Mission Mission

Our buddy Alex from Static Fix recently returned from a quick tour around England, Scotland and Ireland. His “I’m back” post sums up each city with a single photo. Above is Glasgow, and the rest are just as good. Link.

Saw this on Hidden Host by David Enos.

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Irazu Costa Rican Restaurant in Chicago seems to have sussed out the right tone. No defacements whatsoever.

Great gallo pinto too!

(Special thanks to Agnes and Jaime!)

Previously:

Little Star Bathroom Note

This here is Rhapsody for the Revolution, filmmaker Alexandra MacArthur’s debut short, shot mostly in the Mission. If you like it on the small screen, you might also like it on the big screen at the Victoria Theater tomorrow as part of a competitive shorts competition. Winner gets funding!

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Despite this unfortunate scene at the staging area, Critical Mass Seattle was tons of fun. The mass itself was about a tenth the size of even a modest San Francisco turnout, but it sticks together real good, up gnarly hills and over heavily trafficked bridges and in and out of a thoroughly present police presence.

And before things got underway, Food Not Bombs Seattle handed out peanut butter and homemade plum jelly sandwiches. Size wise, SF’s event may be way more impressive, but nobody ever gave me a peanut butter and homemade plum jelly sandwich.

Seattle is nice.

Lots more pictures after the jump:

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I’m serious, berlin’ is one of the better reads on the internet. This week, they puzzle over how a dog in their neighborhood manages to mount its poop up on walls all along their block. WTF! Link.

Our buddy Alexandra Sheehan was raving about the show so we asked her to organize some thoughts and share them more official-like. Here they are:

A lazy media snob’s wet dream: Go sit in the Brava Theater for an hour and a half and walk out with interesting anecdotes on subjects varying from the architectural origins of Chinatown’s iconic pagoda topped United Commercial Bank to how to disinfect water with a high powered UV light! Yes please! Forget reading let alone buying magazines. Pay the meager ticket price and get all the party fodder you need for months.

Pop-Up Magazine’s second installment followed its original formula inviting speakers from a wide range of literary and artistic backgrounds to wow with 2-5 minute snippets. Highlights included Joshuah Bearman’s yet-to-be-published piece for Wired about a socially awkward, tech savvy, mastermind thief who parachutes into private estates, disables high-tech security systems, and makes off with large, cursed diamond broaches. Eat your heart out, Hollywood. Bearman himself said the only part missing was an elaborate capoeira dance sequence over a field of lasers. Bonus: We got to see photos of the criminal! Think a red-headed Rick Moranis. So great.

Another gem was Pop-Up co-creator Derek Fagerstrom’s Q & A with Wayne White of Pee-wee’s Playhouse set design and puppetry fame. You remember him as Mr. Kite, now do yourself a favor and check out his art. Think a cheesy Thomas Kincaid painting with the phrase “FANFUCKINGTASTIC” in a candy-colored modern font running prominently through the middle. Pure genius. I lust for an original.

Sure a few segments were a snore but all in all Pop-Up Magazine is tops. Keep your eyes peeled for Issue 3. Wouldn’t want ya to miss a chance to soak up well-curated cultural clout.

Thanks, Alex! Wayne White rules!

Sample photo of a sample Wayne White piece by sparkleneely.

Previously:

Pop-Up Magazine: Like a Magazine but Without All the Reading

Los Angeles (and Wayne White)

Here, real quick, is why you should see Eats Tapes next time you get a chance.

This is why I love this neighborhood: On a totally average Monday night you can stumble out of a bar (after a few rounds of ginger beer, some peanuts, some gin rummy and some Shellac Shack) to find astounding acrobatic feats taking place on the sidewalk outside.

This guy does a helluva backflip. Just look at the wind-up.

This week on I Heart Street Art, we learn how important stencil art is to the Moroccan political system. Link.