Mission Mission

Since these guys put the FUN in Funraiser, you may consider putting the FUND in Fundraiser tomorrow (Friday). Seriously, Artists’ Television Access is a neighborhood gem. For almost 30 years they’ve been delivering all kinds of cool stuff to your face holes.

ATA is at 992 Valencia, near 21st.

That’s how you get by on Capp Street.

An early heads-up: next Monday, the Roxie is screening the Monks movie! And it’s part of the still-kicking Save KUSF movement!

Now let’s listen to the Monks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLOrfPyhEfI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7r5RYThiHM

In case you missed it, yesterday we debuted a new look. (It was promptly panned by critics, so we took it down.) (Also, the Buca di Beppo ad was totally an April Fools, we swear.)

But seriously, that new header is something I was working on back in 2009, before the boys from Sleepover swooped in and designed the Mission Mission we all know and love currently. (Which is why it’s missing the mural that surrounds the Mission Market signage today.)

Anyway, in digging up this old thing, I came across a whole mess of other iterations of Mission Mission’s look, including a few what-might-have-beens. Firstly, this is basically what it looked like in the beginning:

Nobody will remember that because I was probably the only one that read it during that look. After about a year, I switched to a different, more sophisticated WordPress theme, and also made a somewhat more sophisticated header:

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[via Lindsey]

And if you like this, you’ll probably also like Joan’s shirts. And her pixel homage to SF transit. Also, can anybody identify which burrito this is exactly?

[via Joanstown]

Reader Ben K. reports:

Sunday in Clarion Alley. Nearly a dozen bags full of raw chicken going to rot in the April sun. The smell was…memorable.

Sorry I missed it!

American Tripps breaks it down:

We at American Tripps are thrilled to be throwing our first full-blown Berlin-style ping pong party at a full-blown San Francisco rock ‘n’ roll club. Rickshaw Stop rules!

There’s a full bar and tons of space. We’ll have two ping pong tables, as well as foosball and skeeball, and epic views of all the action from the mezzanine level — and Rickshaw Stop’s rickshaws.

DJ PJ will provide the music.

Can’t wait! RSVP and invite your friends!

Oh and here’s an animated GIF illustrating exactly how awesome it will be, courtesy of our pal Jess:

[via Stay Sick Turn Blue]

Good news and bad news: the good news is that I’d heard Cuco’s was set to close forever at the end of February, yet it’s still open for business (and still churning out the best burrito in the city) — the bad news is that they’re still under threat. Our pal Lizzy reports:

The Cuco’s people have been there for +/- 20 years; as such they’ve been on a month to month arrangement rather than a lease for quite a while. Recently the landlord said that in order to negotiate a new lease and stay there, they would need to make a ton of remodels to the storefront, including turning it into two floors. They’re meeting with the landlord and city reps to figure out whether the landlords requests are legal and if they will have to fulfill them in order to stay in the space.

So they’re collecting signatures. Get over there and eat a super plantain burrito and sign the petition!