They took nrg 92.7 away from us in its heyday. It was fucked and cruel and the death of the last indy radio voice in SF (that isn’t a fucking pirate cat). Anyway, I’ll try to relive the glory years here on Uptown Almanac by once a week posting a song that you’d only hear on nrg. It’s your weekly DANCE BREAK, SLUTS!

But first, a story. If you hate me just skip this section and get STRAIGHT TO DANCIN! My first selection is from the summer of 2005. I listened religiously to the morning show on my hellish commute to Mill Valley. My friend Mark and I were pretty much the only people who called in and it was awesome because Fernando rewarded us with things like free tickets to the Black and White Ball PATTI LABELLE HOLLER. That ball was the best night of my life, we arrived looking like Laurel and Hardy, and proceeded to eat all the food, drink all the booze, and cut past everyone in line to get into various buildings by Mark telling the security guards I was pregnant. Highlights of the night? Attempting to eat a display piece in the Asian Art Museum and physically stopping Mark from making out with Minnie Driver. Oh also, Mark spilled a drink down the front of one woman’s dress because he “didn’t like her attitude” and then we elbowed our way into the front of the Patti LaBelle concert so that we could loudly sing along to, “If you asked me to” but then Patti turned the tables on us and spent the majority of the evening just screaming her own name. AMAZING.

Ahh, to be young and carefree. Thanks for the memories, Fernando.