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Posted by rustyryan on Jun-23-2007 02:14:

east coast transplant needs suggestions

Hey all west coast TAs,
I'm in Santa Clara, CA for the summer. What are the best places on this coast? I'm obviously closer to SF, so advice for the SF area is much appreciated .

Also... unfortunately (and not for much longer) I'm not 21. Am I out of luck for seeing decent DJ's until July 16th (when I turn 21) ?

Is there anything decent outside of SF in the bay area?

Thanks,
rj

Posted by oran9e on Jun-23-2007 06:12:

hmm u probably have more options once u turn 21.

very impressive CV u got there young fellar. working in the sausage valley for the summer?

Posted by rustyryan on Jun-23-2007 08:23:

heh.. not sure if you noticed: Other Interests: .. electronic music

Yea... working for NVIDIA for the summer with their DirectX group.

First time in california

Indiana doesn't have much in the way of electronic music (nor does Boston ) so I'm excited to be here at least.

RJ

Posted by holycow24 on Jun-23-2007 08:54:

having not gone out much in the Bay area yet, I can only offer bits and pieces of info. Here are some pointers to get you started, though...

http://del.icio.us/jburwen/sfevents <--- a friend of mine bookmarked a whole bunch of SF Event listing websites.

http://www.mighty119.com/ <--- a club in SF that is supposed to be great (I have not been there yet because I'm lame ). I don't know what the age limits are.

In SF, the 2 super clubs are 1015 Folsom and Ruby Skye. Most of the time when I hear about a big name dj coming to the area, that's where they're spinning. Again, I'm lame, haven't been yet...

And there's some club called Abyss in Sunnyvale (which is just north of Santa Clara), but I couldn't find any DJ info on their site AND it's got a hip hop clip on the main page... but it did look like there are some 18+ nights, so, uh, you never know? http://www.sjabyss.com/

If I were you, I'd also look into clubs in San Jose, since it's so close to Santa Clara.

If you like underground parties, you can probably find some great stuff within the Burning Man community. The friend whose del.icio.us site I linked to is constantly telling me about some underground party or other in the East Bay or SF where people are dancing all night long. http://www.burningman.com/
http://burningman.tribe.net/

A local Burning Man group who seems to be all over and know how to throw a great dance party is Space Cowboys. I spent most of my time at Lovefest last year dancing at their float. http://www.spacecowboys.org/
http://spacecowboys.tribe.net/

Anyway, hope that's helpful to start.

Rachel

p.s. I love your basement

Posted by rustyryan on Jun-23-2007 09:50:

Thanks for the info! I'll definitely be exploring SF and the bay area for the next ~2 months I'm here.

I'm not surprised those links came from burning man groups . I may go this year. I've always wanted to, but now I'm the closest I've ever been, so I figure if I can fit it in, what the hell!

and glad you liked my basement

I just put a video or two of it on youtube. I took it last week when I was still in Indy. The website's a bit out of date and doesn't have some of the newer murals on it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DGX8spUz1cg

Posted by R!CH on Jun-23-2007 12:48:

well night life in the bay area is strictly geared towards the 21+ crowd, but boy will you be spoiled once you become of age. the locals are usually out on the town 5-6 days a week and there's no shortage of places to go, things to do. some nice places to visit this time of year would be yosemite valley, lake tahoe, napa valley, pacific coast highway to point reyes, half moon bay, santa cruz/monterey/carmel, and of course all the destinations within sf: golden gate park, twin peaks, embarcadero, fisherman's wharf, nob hill, gg bridge, union square, westfield, downtown, at&t park, north beach, chinatown, museums and art galleries, and a selection of food that is only matched by nyc. another must see is the san jose grand prix, which is at the end of july... open-wheel race cars blasting through downtown sj ftw.

Posted by holycow24 on Jun-23-2007 18:48:

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Originally posted by rustyryan
Thanks for the info! I'll definitely be exploring SF and the bay area for the next ~2 months I'm here.

I'm not surprised those links came from burning man groups . I may go this year. I've always wanted to, but now I'm the closest I've ever been, so I figure if I can fit it in, what the hell!

and glad you liked my basement

I just put a video or two of it on youtube. I took it last week when I was still in Indy. The website's a bit out of date and doesn't have some of the newer murals on it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DGX8spUz1cg

Sweet, I'll check out the video.

If you can go to Burning Man, I definitely recommend it! I went from 03 to 05 and had a blast. Don't know if I'll go again this year (it can be quite expensive), but if not it's almost guaranteed I'll be there in 08.

Rachel

Posted by JohnBeaver on Jun-23-2007 19:47:

Check out www.bayraves.com for info on underground parties! And if you live in santa clara check this event around the corner