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The Wet Party, as it was.
The party that couldn't wait to begin has just hardly ended, which explains why you're getting Buzzed on Tuesday. Check out our photo gallery by Ian Armstrong, there will be more to come next week.

Psychchofunkodisco- Wha?!
We're highlighting one of SF's most versatile and talented DJs this week, DJ Laird. With two new albums out, a residency at all Burningman events and a successful monthly gig called Psychfunkodiscodelic, Nitevibe had to get his story. Read on...

The Finals: Zebra DJ Battle 2002
Zebra Records located in the lower Haight ( http://www.zebra-records.com ) hosts in store battles every month where turntablists show off their skills in record selection, scratching, beat juggling, technical skills and overall creativity. The winners of these monthly battles then go on to the final competition taking place this Saturday at 330 Rich. First place prize is $500 and of course all the glory and respect they deserve! Past winners have included Re-Play, Cobi from Japan and RPM. The finals are hosted by DJ Wisdom from KUSF's Beatsauce. Date: Saturday, June 1st, Time: 2pm-?, Place: 330 Rich, Admission: $5 Link: More Info.

Breast-cancer benefit at Bimbos
co-hosted by Mixed Elements. Dance yourself silly for an important cause this Thursday at Bimbo's. This is the third annual event hosted by Cindi and Kristi Pardini with 100% of the proceeds going to the Avon 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk. DJs include ADD1 and Willie spinning the fun party music that we can all get down to. Date: Thursday, May 30th, Time: 8pm-2am, Place: Bimbo's 365 Club, Admission: $20 donation, Link: More Info

Phife Dawg from Tribe at the Justice League
Phife Dawg from Tribe at the Justice League Why haven't you heard about this yet? Because it just got added- sort of a word of mouth style gig. Redwine and the JL present the very super famous emcee Phife Dawg from legendary hip-hop supergroup, Tribe Called Quest. Other DJs include Vin Rocc and Toph One. Date: Friday, May 31st, Time: 10pm, Place: Justice League, 628 Divisadero, Admission: $12,

Fcuk Fashion!
Soma Magazine presents the French Connection fashion show with some of the finest Parisian DJs including Oliver St. Denis, Duncan Ross, Mezgo Groove and SF's own Re Pete residing. Date: Saturday, June 1st, Time: 9pm doors, show at 10:45 pm, Place: Ruby Skye, 420 Mason St., Admission: $TBA, Link: More Info, Phone: 415 693 0777

Eklektic/Hektic Moves
And I don't just mean their ass. This popular drum n' bass party has moved from a long run at Cat Club on Saturdays to the new and improved VSF (now Club Caliente, 298 11th St. at Folsom) on Thursdays. Please make a note of the new bat time and new bat place. More Info

The Cosmic Butt Kick
Week of May 27th - June 2nd

Gemini: These days, you're not just Gemini, you're the Supertwins. The Sun in your sign continues to expand your horizons (not to mention your ego.) Nothing seems out of reach, no matter how improbable. Like Gary Condit, you'll truly believe that people will re-elect you even after you are implicated in a young intern's disappearance. Now that Chandra's body has been found, Condit is feeling increased pressure. This week you'll emulate his apparently superhuman ability to retain perfect hair under the most trying of conditions. Click here for other signs

Minute Melt - Star Wars - love it or hate, get ready to laugh your ass off. This one comes straight from Ben Doren of 2nd Sunday Productions. You can melt away 10 minutes for this one: [ Link ] , Submit your link of the week here.

So here is our Flyer Of The Week. its for B-Sides, Anita Lofton's weekly Wednesday night at Liquid. The designer is Maya Day. Her flyer is cool because it's simple and childlike- standing out against the onslaught of super gloss flyers falling all over each other to compete on the shelves. check out her site

To be considered for Flyer Of The Week submit your flyer design here and tell us your style and inspiration, plus any link you'd like to plug

Be good and may the vibe be with you....

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Monday's Pix
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Event: SUMO
Venue: The Top
DJ's: Gadget, Steady P, Tommy Guerrero, Toph One, Doc Fu
Music: hip-hop, dancehall
Cover: $6
What mega-villain came up with this idea? The Rubber Curtain DJs are coming to Sumo. Didn't you love those episodes when The Flintstones met The Jetsons or Josie and the Pussycats shared an episode with Scooby Doo? That was such the shit and this night will be too because the Redfive crew hosts the Rubber Curtain posse for some truly unstoppable hip-hop that will have the neighbors exclaiming," Darn those meddling kids!"

Event: Minimal Mondays
Venue: Hush Hush Lounge
DJ's: Joe Rice, Catweasel, Terrac, Chris Burfine, Forest Green
Music: downtempo, minimal techno
Cover: Free
Organized Chaos asks you to "simplify man" and hit the Hush Hush Lounge for Minimal Monday. Since you've tried everything else, why not get back to the bare essentials of downtempo and melodic techno - enjoy a collection of grooves that won't complicate your life. (This review courtesy of our guest reviewer, Leavy who is measuring my office at the moment.)

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Tuesday's Pix
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Event: Addicted
Venue: Backflip
DJ's: Adrian C, Centipede
Music: hip-hop, electro
Cover: 2 for $5 b4 11:30pm
Addicted is what this brand new weekly is hoping you'll be. I'm having one of those psychic feelings about this, anyway. Tuesday night with electro and hip-hop at Backflip will probably work out just fine. Take a crew of people down there on the first night and claim your spot.

Event: Underground Communication
Venue: Dalva
DJ's: Vinnie Esparza, Jonny Deeper, Asti Spumanti
Music: funk, soul, rare groove
Cover: Free
I like the name of this party. Nitevibe is an example of underground communication- the party people newsletter. This event has been going for three years strong and frankly if you're looking to get the funk out on a Tuesday this is the spot. Signed, sealed, delivered it's yours.

Event: Classico
Venue: Tunneltop
DJ's: Papi Chocolate (Wisdom), El Doctor (Alvaro)
Music: salsa, Brazillian, Afrobeat
Cover: Free
The secret life of DJs, I'm gonna reveal it only once. The famous DJ Wisdom from KUSF show, Beatsauce IS "Papi Chocolate" and Alvaro is the once called "El Doctor". Do not tell them I told you, though. They live this secret life for a reason. No one likes to be pegged as a certain style.The secret life of these hip-hop DJs involve some funky ass Latin sounds, Brazillian and Afrobeat. Folks be getting up at this no dance floor joint with hands in the air, yelling stomping and freakin' just as the DJs planned. Now you know.

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Wednesday's Pix
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Event: B-Sides
Venue: Liquid
DJ's: Anita Lofton, Von, Steve Madera
Music: garage, house
Cover: $4
Anita Lofton and her crew are playing the music that you want to get up to in the morning- soulful funky sing-to-me house. The Liquid clientele always has some real underground characters. We like to get down and don't care who knows it sorta crew. You can leave all that Prada bullshit at home because you only get respect at this party for being sweaty and on beat. This is our Flyer Of The Week!

Event: Whitetrash Wednesdays
Venue: Butter
DJ's: rotating
Music: rock, metal, glam, house
Cover: Free
I just thought I'd give you guys a break from the house reviews. So I actually went to this nostalgic rocker night where yuppie types and LA transports reminisce about their mosh pit days. Yes, the DJ did play Judas Priest. He then played a song that I ended up arguing with three people about who the band was. "Once Bitten Twice shy (baby)" Is it Whitesnake? Ratt? Poison? To tell you the truth I can't remember because I was really drunk BUT the point is, there were a few people there really caught up in the debate, and doesn't that just epitomize the whole scene?

Event: Dig Deep
Venue: Blind Tiger
DJ's: Oolong, Seven
Music: deep house
Cover: Free
Dig deeeep - into house music of course. The deeper the house the more you learn about yourself. Connect with friends, dance or just ease into yourself (and over the hump) at this intimate little Wednesday joint.

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Thursday's Pix
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Event: Borderline
Venue: 111 Minna
DJ's: Gavin Hardkiss, Jerry Bonham, Ellen Ferrato, Ean Golden, The Baroness, Yeen + Orrdeal
Music: house
Cover: $15 Minimum donations (all proceeds go the film)
Hey we're sponsoring this incredible house music experience. It's a benefit for Solaris Films so they can finish their film which is 80% complete! You guys want to support independent film, right? Same here but even if we were not sponsoring this event, even if I disliked independent film, even if I was a little hungover from the night before, just take a look at the gorgeous DJ lineup! Now get on down to Minna eat some sushi appetizers from Sushi Groove (7-9pm) and dance till 2am!

Event: Passenger
Venue: Skylark
DJ's: Paul Craven, Capitol A
Music: Future Jazz, Soul, Deep House, Brazilian,
Cover: Free
This night just won the best Thursday award in the SF Weekly. Word. It won my "Bang for the Buck" award a month ago too. So do you know who randomly showed up last week? House legend Kenny Carpenter from NYC! It was specfuckingtacular. The place isn't packed but everyone in there was seriously getting down. You never know what will happen at Passenger - there is something to be said about a night with consistently brilliant beats. Paul Craven knows his shit and it shows.

Event: Eklektic/Hektic
Venue: Club Caliente (former VSF)
DJ's: Star Eyes, Eric Riggsbee, Method One, FTD, Ms.E, MC Duh
Music: drum and bass, nu-skool breaks
Cover: $6
The address has changed but the hardcore junglists are still the same. Back in the dizay (ok 4 years ago) this party used to go on at Enrico's pizza joint. That superstar, UFO has now moved on to NYC but back then was the resident making a nice little Saturday underground happening. The party was thrown at an off-hour pizza joint for God's sake, it was awesome. This party has now reincarnated itself once again moving from Saturday to Thursday and from Catclub to The old VSF now called Caliente. Apparently Mexican food is served and the venue has a mafia room? Expect more drum n' bass/breaks madness than ever thought possible.

Friday's Pix
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Event: Kevin Yost [ Mix: Deepblue ]
Venue: Sno-Drift
DJ's: Kevin Yost, Keebo, Seven, Shiggles
Music: house, downtempo,
Cover: Free b4 $10 b4 10pm $15
Kevin Yost is a jazz lover at heart. No doubt he's a genius. He comes from a traditional jazz background studying keyboards and percussion in college. He fused his jazz background with house music-that's not just a DJ or producer but a talented musician. Coming from a town with 6,000 people in Bumfuck, PA he now travels worldwide playing at the most renowned clubs. Some say he is one of most influential electronic music producers of the past five years.

Event: De Luxe
Venue: DNA
DJ's: Heather, Miguel Migs, Laron, Laird, Samo, N8 Castro
Music: house, funky breaks
Cover: $20 free b4 10pm
"I try to be hardcore but really I just sit at home and watch the DNA webcam" says a friend I'll call Dylan. Step away from the machine and getcho ass to De Luxe! This is that party you want to make that extra motivational effort for. They're calling this one a double feature - DJ Heather and Miguel Migs. Wow.

Event: True Skool
Venue: Storyville
DJ's: Lyracane (Stimulus & Dionysus, NYC), Bas 1, Rasta Cue Tip, and Daniella
Music: hip-hop, dancehall
Cover: $10
True Skool promotes some of the most bomb hip-hop in SF. How appropriate then that they should be hosting the Bomb Records Release featuring Lyracane who have opened up for acts like the Jungle Brothers to De la Soul. They do a weekly in NYC called "The Real Live Show" where the two emcees are backed by a funky jazz band, which includes Wynton Marsallis's bass player. Don't miss this rare appearance by some truly talented east coast artists-they're coming up fast.

Event: Twice as Nice featuring Maxwell Implosion [ Site ]
Venue: 111 Minna
DJ's: Maxwell Implosion, Tom Thump
Music: downtempo, dub, breakbeats
Cover: $10
Twice as Nice is the type of party that Zero Seven drops by when they're in town. (flyer in hand.) This actually occurred when they were here for the KFOG show. What's more is that this edition of Twice as Nice is a team effort with Blasthaus. So if you are one of those peeps who like to be the first on your block to know music, check out the German downbeat artist who calls himself Maxwell Implosion. Already gaining popularity as producer of elegant breakbeat and house tracks, he has also remixed international acts as diverse as Fantastic Plastic Machine and Pizzicato Five. He has shared bills with acts like Dimitri From Paris, the Cardigans (even Madonna asked for his DJ-talents this year on her Berlin-After-Show-Party). On tour for his new release, "Small Circle Of Friends" which is said to be "The perfect soundtrack for relaxed afterhours. Jazz, Funk, Dub and Bossa Nova. every groove tells a little story."

Event: Golden Gate Recordings "Worldwide" Record Release Party
Venue: Ten15 Folsom (basement)
DJ's: Laird, Larson, John Picket
Music: funky house, breakbeat
Cover:$20
This is the record release party for our featured DJ, Laird. He also started a lil' thang five years ago called Psychofunkodiscodelic. That funky psycho house stuff will be what's working everyone into a dance frenzy below Ten15. Spundae heats up the main floor with DJ Satoshi Tomiie (presented by 'GLOBAL UNDERGROUND'). Other DJs at Ten 15 include Jonathan Ojeda, Mark Vane, Michael Anthony and Rafael.

Event: Sneaks
Venue: Buzz 9
DJ's: Rasoul [ Cuts: 1 ]
Music: house
Cover: $5
Sneaks usually happens every third Thursday but when Rasoul agreed to play, they had to call a special emergency meeting of Sneak freaks. Rasoul plays the house with the superfat BASS. He achieved acclaim early on for his wildly popular releases on the seminal NYC house label Strictly Rhythm. By the mid 90s he bounced to England playing to massive crowds for the biggest promoters, including Ministry of Sound and Back to Basics. In the late 90s he returned to the US to concentrate on production where he now enjoys success with releases on Large Music, Guidance, Leaf Recordings, Greyhound, Silver Records (France), and Naked Music, as well as his own Soulfood Recordings.

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Saturday's Pix
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Event: Gloss
Venue: Sno-Drift
DJ's: Pete Moss [ Cuts: 1 2 ], Olivier Saint-Denis (France), SOS, Ben Doren
Music: dubby house, downtempo
Cover: $10 b4 10pm
Pete Moss comes to SF! This guy has been pretty darn busy the last say, nine years? Originally from the Boston area he currently holds down residency at Fluid in Philadelphia. Recognized in all the major music pubs including D.J. Mag, Muzik, Mixer, Ministry, Jockey Slut, Blues and Soul, The Fader, 7 Magazine, URB, XLR8R, and BPM Culture, his skills and popularity on the dance floor guarantee he'll be rocking it for at least nine more. Some gigs Pete has played include Twilo in NYC, Ministry of Sound in London, Headstart with Josh Wink in London, Centrofly in NYC, Release here in SF as well as the Ovum label parties every year during WMC, Miami. His style is rooted in the funk and dub.

Event: Launch on the Bay
Venue: Kelly's Mission Rock
DJ's: Michael Anthony, DJ Aykut from Istanbul, Ean Golden, Tony O, Raoul Kahn, DJ Theo
Music: funk, house, latin beats, world music
Cover: $20
Baduzzzled? Wow! No or hit-or-miss here folks. This is the gambling man's event for the night… a sure hit. With hosts like Alf & Alf, mixing it up with Giovanni the Margarita King. The lineup features sounds from Brazil to Istanbul, along side our good-old SF deep house. Come early for the VIP reception 8:30 to 9:30 and enjoy some nibbles and Margaritas.

Event: Ghetto Fabulous
Venue: The Cellar
DJ's: Disco D, Havoc, Torque, Mason, D-roc, Eric, Big Ant
Music: ghetto tech, hip-hop [ Site ]
Cover: $15 b4 11pm, $20 after
The ghetto-tech scene is a humorous affair. They have branded this new hybrid of breakbeats, Miami bass and techno with the look and feel of disposable hip-hop's bling, bling. The flyers always look like the cover of a master P album with a little 2LiveCrew thrown in for good measure. It started off being almost kitschy and ironic but has grown into quite a movement. So the young prince of ghetto-tech, Disco D blesses us with his turntable skills. Called a prodigy by both Urb and Mixer-he's kinda the IT-DJ of the moment. Disco D has played along side Aphrodite, Stacey Pullen, Mixmaster Morris, Derrick May, Carl Craig. He played the Beastie Boys after party with Krush and Kid Koala.

Event: Kojak
Venue: Hush Hush
DJ's: Cool Chris, Vinnie Esparza
Music: hip-hop, rocksteady, Afro-Latin
Cover: $5
Kojak is so cool because it doesn't know it's cool. This monthly bump-a-rump affair at the Hush Hush feels like a spontaneous house party. You got DJs, rockers, skaters, artists, Mission freaks everone is up in there getting down to some hip-hop, soul and Latin flavors. Cool Chris and Vinnie know how to please everyone.

Event: Hex Hector at Universe [ Site ]
Venue: 177 Townsend
DJ's: Hex Hector, Matthew Baker, David Harness
Music: house
Cover: $20
It's Hex Hector! No wonder the gay scene in SF is accredited for making house music what it is today-check out the DJs coming out to Universe! Grammy award winning DJ/producer behind all your favorite club anthems - Hex Hector has worked with everyone from Whitney Houston,Madonna and J-Lo to Junior Vasquez. In 2001 he became the 4th recipient of the Grammy award for Remixer of the Year (the 2 previous years winners being Frankie Knuckles, David Morales. It's hard to imagine him starting out in 1979, at age 14, using a battery-operated Radio Shack mixer playing vacated-apartment parties. Talk about a success story.

Event: Sunset Bikini Ball
Venue: Backflip
DJ's: Consuelo, Rasta Q-Tip
Music: house, downtempo
Cover: $ TBA
Windy and Stefani present the Poolside Runway Show. Yeah, so that means girls wearing barely anything walking next to the pool while Consuelo and RQT play some sexy downtempo grooves. The bikinis featured in the show can be found in this year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, Maxim and of course everyone's favorite cheap thrill-the Victoria Secret catalog. The doors open at 5pm, show at 8pm. I know you won't be late for this.

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Sunday's Pix
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Event: T-Dance
Venue: The Endup
DJ's: Jason Hayes, Nobel, Ruben Mancias, David Harness, Charlotte the Baroness, Larry Reed + weekly guests
Music: deep house
Cover: $10
I honestly don't know anyone who has not visited the early morning T-Dance at the Endup. I'm not going to insult your intelligence by assuming you've never been there, so let's not consider this "a pick" but rather a reminder. T-Dance is too special to be a pick, it's like a special sacred refuge where hard core party people get to go when nothing is left. You walk into the back deck and suddenly you are surrounded by other insane people just like yourself. The sun is shining and it all seems normal and right again. (Of course we all know it's not right at all. Ha ha!)

Event: Cops Fear Pimp Turf War
Venue: Dalva
DJ's: Anna, Philip Sherburne
Music: hip-hop, breaks
Cover: Free
I can't help but hear the theme from "COPS" when I heard about this new party. Apparently this is "where the rough come to tumble" and it goes down every Sunday with your resident selectors DJ Anna from (Future Primitive Sound Session, Beta Lounge) and Philip Sherburne (Trouble, Charlie Don't Surf) and a rotating cast of sketchy characters, recent parolees and thugs on the lam playing the music that your mom warned you. Are you brave enough to you take sides in the cop/pimp turf war?

Event: Dub Mission
Venue: The Elbo Room
DJ's: Jboogie, Sep, Ludichris, guests
Music: dub, reggae, dancehall
Cover: $5
BIG UP to Dubmission for doing this night for nearly six years now! Always a reliable place to hear roots and dub. This is no casual slack party, Sep and the crew are hosting some of the biggest and progressive soundsystems on today's scene. Last week Holland's Twilight Circus Dub was there celebrating the release of their dub plates. The famous Blood and Fire Sound System has also been by. This party brings you the latest news from the dubworld for a minimal price. All you really need to do is pay attention!

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