Your Saturday Guide for May 12, 2007

Oh, the jaded gay DJ will be taking flight early on Sunday morning for a thrilling (thrilling, I tell you) professional conference next week, so it's probably going to be a quiet night of doing laundry and packing. But for you, oh my readers, there are other options:

The Jaded Gay DJ Recommends: Doin' It in the Park: Techno Picnic in Golden Gate Park
From noon until sunset in Golden Gate Park's George Washington Grove, 25th at MLK
There will be a grill, a George W. pinata to beat the stuffing out of, and beats provided by IXD (Bayunderground.com),Farzana, J Moody (Chicago), TomKat (Subversive Soundz), DJ Razvan (Bassaholics Anonymous), KAWA (People Muver), James Bass (Bassaholics Anonymous), dcoy (Bassaholics Anonymous). I will definitely be there to check it out, and I bet there will be afterparty action as well.

Bay Area Beatdrop presents Low End Saturday at the Retox Lounge
You read about them in this week's SuperEgo column in the SFBG, now go check them in out in a cozy Potrero bar. But be careful about opening their myspace link if you're at work.

Space Elevator: Psytrance Underground Burning Man Fundraiser
A little all-night psytrance warehouse action with veterans of the CCC, Kode IV, and my buddy Sentient. You wanna know more, you gotta go to Ceiba Records (1364 Haight) and buy a ticket.

More News of the How Weird Street Faire

DATE:  Sunday May 6, 2007
TIME:  11:11 am to 5:55 pm
ENTRANCE:  12th & South Van Ness Streets, San Francisco
COST:  Requested donation of $5 in costume, $10 without (kids free)
 All proceeds benefit two Bay Area non-profit organizations.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:  www.HowWeird.org

A fundraiser and celebration for the World Peace Through Technology Organization (www.peacetour.org)

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Direct from Justin, Marketing Coordinator for the How Weird Street Faire:

Once again, the center intersection of Howard and 12th Streets will be filled with a mandala of grass – an urban crop circle – a place to relax and connect. This year will feature a special new area called "Ambient Alley" on Kissling Street, a place to escape with chill down-tempo music. The rest of the faire will feature seven dance stages powered by bio-diesel, and one sound system completely powered by humans on bikes! This will be the last event on Howard Street.

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The How Weird Street Faire got its start on Howard Street because that was home to the CCC,
aka the Consortium for Collective Consciousness, a commune-ish warehouse space filled with the kind of kids who travelled
to Goa, trafficked in various doo-dads and clothes from the developing world, and threw Goa Trance parties (which were
super exclusive, and if you were dressed like a candy raver, you weren't getting in). It's a bit of a shock to learn that the How
Weird Street Faire will no longer be on Howard Street, and raises the question of where it will be located, if anywhere, in 2008.