Thursday, November 23, 2017

BISS LIST 11.23.17 : HAPPY THANKSGIVING / DARK KABARET / KATDELIC / KARL DENSON / LOVE ON HAIGHT'S ANNUAL PANTY PARTY WITH DJ WILLIAMS // NXT WK: EDDIE ROBERTS & FRIENDS/ THE NEW UP

Happy Thanksgiving BISS Listers! That's right, the holiday season is upon us which means it's time to start the celebrating! As always, BISS & Elie are kicking off the holiday season with our 9th Annual BISS Holiday Party starring guest Startender Elie Sasson at 7pm on Wednesday, December 6th.
It's always a fun night full of friends, drink specials & holiday cheer. No need to RSVP. No need to dress up. No need for gifts. Just come out, drink some stiffies and socialize with your fellow BISS List followers.

Sorry to jump ahead but at BISS we all get excited about our annual bash. So, let's talk about this week in the Bay Area music scene. After you fill yourselves with Turkey or Tofurkey or maybe even Turducken for Thanksgiving, you might be looking for somewhere to dance it all off.  I know I will be!

Here's my definite plan for this weekend and a few I won't miss next week...

Friday, aka Black Friday I am starting out at The Dark Kabaret at The Great Star Theater, San Francisco, @ 7PM. Your host, Paul Nathan (HBO, MTV, Star Trek Voyager), welcomes you to an evening of unbridled passion, music, humor, and artistry.Musical talent includes BISS friends Eric McFadden, Queen Delphine, & Glenn Hartman plus many many more for a night of magic, comedy, music, and erotic entertainment-all in one beautiful room for your pleasure. If you can't make it on Friday, there is still one last chance for this event on Saturday!

After the show, we'll head straight to the Boom Boom Room to get our brains split by another dear & talented BISS friend, RonKat with his band, Katdelic for his Annual Black Friday Party. If there is ever a night that might go late, this is it! Pamela Parker's Fantastic Machine opens.

On Saturday Night, it is no contest (until you check out the Best of the BISS below). But for me and many of you, I know that the party starts and ends on Fillmore St. Karl Denson's Tiny Universe is back at The Fillmore with "Eat a Bunch of Peaches". We have had a lot of contest entries already but have one more pair to award. Be sure to check out the new contest rules (below) and enter by Friday morning!

Then we'll keep the Karl D vibe going across the street at the Boom Boom Room with KDTU's guitar player, DJ Williams' latest project called Shot's Fired featuring members of Karl D, Greyboy, and Slightly Stoopid.  DJ's Shot's Fired was a sold-out show at The Boom Boom Room when they played in October so make sure you get your tickets ASAP. Especially considering that it's also The Annual Tie Dye Panty Party with Love on Haight which means, yes, you get to take home a pair of panties!  Not to mention that the night kicks off with one of my new favorite Bay Area bands, Crooked Stuff plus DJ Kevvy Kev! Going until 3am.

Next Tuesday is the Send It Foundation Super Jam with Eddie Roberts & Friends featuring Reed Mathis, Wally Ingram, Eric McFadden, Mike Olmos and Joe Cohen at Sweetwater Music Hall. The mission of the Send It Foundation is to inspire positivity, courage, and gratitude in young adult cancer fighters and survivors through the gift of outdoor adventure and community.

Then on Thursday, 11/30, Live 105 Soundcheck Presents our friends & longtime BISS favorite The New Up at Slim's with Devotionals (featuring Two Gallant's Tyson Vogel) plus Live 105 Music Director, Aaron Axelsen Dj'ing. If you haven't seen The New Up yet, they are a female-fronted, electro-rock outfit. The last 12 months have been incredibly great for the band. Following a very successful album release show at Bottom of the Hill for their new recording, Tiny Mirrors, the band was invited to perform at this year's Noise Pop, where they shared a bill with Rogue Wave and Middle Kids at Rickshaw Stop. The New Up then toured the West and East Coasts, and on their return, were asked to play LIVE 105's BFD festival at Shoreline. Opening the night are Fake Your Own Death and Smokin' Ziggurats. WIN TICKETS by spreading the word!

The BISS Team is hard at work every week adding tons of shows to the BISS Calendar that we think you might want to check out from now thru June of 2018 all over the Bay Area from Santa Cruz to Oakland and all the way to Sebastopol. However, we have narrowed that down to this short list of shows that we like to call...

BEST OF THE BISS
*Check the full calendar for more upcoming shows!*

11/24/2017     
  • Dark Kabaret - a decadent evening in a hundred-year-old Chinese Opera house with almost as much entertainment in the audience as on stage at Great Star Theater
  • KATDELIC Annual Black Friday Party plus Pamela Parker's Fantastic Machine, DJ Kevvy Kev)  **WIN TICKETS** at Boom Boom Room
  • Midtown Social, The Jack Mosbacher Band, E Da Boss **WIN TICKETS** at The Independent
  • Jay Blakesberg :Dark+Light: Rock & Roll Photography 1978-2017 (Runs 11/9-1/6) at Harvey Milk Photo Center

11/25/2017     
  • Karl Denson's Tiny Universe presents Eat a Bunch of Peaches **WIN TICKETS** at The Fillmore
  • Annual Tie-Dye Panty Party with Love on Haight featuring DJ WILLIAMS' SHOTS FIRED [& THE CROOKED STUFF, DJ KEVVY KEV] **WIN TICKETS** at Boom Boom Room
  • Dark Kabaret - a decadent evening in a hundred-year-old Chinese Opera house with almost as much entertainment in the audience as on stage at Great Star Theater
  • Lyrics Born, Gift of Gab, FEELOSOPHY at The Independent
  • AFROFUNK EXPERIENCE, MIDNIGHT SUN MASSIVE **WIN TICKETS** at Hopmonk Novato
  • Katdelic ft. RonKat Spearman **WIN TICKETS** at 19 Broadway
  • Louisiana Love Act w/ special guest Steve Kimock **WIN TICKETS** at Great American Music Hall

11/26/2017     
  • RETURN OF THE CYPHER** FREEE Live Hip Hop Party ~ [Hip Hop, Live Rap, Emcees, DJs, Live Musicians, BreakDance, Lyrical Battles...] A Bad-Azz Original Party every SUNDAY NITE (9PM - 2AM) at Boom Boom Room
  • Israel Vibration plus SOUL SKA **WIN TICKETS** at Sweetwater Music Hall
  • Trevor Noah at The Masonic
  • THE SPINNERS at Yoshi's

11/27/2017     
  • Mike Olmos Presents: The Session at Club Deluxe

11/28/2017     
  • Send It Foundation Super Jam with Eddie Roberts & Friends (New Mastersounds), Reed Mathis (Electric Beethoven), Wally Ingram, Eric McFadden, Mike Ohimos and Joe Cohen (Jazz Mafia) at Sweetwater Music Hall
  • A John Waters Christmas, DJ Omar at Great American Music Hall

11/29/2017     
  • MITO's Fall Residency - Magic In The Other, Sis (Steve Adams, Exra Lipp, & Roger Riedlbauer) **WIN TICKETS** at Ivy Room
  • Stu Allen & Mars Hotel **WIN TICKETS** at Ashkenaz
  • LOVE OVERCOMES - GLIDE Annual Holiday Jam:  featuring special guest, Motown legend Valerie Simpson, many special surprise guests along with the GLIDE Ensemble and The Change Band in addition to our Mistress of Ceremonies Renel Brooks-Moon at The Masonic

11/30/2017     
  • LIVE 105 SOUNDCHECK PRESENTS: Devotionals / The New Up, Fake Your Own Death, Smokin Ziggurats **WIN TICKETS** at Slim's
  • Jay Blakesberg :Dark+Light: Rock & Roll Photography 1978-2017 (Runs 11/9-1/6) at Harvey Milk Photo Center
  • Smoked Out Soul Thursdays ft. Whiskey Hill + ZEBUEL | Will Magid | Paul Oliphant | Brandon Lee plus special guests! **WIN TICKETS** at Monarch
  • DRAGON SMOKE -AN EVENING WITH... **WIN TICKETS** at Hopmonk Sebastopol

12/1/2017        
  • BOOM BOOM ROOM PRESENTS: Dragon Smoke + Ideateam **WIN TICKETS** at The Independent
  • Everyone Orchestra, conducted by Matt Butler - Featuring: Phil Lesh, Al Schnier, Grahame Lesh, Holly Bowling, Jennifer Hartswick, Natalie Cressman, Ross James, Vinnie Amico at Terrapin Crossroads
  • Dragon Smoke After Party w/ IDEATEAM [Music til 3 AM+] **WIN TICKETS** at Boom Boom Room
  • Katdelic - Dance Party -hosted by DJ Sid Presley at Longboard Margarita Bar
  • Moonalice & David Freiberg’s Quicksilver Messenger Service **WIN TICKETS** at Sweetwater Music Hall
  • Melvin Seals & JGB at Moe's Alley

12/2/2017        
  • Zigaboo Modeliste and the New Aahkesstra **WIN TICKETS** at Sweetwater Music Hall
  • Everyone Orchestra, conducted by Matt Butler - Featuring: Phil Lesh, Al Schnier, Grahame Lesh, Holly Bowling, Jennifer Hartswick, Natalie Cressman, Ross James, Vinnie Amico at Terrapin Crossroads
  • Big Gigantic with Brasstracks - HUSHconcerts proudly supports! **WIN TICKETS** at The Warfield
  • Poor Man's Whiskey at Moe's Alley

12/3/2017        
  • Trump Impeachment Preview with Roger McNamee from Moonalice (solo acoustic) - FREE Show at Sweetwater Music Hall

12/4/2017        
  • Mike Olmos Presents: The Session at Club Deluxe
  • LITTLE STEVEN'S UNDERGROUND GARAGE PRESENTS: L.A.M.F. 40th Anniversary of Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers Performed in Its Entirety By: Walter Lure (Heartbreakers), Mike Ness (Social Distortion), Clem Burke (Blondie), Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols) + surprise guests!  with special guest Jesse Malin (w/ band) **WIN TICKETS** at Great American Music Hall

12/5/2017        
  • Tony Bennett at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts

12/6/2017
  • 9th Annual BISS Holiday Party Starring Guest Startender Elie! at Fish Bowl Bar & Grill


UPCOMING FEATURED SHOWS
*Mark your calendar!!*

11/30/17
LIVE 105 SOUNDCHECK PRESENTS: 
The New Up /  
Devotionals plus

 Fake Your Own Death plus Smokin' Ziggurats at Slim's **WIN TICKETS**


12/28/17 & 12/29/17
LEFT COAST CONCERTS PRESENTS: The Infamous Stringdusters!
with
(12/28) Keller Williams' Grateful Grass
(12/29) Leftover Salmon 
at  
The UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall **WIN TICKETS** 

12/31/17
A NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION: The California Honeydrops, The Steady 45's
at The UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall  **WIN TICKETS** 
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