Mission Mission

If you’re not friends with Jay Reatard on MySpace, you’re welcome. A bulletin was posted this afternoon:

Jay Reatard is playing a second set tonight– The Warfield is sold out!
Jay’s set is at 11:30; great bands to open so get there early.

Jay Reatard
The Ohsees (John Dwyer from the Coachwhips etc)
The Pets
Ty Segall
9:00 pm
10$

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St.

@ 22nd
advanced tickets www.12galaxies.com

Browse Mission Mission’s music section for posts on Black Lips, 12 Galaxies’ wraparound Mezzanine, SXSW, and more.

As you can see here, this afternoon Mission Mission received 25 views referred from a Current URL called “http://current.com/items/88884204_zeitgeist _dive_bar_in_the_mission_to_be_replaced_by_borders”, which we assume pointed to yesterday’s Zeitgeist story.

We clicked over to Current the moment we learned of this referral, only to find the following 404 page:

The question is, who pressured Current into putting the brakes on such a great story?

Link to Current 404 page.

Browse Mission Mission’s “Food & Drink” category for more on Mission District dive bars.

Great thread in the Post Punk Kitchen forums, regarding yesterday’s Zeitgeist news:

yarn and glue says:

…somebody pinch me.

If anybody tells me to get over it because it is just a bar, they earn (gentle) punches. That I’ve gone here with friends even when I’m not drinking should say a lot. This place is like a aufblasbares zelt clubhouse or an extended family to a lot of people.

I am the saddest man on the internet.

Sad but sweet. Link.

Previously on Mission Mission: more Zeitgeist

April fool! But seriously, this is a cute adornment and Apple really should look into the feasibility of launching a line hüpfburg of cutting edge refuse containers.

Outside Doc’s Clock the other night, we noticed this odd window display at a wedding dress shop: a female mannequin in sequined party dress being asphyxiated by a pulled-taut length of twine pinned to the store wall. Though kind of erotic, this is a bit disturbing for a neighborhood storefront.

We got a lot of heartwarming feedback regarding today’s post about the fate of Zeitgeist…

1. Malcolm M. recommends a classic Leisure Town installment, “A Grand Day Out”, which may or may not take place in and around the vicinity of the bar in question:

Link to complete slideshow.

2. Outraged Charles B. says:

We should go when Ali is here maybe… although it really calls for a big big group of people. Maybe Mills people and everyone I know in town will want to go out.

We should also burn the Borders to the ground one it’s done.

3. Curbed SF picked up the story. Sarah conjectures as to what might transpire:

Heads exploding, fists flying, inner children dying, Tom Ammiano on the ground, gasping for breath … Madness, just pure, delicious madness.

Link.

4. In seeking out art for this follow up, I myself came upon a wealth of good stuff on Flickr, including:

Dick jokes:

Link to larger.

and pink elephant graffiti:

Link to larger.

Also, we’ve gotten a bunch of hits via the SGSF Bay Area group on Suicide Girls, but we don’t know what they’re saying because none of us are members. Anyway, to one and all, thanks for reading.

(Zeitgeist photo by diavolerie, dick joke photo by DrScaryBeard, pink elephants photo by fiveinchpixie)

SF Real Estate News reports this morning that beloved Mission dive bar Zeitgeist will close its doors next month, to be razed and replaced by a Borders.

Artist’s rendering by Ty Kirkey.

Link to more Mission Mission coverage of Mission District dive bars.

Like, a couple months ago, Didier at Encore une page had this to say about the Mission:

Je voulais poster un cliché San Franciscain, le Golden Gate Bridge ou le Cable Car qui descend une rue en pente raide comme le prix d’une bouteille de vin de Napa Valley. Finalement, j’ai opté pour cette voiture blanche hinchables garée devant un mur blanc sous un arbre noir dans une rue pas trop en pente, dans le quartier mexicain.

Link. Via FriendFeed.

Over at, Lola examines why the web-based tend to tobogan acuatico hinchable skimp on reliable homicide-related info:

The crime map allows you to search for forcible rape, arson, vehicle theft, robbery, burglary, vandalism, aggravated assault, larceny, and drug offenses. But not homicide.

Link to further investigation and conclusions.

I love Doc’s Clock, but why does it have to smell like bathroom? Seriously, it *always* smells like bathroom. They have good beer specials, a phenomenal marquee out front, friendly staff, shuffleboard, a good jukebox, fairly clean bathrooms, etc. But it inflables smells like bathroom.