Thirteen is a very lucky number, and we've always seen Friday the 13th as the night to press that luck--rather than the night you get sliced up by a serial killer at a summer camp. Anyway, here's this week's lucky list for cheap bastards everywhere.
Big Idea Night Party @ YBCA (Fri.) Yerba Buena once again turns their art space into an arty party. Tonight's bash celebrates the "State of the Queer Nation" with hosts Sister Sara Femme and Ani Rivera and performances by Diamond Daggers, Hottub, and DJ Black. Citizen Cake and Orson provide the food. Drinks are cheap and admission is free with an RSVP. (9 p.m.)
Drinking and Dancing Competition @ the Lab (Fri.) "Championship dancing usually takes place in a ballroom sprinkled with glitter and applause. Championship drinking usually happens at 2 a.m. in a sweaty apartment on a godforsaken couch. When you merge them, they become the Lab's Drinking and Dancing Competition, which involves two drink-in-hand events: Open Floor, in which everybody dances to the same song; and Knockdown, which pairs dancers to their own special song. Fauxnique is one of the judges, so bullshitting on either the drinking or the dancing, or any intersections thereof, will not go unnoticed." (Free, 8 p.m.) -- Michael Leaverton
Claude VonStroke @ Mezzanine (Fri.) Local DJ/label owner/producer Claude VonStroke hits the dance floor with strong beats and a sense of humor fully intact. Tonight marks the big party for his new album, Bird Brain, which writer Jonah Flicker says "takes in deep, throbbing, ominous house; Miami bass; hip-hop; and drum 'n' bass-influenced techno." The record also features Bootsy Collins on the track "The Greasy Beat," with the P-Funk legend commanding, "Booty report for duty!" If your booty can report for RSVP duty, you get to hear the jams for free if you also arrive before 11 p.m.
Soul Clap & Dance-Off @ 111 Minna (Fri.) Two dance-offs in one night! NY Night Train DJ Jonathan Toubin is back in S.F. with the second edition of his oldies 'n soul music dance competition, Soul Clap. This round, he's bringing guest DJs to help spin soul-- Ian Svenonius, Paul Paul (Saturday Night Soul Party), Primo (Oldies Night) and Jello Biafra get behind the decks. Judges Ty Segall, Fecal Face's John Trippe, and others get behind the critiquing table. And you get on the dance floor, shaking it for that $100 that's gonna pad the wallet of tonight's winner. ($5, 9 p.m.)
