Mission Mission

This morning, the Mission Merchants Association came out in favor of American Apparel’s bid to move into a space on Valencia Street. In a letter to the planning commission, they cite the chain-store-is-better-than-an-empty-storefront argument, as well as American Apparel’s responsible business practices. They denounce the notion that AA is a gateway to the Gap, and make clear that this endorsement is NOT a “blanket endorsement of allowing chain stores into the Mission.”

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OK, I’m bummed again. Lux Interior has passed away. I will never see the Cramps again. This is a movie I made, the emotional heart of which is a Cramps song containing probably my favorite Lux vocal ever.

Our old pal Melena is on Fashionist today. Asked to explain her outfit, she said, “I like cowboy boots and I like purple.” Link.

Previously:

Melena Loves The Black Keys

Nick writes:

Hey Guys,

Exciting times! Looks like IGA Delano’s on VanNess @ 23rd is spicing things up with an Organic aisle, aisle 6. Now you can feast on Annie’s Organic cracker snacks with out having to go all the way to Wholefoods.

Go Mission

From a classic Onion opinion piece:

The problem is that the property owners here are clueless. They fill their yards with pavement and statues of the Virgin Mary, when all they have to do is clear that brush and we’d have a great beer garden or bocce court. They’re spending all this money to renovate the old church, when it’d be put to better use split it up into condos. My landlord has no idea this apartment—hell, every apartment in this building—is undervalued. He could quadruple his profits by cutting my place in half.

Sometimes I Feel Like I’m The Only One Trying To Gentrify This Neighborhood.

Nobunny is I think everybody’s new favorite rock ‘n’ roll band. Lucky for everybody, Nobunny plays tonight at The Knockout, and with everybody’s other favorite rock ‘n’ roll band The Flakes no less! All for only $6!!

Sweet Nobunny video here. Nobunny rules!

Photo by RG Karlic.

Previously on Mission Mission:

How To Cut A Bunny’s Face Off

Bummers aside, I’m in a good mood. Today, I’m in the national Onion: The State’s David Wain, Thomas Lennon and Kerri Kenney-Silver

Curbed SF reports.

Alright, that’s it. All this hipster talk is getting tiresome, and has taken a turn toward the violent besides.

Aaron from The Passionistas and World Famous in San Francisco had an interesting premonition in his Predictions 2009 post: “Cool Kid will replace Hipster.”

I don’t want to be some kind of vocabulary Nazi or anything, but what if we called a loose moratorium on “hipster” in favor of “cool kid”? I say let’s try it out, for 2009 say, and see how it goes. Might be the innocuous breath of fresh air we all need.

Note: Aaron’s Fashion Predictions 2008 (from November 2007) were pretty spot on, so maybe this will be for the best.

In an emailed subjected “This Why We Can’t Have Nice Things,” reader Ts reports:

I got coffee at Dynamo Donuts this morning.  Someone stole their sign!  In its place was a note from the staff which reads the following: