On the Record: Spinning Around the City with Matt Bonar of 1964

DJs are natural curators. They go into the dusty stacks (or plow through the billions of MP3s online) to pull out only the choice music cuts for their sets. But we wanted to know how they rate as guides for more than just your ears and hips. In our newest All Shook Down column, On the Record, we take DJs out for a spin around the city, gleaning their favorite spots to eat, shop, or just hang out.

Up next: Matt Bonar

Where's the party at? 1964: every other Wednesday at the Edinburgh Castle.

Bonar is the mastermind behind 1964, the longest-running '60s-themed night in the city. The DJ was quite shy and reserved when we first met up with him--a humble dude with a love for records. When he's not sifting through oldies, Bonar puts on his headphones and takes leisurely strolls through downtown, having loved San Francisco architecture since he was a little kid.

You might also be able to catch him with his nose in a book, as he's a frequent shopper at Green Apple and Aardvarks. But on this particular afternoon, he takes On the Record on a Haight Street adventure. We start out at Rooky Ricardo's Records, one of his favorite places to pick up the jams for 1964.

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Next stop - Amoeba. "You'd actually be surprised at the selection of 7-inches they have," he says, as we bee-line straight to the cult DVD section. He flips through the David Lynch row, checking to see if there's a copy of Wild At Heart, to no avail.

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