubbers and holiday makers bent on having a good time; and then throw in some stars, celebrities, and models for good measure; whip it up with a dose of sandy beaches, sunny days and warm nights and what do you get? You get the summer party capital of the world...Ibiza. Mixed Elements' Third annul Ibiza Party-Vacation package due to depart June 21st and return June 30th for 8 days of amazing memories that are likely to end up on your life's highlight reel. Click here for full details. Mixed Elements' Photo Gallery from last year's trip. Here are some more photos

Big Up to SF DJs moving into the "Next 100!" Urb Magazine's Next 100 is on newsstands and of course SF is represented. We got Tom Thump of Cosmic Flux. You've heard me talk about his mix CD Panatone Warm- but did you know he was the opening act for Groove Armada last week at Ruby Skye? He's also the next husky hitter for SF softball team, The Serotonin Allstars.

Hip-Hop Nation - This weekend should prove to be an exceptional hip-hop experience as two of the biggest and best names come to SF. The first party is called "Guilty By Association" presented by Full Circle Entertainment,True Skool and San Fiasco. The big headliner is your favorite DJ from Gangstarr, DJ Premier. If that is not enough Freddie Foxxx is also headlining. Local acts include Foreign Legion, Felonious, Psychokinetics, Meddling Kidz, Jah Yzer, Centipede, Coup D Ville, Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist and many more! Date: Saturday, May 11th, Time: 9:30 pm - 4:00 am, Place: 525 Harrison Admission: $25. For more Info. or call 1-866 468 3399

The second hip-hop blow-out event is called "Return of the Blastmaster" featuring king of Bronx hip-hop, KRS ONE at the Justice League. Opening acts include Renaisance and Kevvy Kev. Date:May 10th and 11th, Time: 9pm-2am, Place: Justice League, 628 Divisadero, Admission: $22, For more Info

Dave art at Villains Ever Plan on heading to a museum on a Saturday...but walk smack dab into a really great sweater instead? Now you can get your art on while you're shopping. Those Dave tags were on every pole and street sign last year and like most taggers who get up enough, he has graduated to the canvas. Check out Dave's bright and bloppy ameobas and chicken characters on the walls at the raver paradise, Villains. Date: May 2nd - June 3rd, Time: 11am-7pm, Place: Villains, 1672 Haight St., Admission: free, For more info.

The Birth of Skateboarding - Dogtown & Z-Boys. It's so freakin' hard to keep track of all the cool movies, especially when the film fests are happening. That's why I only see the ones I've heard about 19 times from trusted friends. Dogtown is that film. Friends in all my favorite area codes are talking about this film. Stacy Peralta and Tony Alva give you a history lesson in this retrospective on how skateboarding started. Sean Penn narrates. Date: Monday, May 6th, Time: call 931 9800, Place: 1000 Van Ness, Admission: call 931 9800, For more info.

Paint the town red, and blue and green...
Do you realize how lame our city would be without murals?
It's National Mural Month! Come out and show some love to the folks making our boring-ass city-walls brighter. The Mural Arts Festival includes:mural art exhibits and demonstrations, performances, a community "mural paint-in" for all ages. Urban Youth Arts spray can mural demonstration, guest speakers, music and food. Date: May 11th, Time: 1pm - 5pm, Place: Precita Park, Admission: free.

So here is our . The first flyer of the month is for DJ Fridays The designer is Todd Kurnat. . We respect his intuition and spontaneity. "I don't have an amazing process or one thing that inspires me every time" says Todd.. "Its kinda like jumping onto the wave of the moment and seeing where it takes me. I mostly just let the pieces speak for themselves." Check out his website at www.circuit73.com .

Event: Halflife
Venue: An Sabin
DJ's: M, El Juan, Feline
Music: drum n' bass
Cover: free
Who get's the enthusiasm award besides 15 year old ravers ?.Blunted junglists, duh. Halflife happens on a Monday and fools still be comin' out werarin camoflage pants and shit. Dancin' on a Monday to hard as beats...Halflife, you're such a trooper.

Event: Sumo
Venue: The Top
DJ's: Doc Fu, Dr. Naughty, special guests
Music: hip hop, dancehall
Cover: $6
You know I love me some Sumo. Last week Doc Fu and Tomas were DJing. Eventually these two supersonic DJs were battling. It was like Tomas throws on Pharcide "Passin' me by." He turns down the volume and the whole crowd is singing "Passin' me by...". Then Doc Fu gets up and puts on the Prince track, "If I was your girlfriend" and everyone's screaming Yeah! The place freaks out...The packed crowd is screaming and yelling then Tomas,...nevermind, you just had to be there.

Event: Ganjapuri
Venue: Lingba
DJ's: G Force and guests
Music: reggae, dancehall
Cover: free
What does ganjapuri mean? Is it like Popouri but with weed? That's kind of cool...um ...I think. This party gets the SPLIFFED ON TUESDAY AWARD, however. The music is ital reggae goodness including everything from Lover's Rock to dancehall and roots. Gwan now, bwoy!

Event: Daisy
Venue: Cloud 9
DJ's: DJ34, Paul the Fanman, DJ Reecez
Music: trance, house, all styles
Cover:TBA
A new weekly at Cloud 9 featuring local guests including THUMP radio DJs and other surprises. The party claims all styles with a foundation in trance, but we won't hold them to that. Finally a real club that lets you rave on a Tuesday. I was getting a little tired of feeling so alert on Wednesday.

Event: Phuturo
Venue: The Top
DJ's: Ju Ju, Reza, 4 Real, Presha, DJ Sea
Music: drum n' bass
Cover: $5
Isn't that a font? Oh that's Futura. Either way, this night at the Top always spells out energetic breaks. Just let the drum n' bass pound the stress of Tuesday right out of you.

Event: TKO
Venue: Hush Hush
DJ's: Charlie Bucket, Ocir, Jus One
Music: hip hop
Cover: $5 free b4 10pm
Battle Style. I love a good battle. This is extra cool cuz you know who the judge is? YOU. Remember those talent shows in grade school where the winner got the most applause by the audience? Well it's like that as MC battle it out for YOUR love and respect.

Event: Bump n' Hustle
Venue: Sacrifice
DJ's: Vinnie Esparza, Asti Spumanti, guests
Music: hip-hop, latin, funk
Cover: $3
"I ain't seeing nothing wrong./With a little bit of bump and grind," sang R. Kelly before he got arrested. Now he's hustling to find a good defense lawyer. Vinnie and crew ask you to not only do the bump, but also do the Hustle like R. Kelly. Expect funk and hip-hop classics.

Event: B-Sides
Venue: Liquid
DJ's: Anita Lofton
Music: soulful house
Cover: $4
Don't the B-sides of soulful house just sound like um...more soulful house? there's never enough though right? Join Anita Lofton as she keeps the dancefloor in a frenzy of movement till after-hours.

Event: Indulgence
Venue: Harry Denton's Starlight Room
DJ's: DJ Bruce
Music: Disco, Funk, House
Cover: $7
Indulgence hosted by Sebastien, is SF's longest running party. You've got your choice of live music or DJ Bruce spinning funk, soul, and house grooves.

Event: Natural
Venue: Backflip
DJ's: Bali, Chuck & Roll, Tad Ro, Esteban
Music: house, Brazilian
Cover:$5 b4 11pm
This new party at Backflip blends house with Brazilian beats. A perfect party to start off the warmer weather months. Can we get some Capoeira dancers down here please? Oh, the Natural crew already thought of that. This should prove to be way more entertaining than watching ad execs and PR people try to samba.

Event: Synth
Venue: Galaxy Club
DJ's: Memory Systems, Sote, Fork.de, David Figurine, Red Siren
Music: minimal techno
Cover: $5
These producers and DJs are some of the most creative around. You know the sound of a truck backing up, BEEP BEEP BEEP. Yeah they could make a track out of that. I once heard about this guy who walked around the streets with a sampler recording random everyday street noises and then made songs out of the sounds. This party is like that but so much better, more melodic with more personality.You should peep this especially the musician Sote. He was just signed to the very prestigious yet dark and twisted Warp label. That's the label Aphex Twin is on, ya know.

Event: Kit Kat
Venue: The Endup
DJ's: DJ Dano (Red Melon) & Jellybear
Music: house
Cover: $12
Kit Kat is the kind of spot where after parties run rampant. For real. You could go to Kit Kat and probably not come home until Monday night if you wanted. Oh wait that was me last time. The crew from Kit Kat must have magic dust... I've never heard one bad set, in all my times here...and it's scary how many times that really is.

Event: Spundae presents Steve Lawler
Venue: Ten 15
DJ's: Steve Lawler ('LIGHTS OUT' cd tour), Mike Hiratzka, Michael Anthony, Rafael, Melvin'J, Steve Grant, Mr Drops +
Music: tribal house, progressive
Cover:$20, free before Ten 15
Just like you, Steve Lawler was buying Depeche Mode records when he was young. But unlike you he has held residencies in the biggest clubs in the world including London's Cream, Home and Renaissance, Ibiza's Space, New York's Twilo and Singapore's Zouk. Lawler used to throw illegal parties around London from 1990-1994. He paid his dues and now that he has reached superstar status he continues to push the definition of progressive house. Look for his new "Lights Out" CD next month.

Event: Square presents Nude Dimension
Venue: Ruby Skye
DJ's: Fred Everything, Andy Caldwell, Franky Boissy
Music: deep house
Cover: $20
I was just chatting with a DJ from Lithuania and he assured me that SF is looked upon as one of the hot spots in the world for house music. Miguel Migs and Naked Music has surely contributed to SF's acclaim. Love your city people! Everyone is looking to us to lead the way. Funny how hard times breed such new life and creativity.

Event: DJ Fridays
Venue: The Top
DJ's: Anon, Andre Lucero, Push, Nikola
Music: deep house, breaks
Cover:$5
The Top is always packed on Friday with tourists who have stumbled upon this magical haven by accident as well as local neighborhood DJs. So how is this different than any other lower Haight bar? The music. DJ Nikola always plays the most quality deep and tech house while servin' up guests who mix up the program with occasional soul or breakbeats. This is our flyer of the week!

Event: The Summit
Venue: Club Six
DJ's: Moses, Kento, Malex, Seven, 100 Proof, JBoogie, Pantyrobber, D-Soul-IV-Reel
Music: house, 2-step, hip-hop, dancehall
Cover: $10
Please report to the Summit. All styles will be represented. All styles will get to say their peace from house to dancehall. Think of this as the United Nations of Sound. Massive Selector is mathematically putting it down so that you never miss a beat in current music events. Special guest is Jboogie.

Event: Twelve Monkeys Present We Got the Funk
Venue: DNA
DJ's: Hatiras (Toronto), Jeno, Pat w/ Calvin Riley (live), David Garcia, Michael Anthony, Ben Davis, Blake Mathis, Dawn of Sound
Music: house
Cover: $15
"We love to funk you funkenstein/Your funk is the best." My good friend and musical doctor was recently concerned with my funk intake -- prescribed me some Parliament Funkadelic, and Bootsy Collins and told me to call him in the morning. He's right though, we throw the words "funky house" around alot. How funky am I? Ask yourself the same question then get on down to the twelve Monkey's party and get yourself an answer. Hatiras from Toronto headlines. He was just awarded a Juno for best dance record of the year and has done remixes for labels including Defected, Ministry of Sound and Manifesto.

Event: Thump
Venue: 550 Barneveld
DJ's: Oliver, Psynthetic, Jiwook, Lorin, adam O'Hana, Laird, Bryn, Moontrane Conducters (live) +
Music: trance, house, downtempo
Cover: $20
Thump. Thump. Thump. What a great sound. Can you hear it? The Thump Radio crew really want you to feel it at this popular trance and house monthly at Barneveld. No sleep for the wicked, beautiful and dancing. This goes until 5 am!

Event: Organic
Venue: Ibiza Hotel Resort
DJ's: Sneak, Hector Cardenas, Arturo Garces, Ruben Mancias, Simon, Spun, Harry Who?, Dawn of Sound, Monty Luke, Re-Pete +
Music: deep house, progressive house
Cover: $ 20 presale
The full name of this event is "Organic- Spring Love Harvest". It's fucking hilarious! Only in San Francisco can you get away with a hippy name like that. But here's the thing that's really crazy. It's one of the biggest and best parties in the bay area. It's at the most beautiful location, goes all night with musical talent that has me gagging up furballs of love. Even I, cynical x-rave girl cannot deny the power of the organic sound. It is my kryptonite.

Event: Defected Sessions
Venue: Ruby Skye
DJ's: Sandy Rivera, Matt Mau
Music: house
Cover: $TBA
Sandy Rivera. -- the Jersey sound. That's what I'm talkin about. That soulful sound that made garage what it is today. In my humble opinion, SF craves this sound deep in their hearts. We have the west coast funky house influencing the world right now, but deep inside we want to connect with where it all came from. Trust me, if you like soulful house check this out. Lets have a family reunion.

Event: Club Six Saturdays
Venue: Club Six
DJ's: Jeff Ramirez, Said, Lauris Lee
Music: house
Cover: $6 b4 11pm, $9 after
Weird things happen at 6. Crazy things happen at 6. If I could make a sit com about a club, I'd make it about 6. The 6 files, I'd call it.But the big news about 6 these days, is the new resident Lauris Lee. Yeah, Anita Lofton left, so what. Lauris is really amazing, one to watch, building deep house for you to tear down on the dancefloor. You heard it here first.

Event: Fiddle Faddle
Venue: Backflip
DJ's: Ben Long, Consuelo
Music: house
Cover: $10
Wow! is Fiddle Faddle mad at me. Always remember people, these are my picks. If the party is on the list, then I think you should go to it. I may bust on you a little here and there, but that means I like you. FF, as I now refer to it is a new jazzy sexy thang happening at Backflip on the second Sunday of the month. Bring a date and make out in a booth. Remember to tell them at the door that I sent you.

Event: Blasthaus Presents Afronaught
Venue: Kelly's Mission Rock
DJ's: Afronaught, Miguel Migs,Mauricio Avilles
Music: house
Cover: $15 presale
Orin of AFRONAUGHT is part of the UK Bugz in the Attik Crew (UK). You may recall hearing raves about this crew at the Sony Rooftop party in Miami. Much respect. Afronaught is one of those quiet musicians you don't hear to much about but those who are aware of his skills, have no more sox as they have been officially knocked off. Expect dancefloor jazz and house. It's smooth like butter but full of consistent flavorful percussion. Trust me, you will hear more about his label Bittersweet, his new releases and many more DJ dates soon enough.

Event: Compression
Venue: The Cellar
DJ's: Auditrons (Kemetic Suns), Psychokinetics, Havoc, Mason w/ MC Intalekt
Music: drum n' bass
Cover: $5
Did you go to the Compression website like we talked about two weeks ago? They re-launched it. I know you got bills to feed, drugs to pay and kids to do. Here it is again in case you forgot. We know you can't remember everything Nitevibe says. But you do remember that this is one of the best drum n' bass nights in town right? You know they got the best jungle, live hip-hop and other surprises all the time? Thank god. I thought I lost you for a second.

Event: Lemieux That Stinky Rat
Venue: Liquid
DJ's: Spair, Plattern and guests
Music: hip-hop, dancehall
Cover: free
No really. NO....REAL-LY. I am not making it up. That is what this new weekly is called. Usually, (I got to be honest with you here) I would throw a party with a name like this in the pix just because. But I know this party. I have been to other parties thrown by Gentlemen of the Shade and it's damn good hip-hop. Tons of fine ladies and gents come out and shake the collective ass. Speaking of ass, you should see the GOTS crew. For real. damn.