Mission Mission

Works Dolores Park on pleasant afternoons, just like ganja treats guy and pot truffles guy. Hit him up!

Photo by terry.b.

Somebody used this to get to Nirvana’s big show at the Warfield. Think about that.

It definitely looks just like some OP board shorts I had back then.

Scan by sbfisher.

More on the SOON-TO-BE-DEFUNCT Muni Fast Pass:

RIP Muni Fast Pass (plus: Muni Passes of the late 1970s)

29-Year-Old Muni Fast Pass

More on the ’90s:

Somebody Loves the ’90s

Photo by mooflyfoof.

Previously:

Dog or Not?

Over at Wooster Collective, artist Rachel Granofsky explains how she achieved the effect in this photo — and a bunch more in the series — without the aid of Photoshop. See the rest.

That’s right, folks. Come October, the Muni Fast Pass will be no more. Replaced by some kind of Translink-related thing. SFist has the whole story. We have, by way of early memorial, a bunch more rad antique fast passes:

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[via vic womg]

Previously:

Beerdolero Contest

Beerdolero

Down Moms

(photo by Thomas Hawk)

You’ve seen those huge hearts all over the city. You have your own feelings about them. I don’t know what those feelings are. But here’s the thing: from now until August 25th the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation is accepting artist submissions for new hearts. So go design your own!

You can do something that tests the limits, like David Lynch did, you can do something plain like Tony Bennett’s face eating the Golden Gate Bridge, or you can do whatever the heck you want.

Get entry forms at the Heroes & Hearts 2011 website.

I accidentally turned left onto Valencia from 15th Street this afternoon, and it was like I was teleported into the post-apocalypse version.  What could have caused all this havoc to take place?  Luckily, intrepid MM “videographers” provide a peek below into the process behind the repaving of Valencia for the Streetscape Improvement Project:

1. Humongous cement buster pneumatic drill to loosen up the pavement
2. Group of foremen standing around chit-chatting
3. Scoop shovel breaks up the street concrete into chunks, which are then scooped into an adjacent disposal truck for removal
4. Cement crew gets busy and springs to action, with more cement trucks mixing in reserve

Previously:

Coming Soon: Valencia Streetscape Improvements

Getting A Feel For The New Valencia

Chasing the Moon continues doing their wonderful work with their latest podcast featuring Ramon & Jessica, a lovely duo featuring members whose names are neither Ramon nor Jessica.

I think the interview at the end sums it up really well: they write really unusual music that is musically complex but manages to have an undeniable pop familiarity. I really love the A Capella + beatbox tune they do as the second track. Accordion babe Marie Abe joins them on the 3rd song.

Also, check out their video shot in the Mission last year: