DNA Lounge: Awards

Awards won by DNA Lounge and DNA Lounge events.

2011 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Party Venue", DNA Lounge
2011 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Bar Staff", DNA Lounge
2011 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Dance Party", Bootie
2011 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Drag Show", Trannyshack
2011 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Burlesque Show", Hubba Hubba Revue
2011 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Queer Party", Bearracuda
2011 Best of SF, Weekly: "Best Dance Club", DNA Lounge
2011 Best of SF, Weekly: "Best Club Night", Bootie
2011 Best of SF, Weekly: "Best Bartender", Chupa
2010 SF Board of Supervisors Proclamation: "DNA Lounge Day"
2010 Certificate of Honor from Mayor Gavin Newsom
2010 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Dance Club", DNA Lounge
2010 Best of SF, Weekly: "Best Club Night", Bootie
2010 Best of SF, 7x7 Magazine: "Best Burlesque", Hubba Hubba Revue
2010 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Club for Queer Men", Bearracuda
2010 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Drag Show", Trannyshack
2010 URB Magazine: "Best Party", Blow Up
2010 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Burlesque Act", Twilight Vixen Revue
2010 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Fighters for our Right to Party", California Music and Culture Association
2010 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Whore for Satan", Whore for Satan
2009 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Dance Club", DNA Lounge
2009 Best of SF, Weekly: "Best Club Night", Bootie
2009 Best of SF, Weekly: "Best DJs", Bootie
2009 Best of SF, Weekly: "Best Burlesque", Hubba Hubba Revue
2009 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Club for Queer Men", Bearracuda
2008 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Dance Club", DNA Lounge
2008 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Party Producers", Bootie
2008 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Variety Show", Hubba Hubba Revue
2008 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Club for Queer Men", Bearracuda
2008 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Circus Troupe", Vau de Vire Society
2008 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Body Slams", Fog City Wrestling
2008 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best DJ", Smoove
2008 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Creep-Show Chanteuse", Jill Tracy
2008 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Dance Company", Hot Pink Feathers
2008 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Drag Act", Katya Ludmilla Smirnoff-Skyy
2008 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Indie Band", Ex-Boyfriends
2007 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Club Night", Bootie
2006 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Club Night", Bootie
2003 Best of the Bay, Guardian: "Best Place to See an Electronic Duo Score My Dinner with Andre", C0DE


DNA Lounge: In the Press

Mentions of DNA Lounge in the media.

13 Jan 2012 Bay Area Reporter: SOMA entertainment zoning along 11th Street
05 Jan 2012 Game Rant: Post-Umloud Interview With John Seggerson
19 Dec 2011 ABC News: Umloud: Helping kids while rocking out
13 Dec 2011 God is a Geek: Umloud 2011: Rockband Night for Charity
14 Dec 2011 The A.V. Club: Electronic artist Alan Braxe accused of joining France's proud tradition of symbolically pissing on things
13 Dec 2011 Pitchfork: Alan Braxe Kicked Out of His Own DJ Set For Peeing Onstage (via FACT Magazine)
09 Dec 2011 Gamespot: Umloud 2011 Live Stream
07 Dec 2011 SF Weekly: Mortified Returns to S.F. Stage, Premieres Interview Show This Week on Sundance Channel
16 Nov 2011 Daily Californian: The Hundred Days interview at Pop Roxx
10 Nov 2011 Bay Citizen: Cyclist Fashion, Way Beyond Spandex
10 Nov 2011 COMA: Imperative Reaction review (by an 11-year-old!)
25 Aug 2011 Amoeblog: Now Entering Ninth Year of Their Successful Mashup Party, Bootie SF's Tireless Duo of A+D Show No Signs Of Slowing Down
10 Aug 2011 SF Chronicle: Drag King Contest a winner at the DNA Lounge
8 Aug 2011 New World Notes: Mixed Reality Clubbing in SL's Club Republik and SF's DNA
15 Jun 2011 Miami Horror review
15 Jun 2011 Heklina and LeMay Dish on Drag, Sex, and 20 Years of Oral History
02 Jun 2011 Bay Guardian: Roccopura is back and wild as ever
27 Apr 2011 Bay Area Reporter: The War on Fun: The ABCs of Hassled Nightclubs
17 Apr 2011 SF Chronicle: Mayor Ed Lee enters nightclub rules fight
16 Apr 2011 Mission Loc@l: Gunfire Brings Neighbors Together (Cirolo)
13 Apr 2011 Bay Guardian: Mayor derails hearing on nightclub crackdown
25 Mar 2011 Fog City Journal: Save The Rave: Electronic Dance Music Community Speaks Out
24 Mar 2011 SF Weekly: Slim's Noise Complaints: An Open Letter to Jeanmarie Guenot, the Club's Angry Neighbor
24 Mar 2011 SF Bay Guardian: Hundreds pack City Hall to save the raves
23 Mar 2011 SF Examiner: Noise dispute stops flow of booze at Slim's
22 Mar 2011 SF Weekly: Slim's Liquor License Temporarily Suspended Due to Neighbor Complaints
21 Mar 2011 Amoeblog: Slim's SF Shut Down Temporarily By ABC Due To Complaining Neighbor
21 Mar 2011 SF Bay Times: Iconic Angie Bowie Discusses LGBT Generation Gap
16 Mar 2011 SF Appeal: SFPD Chief Candidates Could Include Anti-Nightlife Commander Or Recently Demoted Captain
9 Mar 2011 SF Bay Guardian: Death Guild Eighteenth Anniversary
04 Mar 2011 Eater SF: DNA Pizza
26 Feb 2011 BARE blog: Red Bull Thre3Style
25 Feb 2011 SF Weekly: RedBull DJ Contest
13 Feb 2011 SFIst: 'Set Your Goals' Set To Turn DNA Lounge Into a Stage Diving Contest
11 Feb 2011 SF Weekly: The Finnish Metal Tour Brings a Hideous Therapy Session to DNA Lounge
26 Jan 2011 SF Weekly: Looking for drag that turns spectacle into art in S.F.
22 Jan 2011 Examiner: Rotissary Ethnicity Jackson-Houston Ross named Miss Trannyshack Star Search 2011
23 Dec 2010 Bootie NYE: Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (Bootie at Mezzanine)
09 Dec 2010 Travel Channel: Top 10 Burlesque Shows
08 Dec 2010 Wired: Come to Ümloud!, Win Prizes for Child~s Play
07 Dec 2010 SF Bay Guardian: Going to a club -- or boarding an airplane?
07 Dec 2010 That Devil Music: Epica, Scar Symmetry, The Agonist, Blackguard Review
29 Nov 2010 SF Weekly: Supervisor Chris Daly Tended Bar at DNA Lounge's 25th Anniversary Party
19 Nov 2010 NBC Bay Area: F-Bomb Supervisor Gets to Live His Dream for a Day
19 Nov 2010 Eater SF: SF To See Chris Daly Behind The Bar Afterall
04 Nov 2010 Offbeat Bride: Sparkly and Bones's epic burlesque nightclub wedding
05 Oct 2010 The Bay Bridged: Eric McFadden Trio and the Vau de Vire Society
03 Oct 2010 Nintendo World Report: Reactions From The Guitar Hero/James Bond Press Event
08 Sep 2010 Dave Mustaine talks Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock (video)
11 Aug 2010 Wall Street Journal: San Francisco Divided over Alcohol Tax
22 Jul 2010 New York Times: Patrolling Near Clubs Carries High Cost
25 Jun 2010 KTVU: Doom Metal Legends Return To SF (Saint Vitus)
15 Jul 2010 San Ramon Patch: Teen Band Devils Angels Rock Local Music Scene
30 Jun 2010 Safety meet tries to take death out of nightlife
16 Jun 2010 The Metal Register: Pestilence / Warbringer / Vital Remains / Enfold Darkness / Sacrificial Slaughter review
09 Jun 2010 Guardian: Parties without borders (Bootie, Trannyshack, Bearracuda)
01 Jun 2010 SF Weekly: Tuesday's Pick: Chemlab @ DNA Lounge
18 May 2010 Hard Rock Chick: Hypocrisy
07 May 2010 Guardian: SF nightclubs fight back with new organization
07 May 2010 SF Weekly: New Nightclub Association Vows to Self-Police Its Members
07 May 2010 SFist: California Music and Culture Association, a New Nightclub Coalition, Launches
07 May 2010 SF Appeal: New Nightclub Coalition Launches, Cites Golden Gate Restaurant Asc. As Model
05 May 2010 Guardian: The voice of fun (CMAC)
16 Apr 2010 Chronicle: Panel's risky move: after-hours club near gangs
15 Apr 2010 SF Weekly: City Attorney Puts the Screws to Club Suede (Complaint PDF)
15 Apr 2010 SFAppeal: City Atty Goes After "defiant club operators"
15 Apr 2010 KCBS: Lawsuit Filed Against Suede Nightclub
15 Apr 2010 SF Citizen: Dennis Herrera Throws Down: Say Good-Bye to Suede Nightclub
14 Apr 2010 SF Appeal: More Details Emerge On Sunday's SoMa Shooting
12 Apr 2010 KCBS: SF Nightclubs Under Scrutiny After Shooting
11 Apr 2010 Examiner: Debate stirred on infused drinks
09 Apr 2010 Guardian: SFPD's Capt. McDonough defends rogue cops
08 Apr 2010 Bay Area Reporter: Nightlife concerns top the agenda in D6 supe race
06 Apr 2010 SF Weekly: We Still Have Entertainment Commission to Kick Around -- For Now
06 Apr 2010 NBC: End Looms for Notorious San Francisco Nightclub (Suede)
06 Apr 2010 ABC7: San Francisco Supervisor David Chiu proposes easier way to shut down troubled nightclubs
06 Apr 2010 Chronicle: David Chiu seeks to beef up controls over clubs
03 Apr 2010 Chronicle: S.F.'s Entertainment Commission toothless (Suede)
02 Apr 2010 SF Examiner: Time to admit failure, disarm commission (Suede)
01 Apr 2010 New York Times: San Francisco Entertainment Commission Fate Uncertain After It Suspends Club~s License
01 Apr 2010 SFist: Eliminate Entertainment Commission, Says Newsom
01 Apr 2010 Chronicle: Pull plug on nightlife panel, S.F. mayor says
01 Apr 2010 Guardian: Newsom wants more authority for party-crashing cops
01 Apr 2010 SFAppeal: New SF Venue Caters To The SFPD, ABC Fearing Concertgoer: RNA Lounge
04 Apr 2010 Examiner: Controversial nightclub suspended (Suede)
31 Mar 2010 Hard Rock Chick: Otep / Bury Your Dead review
04 Apr 2010 ABC7: Entertainment Commission suspends Suede nightclub's license near Fisherman's Wharf
04 Apr 2010 New York Times: The Future of a Club and a Commission Are at Issue (Suede)
31 Mar 2010 SFGate: Nightlife advocate quits panel (Terrance)
30 Mar 2010 SF Weekly: Nightclub Sues City, Asks for $9 Million in Damages
28 Feb 2010 Chronicle: Suede as test case for Entertainment Commission
26 Mar 2010 Hard Rock Chick: Pentagram / Ludicra / Slough Feg / Orchid review
25 Mar 2010 Umlaut: Pentagram / Ludicra / Slough Feg / Orchid review
26 Mar 2010 Guardian: Lawsuit could expose SFPD-ABC collaboration
25 Mar 2010 SF Bay Guardian: Can Newsom save SF parties?
24 Mar 2010 SF Bay Guardian: The new War on Fun: Party people, watch out: undercover cop Larry Betrand has declared war on San Francisco nightlife
24 Mar 2010 SF Bay Guardian: End the nightlife crackdown: Harassing parties and clubs shouldn't be a priority for a cash-strapped city's police department
22 Mar 2010 SF Weekly: Cleaning Up Entertainment Commission Is Harder Than You'd Think
04 Apr 2010 Chronicle: Entertainment Commission's party over (Suede)
14 Mar 2010 SF Chronicle: Editorial on Regulators Run Amok: Time for Infusion of Common Sense
9 Mar 2010 Examiner: Existing loitering law having little impact
08 Mar 2010 The Bay Bridged: Five Ways to Think About the Crackdown on SF Venues
03 Mar 2010 SF Chronicle: Undercover booze bust at Nob Hill club
02 Mar 2010 The Big Money: The Booze-Infusion Confusion: What's behind California's sudden crackdown on flavored liquor?
29 Mar 2010 Grub Street: More Details Emerge About the ABC's Infused Booze Bust
26 Feb 2010 SF Chronicle: State warns Bay Area bars not to infuse drinks
25 Feb 2010 SF Chronicle: Are my favorite bartenders going to be sent to jail?
25 Feb 2010 CBS5: report on ABC's crackdown on infusions
21 Feb 2010 KGO-TV: Bar bots square off in competition
19 Feb 2010 Wired: Robot Bartenders Sling Cocktails for Carbon-Based Drinkers
19 Feb 2010 Asylum: BarBot 2010 -- Where Robots Revolt by Getting Humans Drunk
19 Feb 2010 CNET: Drinking with droids at BarBot 2010
13 Feb 2010 New York Times: Clubbers Angry at Police, Neighbors at Clubs
12 Feb 2010 SF Weekly: Hey DJ! Friday Q&A w/ Adrian & Mysterious D of Bootie
5 Feb 2010 Geek Entertainment TV: A Night of 8-bit Chiptunes (Crashfaster interview)
30 Jan 2010 Umlaut: I Bleed Black (Saint Vitus / Saviours / Laudanum)
29 Jan 2010 SF Appeal: Law Enforcement Agency Accused Of Unfair Crackdowns On SF Venues Gets...Awarded?
23 Jan 2010 SF Chronicle: Winter Music Fest lineup showcases local talent
21 Jan 2010 SF Appeal: What's Shaking Down SF Venues? Call The Mayor Day, That's What
21 Jan 2010 East Bay Express: What's Shaking Down SF Music Venues?
16 Dec 2009 SF Bay Guardian: Decade in Music: 10 years on the Bay Area dance floor -- and still looking fantastic!
23 Dec 2009 The iS Collection: Holiday Burlesque: The No Santa Baby Rule and The Art of the Tease
8 Dec 2009 Hard Rock Chick: The Faceless, Dying Fetus, Beneath the Massacre review
8 Dec 2009 Hard Rock Chick: Eyehategod, Stormcrow, Brainoil review
11 Dec 2009 Pollstar: SF's War on Fun
8 Dec 2009 Gamepro: Umloud charity event rocks San Francisco
8 Dec 2009 Hard Rock Chick: Marduk, Nachtmystium, Mantic Ritual, Black Anvil, Merrimack review
26 Nov 2009 SF Bay Guardian: Police seize DJs' laptops: New police chief apparently condones policy that critics call illegal and punitive
25 Nov 2009 Hard Rock Chick: Far Beyond Driven: Vader, Decrepit Birth, Warbringer, The Amenta, Augury review
21 Nov 2009 Hard Rock Chick: Totally Folking Metal : Ensiferum, Blackguard, Lazarus A.D. review
20 Nov 2009 Joystiq: Child's Play & Harmonix rock San Fran for charity Dec. 9
20 Nov 2009 Crispy Gamer: Umloud! A Rock Band Night for Child's Play
18 Nov 2009 SF Bay Guardian: War on Funwatch: DNA Lounge to close for January
17 Nov 2009 SF Chronicle: Date Lines: Club closings
12 Nov 2009 Bay Area Reporter: Gay-friendly club ends legal battle with ABC
11 Nov 2009 NBC Bay Area: DNA Lounge Signs an Expensive Truce With the ABC
11 Nov 2009 SF Weekly: DNA Lounge Agrees to Suspension, Probation Over 'Lewdness' Charge
4 Nov 2009 SF Chronicle: Kiss my druid, death metal viking! (Heathenfest)
6 Nov 2009 SF Weekly: Venetian Snares
1 Nov 2009 CalTV Music: Halloween Backstage Pass (Youtube)
1 Nov 2009 Destructoid: Chiptune micro tour bringing the lovin' to the West Coast
27 Oct 2009 New York Times Blogs: Night Life in San Francisco Under the Microscope
28 Oct 2009 Mission Local: Committee Votes to Empower Entertainment Commission
28 Oct 2009 SF Gate: Supes urge giving panel more clout over nightclubs
28 Oct 2009 SF Bay Guardian: Culture war at City Hall
26 Oct 2009 InfoWorld: Rock out for charity in San Francisco on December 9
26 Oct 2009 Examiner: Possessed plays S.F for the first first time in twenty-five years
26 Oct 2009 Beyond Chron: Supes to Consider Entertainment Commission Changes
26 Oct 2009 SFist: Reminder: Fight the "Anti-Fun" People at City Hall Today at 1PM.
23 Oct 2009 Wired: Umloud: a Rock Band Night for Child's Play
16 Oct 2009 SF Gate: Sad, Angry Bullies vs. the San Francisco Music Scene
2 Oct 2009 Examiner: San Francisco's not afraid of Metal
2 Oct 2009 Hard Rock Chick: Metal Morsels: Kylesa, Saviours, Bison b.c., Kowloon Walled City
1 Oct 2009 Hard Rock Chick: Industrial Strength: Psyclon Nine, Imperative Reaction, Dismantled, We Got This Far
1 Oct 2009 SF Bay Guardian: Judge sides with SF club in ABC crackdown (GAMH)
1 Sep 2009 SF Weekly: New Video Illustrates All-Ages Clubs Struggles
14 Aug 2009 Examiner: Bootie parties at DNA Lounge bring non-stop energy to SOMA
12 Aug 2009 SF Bay Guardian: The Ring (Fog City Wrestling cover story)
5 Aug 2009 SF Bay Guardian: Bootie Six-Year Anniversary Weekender: Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
5 Aug 2009 Examiner: Gadget fans turn out for gadget site launch party
14 Jul 2009 Fog City Journal: Electallujah! Reverend Billy Takes on Bloomberg, Corporate Hegemony and Consumerism
14 Jul 2009 SF Bay Guardian: Rev. Billy sings "It's Up to Us"
13 Jul 2009 KQED: SF Music Venues Against ABC
8 Jul 2009 SF Weekly: For Entertainment Purposes Only (hit piece on Terrance Alan and the Entertainment Commission)
7 Jul 2009 SF Bay Guardian: SF clubs resist ABC crackdown (Ross Glen letter)
7 Jul 2009 SF Weekly: New Site Aims to Stop the ABC's 'War on Fun'
2 Jul 2009 Examiner: Fight for your right to party
17 June 2009 NBC11: SF Music Venues Under Siege -- Youtube.
17 June 2009 Matador Nights: DNA Lounge Has it All
5 June 2009 SF Bay Guardian: Busting bars: State agency imposes its strange morality and bewildering bureaucracy on SF clubs
5 June 2009 SF Bay Guardian: Mayhem: Pure fucking armageddon?
3 June 2009 7x7: Best Smackdown: Lucha Libre Wrestling at DNA Lounge
2 June 2009 SF Bay Guardian: Mayhem: The most fucked-up band on the planet?
26 May 2009 SF Weekly: Outdated rules threaten the life of local all-ages clubs
6 May 2009 SFist: Loitering Outside Nightclubs Banned
30 Apr 2009 Bay Area Reporter: SF police crackdown on Dore fair sex
29 Apr 2009 Guardian UK: In which a live piano performance that had to be seen to be believed restores my faith in reality
27 Apr 2009 SF Gate: City Insider: Nightclub legislation runs into some bumps
24 Apr 2009 SFist: Update on ABC's Threat to Shut Down SF All-Ages Clubs
24 Apr 2009 Pirate Cat Radio: ABC Threatens to Shut Down Bottom of the Hill
24 Apr 2009 SF Gate: City Insider: ABC doesn't slow down on prosecutions of music clubs
23 Apr 2009 SF Examiner: Police hope to keep peace around city's club venues
20 Apr 2009 SF Weekly: Update on ABC vs. All Ages Clubs: Support Groups, Scathing Letter
20 Apr 2009 7x7: SF All-Ages Venues in Trouble -- Youtube.
20 Apr 2009 7x7: ABC Using Unicorn Rules to Threaten Local Venues
20 Apr 2009 SF Weekly: Over the Weekend: Hubba Hubba Revue "Viva la Revolucion"
16 Apr 2009 SF Weekly: Morrissey Calls in Sick at the Paramount, Gets Busted at DNA Lounge
16 Apr 2009 SF Chronicle: Alcohol board to work with all-ages clubs
14 Apr 2009 Stranger Dance: Legal Battle over All-Ages Concerts in SF
14 Apr 2009 SF Weekly: ABC Vendetta Against All-Ages Venues?
14 Apr 2009 NBC Bay Area: Green Day Pleases Old and New With Surprise Shows
13 Apr 2009 SF Examiner: Squeezing the fun out festivals
13 Apr 2009 SF Bay Guardian: Can Fun police itself? (Bring Your Own Big Wheel)
11 Apr 2009 Examiner: ABC Power Trip: SF Clubs Face Financial Ruin
11 Apr 2009 SF Chronicle: State goes after legendary all-ages music clubs
10 Apr 2009 Hard Rock Chick: Green Day Goes All the Way at DNA Lounge
10 Apr 2009 New York Times Blogs: Inside Green Day's Secret Show in San Francisco
10 Apr 2009 Mercury News: Green Day at DNA Lounge
10 Apr 2009 NME: Green Day for intimate New York club show
3 Apr 2009 Bay Area Reporter: Political Notebook: Leno threatens audit of ABC
2 Apr 2009 Bay Area Reporter: City panel looks at late night issues
2 Apr 2009 Examiner: Gooferman: Funky music puts the sexy back in clowns
10 Mar 2009 Examiner: DNA Lounge suffocated by legal debacles
1 Mar 2009 Metafilter: Keepin' gay club nights safe for the Moral Majority
27 Feb 2009 Eater SF: DNA Rumor Mongering
26 Feb 2009 SF Chronicle: The ABC's New Anti-Gay Crusade?
26 Feb 2009 Bay Area Reporter: Gay party venue fights to remain open
23 Feb 2009 Laughing Squid: Help Save San Francisco's DNA Lounge
23 Feb 2009 SF Examiner: DNA Lounge license could be stripped
23 Feb 2009 Eater SF: DNA Losing ABC Fight
19 Feb 2009 DNA Runs Afoul of ABC
18 Feb 2009 SFist: DNA Lounge Being Singled Out by California ABC?

(I only started collecting these links in earnest in 2009...)

30 Jan 2008 SF Bay Guardian: Slim's slimed: A lone spoiler may bring down the venerable concert spot
Aug 2006 Club Systems: Bootie
13 Oct 2004 CNET: Where are Netscape's pioneers today?
30 Mar 2002 MSNBC: San Francisco special: 24-hour Layover
10 Mar 2002 SF Chronicle: The Beat Goes On: SF's dance scene survived the blows
19 Jul 2001 SF Bay Guardian: Cult of Jamie
18 Jul 2001 SF Weekly: Revenge is Sweet: DNA Reopens
16 Jul 2001 Wired: From Netscape to Nightclub
13 Jul 2001 CNET: Microsoft-free clubbing
12 Jul 2001 SF Chronicle: DNA Lounge set to reopen tomorrow; New owner brings top technology
7 Nov 2000 Stating the Obvious: Hacking the City
10 Feb 2000 Salon: Free the night life
15 Sep 1988 New York Times: From Off-Beat Rough Toward Chic and Fine