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History from The Endup's perspective
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Sunday, February 19, 2006
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1973 Disco takes the country by storm.
1973 The Endup opens its doors in San Francisco.
1975 Disco citizens master the Hustle.
1976 They trade in the Hustle for the Bus Stop.
1977 Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" sets the stage for house sounds to come.
1977 The Warehouse opens in Chicago. Patrons later coin the phrase "house" to describe the music at the club.
1977 Paradise Garage opens in New York City. Patrons later coin the phrase "garage" to describe the music at the club.
1977 Harvey Milk elected a San Francisco supervisor, becoming the first openly gay elected official of a major U.S. city.
1978 Milk and Mayor George Moscone are assassinated at City Hall.
1979 Gloria Gaynor lures the brokenhearted back onto the dance floor with "I Will Survive."
1979 Thousands of White Sox fans burn disco records on the field of Chicago's Comiskey Park during the infamous Disco Demolition Night.
1979 Outrage over the lenient treatment of Milk and Moscone's killer, Dan White, leads to the "White Night" riots.
1981 The first cases of a strange new disease that attacks the immune system are reported to the CDC.
1982 The disease gets a name: AIDS.
1983 Indeep's "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" becomes an Endup anthem.
1989 The term "rave" comes into use. It will later be added to dictionaries.
1990 A modified version of the Hustle called the Electric Slide is all the rage.
1991 Three English expats calling themselves Wicked arrive in San Francisco and begin throwing outdoor full-moon parties.
1991 DV8 becomes the first mainstream club in San Francisco to host an all-house-music night, Pete Avila's Osmosis.
1991 Frankie Knuckles' "The Whistle Song" is an instant T-dance favorite.
1992 Larry Levan of Paradise Garage, the first superstar DJ, goes to that great disco in the sky.
1993 A rash of dance floor romances is blamed on a combination of liquor and Cece Peniston's "Finally."
One million gay men and women march on Washington, D.C., for equal rights.
1993 Robin S. inspires unsatisfied partners to demand from their inattentive mates, "Show Me Love!"
1999 Capt. Dennis Martel of the San Francisco Police Department's Southern Station leads a one-man crusade to "clean up" South of Market and puts the Endup and 1015 Folsom at the top of his "to shut down" list.
1999 Nightlife supporters form the San Francisco Late Night Coalition to counter continuing pressure on nightclubs.
2000 Martel is assigned airport duty.
2003 San Francisco's Entertainment Commission is formed to oversee the issuing of all entertainment-related permits.
2003 The Endup turns 30.
2006 East Palo Alto native Michoacan tears up the dance floor with "Galactic," the latest from San Francisco's Grayhound Recordings.
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Bill Picture
Sunday, February 19, 2006
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Email This Article
1973 Disco takes the country by storm.
1973 The Endup opens its doors in San Francisco.
1975 Disco citizens master the Hustle.
1976 They trade in the Hustle for the Bus Stop.
1977 Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" sets the stage for house sounds to come.
1977 The Warehouse opens in Chicago. Patrons later coin the phrase "house" to describe the music at the club.
1977 Paradise Garage opens in New York City. Patrons later coin the phrase "garage" to describe the music at the club.
1977 Harvey Milk elected a San Francisco supervisor, becoming the first openly gay elected official of a major U.S. city.
1978 Milk and Mayor George Moscone are assassinated at City Hall.
1979 Gloria Gaynor lures the brokenhearted back onto the dance floor with "I Will Survive."
1979 Thousands of White Sox fans burn disco records on the field of Chicago's Comiskey Park during the infamous Disco Demolition Night.
1979 Outrage over the lenient treatment of Milk and Moscone's killer, Dan White, leads to the "White Night" riots.
1981 The first cases of a strange new disease that attacks the immune system are reported to the CDC.
1982 The disease gets a name: AIDS.
1983 Indeep's "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" becomes an Endup anthem.
1989 The term "rave" comes into use. It will later be added to dictionaries.
1990 A modified version of the Hustle called the Electric Slide is all the rage.
1991 Three English expats calling themselves Wicked arrive in San Francisco and begin throwing outdoor full-moon parties.
1991 DV8 becomes the first mainstream club in San Francisco to host an all-house-music night, Pete Avila's Osmosis.
1991 Frankie Knuckles' "The Whistle Song" is an instant T-dance favorite.
1992 Larry Levan of Paradise Garage, the first superstar DJ, goes to that great disco in the sky.
1993 A rash of dance floor romances is blamed on a combination of liquor and Cece Peniston's "Finally."
One million gay men and women march on Washington, D.C., for equal rights.
1993 Robin S. inspires unsatisfied partners to demand from their inattentive mates, "Show Me Love!"
1999 Capt. Dennis Martel of the San Francisco Police Department's Southern Station leads a one-man crusade to "clean up" South of Market and puts the Endup and 1015 Folsom at the top of his "to shut down" list.
1999 Nightlife supporters form the San Francisco Late Night Coalition to counter continuing pressure on nightclubs.
2000 Martel is assigned airport duty.
2003 San Francisco's Entertainment Commission is formed to oversee the issuing of all entertainment-related permits.
2003 The Endup turns 30.
2006 East Palo Alto native Michoacan tears up the dance floor with "Galactic," the latest from San Francisco's Grayhound Recordings.
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