Mission Mission » Graffiti http://www.missionmission.org Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 21 May 2013 23:41:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Hey, how do you feel about Safeway? http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/15/hey-how-do-you-feel-about-safeway/ http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/15/hey-how-do-you-feel-about-safeway/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 23:38:21 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48528

[via David Mohr]


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(Thanks, Kristin!)


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2013/04/12/do-you-still-love-me/feed/ 5 I like your underwear http://www.missionmission.org/2013/04/08/i-like-your-underwear/ http://www.missionmission.org/2013/04/08/i-like-your-underwear/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:25:52 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=47573


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2013/04/08/i-like-your-underwear/feed/ 3 Your employer is up to no good http://www.missionmission.org/2013/04/08/your-employer-is-up-to-no-good/ http://www.missionmission.org/2013/04/08/your-employer-is-up-to-no-good/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:23:05 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=47569

Or, I dunno, maybe it’s good.


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2013/04/08/your-employer-is-up-to-no-good/feed/ 0 Danzig is tagging our construction equipment again http://www.missionmission.org/2013/04/05/danzig-is-tagging-our-construction-equipment-again/ http://www.missionmission.org/2013/04/05/danzig-is-tagging-our-construction-equipment-again/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:10:33 +0000 Andrew Sarkarati http://www.missionmission.org/?p=47509 20130405-091318.jpg

Fucking Danzig.


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2013/04/05/danzig-is-tagging-our-construction-equipment-again/feed/ 2 Flyer Littering Vigilante http://www.missionmission.org/2013/02/27/flyer-littering-vigilante/ http://www.missionmission.org/2013/02/27/flyer-littering-vigilante/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:23:01 +0000 Ariel Dovas http://www.missionmission.org/?p=46976 Ill Eagle Poster
[file photo by me]

Over the weekend I was taking an early morning stroll along Valencia Street when I happened upon an older white man who was knelt down in front of a trash can with a metal scraper going to work on a flyer that had been pasted onto the side. In the process of scraping the flyer off it had torn into pieces and once he was done he stood up, left the pieces on the ground and started walking back to his shiny PT Cruiser. In the past I’ve seen a few different people around the neighborhood doing this sort of this, like this guy, who Nick wrote about previously. I usually dismissed them because I felt sorry for them, as if they were so constantly bothered by flyers on trash cans and utility poles that they had to spend their time doing this. At the same time I have been annoyed that of all the things that take place around them this seemingly harmless thing would be the target of their energy. When I saw this guy go to his fancy car I couldn’t contain myself.

Me: Hey, you just gonna leave that trash on the ground?

Scraper: What?!

Me: You’re not going to pick that up?

Scraper: You see where it came from!

Me: Yeah, a trash can, and then you put it on the ground and can’t even put it in the trash?!

Scraper: (grumbles to self as he goes over to the pile of paper scraps and tosses them in the trash. Then points to garbage on the ground near his car) Why don’t you pick up that?!

Me: I’m not gonna pick up your trash.

Scraper: I didn’t put that there!

Me: Neither did I.

Scraper: (grumbles to self as he gets in his car and zips away to the next block to get out and scrape some more)

So, obviously pasting flyers and artsy things about is against the law, but so is littering. I just don’t get these people.

UPDATE: 1) I don’t know much about cars, and 2) Aaron and AttF remind me of the boringly-named film about vigilantes “Vigilante Vigilante”.


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2013/02/27/flyer-littering-vigilante/feed/ 38 Tagging with science http://www.missionmission.org/2013/01/11/tagging-with-science/ http://www.missionmission.org/2013/01/11/tagging-with-science/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:05:36 +0000 Vic Wong http://www.missionmission.org/?p=46144

This morning, I found the Higgs Boson. Didn’t have to collide any particles or anything. Suck it, CERN.

[29th and Mission]


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2013/01/11/tagging-with-science/feed/ 2 Sidewalk stencil urges you to disobey law, but also politely censors itself http://www.missionmission.org/2012/12/04/sidewalk-stencil-urges-you-to-disobey-law-but-also-politely-censors-itself/ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/12/04/sidewalk-stencil-urges-you-to-disobey-law-but-also-politely-censors-itself/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:29:05 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=45246

[via SF List]


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2012/12/04/sidewalk-stencil-urges-you-to-disobey-law-but-also-politely-censors-itself/feed/ 3 If you’re going to protest gentrification by writing ‘gentrification’ over and over all over somebody’s wall, at least try to spell it right http://www.missionmission.org/2012/11/26/if-youre-going-to-protest-gentrification-by-writing-gentrification-over-and-over-all-over-somebodys-wall-at-least-try-to-spell-it-right/ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/11/26/if-youre-going-to-protest-gentrification-by-writing-gentrification-over-and-over-all-over-somebodys-wall-at-least-try-to-spell-it-right/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:41:22 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=45088

[via The Tiffy]


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2012/11/26/if-youre-going-to-protest-gentrification-by-writing-gentrification-over-and-over-all-over-somebodys-wall-at-least-try-to-spell-it-right/feed/ 25 Matty Luv lives http://www.missionmission.org/2012/10/24/matty-luv-lives/ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/10/24/matty-luv-lives/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:33:43 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=44264

It’s been 10 years and a couple weeks since Mission punk hero and Hickey frontman Matty Luv passed away.

Celebrate by writing more graffiti, or by getting the recently issued Hickey retrospective compilation, or by reading about how Hickey raged against the commercialization of punk (and the Voodoo Glow Skulls).

[via Male Awareness Day]


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2012/10/24/matty-luv-lives/feed/ 4 Bold new statement – “I am an A Hole” http://www.missionmission.org/2012/10/21/bold-new-statement-i-am-an-a-hole/ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/10/21/bold-new-statement-i-am-an-a-hole/#comments Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:41:06 +0000 Ariel Dovas http://www.missionmission.org/?p=44176 This recently discovered tagger, apparently going by A-Hole, appears to be posing quite the interesting challenge to our collective moral judgement. This simple statement, straight and to the point, gilded even, is all at once a pure proclamation of existence (a caveman’s hand on the cave wall), an exclamation of artistic relevance (applied with an assumption of importance, that is without permission, and to a highly trafficked area) and finally a rebuke and rejection of the original motivations for its very existence. The A inside the circle being a clear representation of an “A Hole”, standing in for @$$#ø¬∑ which stands in for “ass hole”, builds an inherent impenetrable wall against any outside criticism. You don’t appreciate this? Well it’s too late to sound off, the artist has already made judgement on him or herself! Your opinion is inert.

Well done, asshole.


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I always do!

[via Kiran]


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/26/check-yo-elf/feed/ 2 The shyest of tags http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/21/the-shyest-of-tags/ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/21/the-shyest-of-tags/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:44:10 +0000 Helen Tseng http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43469

Written in chalk, spotted near Coffee Bar.


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/21/the-shyest-of-tags/feed/ 0 They’re gonna have to replace the entire sidewalk to get rid of the anti-yuppie graffiti outside 299 Valencia http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/17/theyre-gonna-have-to-replace-the-entire-sidewalk-to-get-rid-of-the-anti-yuppie-graffiti-outside-299-valencia/ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/17/theyre-gonna-have-to-replace-the-entire-sidewalk-to-get-rid-of-the-anti-yuppie-graffiti-outside-299-valencia/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:44:08 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43328

SFist reports:

[T]he big “You’re Not Welcome Here” remains pretty well visible, post-power-wash, on the sidewalk.

We feel sad for the early buyers at this building at 14th and Valencia having to read that every time they walk out the front door. They’re just people like you and me! They’re welcome to purchase condos and artisan denim just as much as the next wealthy hipster!

Read on.


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/17/theyre-gonna-have-to-replace-the-entire-sidewalk-to-get-rid-of-the-anti-yuppie-graffiti-outside-299-valencia/feed/ 87 Your complicated feelings about Valencia Street http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/10/your-complicated-feelings-about-valencia-street/ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/10/your-complicated-feelings-about-valencia-street/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:54:12 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43130

[via Talent Is An Asset]


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