We've got special programming on Doomed for Halloween night, and it will be a great soundtrack for your Halloween events. The same great dark music you've come to expect with additional scary ambient sounds mixed in to make it more like Halloween should be: Extra Scary!

So tune into our commercial-free, special Halloween programming on Doomed all weekend long and set the mood for a chilling celebration or just a night scaring the wits out of giving out candy to the neighborhood kids.

With the abundance of Halloween parties large and small happening in San Francisco this weekend, but the one that captures the essence of the underground of San Francisco will be Spider Ball, offering a truly unique Halloween experience. Hosted by the Burning Man collective Playa Love and happening at the historic Bentley Reserve across from Embarcedero Center. Two stages and six full bars, with beds for seating and a separate chill room. The festivities begin at 10 pm Halloween night with performances going  until the early morning. Headlining the event are ambient electronic music artist Random Rab, diverse world beats from Oakland group Beats Antique, and bass-heavy dance music from VibeSquaD.

Proceeds from the event will go towards the Black Rock Arts Foundation whose mission is to support and promote community-based interactive art.Tickets are available online with general admission for $55 and VIP tickets (drinks included) for $120. (Imagine Castro Halloween bash meets Burningman Decompression and you get the drift of the party.)

San Francisco Police Department Commander of Field Operations of the City of San Francisco James Dudley is trying to put an end to nightlife in San Francisco. He is proposing that bars and nightclubs be closed at midnight.

Dudley is best known for his continuous and relentless crackdown on night life in North Beach, turning the Broadway corridor into a virtual police state. He is responsible for the large presence of police officers, including those with riot helmets. He was responsible for the actual closing of Broadway Street so that taxis were unable to pick up fares when the clubs closed.

Now he wants to expand these tactics city-wide as par of the war on fun.

Members of the San Francisco night life community including clubs, bands and customers, will be rallying their support for the Entertainment Commission on Monday Oct 26th 1PM before the Board of Supervisors.
The Entertainment Commission has come under attack of late by those groups who seek to limit the variety of entertainment venues in this world class city. The night life industry is a significant economic engine driving the San Francisco economy and that industry along with its talent and customers are rallying to show support for the Commission.

The legislation before the Board will empower the Entertainment Commission to enforce its own permits. The industry feels strongly about the Commission that regulates them and intends to demonstrate to the board of supervisors and the police that they too have a voice.

Performing on the steps of City Hall will be the Jazz Mafia, an acoustical jazz group. Performing inside City Hall will be the night life industry and their customers who too are citizens of this great urban metropolis.

For more information: supportentertainment.com

This Friday, October 23, is a chance to experience the wonderful cinematic weirdness that is Oddball Films. Director Stephen Parr will be hosting his Sonic Oddities Live program, exploring the relationship between sight and sound with a combination of film shorts and clips accompanied by live music. The visuals promise to be unique, featuring claymation, bizarre commercials, religious propaganda, surreal animation, and offbeat classic footage experimenting with the "science of sound", among others.

Percussionist Jordan Glenn, woodwind player Cory Wright, and guitarist Andrew Conklin will make up a trio performing improvised tunes along with the scenes on the screen.  Sonic Oddities Live will highlight the connection between the visual and the auditory, enhancing perception through a one-of-a-kind event. The program will be held at Oddball Films headquarters at 275 Capp Street in San Francisco. Admission is $10 and you can learn more or make reservations by calling (415)558-8117 or contacting info@oddballfilm.com. Enjoy the show!

Our listener of the month is Jean Michel.  You might recognize him from that video clip of a Russian talk show we posted earlier, where he speaks about SomaFM.

For our non-Russian-speaking listeners, the video translates as follows: 

The host says "Most of our [Russian] top managers, when asked, like to read serious newspapers but Jean-Michel likes to listen to music."

Jean-Michel goes on to say that SomaFM is "sweet" electronic music.  He explains that SomaFM has 14 channels and his favorite is Lush because of the female vocals.   Thanks for the shout out Jean-Michel! 

Sometimes in the middle of a hectic week, good live music is a must. Head over to Bottom of the Hill  this Wednesday, October 7th, to catch the upbeat tunes of three groups from Portland, Oregon that fuse pop and electronica with an indie sensibility. Starfucker blends catchy beats with melodic harmonies and samples and are frequently played on Indie Pop Rocks and Poptron!

Listen to Meghan's interview with the group. Their touring partners Deelay and Ceelay are a powerful duo that combine percussive pyschedelic pop and synched projected visuals for a full sensory experience. Completing the lineup is Strength, known for their disco-influenced dance beats.  The show starts at 9 pm, and tickets are available for $10.

Few people often take time to contemplate the wonders of space. On it’s 10th birthday, World Space Week aims to change that.  With synchronized events from Australia to Zambia throughout the week of October 4th, World Space Week rallies schools and universities, the aerospace industry, astronomy clubs and science museums in order to bring space to the forefront of our awareness.



This year’s theme, Space for Education, seeks to motivate students everywhere through exposure to the cosmos.  But World Space Week is about more than just students.  Highlights such as Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté's address from space and the opportunity to send a digital message into space can appeal to everyone.

SomaFM loves space, so we're excited to be involved with World Space Week.  With special programming on Mission Control all week and coverage of NASA's Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) search for water on the moon and "impact event" on October 8th and 9th.

If you’d like to attend, organize or volunteer for a World Space Week event, you can visit them here or contact them here.