Mission Mission

Frjtz is exploring the possibilities of the new Valencia Street and all its extra space. I’ve never eaten there, and the menu, prices and ambiance don’t entice me. But actually sitting down outside without the fear of Gavin Newsom popping out from behind a safety cone and forcing me onto a one way bus trip to Santa Cruz, that sounds pretty nice. What do you think?

Construction. That’s what’s up.

First it was just a blindfolded Barbie™ top on the roof of a car. Then it got complicated.

I was walking down 17th Street and stopped when I recognized a familiar landmark. I noticed a pigeon standing on the roof, eyeing the torso with sideways glances. I was thinking about what the next level of this situation could look like when a man came out of Maverick and started speaking to me.

“Are you the owner of this car?”
“No.”
“Oh. Well, we’ve been trying to figure out how to get this pigeon to skull fuck the Barbie™ for a while.”

Then he put a piece of bread on her head and we both watched and waited.

I suggested a trail, which he was already on top of. As he made the little bread path the bird got embarrassed and uncomfortable and flew away.

End of situation.

Anybody need a rad tattoo such as this? Perhaps artist Jen Oaks can help you out.

Previously:

What Do You Wear When You Take Out The Recycling?

There’s no funner blog post to read than a Sleepover blog post (because they are a revolutionary design firm intent on making the experience of reading things on the internet less plain and more COMPLETELY JOYOUS).

In today’s post, we learn how to get our own portraits drawn in Tag Savage’s signature Sleepover style (pictured). Even if you’re not interested in getting a portrait drawn, it’s a great read. Read it!

Previously:

Tag Savage’s New Mission Mission Logo

Tag Savage Reviews Rosamunde

Lydia Chávez at Mission Loc@l reports that a brick was hurled through the window of the Sirron Norris Studio on Valencia Street.

Lame for sure.

Source of the photo and the rest of the story here.

Also from Mission Loc@l, a new Reyes piece in the making on the Walgreens at 23rd and Mission.

Sirron Norris was previously covered on Mission Mission here.

New-on-the-scene Guerrero Gallery will be hosting their second Group Opening this Saturday, which should make for a great place to check out a bunch of local artists (around 20 or so in fact).  Group openings are neat because they feature a ton of variety and you usually get a bunch of artistically-minded people all in the same place.  Throw in the fact that there will be free beer and a taco truck outside, and there’s a good chance that you’ll see me there zoning out in front of this piece by James Marshall waiting for the Magic-Eye sailboat to pop out.

The fun starts at around 7pm this Saturday at 2700 BRYANT Street.  Not on Guerrero!  That’s just the dude’s name!  Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

He must be mad about the impending BART service cuts.  Someone forgot to tell him about the extra $26 million of restored public transit funding for which the Governator (just keeping in theme) recently signed legislation.  That means no fare increases or service cuts . . . for now.

Anyone down to turn this into an arcade game?

UPDATE!!!  Or maybe he’s just pissed that Tony Pirrone is still walking free despite his alleged role in the Oscar Grant murder, and he’s going to shut down the Embarcadero BART station with a protest during rush hour today to demand justice.

[Illustration courtesy of Steve via Black Maps]

This party is located somewhere around 18th and Florida. We might all be invited since we too are members of the biological order Primates.

Photo by eb78.

Previously:

Monkey Business

Three-Eyed Dragon Monkey in Dolores Park

Gorilla Sticker Art Apes Tony Millionaire

Shark Toof has been spotted around these parts a bit. This weekend brought a sighting in L.A.

Cameo by our old frenemy, NeckFace.

15 minutes of this:

Then:

Aw man, did I just spoil it?

Part of Revolution Cafe’s MAPP art installation last night.