Events

wednesday, september 18

9/18/2019

CALYPSO BACCHANAL ~
1950s & '60s Trinidad at 45rpm ~
DJs Adam + Zeke ~
FREE! ~ 6:00pm - 9:30pm

FRiGO-iNTERNATiONAL DiSCOTHEQUE
Cumbia, Thai Funk, Samba, Afro-Beat, Turkish Hip-hop, Salsa, Rai, Electro-Reggae,
Afro-Funk, Asian-Psych, Rocksteady, Italo-Disco, Deutsche-Wave & MORE! ~
DJ 2shy-shy & DJ melt w/U ~
FREE! 9:30pm - 2:00am

FRiGO-iNTERNATiONAL DiSCOTHEQUE
The only night you'll want to be
racially profiled!

This month's theme is:
DESERT MADNESS
A night filled with intrigue.

We'll be spinning
Turkish Hip Hop
Syrian Dabke
Iraqi Choubi
Algerian Rai

along with other mind-bending tunes from around the globe that'll move your feet!

tuesday, september 17

9/17/2019

Tuesday Night Live:

DEAD FEATHERS (Chicago psych rock) + BOLERO! + THE VIRTUALS

Dead Feathers:
Chicago's premier Psych Rock Quintet, Dead Feathers embarks on their "All is Lost 2019 Tour"
Based out of Chicago, IL, Dead Feathers has proven themselves to be a young band with exceeding potential and lasting appeal since day one.
Building off of the success of their 2016 self-titled vinyl release, and most recently, their newly released 2019 debut full -length album "All is Lost" following a record deal with Ripple Music, Dead Feathers has been gaining a growing fan base across the country and overseas through ambitious touring and supporting acts like Kikagaku Moyo, Radio Moscow, Monster Magnet, and many more in their home city.
Their live shows, filled with sensual and thunderous energy on stage, has put concert goers under their spell. Brought on by the soulful and emotional vocals from Marissa Allen combined with The fuzz and reverb backed guitars, ever flowing bass lines, and booming drums, Dead Feathers sets a mood which has been crafted with the skill and artistry they've come to be known for. Ascend yourself in the blanketing incense smoke and reverberated grooves that is Dead Feathers.

"Dead Feathers come together to create a sound that harks back to the '60s explorative rock of bands like Procol Harum, Pink Floyd, and The 13th Floor Elevators while sitting easy on the ears of fans of Jex Thoth and Blood Ceremony." -Louise Brown / Iron Fist Magazine

“Landing squarely between Black Sabbath and Fairport Convention, Dead Feathers comes up winning.” - Popmatters Magazine

"Something darker and woozier now, from a corner of Chicago stuck proudly somewhere in the late 60s. Definitely one for the vampires among you who just wish the summer would do one already, though to be honest we reckon the fuzzy, head-swirling psych and underground hoodoo should have a wider outreach." - Polly Glass / Classic Rock Magazine

BANDCAMP: https://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-is-lost

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/deadfeathersband/

INSTAGRAM: @DEADFEATHERSBAND

BOLERO: www.facebook.com/Bolero-251272375445701

7:00pm - 9:30pm
$8.00

SLOW JAMS ~
Deep & Sweet 60s Soul & Stuff ~
DJ Primo and Guest ~
FREE! ~ 9:30pm - 2:00am

monday, september i6

9/16/2019

SAD BASTARDS CLUB ~
songwriter round-robin
w/ host Tom Heyman + Penelope Houston (Avengers) +
Jill Olson (Red Meat) + Bob Hillman ~
FREE! ~ 7:30pm - 10:00pm

The September 16th
Sad Bastard Club is going to be action packed
with returning Sad Bastards Penelope Houston,
and Jill Olson, as well as first time Sad Bastard, and veteran SF singer/songwriter Bob Hillman. Michael Montalto will also be there for the power assist on guitar. The show starts on time, ends early enough for you to get home and catch an episode of Matlock before bed! See you there.

WHISKEY RIVER ~
Booze-fueled, hard-livin', heart-breakin',
foot-stompin', pot-smokin',
VINTAGE COUNTRY! ~
w/ DJs Brian Pritchard & Pretty Ricky ~
FREE! ~ 10:00pm - 2:00am

sunday, september 15

9/15/2019

Saturday, september 14

9/14/2019

About the readers/performers:

Yangsze Choo is a NYTimes bestselling novelist and a fourth generation Malaysian of Chinese descent. Due to a childhood spent in various countries, she can eavesdrop (badly) in several languages. After graduating from Harvard University, she worked in various corporate jobs and had a briefcase before writing her first novel. THE GHOST BRIDE, (August 2013 William Morrow/Hot Key UK) set in colonial Malaya and the elaborate Chinese world of the afterlife, is about a peculiar historic custom called a spirit marriage. It is currently in production as a Netflix Original series. Her second novel, THE NIGHT TIGER, is set in 1930s colonial Malaya and is about an eleven-year-old Chinese houseboy and a beautiful dancehall girl who must unravel the mystery of a missing finger. THE NIGHT TIGER (February 2019 Flatiron Books and Quercus UK) is Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine’s Book Club Pick for April 2019, as well as Amazon’s Spotlight Pick for Best Book of the Month, February 2019.

Evan Roxanna Ramzipoor is a writer based in California. She also works as a content marketer, writing about cybercrime and online fraud. She studied political science at UC Berkeley, where she researched underground literature in resistance movements and discovered the forgotten story of Faux Soir. Her writing has been featured in McSweeney's and The Ventriloquists is her first novel. She lives with her partner and a terrier mix named Lada. Evan is never far from a notebook or a pair of running shoes.

Fonda Lee is the author of the Green Bone Saga, beginning with Jade City (Orbit), which won the 2018 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and continuing in Jade War. She is also the author of the acclaimed young adult science fiction novels Zeroboxer (Flux), Exo and Cross Fire (Scholastic). Fonda’s work has been nominated for the Nebula, Andre Norton, and Locus Awards, and been named to Best of Year lists by NPR, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s Books, and Syfy Wire. She won the Aurora Award, Canada’s national science fiction and fantasy award, twice in the same year for Best Novel and Best Young Adult Novel. Fonda is a recovering corporate strategist, black belt martial artist, and action movie aficionado residing in Portland, Oregon. You can find Fonda online at www.fondalee.com and on Twitter @fondajlee.

Molly Tanzer is the author of the trilogy of historical fantasy novels The Diabolist's Library, including Creatures of Will and Temper, Creatures of Want and Ruin, and the forthcoming Creatures of Charm and Hunger. She is also the author of the weird western Vermilion. For more information about her critically acclaimed fiction as well as her editorial projects, visit her website, mollytanzer.com. She resides in Longmont, Colorado with her cat, Toad.

Shelly Oria is the author of New York 1, Tel Aviv 0 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014), and the collaborative digital novella CLEAN, commissioned by WeTransfer and McSweeney’s, which received two Lovie Awards from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Her fiction has appeared in The Paris Review and elsewhere; has been translated to other languages; and has won a number of awards. Oria is the editor of Indelible in the Hippocampus, an upcoming anthology of #MeToo fiction, nonfiction, and poetry (McSweeney's 2019).

Pete Bailey is the coeditor of Trans Homo...Gasp! Gay FTM and Cis Men on Sex and Love, a 2018 Lambda Literary finalist for Best LGBTQ Anthology. He has been a featured reader at Slap Dab Open Mic and Trans Voices.. For the past year he has been traveling the US promoting this current book. You can follow him @gayFTMbook on Facebook and Twitter.

About Writers With Drinks:

Writers With Drinks has won numerous "Best ofs" from local newspapers, and has been mentioned in 7x7, Spin Magazine and one of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City novels. The spoken word "variety show" mixes genres to raise money for local causes. The award-winning show includes poetry, stand-up comedy, science fiction, fantasy, romance, mystery, literary fiction, erotica, memoir, zines and blogs in a freewheeling format. Hosted by acclaimed author Charlie Jane Anders.

September's Writers With Drinks features amazing historical fiction, heart-rending fantasy, queer sexuality, stories of the #MeToo movement, and MORE.

When: Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019 from
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, doors open 7 PM
Who: Yangsze Choo, Evan Ramzipoor, Fonda Lee, Molly Tanzer, Pete Bailey, Shelly Oria.
How much: $5 to $20 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit a local non-profit TBA

El SUPERRITMO! ~
DJ El Kool Kyle y DJ Roger Más ~
Cumbia, Dancehall, Hip-Hop, Reggaeton,
Salsa Buena y mas! ~
$5 before 11pm, $10 after ~
10:00pm - 2:00am

friday, september 13

9/13/2019

COOL AS FUCK! Second Friday Happy Hour
~ guitar-based indie pop gems that sparkle & shine, loudly rip & gently roar ~

COOL AS FUCK! Happy Hour
New and Classic Indie, Shoegaze, Britpop,
Rock and Roll

with your hosts
Liam, Raul and Kevin
plus special guests

Second Fridays 6-10pm
FREE

CLUB COLLISION
'80s Boogie - Disco Funk - New Wave -
Italo Disco - Laser Music

DJ Primo (Club Lonely, Slow Jams) & friends

$5 before 11, $10 after

10:00pm - 2:00am

Thursday, september 12

9/12/2019

DUB RIOT! ~ 70s Dub Reggae & Beyond! ~
w/ Thee Vexed One & DJ Dartajax ~
FREE! 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Dub Riot features live mixed dub inspired by Jamaican Dub of the '70s and dub cuts from vinyl with
DJs Vexer and DartAjax (Members of Titan Ups and 1906).
Come early and enjoy Dub Riot before Festival 68 - this is a FREE event, $5 rum punch!

FESTIVAL '68 ~
Rocksteady, Early Reggae & Ska ~
Resident selector Adam & guests.
NO COVER! 10:00pm

wednesday, september 11

9/11/2019

MAWKISH TWADDLE ~

DJ Still or Sparkling (aka Bob N. of KXSF) ~

Sunshine pop, bubblegum, power pop, indie rock, psych pop, post-punk, C86, uneasy listening,
twee pop, glam, northern soul,
honky tonk, disco, shoegaze, fuzz, &
occasional dissonance ~

FREE! ~ 6:00pm - 9:30pm

BURN DOWN the DiSCO! presents
VIRGO Birthday Bash + 80s DANCE PARTY! ~

Reserve a birthday party booth on EventBrite! ~https://www.eventbrite.com/e/burn-down-the-disco-presents-virgo-birthday-bash-80s-dance-party-tickets-72055713579

groove, wave, goth, synth-pop, hip-hop ~
DJ 2shy-shy & DJ melt w/ U ~

FREE! ~ 9:30pm - 2:00am

Being the partner is exciting when you are with a Virgo. The part that the Virgo likes the most is the foreplay. To them, foreplay is supposed to be less about the result and more about genuinely opening up and setting the scene.

Why Virgos Are So Good in Bed
Virgo is one of the most misjudged of all the zodiac signs, so disregard the sayings you’ve heard concerning The Virgin. As an earth sign Virgo, in fact, is exceedingly invigorating, altogether loving and ceaselessly committed. A Virgo wants perfection and is ready to do anything to achieve it.

We ought to begin by clearing up any misunderstandings. Virgos have the same standard of sex as any other individual. That there are no more virgins under this sign than any other proves this point. When looking for a sexual partner, they have a tendency to be very particular about who measures up and who does not.

Sex, for a Virgo, is not a destination. Sex to them is considerably more about the method. Virgo women are very sexually capable. There have been various portrayals of it being toe-winding to mind shattering to brain rousing.

Virgo ladies love to surrender during sex. When they feel like they are being taken, it influences various parts of their being. They get that sex is physical and also an enthusiastic state, and there is this emotional performance in the whole sex act. FYI, the Virgo gives astounding oral sex because of their heightened emotions.

The sexual experience goes past the physical for the Virgo. The Virgo surrenders. The best bit of the Virgo, regarding sex, is that they’re not just doing the planning. They are moreover excited to do their part, which makes them great partners.

tuesday, september 10

9/10/2019

Happy Endings: Exquisite Miniatures and Really Big Things
Because we could all use a happy ending:
5 writers perform new work on a shared theme
in a battle for the adulation of an appointed committee.
PWYC, Suggested ~ $10 ~ 7:00pm - 9:30pm

HAPPY ENDINGS is a monthly reading series
that showcases new writing and wants to shine a little sun on your soul.
What's gonna happen? Five writers will come with a piece they've prepared in response to a monthly prompt. A panel of judges will be selected from the audience, and that panel will pick a winner!
$10/Pay what you can

We're thinking about scale, my little Sunbeams.
How does the size of a place, a person, or a feeling effect us??
Our cast of five v different and interesting writers will tell us just that!
With, likely, the most joyous of conclusions.

This month's writers are:
Grey Rosado
Roxanne Villaluz
Sasha Wright
Nick O'Brien
Vernon Keeve III

SLOW JAMS ~
Deep & Sweet 60s Soul & Stuff ~
DJ Paul Costuros w/ dX the funky grandpa ~
FREE! ~ 9:30pm - 2:00am

monday, september 9

9/9/2019

Tokyo Beatniks ~
Happy Hour w/ DJ Marty Hard ~
All Japanese Rock & Roll, Beat, Pop, Shibuya-Kei & Group Sounds.
"Tokyo Beatniks" is 1960s Japan in the heart of the Mission! ~
FREE ~ 7:00pm - 10:00pm

FRIED ONIONS
dX The Funky Granpaw & guest Brother Hiram Juke Box Jazz - Vintage Rhythm & Blooze - Swinging Vegas Grind - Loud Surf Instros -
Mixed Up Tittyshakers -
All on scratchy 7 inch slabs of hot wax! ~
Free ~ 10pm - 2am ~ 21+ • Fall In & Get Lost! #choosevinyl #drinksandrecords #friedonions #makeoutroomsf #dx100000

sunday, September 8

9/8/2019

MEDIA MELTDOWN presents
"Dr. Seuss, A Drag Show!
w/ Holly Graphic, Llano River Blue, Lisa Frankenstein & Jelly Jellyfish, too!"
Hosted by Piranha & Franzia Kafka!
Doors at 7:00pm, show at 9:00pm. ~ $7 ~
7:00pm - 11:00pm

𝙃𝙊𝙎𝙏𝙀𝘿 by --
FRANZIA KAFKA (Edmnd Snu) & PIRANHA (Sailor Galaviz)

𝙈𝙄𝙉𝘿-𝙈𝙀𝙇𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙊𝙍𝙈𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙎 by --
Corryn Newlan (Holly Graphic)
Jelly Jellyfish
Lisa Frankenstein
Llano River Blue

𝙈𝙀𝘿𝙄𝘼 𝙈𝙀𝙇𝙏𝘿𝙊𝙒𝙉 presents...
Dr. Seuss: A Drag Show

Oh, the places you'll go as we tackle the weird worlds of Dr. Seuss!

🎭 San Francisco's finest drag performers interpreting the phantasmagoric
children's classics!

🎦 Classic Dr. Seuss TV specials playing all night.

🍆 Swirling strands of psychedelic balloon art.

🌳 Authentic threads available for purchase.

Dr. Seuss is a beloved part of our childhoods. He also wrote propaganda in support of Japanese internment camps during WWII. We think it is necessary to acknowledge this part of his artistic legacy, especially in our current political climate. In light of this, we will be fundraising and donating a portion of our door to support RAICES, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency that promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant children, families, and refugees.

𝘼𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝙐𝙎
Media Meltdown is a queer celebration of
weird pop culture and cults of nostalgia.
Through immersive décor
and mind-melting performances,
we bring you the spicy themes
no other drag show dares to tackle.
So buckle up those Beanie Babies
and get ready to take an acid trip
through your childhood VHS collection*.

*Tape head cleaner not included with entry.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

9/7/2019

SOUL FINGER Special Edition! ~
Moody, Organ-driven Soul, Followed by Raw and Wild '60s R&B, Soul and Funk! ~
Presented by DJ Tonearm ~ FREE ~ 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Hey peoples,
I'll be filling in behind the decks this Saturday night for four straight hours of soul-funk-boogaloo right on get down sounds.
Make-Out Room. 6 to 10pm. Alright.
Stop by if it sounds like yer kind of scene.

PLUS, come in early (7pm) for the
Bombay Sapphire & Martini & Rossi Promotion and enjoy a Negroni or Martini on the house! (While supplies last!).

El SUPERRITMO! ~
DJ El Kool Kyle y DJ Roger Más ~
Cumbia, Dancehall, Hip-Hop, Reggaeton,
Salsa Buena y mas! ~
$5 before 11pm, $10 after ~
10:00pm - 2:00am

friday, september 6

9/6/2019

"ABOUT LAST NIGHT: A One Night Stand Story Telling Series" ~
real people sharing real stories about horrifying one night stands,
awkward hookups, & regrettable romps ~
$15 adv. / $20 door ~
7:00pm doors / 8:00pm showtime! ~
7:00pm - 9:30pm

BOOM! Shak-a Lak-a ~
Friday Night Dance Party ~

DJ 2shy-shy, DJ melt w/U ~
funk, soul, hip-hop, synth-pop, int'l ~

FREE before 10pm w/ Eventbrite RSVP
www.eventbrite.com/e/boom-shak-a-lak-a-friday-night-dance-party-tickets-71590881253

$5 before 11pm, $10 after ~
10:00pm - 2:00am

thursday, september 5

9/5/2019

DJ FOODCOURT and Talent Moat present:
The Intelligence + Marble Eye + Naked Roomate ~
$10 ~ 7:00pm - 11:00pm

The Intelligence (LA)
Still panting from their installment in Castle Face’s Live In San Francisco series (where they ran a greatest hits clinic for basement sweat-rats) The Intelligence return in NEU-veau mode with "Un-Psychedelic In Peavey City", their 10th studio album-amalgam. Load up on electrolytes, all ye who enter here.

Marbled Eye
"Although initially conceived by Chris Natividad and Michael Lucero, Marbled Eye's members also perform with Meat Market, Unity, Useless Eaters, Golden Drugs, and Creepers. The instrumentation simultaneously invokes the post-punk stylings of both the Pacific Northwest and the Austin, Texas scene spidery guitar leads over driving rhythms paired with deadpan vocals." - The Bay Bridged

NAKED ROOMMATE
"Sly and world-weary yet buoyant dance music. Echoes of Young Marble Giants if they suddenly time-traveled to the Bay area.”

DJ Shrimp Ripper ~
Rock, Punk, New Wave, '80s ~
FREE! ~ 11:00pm - 2:00am

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