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Azztronaughty

Big Freedia brings her butt-thundering New Orleans bounce to Oakland. Plus: Pepe Bradock, Drumcode DJs, Mixmaster Mike, and more cheeky nightlife

09.07.10 - 1:20 pm | Marke B. |

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It's impossible for me to think of Big Freedia without exploding into happy feathers. As the fierce national face of New Orleans' bounce music movement (along with her drag daughter, Sissy Nobby), Freedia's been shoehorned into several media narratives that don't necessarily do her justice — popular performer who bridges a supposed gap between flamboyant gayness and macho rap, evidence that original regional roots music is still being generated in our monocultural-seeming musical world, post-Katrina beat-healer of ravished communities, anthropological curiosity. Read more »

Fatsouls houses the twilight with "In & Out"

09.03.10 - 9:07 am | Marke B. |

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I've long sung the praises of genius local deep and Afro house label Fatsouls, its creative leader DJ Said, and its fantastically soulful We & the Music party -- another monthly installment of which takes place tonight (Fri/3, 9pm, $5. 222 Hyde, SF. www.222hyde.com) with residents Said and Le Charm.

The new release on Fatsouls, "In & Out" by classic Detroit musicmaker Alton Miller, confirms that the label is gaining stature worldwide by continuing its steady stream of high-quality, thoughtfully mature, and devilishly groovy tunes.

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Party Radar: Stereo Total, Sabo, Cam, Dub Mission, more

09.02.10 - 11:30 am | Marke B. |

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Whoo! There's a lot going on nightlifewise this long weekend. Besides the parties upon which I shined a woozy post-Canadian spotlight in this week's Super Ego clubs column, here's a few more great soirees at which you can work out your frustration or relief that you aren't at Burning Man. The city is ours!

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Party Radar

Northern lite

Checking out the nightlife scene across the border. Plus: Motor City Drum Ensemble, Gemini Disco Farewell, Le Perle Degli Squallor, Labor of Love, and more

08.31.10 - 4:14 pm | Marke B. |

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Magic 8-Ball

FALL ARTS: Falling forward, bending backward, and staying up with Girl Unit, Designer Drugs, Flying Lotus, Lovevolution, Osunlade, and more

08.24.10 - 5:39 pm | Marke B. |

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FALL ARTS/ SUPER EGO What does the immediate future of nightlife hold? "Cloud" DJs, quantum trannies, Hovaround races, de-friending parties, cocktail holography, xylophones? Honey. I just rolled in from a night at Aunt Charlie's in the TL. Answer hazy, ask again later — maybe after I score some hot hangover grits from Eddie's on Diviz. In the meanwhile, here's all tomorrow's parties I want to see your pretty game face at.

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Dancethropology

SUPER EGO: Twirling around with Kenny Dope, SF Drag King Contest, Scuba, Bay Vibes Fest, Always Tired, and more parties

08.18.10 - 9:10 am | Marke B. |

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"What you doin' talking all night? If you have so much to say, why don't you call a hotline? The time to talk is not right now. It's time to dance, my friend. Share some of that energy you got on your lips, in your feet."Read more »

Windblown

Here, there, and everywhere with Mike Huckaby, Alland Byallo, Alexander Robotnick, Hercules and Love Affair, and more parties

08.10.10 - 4:23 pm | Marke B. |

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SUPER EGO I just zoomed in from Guerneville on the back of Hunky Beau's cherry red motorcycle, losing a few wigs along the way, oh well. Guerneville, for the uninitiated, is the supergayish resort town located about 100 miles north of here along the Russian River. It's like the Riviera, but with more fish smell and meth shacks.Read more »

Photos from our Best of the Bay party!

08.06.10 - 11:49 am | Marke B. |

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The fantastic crew at Polite in Public shot many of the adventurous winners and guests at our raucous Best of the Bay party last night. Check 'em out.

Party Radar: Best of the Bay, ZZK, Illuminated Forest, A-Trak, more

08.05.10 - 11:34 am | Marke B. |

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Whew! There's a lot of throwdown and get lit opportunities in nightlife this week and weekend, beginning tonight, 8/5, at 9pm with the Guardian's own Best of the Bay Rock Party revving up the amps at Mezzanine -- with performances by Chuck Prophet, the Bitter Honeys, and Stephanie Finch and the Company Men, hosted by The Freeze and DJed by Ome. You'll definitely want to hit this up, especially to schmooze with this year's Best of the Bay winners. Your elbows will be rubbed down to the bone!

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Prop 8 struck down by federal judge

08.04.10 - 1:32 pm | Marke B. |

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US District judge Vaughan Walker has struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage. Turns out the 18,000 same-sex marriages left intact from before the proposition was passed were key. Dang, I just planned my wedding in Connecticut.