Honey Soundsystem:
Burning Man 2008

Thursday Night
Robot Hustle + Pee Play
Burning Mary's Supremacy Party
5:00 oclock on the Wheel
Sundown to Sunup

Friday Night
Honey Soundsystem's
Honey Dusted at Comfort + Joy
All Night Party w/ special guest
Felix Dickinson (Cynic, Horsemeat Disco)
7:30 and FAIRLANE

HNY UPCOMING:

Thursday August 7th, in San Francisco
Radio Lines: A West Add Radio Benefit Party
Josh Cheon, Robot Hustle, and Steve Summers support
The Transfer on Church + Market
9-2am I Donations go to West Add Radio
www.westaddradio.com

Suppervision II
III's projection cabaret + cuddlefest
Supperclub on Harrison + 3rd
$9 pjs/costumes I $15 street clothes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YHsefalszA

Thursday August 7th, in Los Angeles
A Club Called Rhonda with Dee Jay Pee Play
Guatelinda - 4916 Hollywood Blvd.
9-2am I $3 with RSVP to rsvp@callrhonda.net, $6 without RSVP
www.callrhonda.net

Friday August the 8th, in Los Angeles
Shits & Giggles : San Francisco Takeover
Honey Soundsystem (Jason Kendig/PeePlay) + Parker (aka Lady Meat)
740 S Broadway in Downtown (enter through alleyway)
10-? I $5 Cover

And of-course who would want to miss the Special Disco Version Donuts (DFA!) in Los Angeles on Saturday?
Details at donutsparty.com

We would love to see you out and if you see us give us a hug!
New mixes in the works now for the Honey-pot-cast check your itunes any day now!
We also have a couple of Large Honey-logo T-shirts still available for sale just ask!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY

1.) Cunty SFWEEKLY review and even cuntier comments

2.) Steve Summers creepy awesome processed vocal voice

3.) Black-out dancefloor til 2:30am upstairs in the honey room

4.) Robot Hustle's black-out not remembering anything

5.) Terry T & Frankie Sharpe's Blackout outfits 

6.) Kenvulsion dropping "Walk For Me"

7.) Leo Herrera's black + white trippy visuals

8.) Allan Herrera voguing on a blasted post party stage

9.) Chris McVick lip-synching to Boney M using a stick pony

10.) DANIEL WANG IN SPANDEX "SUPRISE GO-GO SET" 

CHECK OUT THE DIGITAL INVITATION FOR OUR1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY HERE

26 JULY
SATURDAY
HNYSNDSYSTM 1 YEAR

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HERCULES + LOVE AFFAIR
1ST LIVE SHOW IN SAN FRANCISCO
FULL BAND PERFORMING NEW ALBUM

HNY ROOM ALL NIGHT
AS PER USUAL

CHRIS MCVICK PERFORMANCE
SPECIAL HONEY MAIN ROOM SET
AFTER HERCULES + LOVE AFFAIR

Pick up this weeks Guardian with DJ Jason Kendig on the cover and Josh Cheon mention as an up and coming gay to watch in 2008.

Honey Residents Out of the Closet:
PRIDE FRIDAY JUNE 27th

MARY: Burning Mary's Pride Party
w/ KENDIG+ROBOTHUSTLE
PRIVATE LOCATION + CALL 4157387537

BIBI: Middle Eastern Pride Disco
w/ JOSH CHEON
THE PORK STORE 16th + Mission

HONEY SOUNDSYSTEM at GLASOTNBURY (UK) 2008
KENVULSION + PEEPLAY PERFORM at NYC DOWNLOW TENT
FRI 27th 11pm - 1am + SAT 29th 2am - 4am

watch the trailer for this amazing documentary

get tickets at frameline


HONEY SNDSYSTM
Fire Island Disco Party
Saturday June 21
Cafe Flore
Market & Noe SF

This is the after party
for the screening of
WILD COMBINATION
A Portrait of Arthur Russell
by MATT WOLF

The screening is at the ROXIE Theater
part of the 2008 FRAMELINE FESTVAL

Synopsis:

WILD COMBINATION is director Matt Wolf’s visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his untimely death from AIDS in 1992, Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art. Now, over fifteen years since his passing, Arthur's work is finally finding its audience.

Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur's family, friends, and closest collaborators—including Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg—to tell this poignant and important story

NEXT SAN FRANCISCO HONEY PARTY:
SATURDAY JUNE 21
WILD COMBINATION
after screening party

HONEY IS IN EUROPE!
For more info check out Pee Play's
Tour Blog with video + pictures of:
PhagOff Roma
Honey at Horsemeat Disco London
+
Honey on Ministry of Sound Radio

TOMMOROW NIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO!
STEFAN GOLDMANN for HONEY SNDSYSTM
GUARDIAN PICK OF THE WEEK SAID:

ANNOUNCEMENT!
STEFAN GOLDMANN
IS THE NEXT HNY GUEST!

Having released for top notch labels like Classic and Ovum since 2001, Stefan Goldmann is one of Germany’s most respected producers and DJs today – especially after his ground breaking releases for Innervisions and Perlon. Creating an unique style of house beyond deep and future forward techno beyond minimal, Stefan has clearly set an unmistakeable trademark of his own on the map of electronic music today. With his meticulous production and focus on quality he’s been running ahead of the pack, and being enthusiastically rinsed by top notch DJs from all accross the board. His track Sleepy Hollow on Innervisions – also featuring a b-side together with Germany’s most wanted: Ame - attracted key players as diverse as Carl Craig, Garnier, Villalobos, Hawtin, Steve Bug, Luciano and Gilles Peterson playing it in their sets and making it a hit all over the place. It was also voted being one of the top 10 tracks of 2006 by the readers of Germany's Groove and De:Bug magazines. Sleepy Hollow clearly set the standard in 2006 together with the other few anthems like Audion’s “Mouth To Mouth” and Carl Craig’s remix for Theo Parrish “Falling Up”.

A string of highly acclaimed remixes (Romboy & Chelonis R. Jones, Blackjoy, IT, Kenny Hawkes, Sideshow and coming up: DJ Gregory) for labels like Faya Combo, Freerange, Classic, MFF and Systematic also established Stefan as one of Europe’s most in demand remixers. Some of his rather experimental works have been recently added to the IMEB Phonoteque at the National Library of France and exclusively featured by Richie Hawtin in his DE9 Transitions DVD mix on Minus as well as being an integral part of his digital live sets.

Furthermore in 2006 a now legendary series of 6 DJ sets by Stefan was commisioned and broadcasted by London’s Lektric Forms Radio. Other artists on the station included Ivan Smagghe and Jennifer Cardini. In his radio sets, Stefan mixed anything from John Zorn to LFO. His club sets are equally challenging, representing a broad range of outstanding dance music instead of sticking to a narrow conception of one of today’s subgenres. Main spot frenzy is as much a strength of Stefan as his early morning sets at Berlin’s Panorama Bar.

In 2007 Stefan finally founded his own label Macro, with its debut “Aurora”. Macro was created as a boutique label showcasing very few artistically outstanding, carefully designed releases a year. The first release went straight to #4 on Groove Mag’s Top50 and received overwhelming support by everyone from Hawtin to Luciano and Lazarus, to Kruder and Steve Bug. Besides running the label and producing new material for Innervisions and Perlon, Stefan is DJing all over Europe, with upcoming tours of the US and Japan.

$10 Dollar Pre-Sale Tickets are available for a limited time only for Return To Paradise with Sister Sledge ("We Are Family" "The Greatest Dancer") and Holy Ghost! (DFA Records).

Go --->here to order them online with TicketWeb
Tickets also available W/O Service Charge at
Azaela 411 Hayes Street (at Gough)
or Urban Outfitters, 80 Powell Street

Tickets go to $15 anyday now. Then they end up at $20 at the door due to the enormous costs to make this brilliant party a realization! Don't believe? Check out video from Hercules last month:

Visuals from this Sundays 4/20 party. It was a good one for sure!

Alexander Robotnick's Acid House Mix

Alexander Robotnick's Acid House Mix

Alexader Robotnick is one of those charachters in music that mystifies. Alexander Robotnick (aka Maurizio Dami) is an Italian electronic musician. He made his debut on the Italian music scene as the founding member of Avida, a dance-cabaret band featuring Daniele Trambusti and Stefano Fuochi.

In 1983 he attained international popularity with his track "Problèmes d'amour", published first by the Italian label Materiali Sonori and then by Sire-Wea. "Problèmes d'amour" went on to become a "cult track" of dance music. In 1984 he joined "Giovanotti Mondani Meccanici" a multimedia-oriented group and composed soundtracks for theatre works, videos and video-installations. He also composed soundtracks for films and theatre works by Italian directors such as Alessandro Benvenuti, Antonio Climati, Marco Mattolini, and Marco Risi.

In 1987 he turned his interest to World Music, and for the next decade collaborated with African, Kurdish and Indian musicians. In 1994 Robotnick began working with the Indian-Italian band "Govinda" leading to the production of two tracks "Devotion" and "Transcendental Ecstasy" for Govinda's first album "Selling India By the Pound".

In Summer 1995 he conceived and organized the first Ambient Music Festival in Florence at Anfiteatro delle Cascine. In 1996, with Nazar Abdulla and Rashmi Bhatt, he created "The Third Planet" , a multi-ethnic band that blended traditional music from Kurdistan, Algeria and India with modern sounds. With "The Third Planet" he produced 2 albums; "Kurdistani" and "The Third Planet". The band gave numerous concerts in Italy. In 1997 his collaboration with Lapo Lombardi and Ranieri Cerelli lead to the "Alkemya" project, releasing an album with CNI. In 2000 he created a label of his own, Hot Elephant Music.

HNYARCHIVE: Kenvulsion's Snowball Xpress

From the HNYARCHIVE: Kenvulsion's Snowball Xpress

A selection of music supported at last year’s Burning Man Festival by Uchronia, Hot Alien Lounge, the Deep End, Green Gorilla Lounge, Honey Sound System and Wicked. Featuring tracks and remixes by Trentemoller, Richard Dinsdale, Monolake, Switch, Tigerskin, Blackstrobe, Ame, Triple R, Rub N’ Tug, Out Hud, Modeler, Radio Slave, Break 3000, and Solieb. Mixed live by Ken Vulsion on the Honey Sound System. Image courtesy of Uchronia aka the Belgian Waffle.

HNYARCHIVE: Kenvulsion's This Is Not A Disco

From the HNYARCHIVE: Kenvulsion's This Is Not A Disco

Its hard to explain how good this mix is. When this one came out it was on repeat for so many people we knew that you kinda just gotta hear it to get it. One thing is for sure, Kings of Tommorow gets the red carpet treatment here.

4 /2 0
HONEY BAKED
a private lounge party

music by
HNY
and
special guest
Mauricio Aviles

special guest pole dancer
BAD AZZ
flying out from LA for
this event exclusively

TO RSVP:
send an email with your full name in the body
to honeysndsystm@aol.com

LIMITED CAPACITY FOR MAXIMUM COMFORT
VENUE DETAILS WILL BE EMAILED IN A RESPONSE
AS THE DATE COMES CLOSER

VIDEOS OF BAD AZZ:

DREAMS DO COME TRUE
THANKS FOR ALL THE MEMORIES
ANDY BUTLER!

The FREE RSVP list is CLOSED for Hercules + Love Affair and Honey Soundsystem this Friday. For all of you who missed out you can still get in on our $10 guestlist (rsvp now, pay at the door).

Send an email to RSVP@mezzaninesf.com with “$10 LOVE AFFAIR” in the subject and their FIRST and LAST NAME in the body of the email.

Now go clean that battered bed sheet because Friday night is a TOGA PARTY (no joke and we will have complimentary TOGAS and clothes check for those that come without).

Greek Gods 01

Bacchus, in Greek and Roman mythology, the god of wine, identified with Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, and Liber, the Roman god of wine. The son of Zeus (Jupiter), Bacchus is usually characterized in two ways. One is that of the god of vegetation, specifically of the fruit of the trees, who is often represented on Attic vases with a drinking horn and vine branches. As he came to be the popular national Greek god of wine and cheer, wine miracles were reputedly performed at certain of his festivals. The second characterization of the god, that of a deity whose mysteries inspired ecstatic, orgiastic worship, is exemplified by the Maenads, or Bacchantes. This group of female devotees left their homes to to roam the wilderness in ecstatic devotion to the god. They wore fawn skins and were believed to possess occult powers. The name Bacchus came into use in ancient Greece during the 5th century bc . It refers to the loud cries with which he was worshiped at the Bacchanalia, frenetic celebrations in his honor. These events, which supposedly originated in spring nature festivals, became occasions for licentiousness and intoxication, at which the celebrants danced, drank, and generally debauched themselves. The Bacchanalia became more and more extreme and were prohibited by the Roman Senate in 186 bc . In the first century ad , however, the Dionysiac mysteries were still popular, as evidenced by representations of them found on Greek sarcophagi.

Mezzanine booked Hercules and Love Affair + Timo Maas on the same bill. Then they called us to repair some of the damage. We couldn't be more excited.

Not only do we get the honor of introducing ourselves to one of our favorite new acts but we also get to reward our devoted dancers. We are offering 100 free tickets to the event this Friday at Mezzanine (11/04/2008), first come first serve.

Hercules and Love Affair is responsible for this winters #1 faggy dancefloor favorite "Blind" featuring Antony's (of Antony and the Johnsons fame) vocal stylings. His album is chock full of disco-house deliciousness and flawless from start to finish. 12" and a full length coming out on DFA records, Hercules (aka Andy Butler) is the gay making us shake our hips and lick our lips. We are delighted to give him a warm San Francisco welcome, as we know you are too.

Send an email to: CONTEST@mezzaninesf.com with “FREE HERCULES” in the subject and your FIRST and LAST NAME in the body of the email. Follow these instructions very carefully otherwise you might not get on the list. Please only send one name at a time.

After all the spots have been filled, we will have a LIMITED $10 discounted tickets guestlist.

Here are some Hercules tracks off the new album:

DANCER DOCUMENATION:

To view the full length quicktime quality video by Kenvulsion
go to his website kenvulsion.com and click the tab at the top that says: DFTD Video






OVER 70 PHOTOS FOR THE NIGHT ON OUR MYSPACE

As apart of our first ever adaptation of a book onto the dance floor starting today we will be sharing different excerpts from Dancer from the Dance on our blog and myspace until Sunday the 23rd. Here is pages 30-32 featured on our flyer:

(for full size just click the image)

Jeffrey Sfire's Menergy Mix #2

Special guest for Dancer from the Dance, Jeffrey Sfire has given us his new mix
Menergy #2 (2 months in the making) to premire on the Honey Potcast!

You heard it here first! Right click to download, or click to stream!

Maybe if were lucky we will get a track listing this time!

THE HARVEY MILK MOVIE:
GUS VAN SANT's MILK
WRAP PARTY

MON. MARCH 10
w/ HONEY SOUNDSYSTEM DJs

IN ATTENDANCE:
GUS - SEAN PENN - EMILE HIRSCH -
LUCAS GRABEEL - TOM AMMIANO -
DANNY NICOLETTA + OTHER GAYS

The following is a loop using White Night Riots
footage from May 21, 1979 in San Francisco.
It was created as a visual tool our sets:

LIST OF UPCOMING HONEY DJ APPEARANCES
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march 11 - Honey DJs at Gus Van Sant's Milk (Movie Wrap Party)

(private location)

march 14 - Honey DJs at Lights Down Low

(222 Hyde)

march 14 - ROBOT HUSTLE at Asian Am. Film Fest Party

(111 Minna)

march 15 - JASON KENDIG at Black Market Techno

(Oasis in Oakland)

march 22 - PEEPLAY at Gentlemen's Techno 6

(Underground Location)

march 23 - HONEYSOUNDSYSTEM's DANCER FROM THE DANCE

(103 Harriet)

march 28 - PEEPLAY at FSLD

(Deco Lounge)

march 29 - ROBOT HUSTLE & JEFFREY SFIRE

(Portland, OR)

april 3 - PEEPLAY at Suppervision

(Supper Club)

april 5 - PEEPLAY at Trans Am

(Club 6)

every Saturday Kenvulsion at Bistroteque

(Cafe Flore)

2nd/4th Wednesdays Josh Cheon's Slave to the Rhythm Radio Show

(westaddradio.com)

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see you out!

NEXT HONEY PARTY
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DANCER FROM
THE DANCE
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AN INTERPRETATION
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IN THE MINESHAFT
BASEMENT
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MORE TBA
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READ UP!

PREVIEW for next HONEY PARTY

The following is a teaser for
Dee Jay Pee Play's Cruising,
a live-video-music-sync-collage
interpretation of William
Friedkin's 1980 film Cruising,
starring Al Pacino, of which will
be presented as an online 40 min video mix.
Stay tuned for more details. Enjoy

HNYARCHIVE: Robot Hustle's Disktalo Mix

We have noticed a considerable increase in our listener-ship for the Honey-Pot-Cast. At first created to showcase mixes created by Honey Soundsystem Djs, this digital jukebox has grown into an exciting mix-bag of live recordings, HNY Guests, and surprises.

While we are all busy working on the next rung of parties (which includes booking international guests, a new honey zine, a live-sync-video-installation-performance-dj set, original music, radio shows, and new dj mixes) what a better time then to reflect on the near-past.

We will be uploading the back catalog of mixes that have been available at various times in various places from HNY djs.

First up are a few mixes from the
Robot Hustle's Archive:

HNYARCHIVE: Robot Hustle's Disktalo Mix

Robot works tirelessly to perfect these little time-capsules of sound and they are what have given him his reputation amongst DJs and producers listening around the globe. He has earned his way into the programming of the legendary Cybernetic Broadcasting System and turned heads from promoters who want his sound to pump their dancefloors. Robot is currently working on a new HNY mix along with curating the talent for the next big Honey Party at the end of March. Yup, the rumor is true, per request, Intergalactic Gary is coming all the way from Holland to wow our dancers as our special guest. Not only that but our very own Italo-Cheerleader Jeffrey Sfire will join the lineup to play his very first HS sound orgy.

HNYARCHIVE: Robot Hustle's Mariconichiwa Mix

HNYARCHIVE: Robot Hustle's Mariconichiwa Mix

HNYARCHIVE: Robot Hustle's Gym Bunnies Mix

HNYARCHIVE: Robot Hustle's Gym Bunnies Mix

HNYARCHIVE: Robot Hustle's Drug Bunnies Mix

HNYARCHIVE: Robot Hustle's Drug Bunnies Mix

Josh Cheon's Slave To The Rhythm Radio Show w/ Discodromo + Robot Hustle

Josh Cheon's
Slave to the Rhythm Radio Show
w/Discodromo (Italy) and Robot Hustle

TRACKLISTING:
grace jones - the apple stretching (island)
chris & cosey - misunderstandings (rough trade)
composite profuse - moanings from the english cemetery (bunker)
dream disco - take me home (das drehmoment)

ROBOT HUSTLE takes over
unit black flight - no turning back (strange life)
the isolators feat. bébé - interdit ce soir (viewlexx)
unit 4 - new day (club mix) (strange life)
quando quango - love tempo (mix) (factory)
metro area - erodyne (environ)
sumeria - golden tears (casablanca)

DISCODROMO takes over
discodromo - cosmorama (internasjonal)
john daly - move (feel)
fancy - come inside (proto)
miss plug inn - don't be a robot (discodromo remix) (music control)
mike anthony - man on a mission (dub) (emergency)
john rocca - i want it to be real (instrumental) (streetwise)
hercules & love affair - roar (dfa)
spike rebel & i.c.e. - get on up (house jam)
jump - funkatatium (dark)
boris - portato (careless)
nick chacona - mariacha (internasjonal)
discodromo - a come andromeda (cd-r)
gino soccio - remember (unidisc)
sphinx - collision (system music)
the strikers - body music (instrumental) (prelude)
change - the end (wea)
herbie mann - superman (atlantic)

Kenvulsion's
TOP TEN for 2007

Sylvester "Body Strong" [Megatone]
Dr. Doo-Wah "Kongas" Produced by Cerrone [Crocos]
Mental Overdrive "Original Material" [Full Pupp]
Todd Terje "Whitney Vs. Elektra" [CDR]
Larry Heard Presents Mr. White "The Sun Can't Compare" [Alleviated]
BOTOX "Babylon by Car" [DFA]
Serge Santiago "Blackjack" Black Edits [Arcobaleno]
Aeroplane "Carmelias" [Eskimo]
Quentin Harris "Let's Be Young" [URA]
Roland Appel "Dark Soldier" [Sonar Collective]

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Josh Cheon's
TOP 10 for 2007

bettye lavette live at the independent, SF
jessie evens - class magic
finally punk - primary colors
no age - everything
fabulous diamonds 7"
blank dogs - diana (the herald)
roland sebastian faber - hommage an die jugend europas
lcd soundsystem - someone great
holy ghost! - hold on
professor genius - pegaso

TWO HONEY RELATED

NEW MIXES

Two new HONEY MIXES were
just added to the Honey-Pot-Cast.

The next HNY parties
are in
the oven.

Stay Tuned.
Stay Warm.

Ken Vulsion's Tribal Steamroller

Ken Vulsion's Tribal Steamroller
Just added to the Honey-Pot-Cast

Ken vulsion's
Tribal Steamroller
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First mix of the new year, inspired by late nineties rave music and the ribald
fashion of Vivienne Westwood. Get the tracklisting here: KVUL99.9

HONEYDOG: Performance by Mitchell McCartney
8 Honey Chilidogs to You Are Everything

Pee Play's The Sex Was Good, You Leaving Was Better

Pee Play's The Sex Was Good, You Leaving Was Better - A Mix To Keep You Warm
Just added to the Honey-Pot-Cast

Pee Play's
The Sex Was Good, You Leaving Was Better
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Honey's Dee Jay Pee Play warms those cold nights with a blend of
dubby-tropical-atmospherics. Keep the heating bills down this season and
pop this one on instead.

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To keep warm with all this brisk weather, Honey is keeping friends even closer in the 2008. Already with one collaboration under our belt to ring in the new year (Comfort and Joy's NYE), we are planning a whole series of joint ventures.

Next tuesday we are snuggling up with one of our favorite San Francisco divas: Bearded Lady aka Stanley aka Limestone Salad. Honeydog is a one night serving of Chilidog (Tuesdays at the Transfer) and the HNY Crew. To fill our buns we imported the finest italian sausage: DISCODROMO.

Help us create a warm welcome for this hottie's first visit to San Francisco. Listen to the Discodromo just added to the Honey Pot-Cast and can be downloaded at honeysoundsystem.com. Then come get really really dirty with us next Tuesday.

We already have a half chub.

Discodromo's Galactic Zombies Mix

Discodromo's Galactic Zombies Mix ----------------------{]]]},
Just added to the Honey-Pot-Cast

DISCODROMO's
Galactic Zombies Mix
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Discodromo, our special guests from Italy for January 2008's
Honeydog party shells out a mixed pot of low-to-the-ground synth-sexuals.
Check their originals out at myspace.com/discodromo

Comfort and Joy
Honey Soundsystem
House of Herrera
present:
AFTERGLOW
NEW YEARS EVE 2008
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Dancing Upstairs
Dirty Downstairs
Underground Location
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P R E S AL E T I X @ PLAYAJOY.ORG

We couldn't be anymore excited about this Sunday's Mineshaft Party. Rumors are already spreading about old Megatone stars and International DJ's making appearances. To get prepared everyday we are posting a different historical fact about the history of the "San Francisco Sound" on myspace. We also uploaded a Greatest Megatone Hits Mix from 1984 on our pot-cast!

This Wednesday the 12th from 9pm - 11pm Josh Cheon will be dedicating his regular radio show to the Mineshaft. Tune into "Slave to the Rhythm" on westaddradio.com to hear the whole honey gang rev you up for this Sunday.

Keep your eyes open as the date gets closer for more details about the party.

Megatone's Non Stop Greatest Hits - Mixed by DJ Frank Schmidt