Your Friday Guide for July 20, 2007

Oh man, what a crazy week this has been kids - especially when I had to write a $2000 check for an apartment deposit. So, dunno where yet, but you can bet I'll be out at one of these nights having a couple stiff drinks and thinking about just how expensive a proposition moving can be.

Weeklies and Bar Nights

Cosmic Gypsy Happy Hour with DJ Mak at the W Hotel
Get your lounge groove on with DJ Mak in this swank hotel bar.
6PM - 8PM
No cover
W Hotel, 181 3rd Street x Howard

The Jaded Gay DJ Recommends: Charlie Horse at the Cinch
Best place to go out and have a cheap drink while being entertained by drag queen antics. Recently voted Best Drag Show in San Francisco by the SF Weekly! Music by DJ Dirty Knees and Bearzbub is more rock and new-wave oriented, but at least it won't interfere with your conversation. Check out my latest review of Charlie Horse at The Cinch.
9PM - close
NO COVER
1723 Polk Street (btwn Clay and Washington)

Fag Fridays at The EndUp
Reliable, not all that exciting, typical San Francisco deep house, but it's gay and you can stay until the next afternoon.
10PM - 6AM, and then Ascension starts up
$20
6th and Harrison

Monthlies and One-Offs

Glitterbox at The Cat Club
The creators of the legendary Litterbox bring it back to The Cat Club with this "funkpunk thrash electro discotheque." This month's there's a Kiki and Herb look-alike contest, judged by the Broadway luminaries themselves. DJs Natureboy and Junkyard.
9.30PM - 3AM
$10
The Cat Club, 1190 Folsom at 8th

Blow-Up at The Rickshaw Stop
Jefrodesiac (Frisco Disco) and Emily Betty mix it up with Guest Hostess Disco Nat, Vin Sole and Morse Code on the tag-team decks, and DJ sets from the Lovemakers and Richie Panic, with a live set from Milwaukee's Code Breakers. Whew!
9PM - 2AM
FREE before 10PM, $12 if you're 18+ (ooooh, youngsters!), $10 otherwise after 10PM
The Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell at Van Ness

MightyBreaks: Show Your Colors, A Burning Man Pep Rally at Mighty
A pre-burning man warmup with all of your favorite crews. Wear the color of your favorite crew and show your support. Multiple challenge arenas of arm wrestling, drinking games, dance contests and more! Featuring the crews that you can't wait to here out *there*
SPACE COWBOYS - Orange - with 8ball, Mancub, Brad Robinson, & rrrus on the Mog
SEISMIC - Red - Murphstar
HOUSE OF LOTUS - Blue - DJ Beth Murphy
DEEP END - Pink - Zach Moore
GARAGE MAHAL - Green - JIVE!
OPULENT TEMPLE - White - Syd Gris
THE FRINGE - Purple - MoPo and DJ Friends
10PM - 4AM
$10
Mighty, 119 Utah Street