Your Friday Guide for February 15, 2008

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
FREE!
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. 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
FREE!

The Jaded Gay DJ Recommends: Sick! at The Matador
A nice dive bar with techno tunes, a perfect place to start your night or to spend it. Residents D Spurlock, Jeffrey Allen, Jonathon Neil, Kuze, and Meekrob. Check out my review of Sick!
9PM - 2AM
FREE
Matador, 10 6th Street x Market

Fag Fridays at Pink
Special guests and residents David Harness, Leon Neon, Rolo, and Manny Ward.
10PM - "late"
$10
Pink, 2526 16th Street x South Van Ness

GhettoDisco at The EndUp
It's the "Official International Bear Rendezvous Pre-Sweat Party," with DJs Ted Eiel, Blain Soileau, Hawthorne, Sean Greene, and John Millier.
9PM - 11AM (honey, don't forget the pills!)
FREE before 10PM, $20 until 2AM, $30 after 2AM
The EndUp, 6th x Harrison

Monthlies and One Offs

Blow-Up at The Rickshaw Stop
With guest Vin Sol and resident Jefrodesiac of Frisco Disco fame.
10PM - 2AM
$10 for 21+, $12 for 18-21
The Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell x Van Ness

Electric Boogie at Club 222
Derek Love and Nicky B,, two of the DJs behind the recent Paradise All-Night Disco Party at Mezzanine, mix old-skool boogie/electrofunk/freestyle with the best of the nu-skool to a diverse, mixed crowd in this very cool Tenderloin bar.
10PM - 2AM
FREE!
Club 222, 222 Hyde Street x Turk

Joakim with Glass Candy at Fat City
And support from local boy wonders Honey Sound System (with Pee Play premiering a new video installation) and Sleazemore (Lights Down Low).
9PM - 3AM
$12 advance tix (hit the link), $15 at the door
Fat City, 314 11th Street x Folsom

Anon Salon Presents Queen of Arts at Whisper
Expect the usual over-the-top Anon Salon Burner-rifici party with art, "play spaces," and music from a big line-up of San Francisco's breakiest DJs (except maybe the person playing the Chinese harp).
9PM - 4AM
$10 before $10, $15 after if dressed in red, $20 otherwise.
Whisper Lounge, 535 Florida x 17th