Mission Mission

TK was a bit underwhelmed:

I mean, they played great and everybody loved them and everything but I was just sitting there waiting for something to happen and it never did.

Read on for expert analysis of the totally square Greek Theatre crowd, jerks that talk the whole time, and some seriously deep thoughts on the nature of the Arcade Fire.

Photo by Anna Fox.

Time for a Saturday-morning diversion from this weekend’s bluegrass overload. Kamanaka explains why she likes this fan-made video for the Le Tigre classic “Deceptacon”:

It’s cute and the song reminds me of my underage fake ID drunken debauchery days of when I visited my cousin in San Francisco. (YAY WHERE I NOW LIVE!) Bitches would go crazy over this song…and I still do when I hear it when I’m out. Here’s to the old days of “Mission Make-out”. Cheers.

Cheers!

P.S. It also reminds me of checking out Yeah Right! from the San Francisco Public Library over and over in 2004 or so. That movie rules.

Somebody was saying something about wanting to share a cab up to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass this weekend. Well, here’s a better idea: This company UberCab wants to give Mission Mission readers a $20 credit if they open an account. You can use that $20 toward a ride in a Benz or an Escalade or one of many other “baller cars” at their disposal, and show up to HSB in style.

Watch a demo video here to see how it all works, and if you decide to try it, put “Mission20″ in the promo field for your special credit.

Mission Chinese Food is in the midst of an epic remodel apparently, but they’re short one finishing touch — a bigass Chinese New Year dragon they’re gonna hang from the ceiling as a chandelier.

And you can help! Contribute to their Kickstarter fund, so they can “attract more customers and make more money for charity.” I can’t wait!

Previously:

Mission Chinese Food Is Open!

I’m listening to the DJ Dirty Needles show on Radio Valencia right now, and it’s pretty good. You might like it too, if you have the same taste in music as me.

According to this tweet, there should be some local stuff during the broadcast. Ope, yep, Oh Sees just came on.

Update: JSBX!

To which I respond, “Yes, Arizmendi, I will see you EVERY DAY NEXT WEEK.”

Eater SF has the details.

[Photo via Arizmendi Co-op.]

Previously:

Arizmendi Is Coming!

Eater SF says it’s the Summit, a new cafe/living room/place to hang out:

The whole shall be greater than the sum of its parts at ex-Poleng owner Desi Danganan‘s new “third space” concept. And those parts are a counter-serviced, brasserie-inspired menu; an art gallery, Blue Bottle coffee, a pastry program with rotating guest chefs and an event venue all wrapped in a designy space shared with business startup incubator i/o ventures.

Read on for more about the Summit and game changers in six other neighborhoods.

Photos by The Summit’s Blog.

It’s a shame too — I thought he was really good in that Katy Perry sex tape.

[This photo is part of an epic treatise on this heatwave by Carlos Reyes.]

Pushbike, the premiere cycling apparel and accessories shop in the Mission, which since its inception has been housed inside the Mission Skateboards storefront on 24th Street, is finally getting its own spot. And it looks rad — a nice quiet corner not not at all far off the beaten path.

They leave their 24th Street location this Friday, and the new location doesn’t open until probably most of the way through October, so if there’s anything you need (from a Mondrian saddle to a Tecate cycling cap, or a badass Freight Baggage messenger), snap it up quick.

Stay tuned to the Pushbike blog for updates like today’s.

Photo by Google Maps.

Our pal Becca has spent the last couple years traveling around Central American and India developing innovative new educational curricula that center around storytelling. Give the kids the tools they need to tell a story in an innovative way, and suddenly they’re teaching you.

Becca is a great storyteller herself; you might recall her Guatemalan bike machine story, her ocelot attack story, or her “Bill Clinton slept here” story, among others.

So now Becca has a pitch up on Spot.us, and it’s about halfway funded. She’s brought this new program to the States, beginning at the Mission elementary school where she worked before she headed abroad. (Here‘s the story of Becca’s return to her old classroom.) This time, she’s asking students to focus their storytelling efforts on their experiences with migration:

The collective voyages of these students compose a narrative of the way the Bay Area’s unique culture has emerged, and how it continues to evolve. I want students to step up and tell their stories in a way that an audience will understand across boundaries of language, class, and nationality. I’ll bring a good supply of pencils, cameras, colors, papers, scissors, books, songs, and ribbons; the goal is to figure out a universal language along the way.

She’ll document her findings, and we’ll all learn a thing or two.

Read all about Becca’s plan, and help fund it if you want to, here. There’s even a way to donate without actually donating any of your own money; just click the “Earn Credits” button.