SF DANCE SINGLE DISCOGRAPHY

Thought this might be of interest to some folks. It's a discography of SF dance singles from the 1980s, put together by the late David Diebold for his out of print book, Tribal Rites: The San Francisco Dance Music Phenomenon 1978-88.

SAD NEWS: LOU MIGUEL PASSES

From Dino Rivera:

"The true founder of SPINTRONIX has passed away. Luciano "Lou" Miguel or known to many as simply "Mr. Miguel" passed away on June 5th, 2008 at the age of 69. He passed away at Seton Medical Center (formerly St. Mary's Help Hospital) in Daly City where he retired as an employee in 2002. He is survived by his wife, Leona, his son Chris, his daughter Lucy, and 2 grandchildren, Ella & Lillie. Mr. Miguel is the true Godfather of SPINTRONIX. His son Chris was one of the original DJs for the group and his home was the training ground for SPINTRONIX and today is still the headquarters for SPINTRONIX LLC. Mr. Miguel funded the group's early equipment and drove Chris to every gig/event in the group's early years. He also acted as a 2nd Father to group's many members and kept everyone in check. He will surely be missed by all who knew him."

TAKING IT BACK TO THE '90S

Ninoy Brown brought to my attention some vintage mobile era videos pulled out the archives by Dave Dynamix. It's fantastic that this is material is out there.

Oakland's Ladda Sounds at the DJ Extravaganza (1992)



Not mobile but the right era with the right folks - FM 2.0 from back in the day, before the Piklz came into being.


Check the rest.

LATINO MOBILE CREW CARDS

A special treat, thanks to Hugo Gomez of TheGomezBrothers.com. He scanned in several business cards from the Bay Area's Latino mobile scene. Keep 'em coming Hugo!

Click for a bigger array.

NEW ARTICLE ON THE FIL-AM DJ/HIP-HOP SCENE IN L.A.

From the LA Weekly: "The Fil-Am Invasion"