Mission Mission

[via Jarid]

UPDATE: Another angle from reader Emmet:

Sure, you know all about Green Day starting out at 924 Gilman, and you probably know the Rancid song this night is named after, but the history of Bay Area punk goes a lot deeper than that. And, at long last, our pal DJ Trigger Cut, who grew up here and over the years has amassed a seemingly endless collection of Bay Area punk classics all on vinyl, is gonna teach us all about it! Check it out:

This Place Is Fucked!
Happy Hour at The Knockout with Beth behind the bar.

DJ Trigger Cut is digging deep into the archives to play “classic” Bay Area punk from The Dils to Onion Flavored Rings. Come hear music from people who used to live in the Mission, but can’t afford to anymore!

Come worship with the Naked Cult! Experience the Mr T Experience! Suckle at the teat of the Swingin’ Utters! Get a deal with the Rip Offs! Come for the alcohol, stay for the Panty Raid! We’ve got 50 Million ways to satisfy your desires!

Plus, “Beth behind the bar” means LOTS of good drinks all happy hour long. Can’t wait! RSVP and invite your friends!

Tom Waits performed at the Bridge School Benefit shows at Shoreline Amphitheater over the weekend. Our favorite Oakland bandleader/Oakland Facebook troll Ryan Christopher Parks was on the scene:

It’s called Musical Pursuit, it takes place this Tuesday night, and in addition to the passes there will also be:

Music trivia, both contemporary and vintage

Hosted by SF impresario Parker Gibbs

Drink specials from Drambuie

Craft cocktails by SF’s best mixologists

Delicious fast food “covers” from local chef and SF Burger Brawl winner Wes Rowe (http://tinyurl.com/po4jdcf)

Music over the decades from Jamie Jams of DEBASER and Last Nite

And second prize is Flaming Lips tickets! RSVP and invite your friends!

Sounds great, right? And get this: it’s to protest the government! Here’s the deal:

In response to Supervisor Scott Wiener’s proposed legislation to set uniform, citywide park closure hours, the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club is hosting a sleep-in in Dolores Park the night before the legislation goes before the Board to draw attention to this unnecessary and misguided policy.

San Francisco prides itself on being a place that is welcoming and open to all. Our parks remain one of the City’s greatest public treasures and are spaces of recreation, sport, entertainment, and leisure. This proposed legislation threatens the accessibility and openness of our parks and comes on the heels of a spate of recent policies at City Hall that have sought to regulate public spaces, to police bodies, and to criminalize homelessness. With almost 30% of San Francisco’s homeless population identifying as LGBT, and many living on our streets and in our parks, we know who the real targets of this legislation are. This is yet another attack on the homeless, on queer people, poor people, and people of color, and on our right to exist in public space in our society. The Harvey Milk Club has had enough. Parks are for people and we believe this policy to be another step in the wrong direction for San Francisco.

Join us for a sleep-in in one of the finest parks in Supervisor Wiener’s District, Dolores Park, as we take a stand against the attack on homelessness, the attack on public access to public spaces and the attack on the San Francisco we have come to know and love. Bring a sleeping bag, a protest sign and a piece of your mind.

Starts at 9, and organizers ask that you behave lawfully so as not to “needlessly muddy the waters.” RSVP and invite your friends!

[Photo by Cleveland Motley]

Gotta click through to see Doc Pop’s video on Tumblr. Looks roughly similar to years past, despite everybody saying Critical Mass is over and done.

First there was the time Lou Reed starred in a Supreme ad which was plastered on the Valencia Street Art Wall:

It promptly got defaced:

Then there was the time local gaming historian David Enos hipped us to the 8-bit classic “Lou Reed’s Street Hassle“:

Possibly my favorite was when we spied Lou Reed in the lining of a purple raincoat at Thrift Town:

Oh man, and then there was Doc Pop’s siiiiick animated GIF of a bunch of Lou Reed stencils:

Seeing him dining at St. Francis Fountain was pretty cool:

And finally, last Halloween, a nice little Frankenstein joke on the Faye’s chalkboard:

(Me and my family performing “Sweet Jane” at Thanksgiving 10 years ago was not on Mission Mission.)

Lou Reed rules!

(Thanks for the pics, Jessica!)

Enjoy this gorgeous new logo, and like Wes Burger on Facebook for updates.

The basics: Sundays at 2823 Mission, 6-10pm, and they deliver to Virgil’s Sea Room and Blind Cat. There are two burger styles to choose from and they are both gorgeous and delicious.

RSVP and invite your fiends!