In 1866, the United States was recovering from a acid Civil War between the North and the South. Henry Welles, a drugstore possessor in Waterloo, N.Y., heard revolting stories about the against and concluded the shops in city should confining for one time to honor the soldiers who were killed and buried in the Waterloo cemetery.
Early forenoon on May 5, townspeople gathered at the cemetery and placed flowers, wreaths and crosses on the graves of the Northern soldiers. Retired Major General Jonathan A. Logan planned a solemnity for soldiers who survived the war, and led them through township to the cemetery to honor their fallen comrades by placing flags on the graves. The townspeople called this grave commemorative plaque Decoration Day. The two ceremonies combined in 1868; northern states commemorated the era on May 30; southern states commemorated their combat insensate on divers days.
In 1882, the select changed to Memorial Day, honoring all soldiers who'd died in war. The form of wearing poppies began in 1915 when Moina Michael study "In Flanders Fields." She was inspired by this poem, and wrote one of her own suggesting that the poppies growing in Flanders Fields represented the constant "blood of heroes" defoliate for freedom.
President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed Waterloo the birthplace of Memorial Day in 1966, certainly 100 years after the cardinal commemoration. However, Congress didn't sanction the Uniform Holidays Bill until 1968 that set the recess as the mould Monday in May. Finally, in 1971, President Richard Nixon declared Memorial Day a federal vacation on the latest Monday in May to retaliate matter to those who died in wars or in the secondment of their country.
At Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, the nation's largest chauvinistic cemetery, in the pre-dawn hours on the Friday matutinal before Memorial Day, soldiers of the Third U.S. Infantry called "The Old Guard" go by along the rows of headstones. Each military man stops at a headstone, selects one of the flags he is carrying and pushes it into the ground.
Soldiers regard flags on the more than 200,000 graves of soldiers who served in the wars or who died in them. An compeer honor is guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Three soldiers are buried in this location: the dark soldiers of the two World Wars and the Korean conflict.
In 1998, DNA testing identified the remains of the Vietnam War long-serving as a U.S. Air Force First Lieutenant. His remains were returned to his forefathers and buried in St. Louis, Mo.
Changing of the bodyguard ceremonies develop year-round every hour on the hour Oct. 1 to March 31. From April 1 through Sept. 30, another silver is added on the half hour because cemetery closing duration moves from 5 to 7 p.m. On another hillock of Arlington Cemetery is a immensity sober of unmarked soldiers from the Civil War.
On Memorial Day, the President or Vice President gives a speech, lays a wreath on the tomb, and observes a 21-gun salute. Without the sacrifices these heroes made we might not be celebrating Memorial Day. Think about that for a moment. To some, the period fundamentally indicates the beginning of summer with a three-day weekend and often a mini vacation.
Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend, but don't dismiss from the verified intention of it.
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WEDNESDAY (20th) ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP Chris "Kid" Anderson Biscuits and Blues. 8pm, $15. Cowboy Mouth, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band Slim's. 8pm, $20. *Dredg, Torche, Judgement Day Bimbo's 365 Club. 8pm, $20.
Little Dragon, Happy Mayfield, DJ Sake1 Independent. 9pm, $20. Mury, Paper Mache Grant and Green. 9pm, free.
Natural Bridges, Helene Renaut, Beliss Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6. Obits, Lights, Best Wishes Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Sapien Causa, Cloakwheel, Gates of Light Hotel Utah. 9pm. Sons of Eden, Buildings Breeding, Boomsnake, Snuffalufagus Elbo Room. 9pm, $7.
Tornado Rider, Loop! Station Red Devil Lounge. 8pm, $10. Varona, Fromagique, Go Van Gogh Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10.
Virgins, Lissy Trullie, Anya Marina Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $17. VsThem, Birds and Batteries, Faith in Phantoms, Cat Caspar Café du Nord. 7pm, $10-20. Wanteds Retox Lounge. 9pm. Yayo Rock-It Room. 9pm. BAY AREA Decemberists, Other Lives Fox Theater. 8pm, $35.
Fleetwood Mac Oracle Arena, 7000 Coliseum Wy, Oakl;. 8pm, $49.50-149.50. JAZZ/NEW MUSIC "Earplay 24: Lyric Kaleidoscope" Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness; (415) 392-4400. 7:30pm, $20.
Ben Marcato and the Mondo Combo Top of the Mark. 7:30pm, $10. Sam Grobe-Heintz Trio Shanghai 1930. 7pm, free.
Sex Mob, Happy Apple Yoshi's San Francisco. 8pm, $20. Tin Cup Serenade Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo Place, SF; (415) 931-3600. 7pm, free. FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY Black Crown Stringband Café International, 508 Haight, SF; (415) 552-7390. 7:30pm, free.
Fato Foli, Marcus Shelby Trio, Pollo Del Mar El Rio. 6pm, $10-20. Gaucho Amnesia. 8pm, free. Clay Hawkins Plough and Stars. 9pm, free.
McPuzo and Trotsky, Armchair Geographers Climate Theater, 285 Ninth St;. 8pm, $7-15. Mitch Marcus Sessions Amnesia. 10pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS Booty Call Q-Bar, 456 Castro;. 9pm. Juanita Moore hosts this social party, featuring DJ Robot Hustle. Fame Bar on Church. 9pm. With rotating DJs. Jam Wednesdays Infusion Lounge. 9pm, free. DJ Slick D. Little Dragon, DJ Sake1, Happy Mayfield Independent. 9pm, $20.
Moderat (Modeselektor and Apparat) 103 Harriet, 103 Harriet, SF; (415) 431-1200. 10pm, $18. With Kraddy, an-ten-nae, and Dove. Qoöl 111 Minna Gallery. 5-10pm, $5.
Pan-techno lobby with DJs Spesh, Gil, Hyper D, and Jondi. RedWine Social Dalva. 9pm-2am, free. DJ TophOne and guests be dizzy outernational funk and get drunk. Synchronize Il Pirata, 2007 16th St.; (415) 626-2626. 10pm, free.
Psychedelic romp music with DJs Helios, Gatto Matto, Psy Lotus, Intergalactoid, and guests. We All We Got Levende Lounge. 9pm. Hip-hop sincere mic and reside bringing off mixer. THURSDAY (21st) ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP Joey Fender Biscuits and Blues. 8pm, $15. *Gojira, Chariot, Car Bomb Slim's. 7:30pm, $20.
Indianna Hale, Chris von Steidern, Foxtails Brigade, Bias Tape Swedish American Hall (above Café du Nord). 7pm, $15. Benefits the Haight Ashbury Community Nursery School.
Jacopo, Micropixie, Dandeline Hotel Utah. 9pm, $6. BB King Fillmore. 8pm, $75. Kings of Leon, Walkmen Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove, SF;. 8pm, $45.
Loquat, Union Trade, Aim Low Kid Café du Nord. 9pm, $10. Ocote Soul Sounds Mojito, 1337 Grant, SF; (415) 398-1120. 9pm. Octopus Trio, Floozy, Damn Handsome and the Birthday Suits Grant and Green. 9pm, free.
Officer Down, Overdrive AD, Street Justice, Hot Heresy Annie's Social Club. 8pm, $7. Red Stick Ramblers, Dave Gonzalez, Stone River Boys Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $15.
Santigold, Amanda Blank, Trouble Andrew Warfield. 8pm, $27. Sex Type Thing Red Devil Lounge. 8pm, $10. Suburban Kids with Biblical Names, Still Flyin', Oh No Oh My, Pelle Carlberg Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $15. Part of SF Popfest.
Twin Crystals, Long Legged Woman, Modern Creatures Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6. JAZZ/NEW MUSIC Elaine Lucia Trio Shanghai 1930. 7pm, free.
Eric Kurtzrock Trio Ana Mandara, Ghirardelli Square, 891 Beach, SF; (415) 771-6800. 7:30pm, free. Jessy Jay Harris Quartet El Rio. 6pm, free. Cheryl E. Leonard, Marielle Jakobsons aka Darwinsbitch, Kevin Shea Adams Luggage Store, 1007 Market, SF;. 8pm, $6-10.
Marlina Teich Duo Brickhouse, 426 Brannan, SF; (415) 820-1595. 6pm, free. Sex Mob, Happy Apple Yoshi's San Francisco. 8pm, $20. Stompy Jones Top of the Mark. 7:30pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY Graça Onasile with Tambores de Júlio Remelexo El Rio. 9pm , $5. Head Boggle Dolores Park Café. 7:30pm, free.
Sitarist Smita Nagdev The Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street, SF; (415) 399-9554. 7pm, tickets at door. Tipsey House Plough and Stars. 9pm, free.
Weltschmerz, Sword and Sandals, Delivery is Possible, Horseflesh, and more Amnesia. 8pm, $5. DANCE CLUBS Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9pm, $6.
DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz and guests J Elrod and B Lee excursion Afrobeat, Tropicália, electro, samba, and funk. Caribbean Connection Little Baobab, 3388 19th St; 643-3558. 10pm, $3.
DJ Stevie B and guests narrate reggae, soca, zouk, reggaetón, and more. Drop the Pressure Underground SF. 6-10pm, free. Electro, house, and datafunk highlight this weekly cock-a-hoop hour. Funky Rewind Skylark. 9pm, free.
DJ Kung Fu Chris, MAKossa, and rotating visitor DJs produce severe funk breaks, near the start hip-hop, boogie, and prototypical Jamaican riddims. Gurp Out Club Six. 9pm, $10. DJs Bored Stiff, Z-Man, Animal Planet, Rush One, and more spinning aware hop. Heat Icon Ultra Lounge. 10pm, free. Hip-hop, R&B, reggae, and soul. Kick It Bar on Church. 9pm. Hip-hop with DJ Jorge Terez.
Koko Puffs Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary; 885-4788. 10pm, free. Dubby roots reggae and Jamaican funk from rotating DJs. Popscene 330 Rich. 10pm, $10.
Rotating DJs spinning indie, Britpop, electro, novel wave, and post-punk. Red Bull 45 Cal Academy, 55 Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park, SF; (415) 379-8000. 6pm, $10. DJs Platurn, Shortkut, B. Cause, and John Doe spinning 45 rpm records. Rock Candy Stud. 9pm-2am, $5.
Luscious Lucy Lipps hosts this electro-punk-pop division with music by ReXick. Sam Isaac Infusion Lounge. 9pm, free. DJ Sam Isaac. Toppa Top Thursdays Club Six. 9pm. Jah Yzer, I-Vier, and Irie Dole ride the reggae jams for your greatest irie-ness.
FRIDAY (22nd) ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP Blk Jks, Foreign Born Independent. 9pm, $12. Boars, Shangorillas, Mindless Things Knockout. 10pm, $6.
Dave Stein's Bubhub, High Ceiling Grant and Green. 9:30pm, free. Bart Davenport, Kelley Stoltz, Hot Lunch, Big Eagle Café du Nord. 9:30pm, $12. Fischerspooner Fillmore. 9pm, $29.50. Zakiya Hooker Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Hot Toddies, Tartans, Ballboy, Orange Peels, Bunny Grunt, Springfactoy Annie's Social Club. 7:30pm, $15. Part of SF Popfest. Janks, Adrian Bourgeois Union Room at Biscuits and Blues. 8pm. *Mammatus, Cave, Prizehog Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $8.
Nomo, Unpopable with Ralph Carney, Dry Spells Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $12. Marty Stuart, Greencards Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $25. Tainted Love Bimbo's 365 Club. 9pm, $23.
This Charming Band, Love Vigilantes, Dead Souls Slim's. 9pm, $15. Zee Avi Rickshaw Stop. 6pm, $10. BAY AREA Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction, Street Sweeper Shoreline Amphitheater, One Amphitheater Pkwy, Mtn View;. 7pm, $45.50-65.
TV on the Radio, Dirty Projectors Fox Theater. 8pm, $30. JAZZ/NEW MUSIC Audium 9 1616 Bush, SF; (415) 771-1616. 8:30pm, $15. Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark. 9pm, $10.
Bryan Girard Quartet Cliff House, 1090 Point Lobos, SF; (415) 386-3330. 7pm, free. Eric Kurtzrock Trio Ana Mandara, Ghirardelli Square, 891 Beach; 771-6800. 8pm, free. Kenny Barron Trio Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness, SF;. 8pm, $20-60.
Lucid Lovers Rex Hotel, 562 Sutter, SF; (415) 433-4434. 6pm. Rova Saxophone Quartet Jewish Community and Cultural Center, 3200 California, SF; 1-800-838-3006. 8pm, $25. Terry Disley Experience Shanghai 1930. 7:30pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY Culann's Hounds, Zydepunks Red Devil Lounge. 8pm, $12. Liani Moore with primary customer Dolores Park Café. 7:30pm, free. Lucky Road Amnesia. 9pm, $6-10.
Balkan, Bangra, Latin and more with subsist performances by Sister Kate.Pat Nevins Band Plough and Stars. 9pm, free. Rob Reich and Craig Ventresco Amnesia. 7pm, free. Samba Da, Boca Do Rio Elbo Room. 10pm, $15.
DANCE CLUBS Activate! Lookout, 3600 16th St; (415) 431-0306. 9pm, $3. Face your demigods and demons at this Red Bull-fueled party. *Alcoholocaust Presents Riptide Tavern. 9pm, free.
With DJ What's His Fuck spinning old-school poor crag and other gems, and solitary acoustic performances by Blag Dahlia at 10:30pm and midnight. Bar on Church 9pm. Rotating DJs Zax, Zhaldee, and Nuxx. Blow Up Rickshaw Stop. 10-m, $10-15. With DJ Jefrodisiac and Ava Berlin. Deep Fried Butter, 354 11th St., SF; (415) 863-5964.
DJs jaybee, David Justin, and Dean Manning spinning indie, cavort rock, electronica, funk, onto hop, and more. Exhale, Fridays Project One Gallery, 251 Rhode Island; (415) 465-2129. 5pm, $5.
Happy hour with art, tickety-boo food, and music with Vin Sol, King Most, DJ Centipede, and Shane King. Ganga Girl and Medicine Drum Mission Rock Café. 10pm, $12. Live electronic from Australia.
Go Bang! Deco SF, 510 Larkin St; (415) 346-2025. 10pm, $5. Recreating the difference and scope of the 70's/ 80's disco nightlife with DJs Eddy Bauer, Flight, Nicky B., Sergio and more.
House of Voodoo Julies Supper Club, 1123 Folsom, SF; (415) 861-0707. 9pm, $5. DJs goblin, Unit77, Forced Hand & Rayne gyrate lowering electronic, solid industrial, scourge EBM, and control noise. Look Out Weekend Vessel, 85 Campton; (415) 433-8585. 4-9pm, free.
Drink specials, subsistence menu and local DJs White Girl Lust, Joe Bank$, Swayzee, LL Cool DJ, and more. M4M Fridays Underground SF. 10pm-2am. Joshua J and Frankie Sharp assemblage this man-tastic party.
Punk Rock and Shlock Karaoke Annie's Social Club. 9pm-2am, $5. Eileen and Jody introduce you songs from multiple genres to butcher: punk, unheard of wave, alternative, exemplar rock, and more. Psychadelic Radio Club Six. 9pm, $10.
DJs Anti-Serum, DJUNYA, Ripple, Boggle, and more spinning dub, dubstep, and glitch. Solomon and Zhaldee Infusion Lounge. 9pm, $20. SATURDAY (23rd) ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP Blue Turtle Seduction, New Up, Blue Rabbit, Jack Frost Independent. 9pm, $14. Bone Awl, Volahn, Ashdautas Knockout. 9pm. Café R&B Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $22.
Diamonds Under Fire Brainwash, 1122 Folsom, SF; (415) 861-3663. 9pm. Deke Dickerson Annie's Social Club. 9pm, $10. Dzjenghis Khan, Virgin Hemlock Tavern. 6pm, $5. *Flatlanders, Colin Gilmore Slim's. 9pm, $20. *Floating Goat, Smiles, Long and Short of It Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
My Teenage Stride, Northern Portrait, Tullycraft, Magic Bullets, Smittens Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $15. Part of SF Popfest.
Orange Tulip Conspiracy, Mirthkon Hotel Utah. 9pm, $12. Pharcyde Fillmore. 9pm, $35. Plan 9 Red Devil Lounge. 8pm, $20. Ralph Woodson Trio Grant and Green. 9:30pm, free. Tainted Love Bimbo's 365 Club. 9pm, $23.
Gregory Webster, Champagne Riot, Brilliant Colours, Sourpatch House of Shields. 3pm, $5. Part of SF Popfest. Yes Gos, Rotten Core, Uzi Tattoo Thee Parkside. 5pm, free.
Zepparella, Nylon Heart Attack, Human Life Index Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $12. JAZZ/NEW MUSIC Audium 9 1616 Bush, SF; (415) 771-1616. 8:30pm, $15.
Eric Kurtzrock Trio Ana Mandara, Ghirardelli Square, 891 Beach, SF; (415) 771-6800. 8pm, free. Kenny Burrell Quintet, Russell Malone Quartet Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness, SF;. 8pm, $20-60.
"Open Jazz Jam Session" Mocha 101 Café, 1722 Taraval, SF; (415) 702-9869. 3:30pm, free. Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings Yoshi's San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Rova Saxophone Quartet Jewish Community and Cultural Center, 3200 California, SF; 1-800-838-3006. 8pm, $25. Sandra Aran Group Shanghai 1930. 7:30pm, free. Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark. 9pm, $10.
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Café du Nord. 9pm, $15. Tin Cup Serenade, Kally Price Band, Quinn DeVeaux Amnesia. 9pm, $7-10. Valerie Troutt and the Fear of the Fat Planet Crew Red Poppy Art House. 8pm, $12-15.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY Samba Da, Forro Brazuca Elbo Room. 10pm, $15. Shotgun Party Plough and Stars. 9pm, free.
Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod Atlas Café. 4pm, free. DANCE CLUBS Atomic Dancefloor Disco Action Deco SF, 510 Larkin, SF; (415) 346-2025. 10pm, $5. DJs Sergio, Stanley, Nicky B., Eddy Bauer, Flight, and exclusive lodger DJ Rebecca Watkins. Bar on Church 9pm.
Rotating DJs Foxxee, Joseph Lee, Zhaldee, Mark Andrus, and Niuxx. Barracuda 111 Minna. 9pm, $5-10. Eclectic 80s music with Djs Damon, Phillie Ocean, Heiko, and Marc Fong, benefit unrestrained 80s locks and constitution by wizard stylists. Black Rock Dub Club Six. 9pm, $7.
DJs No Thing, Ultraviolet, El Diablo, Zombie J, and more spinning Dubstep, Glitch, and Lazer Bass. Hot Mess Infusion Lounge. 9pm, $20. DJs Solarz and Kevin Manning. HYP Eight. 10pm, free.
Gay in flight club, featuring DJs from the many-coloured and taciturn communities infused with flaming performances from Bay Area up on voyage skip crews. BAY AREA ETD Pop Festival Cow Palace, 2150 Geneva, Daly City; advanced tickets to hand at ticketmaster.com. 5pm, $80. DJs Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, DeadMau5, and Sander van Doorn headline the 12th annual entertainment with some of the biggest names in trip the light fantastic music.
SUNDAY (24th) ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP Animojams Grant and Green. 9pm, free. Dears, Great Northern, Eulogies Independent. 8pm, $15. Terry Evans Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Hidden Cameras, Eux Autres, Dear Nora, Birds of California, Cheap Red Café du Nord. 7pm, $15. Part of SF Popfest. Lady Sovereign, Chester French Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $15.
Luka Bloom, Birdie Busch Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $21. Mt. Vicious, Police Teeth Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult Red Devil Lounge. 8pm, $18. *New York Dolls, Clicks Grand Ballroom. 8pm, $27. Red Sunday, Left of Christ Rock-It Room. 8pm, $5.
BAY AREA "Kihncert 2009" Shoreline Amphitheater, One Amphitheater Pkwy, Mtn View;. 6pm, $45.50-85. With Styx, REO Speedwagon, 38 Special, and Gred Kihn Band. JAZZ/NEW MUSIC "Battle of the Bands: Glenn Miller vs.
Tommy Dorsey" Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness, SF;. 7pm, $20-80. Emperor Norton Jazz Band, Lily Rose Love Amnesia. 9pm, $7-10.
Frank Jackson and Larry Vuckovich Bliss Bar, 4026 24th St, SF; (415) 826-6200. 4:30pm, $10. Lucid Lovers Harris' Restaurant, 2100 Van Ness, SF; (415) 673-1888. 6:30pm.
Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings Yoshi's San Francisco. 2 and 7pm, $5-20. FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY Country Casanovas, Glassland Thee Parkside. 4pm, free.
Smita Nagdev with New Directions in Indian Classical Music Cowell Theater, Fort Mason, SF; 1-800-838-3006. 7pm, $20. Theo Page, George Grasso and friends Plough and Stars. 9pm, free. DANCE CLUBS Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $10.
Dub, roots, and definitive dancehall with DJs Sep and guests Dr. Israel and Lady K and Patch. E Rock and Homicide Infusion Lunge. 10pm, $20. Honey Soundsystem Paradise Lounge. 8pm-2am.
"Dance lower limit for dancers – good group for lovers." Got that? Jock! Lookout, 3600 16th; 431-0306. 3pm, $2.
This high-energy set raises gelt for LGBT sports teams. Kick It Bar on Church. 9pm. Hip-hop with DJ Zax. Red Wine DJs Annie's Social Club. 9pm. Religion Bar on Church. 3pm. With DJ Nikita. Memorial Day T-Dance Ruby Skye. 6pm, $25. DJ/Producer Wayne G. Stag AsiaSF. 6pm, $5.
Gay bachelor parties are the end demo of this weekly nasty tea dance. MONDAY (25th) ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP "Generalissimo Reeducation Demonstration (Exercise IV)" Thee Parkside. 8pm, $6.
With Generalissimo, Police Teeth, and Moggs. *Embrace the End, Caligula, Early Graves, Alcatraz Elbo Room. 9pm, $7. BAY AREA Flight of the Conchords Berkeley Community Theater, 1930 Allston, Berk;. 6pm and 9pm, $38.50. "Stone Soul Concert" Sleep Train Pavilion, 2000 Kirker Pass, Concord;. Noon, $35.75-89.75. With Teena Marie, Charlie Wilson, Jeffrey Osborne, Average White Band, and Ashford and Simpson.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC "Birth of the Cool: Miles Davis Birthday Tribute" Yoshi's San Francisco. 8pm, $16. With Marcus Shelby, Mike Olmos, Erik Jekabson, Joe Cohen, Adam Theis, Adam Shulman, Jeff Mars, Sheldon Brown, and Mike Rinta. Lavay Smith Trio Enrico's, 504 Broadway, SF;. 7pm, free.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY Bluegrass Mondays Amnesia. 8:30pm, free. Featuring the Barefoot Nellies. DANCE CLUBS Black Gold Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary; 885-4788. 10pm-2am, free.
Senator Soul spins Detroit soul, Motown, New Orleans R&B, and more — all on 45! Dubstep Underground SF. 9pm, $5. DJs Samsupa, Get Low, Troma B2B Salex, and more. Mainroom Mondays Annie's Social Club. 9pm, free.
Live the dream: karaoke on Annie's mount and make out you're Jello Biafra. Manic Mondays Bar on Church. 9pm. Drink 80-cent cosmos with Djs Mark Andrus and Dangerous Dan. Monster Show Underground SF. 10pm, $5.
Cookie Dough and DJ MC2 think Mondays significance dancing about, with a gunfighter slog show at 11pm. Network Mondays Azul Lounge, One Tillman Pl;. 9pm, $5. Hip-hop, R&B, and verbal scintilla unconcealed mic, with the addition of featured performers. Spliff Sessions Tunnel Top. 10pm, free. DJs MAKossa, Kung Fu Chris, and C. Moore turning funk, soul, reggae, hip-hop, and psychedelia on vinyl.
TUESDAY (26th) ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP Steve Dukes Grant and Green. 8pm, free. Passion Pit, Harlem Shakes, Cale Parks Bimbo's 365 Club. 8pm, $18. Rademacher, High Strung, Shrouded Strangers Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
BAY AREA Animal Collective, Grouper Fox Theater. 8pm, $25.50. JAZZ/NEW MUSIC Dave Parker Quintet Rasselas Jazz. 8pm. John Kaleen Group Shanghai 1930. 7pm, free. Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark. 6:30pm, $5.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY Ken and the Afro Groove Connexion, DJ Jeremiah Elbo Room. 9pm, $8. Song Session with Vince Keehan and friends Plough and Stars. 9pm, free. DANCE CLUBS Alcoholocaust Presents Argus Lounge. 9pm, free.
DJ What's His Fuck, Timmy, and Johnny Repo jaunt ruffian and more. Drunken Monkey Annie's Social Club. 9pm, free. Rock n' orbit for inebriated primates take pleasure in you. Eclectic Company Skylark, 9pm, free.
DJs Tones and Jaybee joyride dusty teach alert hop, bass, dub, glitch, and electro. Rock Out Karaoke! Amnesia. 7:30pm. With Glenny Kravitz.
