Yesterday, in a stunning redwood grove near Ben Lomond, California, my friend, Steve, married Nan, a gorgeous brunette with a quick laugh, bright smile, and upbeat personality. I was honored to be asked to be one of the groomsmen. The ceremony was touching. I don’t have the words to express how thrilled I am for [...]
Today, I played music in front of a crowd for the first time in a very long time. In addition to my duties as a groomsman and usher, I closed the evening after a bluegrass band finished their live music. The Front Porch Band played a selection of bluegrass songs. The lead singer led a [...]
So, over the last week or so, I’ve been shoring up the playlist for my buddy’s wedding. I have a big bin of wedding staples, including a ridiculous amount of disco, funk, pop, and soul. According to iTunes, I could play continuously for 18 hours without playing the same track twice. That should suffice. Early [...]
Tonight, I got to hear my friend, Sunshine Jones, play his music live for the first time in about a year. As the cofounder of Dubtribe Sound System, he’s responsible for a catalog that goes back nearly 20 years. In the last few years, he’s been performing as a solo artist, playing some of his [...]
This afternoon, around 1:30 in the afternoon, CNET switched off Consumating for the last time. It was announced about six weeks ago, but we all still hoped that there’d be a last minute reprieve. This evening, we were redirected at Help.com, where the foul-mouthed hipsters of Consumating crashed head-on with the heavily-moderated juvenile-friendly help.com. I’ll [...]
After today’s run, I took a shower and got ready to head up to San Francisco for Depth Charge at Levende Lounge. My friend, Sunshine Jones was headlining. I haven’t seen him for a long time, so I grabbed my new housemate and headed out. Sunshine was just taking over the sound system when we [...]
Tonight was Consumating‘s formal party, largish, formal consumeeting in san fran (formerly known as promsumating). The first time I went, in July 2006, I manned a kissing booth, breakdanced in my tuxedo, and ended up in the flickr photos of a bunch of people. This time around, I wasn’t sure that I was going to [...]
New Year’s Eve 2007. Finally, it arrived. I decided a little while ago that my recent clubbing exile should end. I was being reclusive for no good reason and, hey, it’s time to celebrate. I reserved a rental car for the purpose, just in case something happens. I don’t really want to be out celebrating [...]
Tonight, I decided to return to the San Francisco night life for the first time since July 14. That was the last time I went out to any party and got my crazy groove on. But, I figured that five months away from the scene was probably a good break and I’m allowed to have [...]
So, I was supposed to go to Staple on Friday night, but I overslept my disco nap (sorry, Fil). I decided to get my ass out of my house for a change and lined up a few Saturday night parties that might be worth checking out. Leaving my house about 10:45, I headed up toward [...]
I haven’t been going to very many parties lately, focusing my musical efforts on jazz, instead of house music. But, I knew that after missing a few of their events, I couldn’t miss Uneaq‘s birthday bash tonight at San Jose Bar and Grill in downtown San Jose. Paranoid I was going to miss the party, [...]
Patrick and Gigi have Halloween parties every year in their little apartment in the Castro. So, unlike last year when I was broken, I went up this year to check it out. Fortunately, the N-Judah MUNI parked at the Caltrain Station left as soon as I got on (unlike the fourth of July, when it [...]
This weekend, a gunman killed six people at an after party in Seattle, before turning the gun on himself and taking his own life. As an aficionado of underground parties here in the San Francisco Bay Area, I was shocked and appalled when I read of the tragedy. I have been to after parties just [...]
Despite the fact that Ernie burned out before I went out, I jumped out of my late disco nap and headed up to the city in the rain. Tonight, as usual, I headed up to Mighty for Salted, my favorite weekly ever. My friend, Mark Johns, was ripping it up when I arrived, pounding the [...]
Okay, that was trippy. During the intermission of Ian’s show, I called up Ernie and the gang to see what they were up to. I headed over to the little club they were at near 13th and Duboce, but that club was closing up. Ernie had heard noise about a place called Supperclub, so we [...]
Tonight was the musical debut of my friend, Ian Rhett, who began writing music again after a long hiatus. His songs are magnificently written songs that speak of the state of the world today. His signature tune, “(Didn’t Know I Was) Unamerican“, got him invited to perform at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Tonight’s show [...]
In celebration of my birthday on Tuesday, I decided to go out to Ten Year of Om party at Mezzanine in San Francisco. I was really excited for this party because—well, click the link and look at that lineup! I arrived at the party just after 11, waited in line for a fairly short time, [...]
Another Saturday night, another evening on the hardwood at 119 Utah St. I got kind of a late start, but I made it shortly before midnight. Tonight’s party was Salted, my usual Saturday night shindig. Transport and LoveSlap were throwing this one. The venue was significantly less packed than it was last weekend. An entirely [...]
After a great New Year’s Eve, everyone was looking forward to the first Salted party of 2006. Tonight’s party was officially an “Appreciation Party”, which granted everyone free admission all night. Tonight, Mighty was packed nipples-to-shoulderblades with people. MFR dropped a really dope set of fist-pumping house cuts. Julius Papp followed with a strong mix [...]
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