Mission Mission

How can hackers exploit this amalgamation of fashion and technology?  Only S. Pigeon knows . . .

Previously:

Hack the Planet!  Starting With That Sign Outside of Blue Plate

Photo by Pete Briones.

Previously:

Chinese Hipsters Are 40+

Because of The Wire, am I right?

Photo by Orin Zebest.

Previously:

Re-Elect Clay Davis

We sure didn’t. SF Weekly has the scoop, buried in some kind of article about Muni budget woes or something.

So, what kind of fun should we have with this?

(Thanks to Ani for the tip! And the title, sort of!)

Photo by Matt Baume.

Check out this blast from the recent past. Calling All Monsters are sadly no longer with us, but their music video for “We Are Special Forces” is.

Lead singer Matthew Troy (formerly of local band Track Star and current co-owner of local shop Faye’s Video) and I lived in an apartment on Guerrero near 18th and the basement (which had some interesting history that I’ll save for a later post) served as the location for this video about the real band breaking up a party with an imposter band.

Who knows, you may recognize some of your friends at this party.  Plus, watch me get shot in the head while shredding on guitar.

Directed by Akira Boch and Francisco Hernandez.

When we’ve got this guy ready to take its place?  Nice enclosure!

Previously:

Delano’s IGA on the Ropes?

Hey what do Google, cheese, authentic consumer electronics, and now “fixed gear bicycles” have in common? They are all hard to come by in China.

Poor Nie Zheng (pictured) had to wait his entire life to complete his Mission hipster look:

‘It’s been a dream since I was a kid to get a bicycle like this,’ the 40-year-old fashion photographer told me. ‘But no one sold them here.’ It took nearly nine months, he said, to get a track bike he wanted sent from England in 2007.

Someone throw a benefit show for these guys, already.

(via Slate)

Previously:

Kevmo goes to China

How To Drink From a Bag o’ Brew

We hope it wasn’t anything like when that dick cabbie robbed our friend and left her for dead (allegedly) a couple years back.

In any case, it happened “late last night” and already you’ve printed up this gorgeous banner and had it expertly mounted? You’re a wonder!

Photo by EPA and around the bay.

4505 Meats has a new line of “Spiritual T-Shirts” out and they would like to give you one FOR FREE.

All you have to do is tell us your best meat-related tale in the comments section below.  Maybe you invented the coffee-rubbed pork shoulder. Maybe you traded your wife for a bacon-wrapped hot dog. Maybe a side of beef kilt your paw. Whatever it may be, share it below.

4505 Meats honcho and all-around MEAT CELEBRITY Ryan Farr will be in charge of judging. One winner will be chosen, based on merit, and awarded the t-shirt of his or her choice, in whatever size she or he wants. Contest ends one week from right now.

(Now, we don’t want to discriminate, so if any of you vegetarians or whatever write in with a truly earth-shattering piece about your love of Boca Burgers or Tofu Pups or Buffalo Girls, we will try to at the very least get Ryan to read it all the way through.)

Oh, and if you’d rather just BUY yourself a t-shirt (they’re American Apparel, btw) RIGHT NOW, visit the 4505 Meats Shop.

[P.S. The winner of our previous contest was the guy that saw Radiohead with Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer. Congrats, guy!]

Previously: (some links may not be safe for vegans)

Swine So Fine: I Love Chicharrones

How To Make Cured Rolled Pig Face

Start By Cutting the Rabbit’s Face Off

Our occasional correspondent Sunny Angulo was on the scene for the opening of a new retail shop here in the Mission last week, and today she delivered us a nice big rundown of how it went, and a fabulous photo spread to boot. When I saw it all, I said to her, “I hope Benny kicked you down some free shit,” and she says to me, she says, “Like what? A belt buckle? Fool needs to get some hot lady tees up in there.” (Apparently the shop caters mostly to us dudes.)

Anyway, it’s a nice piece. Thanks, Sunny. Here’s how it starts:

Taco truck: check. Guys taking photos of each other popping ollies out front: check. DJ wearing sunglasses indoors: check. A trunkload of donated Pabst: check. Must be a skate opening. The line started before 10:00 am in the morning and snaked down the block this past Saturday, when Benny Gold brought his youthful message of growing old while still staying gold to the Mission.

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