Mission Mission

Tunes4Tubes, the annual party and fundraiser for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, is going down tonight at the Rickshaw Stop.

The lineup includes hometown funk/soul masters Con Brio and Whiskerman plus the Balkan-fusion outfit Cradle Duende and comedy from Sean Keane; silent auction items include prints and photography from SF artists and gift certificates for massages, sweet bike gear, and local food and booze. What more could you want? Stop being so demanding.

Facebook deets here.

Caryn and Kristin nailed their debut, so they’re at it again tonight:

We’re running quiz night at Shotwell’s again this Monday!

There will be a category on the Baldwins so brush up. Normal music round this time! Emily Atkinson will be pouring your beers and there will be Mama Chuchos Mexican food.

Arrive by 8 to play. Best team name gets a point.

Seriously, I heard multiple reports that it was the most entertaining quiz night in town. I missed it because I was in Australia, and somebody Skyped me in the middle of the night just to tell me how great it was! RSVP and invite your friends!

The Bay Bridged tells us all about Thursdays benefit show/Tamale party:

The Knockout is hosting a benefit concert for The Tamale Lady this Thursday, September 19, and on top of live music from Grandma’s Boyfriend, Scraper, Windham Flat and Quite Polite, there will be here will be more than enough FREE tamales to go around. All proceeds will go towards Virginia’s Indiegogo campaign, which still has a long way to go to reach its $50,000 goal. Come out to the party and show your support for one of San Francisco’s truly original characters, or simply head over to her Indiegogo page to donate what you can.

Read on for more info and songs by all the bands.

Caryn and Kristin are hosting quiz night for the first time tonight at Shotwell’s! They’ve been working real hard; it’s gonna be epic!

Also, Shotwell’s has food now sometimes, so there will be food.

It’s called RIPPERS, and the art is this awesome, AND this week is special:

Disc Jock Forest Juziuk brings his mutant disco/post-punk party from the front of El Rio to the back for a full blast subwoofer’d crusher! No cover & only the finest rippers available!

Special guest DJ is none other than Nihar Bhatt of Surface Tension & Warm Leatherette! Check out his completely ridic S*cloud -https://soundcloud.com/niharb

RSVP and invite yr frieends!

Can’t believe SF Zine Fest is here again already! Here’s the scoop:

The 12th annual San Francisco Zine Fest will be hosted at the San Francisco County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park (1199 9th Avenue + Lincoln Way) on August 31st and September 1st, 2013. As always, the SF Zine Fest is a FREE event to all public attendees.

We are proud to feature over 140 creators in two huge exhibition halls. Our hosted community of writers, artists, and zinesters will have an array of work on display, ranging from nationally recognized publishers in the DIY and small-press scenes, to local creators based throughout the Bay Area.

In addition to our exhibitors, SFZF will also host numerous events throughout the weekend, including spotlights on our special guests Justin Hall, Roman Muradov, & Sophia Foster-Dimino, as well as zinester workshops and discussions of all things DIY.

Read on for more info.

Beloved Mission partier Caryn Kesler has been real busy helping launch the new Mission-based radio station BFF.fm, but she’s taking time out of her schedule tonight, to perform before a real live audience at American Tripps:

It’s time once again for our reliable ol’ monthly party at DSF, right near the corner of Haight and Fillmore. Make a night of it with stops at any number of the Lower Haight’s fine watering holes and eateries, and then wash it all down with a night of BERLIN-STYLE PING PONG PARTY ACTION!

Making her American Tripps DJing debut this month is Small Crimes (of BFF.fm). Small Crimes says, via IM, “i’ve been deciding whether or not i want to play just electronica or like some electronic pop stuff too.” Sounds like a good dilemma to us!!!

RSVP and invite your friends!

Here’s the poster art:

[Small Crimes photo by koxie]

Have you had a chance to check out the new Adobe Books location on 24th Street yet?  If not, tonight’s the perfect excuse to visit and hang for a rad book reading and movie viewing:

• The evening will begin with a reception at 7pm.
• Then Jeremy and Matt will be skyping in to read certain passages of their book, Still Dots, from 8-8:30.
• This will be followed by a rare screening of Carol Reed’s The Third Man starting at 8:30pm, starring Orson Welles.

Details here!

Also, now would be a good time to look back on the recent history of Adobe, courtesy of Andrew McKinley, the owner of the former 16th Street location, in this deeply personal account that he wrote on notebook paper:

Blame it on the Internet; it is so easy but oh, so true. The number of bookstores diminished quickly. The content and knowledge in them was available elsewhere. When we opened, we were one of five street-accessible shops within one block of 16th Street and Valencia Street. Now there will be none.

Read on.

DJ Purple and American Tripps are at it again!

Singin’ & Pingin’ at the venerable Verdi Club on a Friday night! Dance karaoke on the big main stage, two ping pong tables out on the dance floor under the disco ball, cold drinks everywhere you turn!

$6 before 9pm, $8 after! FREE BEER before 9pm too!

Peruse DJ Purple’s songbook here. See photos from Singin’ & Pingin’ at Outside Lands here. RSVP and invite your friends here.

And don’t forget about the…

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[via Cody]