NEXT GIG: SF :: For the Love & Fishes @ Project One

~ For Love & Fishies ~
Happy Birthday Ernie and Mugsie!

Friday February 26th – 8:30pm – 4am

Family Style Potluck Dinner 8:30 – 10:00pm

Project 1 :: 251 Rhode Island :: San Francisco


Its that time again…

Come one, come all and leave your shame at the door. The Piscean Duo Ernie and Mugsie are teaming up for their birthdays again – and what’s more..
We want to celebrate the Love that we all hold so dear, the Community of Family, Friends and Good Cheer!
We’ll start the festivities out with some dishies (of delicious and salacious edible delights)
And we’ll round out the evening celebrating with Fishies – so bring your dancing shoes with phat strings a-laced tight!

~ The Fishing Line Up ~

Mozaic ~ a glimmer of dope ~

Tamo ~ angels of bass :: space cowboys ~

Aaron Jae vs Simple Greene
~ e.b. :: crew of ninjas :: strategik ~

Jen Woolfe ~ shameless SF ~

Ernie Trevino vs Kaptn Kirk <--- Just Added!!!!!!! :)
~ brass cowboys :: space tax ~

Phoenix ~ herself ~

Ding Dong ~ brass tax ~

Also...
Live art by Gregorio DeMasi

Shranky Janks Craft Table by Rachel and Chloe

Delishies by Cerrithwen (and YOU!) :)

.. and more to be announced!

:: $5 suggested donation - we ♥ our artists! ::


~ flyer art by Gregorio (DeMasi Design) and Tamo (Tamo Design) ~

NEXT GIG: Seattle :: My Bloody Valentine - Feb 12th

The 7th Annual
My Bloody Valentine is Shameless

Feb 12th @ Chop Suey

In Heartbreaker's Hall

Drumcell (Droid Behavior) LA
J.Phlip (Dirtybird) SF
Recess (Shameless)
Menami (Shameless)

In Lover's Lounge

Jen Woolfe (Shameless SF)
Robb Green (Shameless SF)
214 Live! (Mikrolux, Pyramid Transmissions, Touchin' Bass, SEA)
Levi Clark (Shameless)
Adlib (Shameless)

Live visual by Loopid
Pics by Dave Mathews

Pinata smashing @ Midnight

Chop Suey
1325 East Madison Street
Seattle, WA 98122-4058
(206) 324-8005

Click Here for Tickets
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=922765

Shameless. Keeping it weird since 2003
www.simplyshameless.com

NEXT GIG: SF :: Mixtape's 2 Year Anniver @ Shine -Thur Jan 28

MIXTAPE 2 Year Anniversary w/ Mozaic, Robb Green & Jen Woolfe

Thursday January 28

Yowsah! 2 Years?
Well, technically; took the last 3 months off due to holidays & schedule craziness.

Mixtape will happen a lot less after this month, and there will be some interesting changes and collaborations. ;)

But this month..... time to celebrate 2 years of random mayhem!

Good friends
ROBB GREEN & JEN WOOLFE
joining resident
MOZAIC

at Shine
1337 Mission St
San Francisco, CA
10-2
$5
a portion of the door will be donated to Partners In Health (one of the only remaining medical organizations in Haiti)

Hope you can join us! See ya there :)

NEXT GIG: Seattle :: Jan 30th Waid's & Casino Carnivale

Fuel
A Fiery Club Monthly. . . for queer Burners and friends! ---------------------------------

Leschi Lounge and ~knomesthetics~ presents...FUEL... a fiery club monthly for queer Burners and their friends!
$5 before midnight, $7 after. Party goes 'til 4am!

Drink Specials!!! $2 drafts, $3 wells 'til 11pm, plus $2 jello shots all night!

HELP REBUILD THE TRUNK O' FUNK! The original trunk of funk was destroyed in the Great SWAT Team Debacle of '09. If you'd like to help, bring extra costumes/accessories to donate to the All-New Trunk O' Funk!

We're bringing a FIRE FOUNTAIN!! Waid's has an outdoor patio, comfy loft lounge, and PILLOW ROOM! Plus, there will be fire performances and other surprises throughout the night...

To get this night started right we're bringing home from the Bay Leschi Lounge's own Jen Woolfe! Plus... residents Rev. Riff Raff and Vudu, and special guests!

Jen Woolfe - SF (Shameless SF\Leschi Lounge)
VuDu - SEA (Leschi Lounge)
Rev. Riff-Raff - SEA (Leschi Lounge/AntiGravity Music)


Casino Carnivàl ---------------------------------

The Carnivale is back in town for one night only at the South Lake Union Underground Speakeasy. Join us for a fun-filled night of games, music, dancing, burlesque and more!

If you attended this glamerous extravaganza last year you know the drill. If not.... picture it.... it is the year 2030 and you are dressed to the nines for the casino on Luminous Flux! Stop by the Space Virgin bar to wet your shiney lips with an interstellar cosmic cocktail. Then will you make your way to the zero-gravity dancefloor where disco babes from outer space are getting down? Or will you jetpack up to the radioactive casino to try your luck? Everyone's a winner here, and if you play your cards right you just might leave the Carnivale with a fabulous prize!

DJ's Levi Clark and Recess from Shameless with guest DJ Jen Woolfe from San Fransisco!

Cabaret Entertainment brought to you by Déviant Productions: Shows by;
EmpeROUR Fabulous!!!, Jacqueline Hyde & Luna Nocturna

MC: Diva Le Déviant
21+, 8pm - late, doors locked at two
$10 if you are dressed to kill.

To My Liger Wristband

To My Liger Wristband

------------------------------

You came to me,

curled from the heat

of a warm dryer

at Berkeley Bing.

Sprang, so-to-speak,

onto my loving arm.

Seen easily through your gaunt core

you're heart, pencil thin.

You spoke to me of comfort & strength

when I needed most

the blanket's courage of your feeble mane.

But now, dare I glimpse

our connections break,

as you escape from me,

my Grip.

Leapt, doubtless,

wrapped around the arm of another.

For your heart leaks gold;

is eager to please.

I can only hope it be because

I no longer need,

not you no longer Love.

I cannot possess the essence

of you, Liger,

for your spirit is too Free.

But in my heart

you will always, uncannily,

so long as my left arm end,

possess me.

Click here to View the Liger in it's natural habitat.

Want more? Jen Woolfe Poetry

NEW MIX: Ambient Couture

This is a practice mix for a show I'm doing in June to be announced soon.
Dark, sexy, ambient, experimental, dub, breaks. For your yum.

Ambient Couture

NEXT GIG: Fri January 15th @ Lo-Fi ::Seattle

Seattle Peeps!!!

Join P.O.E. and friends for “We are Devo,” the kickoff party for an epic weekend featuring

some of the best and brightest DJs from across the West Coast underground. It’s not just

some guy’s 30th birthday or website launch. It’s his tribute to all the ridiculously awesome

people, places and parties that made him who he is today.

Two rooms of dance music insanity provided by:

Pete Spinning - Monkey Do! – LAX

Brooke Would - The Funky Kind, Monkey Do! – LAX

Jen Woolfe - Leschi Lounge, Shameless – SF

Deafchild - Team Cowper - PDX

Recess - Shameless - SEA

Kadeejah Streets - Innerflight, Black Neon - SEA

Stormshadow - P.O.E - BOI

Curtis Porter - P.O.E - BOI

Manos - Innerflight - SEA

Menami - Shameless - SEA

William Mempa - Kids For Tomorrow, Spindrift, P.O.E - SEA

Cory Ley - P.O.E, Monkey Do! - SEA

Programming/lineup/website launch by Adlib - P.O.E, Shameless, Monkey Do! - SEA

Visuals by Looptid and Radiant Lasers

Decorations by Vertigo Stage Designs

21 +

9:00-3:00 (late!)

$15 at the door!

@ LoFi Performance Gallery (429 Eastlake Avenue E – Seattle, WA)

http://www.nwtekno.org/showthread.php?t=142372

NEXT GIG: Wed Dec 9th @ Shine

I love this joint!

Mizumo Music hosts Purebassed on Wednesday, December 9th!

Join us for a night of house & breaks with some of your favorite SF folks:

Jen Woolfe (Shameless)
DJ Denise (Mizumo)
Anthony James (Rocko Dynamite/Strategik) vs. Loryn (Strategik/Mizumo)
Jana D (Acid Totem/Neuroweapon/Rebel Bass Collective)

$5 cover / 21+ / 9pm-2am

NEXT GIG: Tue Nov 17 @ BOC

I'm throwin' down some House Beats fro 9-11pm Tuesday Nov 17th!

Where: B.O.C. (Bar on Church)

198 Church St. @ 14th & Market

9pm - 11pm

Free!

NEXG GIG: HotWired ~ Seattle Nov 7th

HOTwired 2.0
HOTwired gets a Jumpstart for Osiris' Birthday!


Just when it looked like we were running out of heat, HOTwired gets a JUMPSTART!

NEW DAY: EVERY FIRST SATURDAY

NEW VENUE: WAID'S on 12th and Jefferson on Capitol Hill

NEW SOUND: WAID'S soundsystem got a big upgrade, it now has CLEAN powerful sound!

More details will be added soon.

HOTwired brings the best dj’s and musicians in our community and beyond to team up and collaborate in unexpected, amazing and often unusual parings. The dirty and the deep merge with circus and fire performance groups to create a unique club night that defies the usual style and genre stereotypes.

This month we are excited to feature our most celebrated HOTwired original 2x4! Jen will fly “home” from SF and together with one of our all time favorites Coral, will create some of the best dancefloor energy that we have been fortunate enough to witness over the years. If you have not had a chance to see these amazing musicians play together you have been missing out. If you have, you where with us the moment you saw their names together...

Join us for the re-boot of HOTwired 2.0 This will be our first night in the new venue!


MISS SHELRAWKA (SEA - NY)
JEN WOOLFE vs CORAL
(SF - SEATTLE - SHAMELESS - T.O.U.C.H. SAMADHI - DIGITAL INNOVATORS)
OSIRIS INDRIYA vs AMANITA ~ FUTURE NURSES
(IBOGA RECORDS - PSYBOOTY - FUTURE NURSES)

Live circus performances by:
Obsidian Moon

Doors from 10pm till LATE!
10 to 11 $5
After 11 $10
WAID'S
1212 E Jefferson Street & 12th Avenue

HOTwired is the FIRST SATURDAY of every month!

BURNERS! Make it a Seacompression AFTERPARTY!! We do not wish to compete with Seacompression as we love our Burning Friends and families and most of us still have playa caked to our favorite boots ourselves! Those who can show they have paid entry to Seacompression pay only 5$. We would love to see you when you flee from sandpoint!


Presented by: Future Nurses

NEXG GIG: Beats 4 Boobs ~ Fri Oct 23 2009

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month and if you haven't had a chance to support the cause, this is IT! For only $20, you can support this amazing cause & event and help raise funds for the Breast Cancer Emergency Fund (BCEF) and Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Or, better, contribute $25 or $50 for VIP Packages!

Friday October 23 - 6pm - 2am

111 Minna Gallery

This year’s theme is “Green is the new Pink” and will center around healthy living. Knowing that environmental toxins are one of the leading causes of disease, cancer, birth defects, asthma, and reproductive harm, Beats for Boobs will help educate people on how to reduce exposure in their own lives.

Buy Tickets http://www.beats4boobs.org/

DJ Lineup --------------------------

shOOey (Space Cowboys)

DJ Icon (djicon.cm)

jeniluv (fistfight)

DJ ThuyVu (Deep Blue)

Jen Woolfe (Shameless)

Fashion Show -----------------------

Designers:

Buddhalicious

Chiqui

DeFalco Design

Jose Adele Designs

miss velvet cream

Side Effects

silver lucy design

Tamo Design

Models Hair/Make up --------------

Oxenrose Salon

Shu Uemura

Live Performances -------------------

HoopGirl

Lucid Mechanism

DJ Rubia

Breakdancing by Muppet Babies

Mona Caron Live Art

Nick Myerhoff Performance Painting & GirlRider

Photography Installation by Shelley Moon

Plus Taste Temptation.... Education Station ... Fire Performances...

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About Beats for Boobs

Beats for Boobs founder, Juliana Cochnar, began volunteering for Susan G. Komen for the Cure in the early 1990’s. In 2002, she learned that her mother, Barbara, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Beats for Boobs was created as a fundraising effort with friend, Radhika Ragsdale, who shared the same passion for the cause. That effort, along with their team that was created to participate in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, raised a total donation of $4400.

Just two years later, Beats for Boobs threw a full-fledged fundraiser in tandem with the Komen Race, collectively raising more than $9000. Since then, the yearly event has grown organically in the San Francisco community, and the Race team fundraising and B4B donations have generated over $50,000 for the cause. This year’s event will be Beats for Boob’s largest fundraiser, aiming to raise $25,000 for national and grassroots breast cancer organizations. This year there will also be an emphasis on raising awareness of environmental causes of breast cancer, and educating women on prevention.

Blog: 'I'm dating my blackberry'

I just mutually (though heartbreakingly) ended a gorgeous summer romance. We resided in different cities, lived different lives, but shared a few things in common that connected us intellectually & emotionally over the course of about 5 months: 1) the internet. 2) the text message.

We met on Mypace.

Meaning that somehow, we were connected as myspace friends. She was heading to San Francisco to do a photo shoot and was looking into her friend's list for people she 'knew' who lived in SF, apparently. The first thing she said to me was through a myspace comment. It said 'hello random myspace friend.' I sent back a message telling her some places to check out which escalated to my roommate and I showing her around the city all day. I didn't mind, though. She was pretty cute. That night, we dressed her up in drag and tall boys and hauled her to a burlesque show. We did our bay area duty and gave her the SF treatment: got her drunk, dressed her up, pushed her out of her comfort zone, then sent her on her way. I didn't see her again until I traveled to Seattle in April.

--

Dating in the technology age is different. By different, I mean different than the last time I was 'dating'. It took me about a year after leaving my 4-year relationship to really actively start 'dating'. Which meant the last time I 'dated' was 5 years ago... converted into technological years is about ... carry the 1.... 25 years. 25 years!!

The rules have changed. For example, there's no '3 day rule' anymore. Texting has killed it. Text has also killed the ability to judge when to send a 'follow up' text, because you don't actually know if the first one ever made it. Texting (known in the geek world as SMS) is an non-guaranteed protocol. It just spins it out into the web, not caring whatsoever that you've just thrown your self esteem into the black, unforgiving hole of cyberspace.

Which places you in a very awkward predicament.

For example, what if you ask someone out over text? First off, don't do this. Even if they claim they are part of 'generation-text' and prefer text over a phone call. I repeat, do not do this. Here's why: You may not get an answer right away. And then what? How long should you wait before sending another text? And then, what the fuck should you say?? 'Um, hello... anyone? Didn't you get my text asking you out?' Lets say you do that and the second one gets there before the first one. Then you're all pissy because they didn't answer you and they see that you're impatient and insecure so forget about actually having a date. What's lame is, you have to send the second text, because if you don't, the first one is just hanging out there forever. And then if there's two hanging out there, you're even MORE of a schmuck. When they run into in person (which they always do) then they'll know you're the passive moron who was dumb enough to ask them out over text. Twice.

The problem is, there's no etiquite for when you should be sent a response. Even an 'I'm thinking about it' kind of response would be nice. Something like 'hey, lemme make sure my girlfriend is going out of town and then I'll get back to you'.

The same rules apply for non-dating situations. I've learned recently that you should not ask to borrow things via text message. (I still do it). Because instead of saying 'no, you fuckwad, get out of my face!', they just don't answer. I hate that.

Ok, if you have to ask someone out over text (because, say, the end of their phone is a computer and doesn't answer calls) then here's a tip: engage them in conversation first, so you know they are actively answering their messages. Once you have done so, then ask them out. This doesn't always work, however. Once, even after using this trick, I was still hung out to dry for about 12 hours before being rejected. I mean, fucks sake. Why torture me? If you're gonna say no, please do me a favor and put me out of my misery right away.

So apparently there IS etiquette in how & when you should contact the person after a date. I learned that the hard way, too. A few months ago, on the Monday after a very enjoyable date, I was chillin' on my couch vegging out to my Netflix when I decided to 'follow up' with said enjoyable date via a text message. Apparently that approach was too aloof, because later, when we became friends, she informed me of my error. She looked at me and shook her head, sighing, 'you sent me a text.' Fail.

--

At least with my long-distance summer romance, we had no choice but to text message after our first date, which happened back in April as I was cruising through Portland after a few gigs in Seattle. Our evening was cute and slightly awkward, and I wasn't even sure if it was a date until I asked her directly. She said 'yesh' and paid the bill (how old-fashioned of her).

After that, our friendship texts were laced with flirtation. Then one day a text came in that read something like this: 'What are you wearing?' This line is fun and familiar. I told her what my outfit comprised of. But then, she changed the nature of our flirtation with one quick line.

'Take it off,' it said.

I had been to first base via text before. And second, sure. But all the way?? Never seemed necessary, given that I was home and undressed before I rounded third. But this! This was different. This was not a means to an end. I had no way of knocking on her door except in the depths of my imagination. This was sexting for the pure joy of the sext itself.. this was a story. Any story. Any place that our minds would dare to go. Any island, any office building, any treehouse, any car scenario; any age, any identity and most delightfully, any gender.

Which revealed a whole new realm of possibility for me, a writer of the dirtiest degree. This was a doorway into a new world; a land laced with the power of my infinite imagination. And when I swung open the passage to the promise of those lands, who did I find chained to the leather couch, holding out handcuffs and a glass of wine, but this perverted pisces, whose days of dreaming were here to whip my rhyme of realism into her most devout pleasures.

My phone was blowin' up after that. I'm pretty sure we knocked my service offline after the first time. Seriously. The day after our first session, my phone stopped working for about 24 hours because Verizon investigated it under suspicions of 'cloning'.

Not to be restricted by the limitations of cellular networks, I signed up for another toy that is most necessary when conducting long-distance romantic relations: twitter. Now, not only could we tease each other over text, but we could toss secret messages t@ each other, duping our friends in the process. Plus, and this is the important part, we could see more of what the other was doing\thinking on a day-to-day basis. Really. We could actively participate in each other's lives on an hour-to-hour, albeit minute-to-minute basis if we wanted to, even 589 miles away.

Twitter is revolutionary. It is truly changing reality. Not only is there finally a place for all the one-liners that pop into my head to go, but now sometimes people actually listen & respond right back @me. Its amazing. It really draws people in, as if you are sitting right next to each other, passing the salt across the table. Not only to your friends and family, but to celebrities. I can read where Ashton Kutcher is having dinner & what Pink thought of her concert in Australia the night before -- in real time. Samantha Ronson & Linsday Lohan conduct their lesbionic liaison in one-lined love letters that start with the symbol: @. Its Bloody Brilliant.

And Addictive. Seriously addictive. During the work day, I started calling the internet 'check-up' of my fascinating friend my 'smoke break'.

By this time, we were virtually dating. Soon I was being 'friended' (yes, that's a word now) by her friends, girls who only really knew me through photo albums and @ symbols. I could cruise videos of their weekends and drunken comments to each other. It seems strange, but it worked. I really had an idea of what was going on in her life; and her in mine.

My sext partner became my actual lover after she was called again to San Francisco for another photo shoot. This was a turning point weekend where our digital connection transfered to an emotional connection. This is when we found that we had much more in common than possession of a telephone and a facebook account. We were both in similar places in our lives, isolating ourselves in order to accomplish life goals & needing to break through some fears regarding intimacy. We both dished out dry humor so bizarre that we were generally the only ones listening closely enough to be amused. And we both understood that one can actually survive on musical genius alone. And though the stories we made up for ourselves were hot and hilarious, the reality of our tangible time together was far more fulfilling than I would have dared to imagine.

Despite her text-loving tendencies, she called me one morning to deliver the bad news. She couldn't do it anymore. Being apart physically was too hard and we would have to let go. I knew the moment she said it that it was right. She was starting back into school and had to concentrate. And I had a whole new city to find within' it my place. Despite our distance, we were too distracting. Enchantingly, creatively, passionately, deliciously distracting. The kind of distracting that could only be healthy as a short-lived summer fling.

We would have one more weekend together. It wasn't until the last day of that weekend that we started our disconnect, pulling the plug on the three things that kept us part of each others' mundane. We removed ourselves from the other's facebook friends list, as well as our shared friends (otherwise, you could still see status updates). We erased each other's phone numbers. And we 'unfollowed' ourselves and our friends on twitter. It was excruciating. I dropped her off at the airport on Monday morning, and cried myself to work.

Sitting in front of my computer, it took me less than an hour to realize that I could still see her facebook updates from her myspace page. She even synced her twitter to it for a hot minute until I'm guessing she figured out the same. Now, as I ween myself off this daily obsession, we're reduced to very censored and limited status updates and mood icons. Which I am grateful for. I wasn't ready to quit cold-turkey, even though, eventually, it is for the best. While my online wife is beautiful, and fascinating and entertaining, and I would take nothing of our time together back, we have to let go of what we meant to each other at this place, in this time, so that we are truly ready when we click the 'Add as Friend' button once again.

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sent from my iPhone

NEW MIX: Liquid Lucky

This is a live practice mix for a Burning Man set that I didn't actually do... yet! Its Techno, or what Beatport labels as Techno, a style I haven't done much of ... yet! So please download and enjoy as appropriate.

Liquid Lucky (yes, I watched Harry Potter that day)

http://www.jenwoolfe.com/audio/Liquid_Lucky_mixedby_JenWoolfe.mp3

NEXT GIG: Friday Sept 18th @ Drift

Friday Sept 18th

Jen Woolfe (Shameless)

Kinetic (Drift)

Resident Percussionist: C. Flava

Shine

1337 Mission St.

San Francisco (at 9th)

21+ $7

http://www.myspace.com/drift_sf

NEXT GIG: Wed & Fri @ Burning Man 2009

I'll be DJ'ing Wed and Fri nights at Burning Man ~!

Robosapiens @ 9:30 & Esplanade

Look for the big robot awakening from its slumber to our sensational grooves~

Wednesday Sunrise Set (aka Thur morning) 5:45a-7a
Friday (aka Sat morning) Midnight-2a

Here's the entire DJ lineup for Robosapiens, including many

great Seattle|SF performers:

Sunset Every Evening
30-min live music ritual -- Sabastian (Seattle) [Robosapiens]

Tuesday
10p-12a EQLateral (Seattle|SF) Live [Robosapiens]

Wednesday
10p-12a Pete Spinning (LA) Tech|Prog|Tribal|Funky D&B [Ghetto Fabulous Monkey Do]
12a-2a Evil Genius - Kevin (Seattle) Electro|Prog House [Newlywed Camp]
2a-3a Loryn -Loren (SF) House|Breaks [Camp TBD]
3a-4a Infinitee- Sean (SF) House|Breaks [Opulent Temple]
4a-5:45a Adlib (Seattle) Progressive |Tech House [Camp Awesome Sauce]
5:45a-7 Jen Woolfe (SF) Minimal Techno|Downtempo [Robosapiens]

Thursday
10p-12a Sebastian (Seattle) Live [Robosapiens]
12a-2a Scottino (SF) Electro House [Oacious]
2a-4a Doc Schmikl (Seattle) - Josh D&B9|Dub Step [Robosapiens]
4a-5:45a Space Freq - Adam (SF) Dub Step|Breaks [Robosapiens]
5:45a-7 AY (SF) Tech House|Techno [Pink Mammoth]

Friday
4p-7p Special Happy Hour Set AY (SF) [Pink Mammoth]
10p-12a Riff Raff - Alea (Seattle) Electro House [Rockstar Orphans]
12a-2a Jen Woolfe (SF) Electro House|Breaks [Robosapiens]
2a-4a Seva (SF) Breaks|Electro House|Techno [Garage Mahal]
4a-5:45a CyberSutra (Seattle|SF) Electro House [Camp TBA]
5:45a-7a Scottino (SF) Electro House [Oacious]

NEW MIX: Live @ Roboraiser Aug 15

I slapped down a sic set at the fundraiser for our burning man camp, Robosapiens on Sat. Here it is in its entirety. A word of warning, though. I got a little trigger happy on the effects. I couldn't stop myself. I just love the Pioneer 800's effects. Favorite effect of the night: Robot.

Jen Woolfe live at Roboraiser Aug 15

NEW MIX: Between The All

Between The All - East Bay Side
http://www.jenwoolfe.com/audio/BetweenTheAll_EastBaySide.mp3

Between The All - San Francisco Side
http://www.jenwoolfe.com/audio/BetweenTheAll_SFSide.mp3

Spank on Tap, a pre-funk for Ladies Night!
http://www.jenwoolfe.com/audio/Spank_on_Tap.mp3

Please donate via paypal by using my hotmail address (not my gmail address): jenwoolfe@hotmail.com.
Do not forget to add a note with your address so I may send you the CD.

NEXT GIG: Adaptor ~ Thur July 16 @ Triple Crown

Thursday, July 16th 2009

Shameless Presents Adaptor @ Triple Crown

Alland Byallo ( Kontrol - SF )
Recess ( Shameless\Broken Disco - SEA )
Robb Green ( Shameless ) vs Jen Woolfe ( Shameless )

1760 Market St. San Francisco
$6$ free before 11p
21+ 10p-2a

myspace.com/shamelesssf
triplecrownsf.com


Alland Byallo ( Kontrol - SF )

The SF Bay Guardian called Alland Byallo "San Francisco's very own tidal wave of techno", and for good reason.
Alland is one of the busiest men in the San Francisco techno community.

Having produced electronic music for over 10 years and DJing for nearly as long Alland come to be an international talent, releasing original material and remixes on respected US and European record labels such as Liebe*Detail, Floppy Funk, Utensil Recordings and Dirtybird among many others, and head- lining events all over. His music, a blend of old and new elements of techno, house and minimal, is regularly charted and has been licensed to CD’s released by Universal, OM Records, Proton Music and Airdrop Music.

Alland’s involvement with music didn’t just start from splurging and buying some 1200’s. Having been raised with music since the age of 5 playing piano, and adding trumpet at age 11, it only seemed natural for Alland to follow up his skills and training by sharing his taste in quality music with people as a DJ, and pursuing production.

Alland is always quite busy in the studio working hard on his own unique take on electronic dance music for his own Nightlight Music imprint and many other labels. In 2006 Alland founded ElektrUS. This private forum is made specifically to increase European interest in the American minimal techno / tech-house scene. By providing a simple, central and easy means of communication, ElektrUS streamlines the booking process and maximizes the productivity of tour booking ventures. The hope is to make the US a more fun and respectable place for the techno community, and a more profitable venture for European talent and agents. This forum was a large part of successful US techno bookings in 2007 and 2008, and is set to help more in the coming years.

Not only is Alland a resident, graphic designer and A&R for what is arguably the States’ most respected and notorious techno night, [KONTROL], he is also booked regularly as the opening act for influences such as Superpitcher, Trentemøller, Michael Mayer, Booka Shade, M.A.N.D.Y., Swayzak, Miss Kittin, Modeselektor, Claude VonStroke, Jeff Samuel, Heartthrob, Redshape, Ambivalent and many others. Alland has quickly grown to be one of the most in-demand Techno talents that SF has to offer.

Among many great parties, 2007 saw Alland performing live at Seattle‘s Decibel Festival and DJing at Lovefest in San Francisco. In 2008 Alland played a fantastic DJ set on the Beatport Stage at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF Movement), a DJ performance at Decibel 2008, and played a successful European tour including gigs at such world famous clubs as Panoramabar in Berlin and Propoganda Moscow. His recent tour of Europe saw him play rockin sets and building goodwill at such illustrious clubs as Harry Klein in Munich, Week End club Berlin, Uebel & Gefährlich and Kubik in Hamburg, and Cyprus' infamous Klub D. And now with his full-length album Brick By Brick due out this summer it’s obvious that the future looks bright for both him and his label, Nightlight Music.


Recess ( Shameless, Broken Disco - SEA )

Raised on the industrial, new wave, and pop music of the time, in the late 80's Recess found his second home at the now defunct Club Underground in Seattle's University District. Using these early experiences as a platform, he started collecting records and honing his skills at various clubs around the Northwest; quickly establishing himself as a formidable performer. Recess is the main force behind Shameless in Seattle (responsible for Broken Disco, Electric Avenue, BootyLIB, the Official Decibel Festival afterparties and numerous other local one offs with artists such as Modeselektor, Drop the Lime, Egyptian Lover, Para One, Godfather, Surkin & Tittsworth) and he continues to turn heads with his unique take on dance music. He's played alongside heavy hitters such as Modeselektor, Green Velvet, Felix Da Housecat, Damian Lazarus, MSTRKRFT, John Tejada, DJ Assault, Ewan Pearson, Zombie Nation, Alex Smoke and could quite easily be caught playing electro/discopunk at one club, bmore club/ghetto tech at another, or techno/house/breaks depending upon the crowd and party. A leader in Seattle's electronic community, his versatility has led to being nominated in 2006 for the Seattle Weekly's Best Local DJ contest. Currently, he's been instrumental in bringing back Broken Disco 2.0 and also holds a DJ residency at Club Pop which is one of Seattle's most popular 18+ club nights. Whether it's an afterhours loft space, major club, mountaintop, or random BASSment; Recess consistently brings the sounds and energy to fit any dance party.
http://www.simplyshameless.com


Robb Green ( Shameless - SF )

Robb came of age at the close of the eighties and the birth of the nineties. He was largely influenced at the time by the likes of bands such as Nine Inch Nails,
Tribe Called Qwest, The Cure and Operation Ivy.

But the story really begins when Robb moved to Atlanta and was truly exposed to both the Atlanta hip-hop and rave scenes. Robb first started messing around with hip-hop records in 1995. He then found himself in Bend, OR where big beat and techno music pleased his ears. A constant record hound he began collecting all types of dance music, and fusing them together.

In 1999 Robb moved to Seattle and discovered the vibrant house scene there and was hooked. In 2001, Robb was picked up by Tilted Records and found his very own true love, tech-house. With a label standing behind him and a record store at his disposal, he dove head first into his new passion. In 2003, Robb met Recess and all things Shameless while running his afterhours spot, Nightcap. He quickly took to the Shameless attitude, finally feeling what had be missing from his musical taste, things more edgy and down right dirty. Moving to San Francisco in 2005, Robb was quickly drawn into the underground scene, playing underground warehouse parties.

Robb loves making the dance floor sweat, and is known for his innovative sets melding multiple musical styles.



Jen Woolfe ( Shameless - SF )
Making Dance Floors Sticky Since 2001


A Seattle to San Francisco transplant, Jen Woolfe has been making dance floors sticky along the West Coast since 2001. From Intimate Ambient Breaks to Elegant Electro House, Jen's sounds are deep, dirty and a little tongue-in-cheek. She'll have you laughing in one moment and leave you seduced, sipping on your soul the next. Stay tuned till the end of her set, there's always a story to tell.

Jen began her DJ career in 2001, after realizing her favorite spot on the dance floor was 2 feet away from the DJ booth, watching the hands of every Deep and Tech House DJ to visit her hometown of Seattle. Soon after she picked up Deep Dish's Global Underground, she made the move to Progressive House, a genre that succumbs to her seductive style and intimate journeys. In 2005 she returned to her Alt-Rock roots by fusing dance, rock & new school breaks and tinting her style with elegant electro.

Jen's versatility allows her to play any time of night at any venue, always served with style. Her desire to bring together diverse communities under one groove has helped her to be one of the most loved and devoted DJ's on the West Coast. Jen has played at venues across the U.S., including Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Las Vegas, Reno, Vancouver B.C., Boston, Boise, Idaho Falls, Grand Junction CO and Black Rock City, NV. She is currently an affiliate of Shameless SF. Listen to mixes and read about her adventures at http://www.jenwoolfe.com.

NEXT GIG: Shameless Regenerates... Adaptor Thur June 18th!

Thursday June 18th 2009

Its my Birthday Celebration!!

This is the day you've been waiting for as

Shameless Regenerates...

Adaptor
in our new location, Triple Crown

This is a THEME PARTY -- Sluts vs Prudes
Dress Tasty or Straight-Laced!

Our Grand Reopening Features

Jerry Abstract (Fixelplix.com\Decibel\Catapult Records)
Jen Woolfe (Shameless)
Robb Green (Shameless)


Location
Triple Crown
1760 Market St. San Francisco
$6$ free before 11p
21+ 10p-2a

myspace.com/shamelesssf
triplecrownsf.com

Feet Don't Fail Me Now

A few weeks ago, I played at one of the best venue's I've ever experienced. Its called the Bordello. I shared the bill with a long list of fantastic local female performers. AirRe Redtree and CarlyD booked me at a great timeset, 1a-2:30a in the side room. Amazing!! I was excited about it for the entire month, up until a few days before. I don't know if it was intuition or if I was just spent from my 4-day trip to Seattle the week before, but I felt a little deflated the day of the event.

I showed up around ten to a lovely but chill live music vibe. This did not surprise me, as there was a nice range of live and DJ acts scheduled for the night. More people started showing up around midnight as the music began to lift to a firey female party vibe.

As things go, my set time was pushed back about an hour or so, which was fine by me. The Bordello is much more of an after party venue. The girl who played before me, Dat Girl, was incredible. She played an entirely live set, pushing crazy lit buttons and singing her own lyrics into an effects processor. So when it was my turn on the decks, the side room dance floor was hoppin! My first track kept the vibe nicely and the dance floor was engaged. I mixed in the next song, then the third; some that I thought would be perfect for the venue. But something happened. Something very unusual to me: The dance floor died. Not just died. It went limp, drained itself of all its energy, and went cold. Even my friends, some of whom had been watching me for years (yay Skylar & Tura!), weren't engaged in the space I was creating. I spent 15 more minutes or so trying different songs, working to create some energy-- any energy, that was interesting. Some people would come check out the room and quickly turn to leave. Some of my friends would come by (Yay Dane, Adam, Robb Green, Mozaic & Gregorio), smile and nod their heads a little, then leave again. Soon I switched modes and played for myself, trying to have a good time, but mostly wondering Whatthefuck?!

Whatthefuck?!, I found out later, was that I played opposite the headliner, Goddess Alchemy, an 'independent arts collective fusing music, visual art, spoken word poetry, dance, their al.KEM.y designs clothing company, and community outreach to bring sacred intention to the forefront of artistic momentum'. In other words, four hot women rapping to a live electronic burlesque show. Um, yes, well I wouldn't have missed that, either.

So that explains why my vibe had died a silent death THAT night. But the thing is this... that isn't the first time this has happened while I've played here in SF. It also wasn't the last time. In fact, its been happening a lot lately. Which has my perfectionist mind cranking... whatthefuck?!whatthefuck?!whatthefuck?!whatthefuck?!.

I think there is something happening to me. My programming is erratic. I can feel it even in my new CD, Between the All (which I haven't officially published yet -- stay tuned!). It bounces all over the place. After much contemplation, I've decided that what is going on is: I'm changing. My tastes in music are changing. My experience is changing. What I think, want and feel each day is changing. The experiences that come at me, as I pick up my life here in my new city, have my emotions going in every direction. What I feel one minute is directly opposed to, slightly divergent from, or totally unrelated to what I feel the next. And its definitely affecting my playing.

When I DJ, either to the vibrant energy of a live crowd or in the calming stillness of my own home, I channel. And maybe because I haven't found my footing yet, I'm having trouble showing all the feet on the dance floor in front of me how, or even what, I feel. As an artist, I can totally understand that. Its all part of the process. But as a performer, I'm simply not down. But I guess the artist has to tell the performer to relax, take a breath and !?chillthefuckout. Once I find myself, then what I want to say will find the way.