Mission Mission

[Photo by Miglu, via It's Always Sunny in San Francisco]

Here’s a new one. I remember people used to talk about that piano bar in Oakland called the Alley, and how you could sing songs from a songbook of all kinds of old standards, and sometimes Tom Waits would show up and do something. Maybe this will be like that?

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Tired of the incessant Sutro Tower worship, Britta made these rad buttons celebrating our lesser-known local infrastructure.

I managed to get one of the last Bernal Towers (known to locals as “Sutrito”), but she was unsurprisingly fresh out of the more dreamy Mission Telco. Hopefully we’ll get a few more buildings by the second run! I’d personally like to throw SFFD Station 9‘s training facility into the hat.

We were into Mission Telco waay before it blew up, BTW.

[Photo by Andrew, via It's Always Sunny in San Francisco]

[via Mission Chinese Food on Instagram]

Here’s what the listing says:

Two Bedrooms Fixer located in the Outer Mission. Distinguished home in need of work.

“Outer Mission”:

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[Map by Google Maps]

[Photo and title by Sara K. King]

RSVP and invite your BFFs!

We’re gearing up for a big anniversary bash coming up on Saturday, September 26th. While Pops is celebrating it’s 79th Year in San Francisco, we’re celebrating 1 Year of our Music for the Mission line up. In the next couple of weeks come out and celebrate the best of Pops entertainment leading up to a huge 10 HOUR CELEBRATION on the 26th. It’s been a great year for us in the mission and we couldn’t do it without you!

SAVE THE DATE & RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/304580743067366/

Check out this week’s entertainment line up at Pops Bar:

9/14/15 MONDAY

MOM at POPS:
Motown on Mondays
It’s only Monday if you treat it like one.

M.O.M
9PM START, 1:30AM end

Hey!
Check out my
M.O.M.

Mondays at Pops
DJ BLUZ, ALARM & GUESTS
PLAYS ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVE REMIXES
AND CLOSE RELATIVES OF YOUR FAVORITE
MOTOWN SONGS…

9/15/15 TUESDAY

Trivia Tuesdays

Pops Quiz
$2 to play
8:30-10:30PM

Join us every Tuesday of the month and test your wits at Pops trivia night “POP’s Quiz” where your brain may get stump on categories such as Pop’s culture, Sports, Movies, Music and more, with little snippets of audio and visual effects too! It starts at 7:00pm ends at 10:00pm. So come on in for some good ole fashion competition and a night of drinking with the crew! It is a 2 dollar cover and winner gets the pot!! so tell friends and family because the more peeps the steeper the cash prize is!!

MUSIC THERAPY

Electro-Cumbia Breaks, Hip Hop, Nu Latin Beats
9PM-1:30am

No Cover
21 UP

9/16/15 WEDNESDAY

Spike’s Live Piano Karaoke

Every 3rd Wednesday 7-10pm with Karl on the Keys

WHATEVER WEDNESDAY

9PM-1:30AM

Whatever Wednesday is YOUR PARTY, literally. You got DJ skills? Have you been itching to show ALL your friends? Its your turn to take over the night and mix it up. Send us your request, your best mix and we’ll see what we can do to get you your turn.
Email: tom@popssf.com

No Cover

21 UP

9/17/15 THURSDAY

Happy Hour Entertainment 6-9pm with DJ Sektor spinning Retro Thursday

BFF.FM Night

9PM-1:30AM

Rotating DJs from local BFF.fm radio! This week: Pops Anniversary Jam!

Come support local community radio.

No Cover

9/18/15 FRIDAY

Cult of Choice
9PM-2AM

A night dedicated to those of us who turn the music up unreasonably loud in our own living rooms just to feel the vibration, who stand feet from the stage attempting to understand how the guitar player gets that sound, who travel to places around the world because of the music that was born there, who connect with music as their own unique form of worship.

We have many a musical cult to choose from, and every 3rd Friday, we do our best to honor them all. From T.Rex to Tinariwen, John Holt to Howlin’ Wolf, Baris Manco to Merle Haggard, Ann Peebles to Arthur Russell, Rza to Ranking Dread, Fania to Fela.

Cult of Choice is hosted by a ragtag group of record collectors and music appreciators with the sole intention of sharing music with you. So come listen, dance, and even talk to us! We’d love to tell you all about who you’re listening to.

This Week
Record Selections by LP, Lord Cromwell, & casias
Live hiphop performance by Brothers Amor & Karen Less

No Cover
21 UP

9/19/15 SATURDAY

SADDERDAY EMO NIGHT

Join us for the first
SADDERDAY

an emo/pop punk/scremo/electro dance party
DJ Kevin Kannibal and Ashley Suicide

Get ready to relive the days of white belts, myspace, and bangs. Lots of them. We’ll have a bathroom photobooth for your next profile pic, a wall for posting emotional updates, and a costume contest for the best scenester. Expect music from all your faves like Alkaline Trio, Thrice, The Faint, Get Up Kids, Boys Night Out, Taking Back Sunday, Moving Units, and many many more!
9:00pm-1:30am
No Cover
21 UP

POPS BAR
2800 24th Street @ York
San Francisco, CA 94110
www.popssf.com

When we heard that Amelie, the 2001 French romantic-comedy that was nominated for 5 Academy Awards, was turned into a musical we were intrigued. We loved Amelie the movie, and we love musicals, so we thought this could be a match made in heaven. Off we went to Berkeley Rep for a world premiere and some Drama Talk & Drinks.

Katie: You know how people talk about architecture porn, for me this was set and lighting design porn. The design of this show turned me on. Okay that’s graphic, but you know what I mean. My eyes were very happy. I love that the set kept reinventing itself. So many different set pieces and projections and lighting changes. The world they created was so imaginative and fun.

Brittany: Yeah, it was visually stunning. They could sing like “whoa” too. It was beautiful, and really fun to watch. Berkeley Rep puts together great shows, but as a new musical, I wonder how this play would do without all the talent. There were only 2 songs that I loved, as in I could see my teenage self belting them in the shower, and basically the whole show was sung. It wasn’t a problem for this production, because the awesome cast and great staging, but I don’t think the music is as catchy as a lot of other musicals.

K: The actors were so good and their voices were so freakin’ beautiful that I didn’t really care that some of the songs were mediocre at best. It’s rare that I see a show and I’m truly transported, get chills and can’t stop smiling . . . it’s a feeling that I never get when I see a bad play or even when I see a good movie, but I got that feeling tonight.

The Verdict: This musical is delightful. Did you love the Amelie the movie? Well, this musical will not disappoint. It is every bit as sweet and imaginative as the movie.

The Drama Talk: Using inventive staging and the relying on the audiences’ imagination, Amelie, A New Musical, was perhaps even more whimsical and delightful than the movie. Through projections, bright costumes, and fast moving but minimal set pieces the very talented cast created a magical world, where charming characters intertwined to create beautiful story about love and self acceptance. While we’re not sure if many of the songs will enter the musical theater canon, since the book and script alone are not as strong as the Berkeley Rep production as a whole, as long as you’re okay with musical theater we think you’ll like this show.

The Drinks: The theater has a nice bar in their courtyard, but if you are like us and want to get away from the crowd head across the street to Revival Bar & Kitchen. We felt it appropriate to debrief about Amelie over wine, but after a show that whimsical you need a wine that is also fun, so we ordered Sparkling Rose.

Amelie, A New Musical runs through October 4th at Berkeley Rep. Tickets can be purchased directly through their website. Tickets are between $49-$99. Are you under 30? Lucky you, because they give ½ price tickets for people under 30 (must purchase tickets online, and proof of age is required).