Mission Mission

Let’s be honest, if you just come to this blog to look at Mission District photos, you should just cut out the middle man and follow KayVee.INC on Flickr.

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Local heroes Triste Tropiques and Sex Pigeon debut a new performance art piece at Baer Ridgway.

(Image courtesy of the talented Plug 1)

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)

My roommate Rachel is an amazingly stealth iPhone photo-taker.

Here, for example, is an expert shot she snapped of  filmmaker John Waters at a random party on 25th and Fair Oaks Saturday night:

Anyone else spot him?  Please leave your best John Waters run-in stories in the comments section, especially if you think they’ll weird me out.  Ooh!

Rite Spot Cafe is one of those dives that I really like but somehow never manage to go to.  By some force beyond my comprehension, I ended up there on Friday after a few rounds at Bender’s and had to visit the bathroom.  Turns out that Rite Spot is not just home to cheap drinks and food but some great bathroom tags.

Plug1 of WHAT IM SEEING dot com brings us some cool shots of a local’s tattoos.

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If I made comics, I would totally crash this party:

24 Hour Comics Day is an event where cartoonists all over the world attempt to create their own 24 page comics in 24 consecutive hours.

If you are interested in taking part in this years event, please email Doctor Popular at at yoyogenius at gmail dot com with your name and phone number. Space is limited to 20 seats (per shop), so serious inquiries only, please. Additionally, we are asking for a $5 fee to reserve a space, this money goes to the shops to help cover costs.

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PEOPLE!  Ginormous flag sale happening RIGHT NOW on 23rd and Valencia!

And YES, they have Switzerland!

Who knew that any part South Van Ness not around Bender’s could look so nice?

Sex Pigeon has the scoop.

Chortle!  My fave Handjobbin’ in a long while:

Avoid the vag, read Handjobbin’!

This is the stuff handjobs were made for.

Submit your own, girl hands.