TONIGHT: Honey Soundsystem's SPKR

Tonight I'll be attending a fundraiser party for San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society.

SPEAKER will feature five significant venues from San Francisco’s timeline: I Beam, End Up, Trocadero Transfer, Townsend, and The Box. These parties and the personalities gravitating around them will be portrayed as a multimedia family tree – telling the tales of notorious Sunday Tea Dances, a sexually charged and libertine rave culture, and the emergence of a global authority on dance music for the present generation. The GLBT Historical Society Archives, private donors, and newly commissioned photography will be used to weave together a concise narrative for SPEAKER. A poster and audio documentary will be produced to showcase select media from the show. After the event the show will be open for a public viewing of all media and collateral on March 12th and 13th..

Original Trocadero Transfer DJs Bobby Viteritti and Steve Fabus will perform. Should be amazing. Advance tickets here.

Disco Archeology

In the last six months, I've attended two Saint reunion parties and two Trocadero Transfer reunions, the latest of which was last night's delightful event at Dance 208, helmed by original Troc DJ Bobby Viteritti. As I wax nostalgic for long-gone gay nightlife far too often on this here website thingy, this time I'll just provide some clips heard last night. Hot young things might be interested in what gay men were dancing to 30-35 years ago. Maybe not. But right now, Saturday night is shining on my Sunday morning face.

Saturday: NYC Trocadero Reunion

This Saturday original Trocadero Transfer DJ Bobby Viteritti will spin a reunion party at Dance 208, the NYC LGBT Center's dance party series.

Dance:208 debuts another great new night: a tribute to San Francisco's legendary gay nightclub from the day Trocadero Transfer with one of its original djs Bobby Viteritti. Trocadero was as famous in its day as The Saint. The Trocadero Transfer was the most popular gay after hours dance club in San Francisco from its opening in December 1977 to the early 1990s. DJ Bobby Viteritti (http://www.bobbyviteritti.com/) was the primary DJ at the Trocadero when it was at its zenith from 1978 to 1981. So get out your dancin' shoes whether you remember the 70s or just saw the movie! It'll be a special one-only night for both disco geeks and dance music lovers.

Facebook event page and ticket information here.

VIDEO: Here's some shots of the Trocadero and Bobby Viteritti laid over the classic Magnifique.