Your Saturday Guide for April 28, 2007

A couple interesting events out of the ordinary this Saturday, though both present unknown qualities. If you go to either, please hit us back with a report.

UPDATE NUMBER TWO: New stuff just keeps popping up, this time a Burning Man fundraiser at the Porn Palace, but it's on the pricey side:

MONKEY: a banana peelin’, vine swingin’, primal primate throwdown featuring two rooms of boom to shake your prehensile tail ‘til the early morn’! 100% of Proceeds to Benefit “Homouroboros”; Peter Hudson’s next playa masterwork. Everyone involved has volunteered to support the production of Peter’s next stroboscopic zoetrope.

In the Art Barn, you’ll view Peter’s past work and speculate on the scope of homouroboros. You can also buy limited edition homouroboros tees, bandannas, panties and more. Plus, preserve your posterior for posterity. Live ass-casting is back! And with all our favorite Playa sound camps and DJ’s under one roof, this is a rare opportunity for those allergic to playa dust to hear some Black Rock legends.

Monkey Room
Laird, Fred Funk, Shissla, Cut la’What v. Tyler T, An-ten-nae, J9 v. ViaJay, Jive v. Smoove, Ernie Trevino v. Ethan Miller

Guerrilla Lounge
Laird, Aaron Pope, Radio Active, El Papa Chango, Tamo

The Porn Palace 415 Jessie St. (@ 6th)
9PM – Very late
$20 Donation
Burning Man Ticket Raffle! (At Midnight)
COSTUMES encouraged/rewarded: Show me the MONKEY!!!


UPDATE: Just found out about this intriguing party at The Transfer with, of all people, Jeno. The crew behind this party, known collectively as Staple, used to promote parties from 1999 - 2001 at The EndUp under the name of Refuge. These kids have serious House cred, so it's interesting to see them starting up again and incorporating techno into their concept of "deepness." Since The Transfer is only about three blocks from my pad, this is probably the party I'll check out.

Refuge: Future House and Deep Techno
with
Jeno
Fil Latorre
DJ Javaight
at The Transfer, 198 Church Street, x Church and Market
$5 after 11.30
No cover with rsvp: rsvp@staplemusic.net

filterSF presents Fumiya Tanaka at Fat City (formerly known as Studio Z)
The same crew involved with FUK Werk Fridays and the Tabu Sky Bar presents Japanese techno producer Fumiya Tanaka in his first ever live US performance. Sounds cool, I just wish the filterSF kids would stop putting boobies on their flyers - that's so 1999, ya know? Are these parties just about hot babes and those who lust for them, or can anybody come? Really, you'd think they were promoting a gay party.
Deets:
11th Street at Folsom
Limited RSVP $10 guest list before 11:00 PM
info@babd.org or filter1@babd.org
$15 before 11 PM
$20 at the door
$10 after 2:00 AM
Note that this party runs until 8AM Sunday

Aural Therapy 2.0
This just popped up on the old radar, afterhours at an underground location with a host of techno/tech house DJs including Kontrol's Alland Byallo. Starts at 2AM (that's 2AM in the morning on Sunday), location will be emailed by Saturday afternoon after you've bought a ticket online. Says that it's at "the compound."
Deets:
$12 + $2.22 service charge (tix online only)
Doors open 2AM, close 10AM (both Sunday morning)

Drunk and Horny
The reliable, sloppy, gay version of a high school party. Check out my review.
$5 Cover, Underground SF (424 Haight Street x Webster), 9PM - 2AM, DJs Big Red and Sparky.

Upcoming Event: Ursula 1000 at Palacio de Peligro, May 4

That's Ursula 1000 at the Porn Palace for those of you (like me) who are Spanish-inept. Yep, looks like the Porn Palace is becoming the new hotspot for big parties. Here are the deets from the website on SFStation:

Break out the maracas and confetti and get a head start on cinco de mayo weekend with a shotgun night of Tijuana-style Glam-Vamp-a-Go-Go MAYHEM!

Recreating that dangerous and secluded desert cantina down Mexico way where pepper-hot harlot diablas dance desnudo to mutated mariachi beats while leather biker banditos spray flames of mezcal and feast on the living. We're bringing it to the Porn Palace! So grab your sombreros and come down to the fiesta with fangs, the castle of carnage- el PALACIO DE PELIGRO!

Get ready to rhumba as we turn up the electro-palacio-congo-bongo-aztech-bailando con DISCO SELECTOROS:

URSULA 1000 (ESL Records) www.ursula1000.com
EL PAPACHANGO www.elcirco.org
ROMANOWSKI www.romanowski45.com
LAIRD www.djlaird.com
DELACHAUX www.myspace.com/djdelachaux
NEEL N. KIZMIAZ www.sexadelic.org

PLUS LIVE LOUNGE BANDO- TIGER CLUB!

AND 'Titty Twister' burlesque performances by:

CHICA BOOM! (from Seattle)
CHARLOTTE La BELLE ARAIGNE’E! (LA)
And local sirens:
VIMA BURLESQUE!
ROSE PISTOLA!
LAS VAMPIRAS DE SADO MASO!
TIJUANA GOGO GIRLS!
And Emcee TIO PABLO!

Plus Peliculas Prohibitas!

MEXXXPLOITATION SINEMA COSTUMES ENCOURAGED!
Dress: Mayan Mascaras, Apocalypto-Chic, Aztec Porn Gods, Stylish Matadors and Mariachis, Wild Zapotecs, Mezcalitos, Zoots, Luchas, Guachos, Chicitas, Salmas, Satanicas, Diablas, Vampiros, Zorros, Banditos, Fantomas, Frida Kahlos, Pancho Villas, y Otras Cosas Misteriosas!

If you can find a better party anywhere- F**K IT!

$15 Presale / $20 Door
Get your tickets at:
www.cuatrodemayo.com

Personally, flyers online or in print that feature women's boobies (or other parts - a certain techno crew advertises their Saturday night party with a picture of women's torso wearing only a crochet bikini, with her hand down in it like she's fingering herself - tres chic!) are kind of a turn-off for me, but hey, what do I know, I like boys.

Upcoming Event: Opulent Temple Fundraiser at the Porn Palace, April 21

Oh, this looks like a winner, kids: Opulent Temple, one of the major Burning Man dance camps, is having their fundraiser at the Porn Palace on Jessie Street this Saturday. If I wasn't already booked in for other obligations I'd be totally down with this. Lots of breaks, trance, hardcore, house, and generally crazy dance music in a swell location.

Here's the line-up and details:

Carbon Community (Sober Music / Bless, Dallas TX)
Dutch (Thump / Opulent Temple)
Ethan Miller (Friends n' Family)
Aaron Jae (Evil Breaks / Space Cowboys)
Dirtyhertz (M Theory / Looq)
Evinrude (Space Cowboys)
Nathan Vain (Opulent Temple)
Cosmic Selector (Opulent Temple / Tech Support)
Sentient (Opulent Temple / Vaporvent Records)
Jason Knight (djjasonknight.com)
Jive (Fix)
Dex Stakker (Opulent Temple)
Billy Seal (Opulent Temple)

At the Porn Palace: 415 Jessie St. @ 6th. (across from Mezzanine)
10pm-5am

Please come in your sexy playa best.

Only $10-$15 sliding donation if you're looking playalicious,
$15-$20 sliding donation in street clothes

Upcoming: 4/7, Bunny Jam

Bunny Jam 7 is coming up on Saturday, April 7, and this year it will be at the infamous Porn Palace (the original shooting sets for a local porn company) on Mission Street, close to the Metreon. The theme is "The Hare-Itics Ball : Ye Ole Bunny Jamme." Anybunny know where I can find some black patent-leather bunny ears?