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San Francisco 1999Playground Pt. 1 – Holiday Listening Sampler '98 to '02Greetings!This episode originally aired 11-28-25 as a musical interlude for the week, Yours truly and potential guests were on holiday. So, I compiled a little mix of live recorded music from Playground.My band/project started in the late 1990s and put me and the group in the middle of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene at the turn of the millennium. I unpublished this episode because it broke format (and felt somewhat self-indulgent). Due to popular demand though, I'm re-publishing it now for your continued Holiday listening pl...
2025-12-1414 min
San Francisco 1999JasWho? Pt. 2 – Live House Music, Soulmine Records, Dubtribe, DIYIn this episode, Part 2 of a conversation with Jason Williams a.k.a. JasWho? Jay has been foundational on the music scene of the San Francisco Bay Area since the late 1990s. Whether performing as a multi-instrumentalist in Bay Area and International music groups, performing his legendary solo live House music sets, releasing original vinyl on the label Soulmine records that he co-founded with Eileen Kaur Alden, recording and producing artists for Temple Music Group, or producing countless artists at his Berkeley recording studio, WhoVille, Jay has lived and breathed music since long before he even arrived on the...
2025-12-1417 min
San Francisco 1999JasWho? Pt. 1 – 90s Haight Ashbury, SF House Music '97In this episode, Part 1 of a conversation with Jason Williams a.k.a. JasWho? Jay has been foundational on the music scene of the San Francisco Bay Area since the late 1990s. Whether performing as a multi-instrumentalist in Bay Area and International music groups, performing his legendary solo live House music sets, releasing original vinyl on the label Soulmine records that he co-founded with Eileen Kaur Alden, recording and producing artists for Temple Music Group, or producing countless artists at his Berkeley recording studio, WhoVille, Jay has lived and breathed music since long before he even arrived on the...
2025-12-0612 min
San Francisco 1999DJ Sep – Dub Mission SF, KUSF, Elbo Room, KPFA, Rough Trade Records11-21-25This week's SF 1999 podcast episode features a conversation with dj/promoter/producer Sep Ghadishah a.k.a. DJ Sep, founder of the legendary Dub Mission SF, that ran every Sunday night for over 2 decades at The Elbo Room on Valencia Street in San Francisco's Mission District, and featured all of the greatest international dub/reggae/jungle djs, producers, and live acts. DUB MISSION was one of the longest-running Reggae clubs in the world (1996-2019).This Sunday 11/23/25 you can catch Sep as part of Crucial Reggae Sundays season finale at the the Golden Gate P...
2025-11-2223 min
San Francisco 1999Gabriel Harris - African Drumming Traditions and Community in SFHappy Saturday (Yes, I promised new episodes on Fridays but here we are)!Today we feature a conversation my homie, Gabriel Harris!In the late 1980s, Gabriel began his African drumming tutelage with the legendary Babatunde Olatunji, We'll be talking with him about that and how he found a community of dedicated students, teachers including Mabiba Baegne, and performers of African drumming and dancing traditions in San Francisco in the 1990s.Gabriel is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area and son of folk music icon Joan Baez and political activist David H...
2025-11-1622 min
San Francisco 1999DJ M3 – SF Underground House, Green Gorilla Lounge, The Velvet Shop San Jose, Pirate RadioNovember 7th 2025Today's conversation is with the legendary DJ M3 "Makes Me Move," Manny Alfarez.Manny's San Francisco history is a continuum of musical successes.He is the co-owner of monarchsf.com and thegreatnorthernsf.com - two of SFs most popular dj and live music destinations.He's an internationally reknowned House Music DJ. He's one half of the House duo, Sleight of Hands.And he's the founder of Green Gorilla Lounge, which has been an integral part of the SF Underground scene since the mid-1990s.Green...
2025-11-0819 min
San Francisco 1999Jeff A. Mooney – Reclaiming Collective, Sacred Rituals, Experimental TheaterThis episode features a conversation with Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney:Artist/Ritualist/Musician/Teacher/Master of CeremoniesSince the late-1980s, Jeffrey has been an integral part of the Reclaiming Collective (which began in SF) and through ritual, music, drumming, and performance art, he teaches and facilitates self-transformation and community-connection, across the U.S., Canada, and Australia.Amongst other current endeavors, you can also experience Jeffrey on stage, as the emcee of the Joshua Tree Music Festivals.IG: @mooney.jeffreyJoin the conversation at SanFran99.com IG: @Neiel7 (Neil Cavin)
2025-10-3118 min
San Francisco 1999Vinnie Esparza – SF Record Shops, SF Radio, SF Labels, SF DJ NightsA conversation with Long time SF Bay Area DJ, Vinnie Esparza about being a music director at KZSC, his Spanish Grease show on KUSF, Love N' Haight and Ubiquity record labels, Groove Merchant Records, Djaying in SF Bars and Clubs in the 1990s and early 2000s, the multi-genre music scene in SF, and a shout out to our brother Randall Kress a.k.a. DJ SoulSalaam.Vinnie and his wife (a renowned pastry chef) just opened a new bakery in Emmeryville, CA called Honey and Pearl: https://honeyandpearl.com IG: @honeyandpearlYo...
2025-10-2522 min
San Francisco 1999Jonathan Youtt Pt. 2 – Artivism, The Legacy of Community Art Spaces, and the History of CELL SpaceWe are joined in conversation once again with Jonathan Youtt talking about CELL Space's history in the context of San Francisco Community Art Spaces. Moreover, and entirely relevant to current events, Jonathan reflects on the integral role that CELL Space maintained in the cross section of Art and Activism (Artivism) at the turn of the Millennium, both before and after 9/11/2001. Youtt recalls Julia Butterfly, the WTO protests, and the impact that the Patriot Act had on Community Art Spaces that supported and facilitated the gathering and organizing of youths of color. Extrapolating historically to broader political movements, Jonathan reminds...
2025-10-1719 min
San Francisco 1999John Schroeder – SF Bay Warehouse Spaces: JingleTown Art GalleryToday's guest is John Schroeder: multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer (synthesizer, sax, flute, clarinet, guitar, bass, etc), filmmaker/documentarian, writer, painter, international music educator, and one of the founders of Jingletown Gallery, an artists' warehouse space in Oakland in the late 1990s. John shares some stories about the what and whys of the artists "warehouse movement" in the San Francisco Bay Area during the rise of the first Dot Com era.You can catch John in the band Doctor Abacus and House of Hamsa, as well you can find his music on all the platforms. He...
2025-10-1012 min
San Francisco 1999Jonathan Youtt Pt. 1 – The Origins of CELL Space SF 1996Here we go! Welcome to the very first episode of San Francisco 1999.Thanks for tuning in!Today we are in conversation with Jonathan Youtt, Co-Director of PLACE for Sustainable Living in Oakland, CA “A public serving experiential learning center showcasing and fostering sustainable living practices, urban gardening & homesteading, community resiliency & preparedness, social justice, food security and artistic expression.”Jonathan also co-founded the Sustainable Living Roadshow, the Big Tadoo Puppet Crew, the Esperanza Sustainability Center, the Clean Fuel Caravan Coalition, the Mission Village Market, and CELLspace!This is just part one with Jonath...
2025-10-0315 min
San Francisco 1999San Francisco 1999 TrailerSan Francisco 1999 is a show featuring conversations about Arts and Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area from roughly 1995 to 2005. Each episode, different special guests will recollect what it was like living, creating and converging in the city in the last days before smart phones, silicon valley and social media. You can follow me at IG @neiel7 and get updates about the podcast at SanFran99.comJoin the conversation at SanFran99.com IG: @Neiel7 (Neil Cavin) Theme Music: "There Is A Way" by Playground (1998)
2025-09-2601 min