Mission Mission

The Beijing Guitar Duo is playing for FREE tomorrow night, March 23rd at the Community Music Center on 544 Capp.

Watch as they shred circles around your 3 power chords with impeccable classical technique. See what tens of thousands of hours of practice and probable parental abuse can do. I wouldn’t wanna be caught in a hellish guitar duel for my soul with them, that’s for sure. Check ‘em out:

They start at 6pm.

Pillowfight, the new Dan the Automator project, not the generic fight with pillows. Mr. The Automator, a music producer, may be known to you from such gems as Dr. Octagon, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Deltron 3030, Gorillaz, etc. Seriously, amazing body of work. Tomorrow, 3/11, he will be performing with Kid Koala, Micro mtns and alongside Emily Wells as Pillowfight.

The Make-Out Room is at 3225 22nd Street, between Mission and Bartlett. Doors open at 7pm.

Check out the Pillowfight preview, featuring art by Facebook quintillionaire David Choe.

Ken Ken Ramen is hosting a 3-day “Asian night market” style event with local artisinal crafts and food vendors at their space on 18th St.:

We love Asian Night Markets full of interesting stalls, vendors, food, and craziness — so much so that we’re turning our noodle factory into a three night Mission Night Market! Set up next door to Ken Ken Ramen at 3376 18th St, Mission Night Market will run Thursday, Friday & Saturday, hosting independent vendors, crazy artists, and more. Themes and vendors will range from Surfers to Vintage to Palm Readers to Jewelers to Japanese Dessert Makers & more!

Look for a wild selection of local artists setting up shop and hawking their goods at this evening bazaar. Three nights only! March 8-10 2012. 6pm to Late.

Selected vendors and more include:

• Bobaguys
• ScuttleFish Vanagon Surf Mobile
• SanFlan Japanese Desserts
• Palm Reading
• The Gypsie Shop by Curator Amanda Krampf
• Alite Camping Equipment
• JackKnife Outfitters
• Revolver Select
• Cureall Vintage
• Auger + Ore Jewelry
• Webster Reading Room
• Roppongi Records
• Aoi Yamaguchi
• Kitsch Art Gallery
• Valerian Jewelry
• Dillon Montara Clothing
• Adam Lam Furniture

Nice try guys, but we all know it’s not a real Asian night market without knock-off Adidas shoes and booth after booth of iPhone cases.

This goes down at 3376 18th Street 6pm to late Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (March 8th, 9th, 10th).

SFist just published the complete schedule:

• March 11: Embarcadero- Season kick off
• April 15: Great Highway/Golden Gate park- new route through the park
• May 6: Mission
• June 3: Mission
• July 1: Mission
• July 22: Bayview
• August 5: Mission
• August TBA: Chinatown
• September 9: Western Addition/N. Panhandle Alamo Square
• October 21: Outer Mission/Excelsior

Read on.

[Photo by Bhautik Joshi]

Sorry for the short notice, but we only had five short years to plan for this thing. Here’s the deal: our first post ever was on February 14, 2007, so we figured we better celebrate somehow, and the nice folks at Dear Mom were kind enough to offer to help out. For the month beginning tomorrow and running through March 14th, they’ll be offering the Mission Mission Anniversary Special, a High Life and a shot of Fernet, for $6. And tomorrow evening we’ll all be there, so come say hi. We’ll probably buy you a drink.

RSVP and invite your friends!

This coming Friday the Lower 24th Street Merchants and Neighbors Association is putting on the first annual Las Posadas.

Join in 24th Street’s second annual community celebration of Las Posadas, a Latin American tradition of the Christmas season. Meet at the corner of 24th and Capp streets at 5:45 on Friday, December 16 for a procession and singing. The procession will finish at the Mission Neighborhood Centers building, 3013 24th Street (on the corner of Harrison Street), where there will be pinatas, more singing, and free food and drinks. This is a family-oriented event, but all people are encouraged to come. For more information, contact info@lower24thstreet.org .

Facebook event page here.

Speakeasy is hosting, and there’s lots going on:

Punk Swap Meet:
Saturday, Dec 17th, 1-6 PM
1195 Evans Avenue

-Tons of tables selling records, zines, clothes, crafts
-Tape swap–bring a mix to trade!
-$3 beers on tap
-Food from Eagle Dog (with veg/vegan options)
-DJ’s Kirka Sherpa, Güera, JoNeric, and 1 TBA.

If anyone’s interested in setting up and selling, email joneric94609@gmail.com.

You’re sure to find the perfect gift for the punk on your list! RSVP and invite your friends!

Most of you know the work of photographer Julie Michelle. MM has been following her I Live Here SF project since the beginning.

[Julie Michelle self portrait]

Recently Julie’s partner, Lee, had a massive stroke. Well, we all know how quickly medical bills can rack up. Thankfully Lee is on the road to recovery, but it’s a long one and both of their lives will be consumed with the process for a while. To at least be able to help ease some of the financial burden, their friends Tucker and Analise are throwing a fundraiser at the San Francisco Motorcycle Club, located on Folsom near 18th Street, on Sunday, 12/18.

Tucker explains:

We’re hosting a party at the San Francisco Motorcycle Club (shot by Julie Michelle here) on Sunday the 18th from 3:00 to 7:00. There will music, drinks, good people, and a raffle. Donations will be gladly accepted in person, but if you can’t make the event, there is a ChipIn campaign already running here. There is also a Facebook page for the event here.

Now, I know Julie and Lee, and they are two of the most giving, generous people I can imagine. If you can help them out, even a little bit, I would be ever grateful.

If you haven’t taken care of your holiday shopping yet, what better way than to take a look at some of your favorite local neighborhood businesses tonight as 40 different places from 14th all the way to 26th Street will be showing off their stuff from 5-10pm!  If memory serves from past incarnations, some places will probably be serving (free!) drinks while you shop too!

Check out the Facebook page here.

DocPop just scored some rollerblades. Remember those? Well does the hit SEGA game Skitchin’ jog your memory? Thought so. Anyway, that means he’s heading to Cellspace’s skate night this Tuesday. Maybe you should too, if you’ve got a pair and you’re into synchronized dancing:

Back when I was growing up in Modesto, CA, our yearly reward for being above a 2.0 GPA was a trip to Roller King. I can still remember the bruises from repeatedly falling on my locker keys, but rolling around in a big circle to Ray Parker Jr.’s Ghostbusters and couple skating with Gabrielle made it totally worth it. Skating is fun.

Before you go and grab a head band and a pair of neon leg warmers, be aware that this party is un-ironic. I would tell you what that means, but I’m not even convinced I know what “ironic” means anymore.

[via DocPop]