Mission Mission

The Tenderloin Geographic Society has the scoop. The horror!

Apparently people that ride buses into the Financial District are less friendly than people that ride buses elsewhere. See how stuff like that affects your Muni driver’s day in this new movie by Sara Biegelsen.

I was wondering what came of Science For Juggalos and was surprised to find out it was broken up by Insane Clown Posse themselves! I can’t decide whether or not this means it was a complete failure or resounding success.

Big Violent J himself fills us in:

In case you haven’t been up on your memes, ICP put out a video recently about all the magic up in this bitch. You know, like fuckin’ butterflies, lava, giraffes, and UFOs:

In response, the Mission’s own Noisebridge decided to host a science fair for the Juggalos to help explain how fuckin’ magnets work among other things. It took place in front of the Warfield on June 5th where the band was scheduled to play.

There are more details of what went down from Aaron Muszalski on his twitter.

[photo by y3dua]

From Missed Connections:

Sidewalk Sale Sunshine, epic mom jeans, blue blouse, amazing smile – m4w – 29 (mission district)

I was talking with our friend Rory at his sidewalk sale on 20th and Valencia, and you came to buy a pillowcase.
You had long reddish hair, super high cut jeans, a tucked in blue blouse, and amazing unique front teeth in the best smile ever.
I was wearing a blue hat of some kind, cut-off jeans and green socks.

After you walked away I started feeling really groovy, I immediately realized that this is because YOU are magic.
Now please use your powers to find this~ because more magic like that could maybe save the universe.

Okay, we can all picture “epic mom jeans,” but for the love of epic mom jeans, will someone please explain “unique front teeth”???

[link] [Thanks, TD!]

Graphic by Roxanne the Dainty Librarian.

Mission Community Block Party takes place this Saturday, June 19th 11am-3pm in front of Revolution Cafe on 22nd and Bartlett. There should be lots of food, live music, and dance performances. Full details here.

Also, after Sirron Norris and CUBA made nice last week regarding the mural on that corner, it looks like they will be inviting YOU to take part of their new mural collaboration! Please try to resist the urge to hide a bunch of dongs in there.

Come paint a piece of our new community mural! Anyone and everyone can come paint their part of a mural! A blank canvas for you to paint your piece of the Mission! Artists Sirron Norris and CUBA will return afterward to tie it together into a unified mural. All are welcome to contribute their part of a mission mural! On the side of Revolution Cafe.

[Thanks for the heads up, J-Lub]

If you go to Zeitgeist right now the front door is blocked off and the new entrance is on the Valencia side of the patio. According to the doorman they had to make some upgrades or repairs which cast light on a few other code violations and now the whole place is getting a facelift. It seems the biggest changes are the removal of the porta potties with the addition of actual bathrooms over in the far (Southeast) corner of the outdoor area, and that the bar will now be open to the outside, so you can order from the deck under the overhang. I wasn’t sure if the original entrance would be restored or if we’ll be strolling directly onto the patio from the street for good.

It sounds like the overall flow of the space will be different, but that it won’t have much effect on the atmosphere that we all love to hate. People will still come by looking to have a nice chat with the bartender while they mix up their Harvey Wallbanger and end up running home in a tizzy to get on Yelp and write about wishing there was a way to give a bar no stars. Which is exactly, I assume, how we all want it.

Anyway, here’s a bonus bar doodle:

This Fresh Prince character has been making the rounds lately. Does it effectively play on your time-spanning love of the classic Will Smith sitcom? Or does it bum you out?

Photo by steveevets.

Don’t tell the Health Department. I’m sure the feces and dander and everything burn off right quick when you drop your taters in the fryer.

Photo by riceandwheat.

MM reader Jesse W. saw them playing this board game at the common table this afternoon.

By the way, did anyone else catch internal emails that were released revealing how BP purposely neglected to install recommended safety devices (centralizers and stop collars) because it would have taken 12 extra hours and they were already losing money by the day since the project was so delayed.

One BP official, upon realizing the error, wrote to his colleagues “But, who cares, it’s done, end of story, will probably be fine.“  So classy.

Steve and Andy send us word of their upcoming internet series Frown Town:

For over a year now we’ve been hard at work on a intricately crafted magical internet puppet show about wayward kids kicking it in a vacant lot.  It’s got spiteful stillborns, pyromaniacal gingers, spastic sugar addicts and we made it right here in the Mission.  In our garage, as a mater of fact.  After a year of work the scripts are writ, the puppets are stitched, and the sets are coming up, but we’re a high def video camera away from being able to set the show in motion.

Their last blog post details how all the materials and inspirations for their puppets come from the Mission, from scrounging foam from the discarded furniture lining our streets, accessorizing at One $ Store, and swiping the latest fashions from folks in Dolores Park. The puppets look great so far!

They are still getting off the ground, so if you want to help out in a way other than leaving your scabies-infested couch on the street, you can donate at their kickstarter page.