Mission Mission

Put on some Huey Lewis and fire up that flux capacitor! Doc Wong is taking you back in time. June of years past, to be exact. Please, try not to touch anything. We wouldn’t want to cause a tear in in the space/time continuum.

2010

• We reviewed a burrito in NYC and aside from some structural issues, it was pretty good
• Actually, the rapture already occurred on June 25, 2010. Tribulation hasn’t been so bad after all.

2009

• The Google Maps staff couldn’t spell “Dolores Park”
• Internet rage returned the kidnapped Mr. Pickle to his rightful home

2008

• Some innovative skaters went fixed-push, which is truly the purest form of skateboarding
• A dude name-dropped Jonathan Richman’s ex-wife to pick up chicks

2007

• Allan explained how to party in Oakland. Most of those places are still around! Except the Parkway

True, most times he’ll just spout off leud or homophobic comments sung to the tune of Batman as you walk by.  And other times he’ll get so wasted on the sidewalk across the street from your house that he starts talking Tea Party nonsense, or he’ll climb inside Yoko-Ono’s window.  But sometimes, just sometimes, he offers you a pizza when you really need a pizza.

I would explain more background, but I don’t remember. I think some Mexican dudes loaned us the stereo for the photoshoot.

Whoa! I saw this guy a couple weeks ago on BART. He didged all the way from West Oakland to 24th Street. No one seemed to really mind (including BART police), but he attracted some raised eyebrows…

[via lahlahlindsey]

Check out this video of a kiddo rock band rocking Rage Against the Machine’s ”Killing in the name” at the Makeout Room. Apparently kids’ taste in music hasn’t changed in 15 years, because I was playing this exact song with my shitty garage band then (although not nearly as well):

First of all: it’s sung by a girl, so take that, gender roles. Secondly, all 17 “Fuck You”s are fully intact, along with the “MOTHERFUCKERRRRR” at the end. That takes some serious guts, considering their moms are probably in the audience. Third, the lead guitarist who takes Tom Morello’s whammy pedal solo probably plays better than you do.

If you’re interested in  signing up your kid for this sort of awesomeness, the show was put on by SF Rock Project.

In other news, “rock ‘n’ roll band” has been officially removed from the list of ways to rebel against your parents. What’s next, drugs?

I have good news and bad news.

The bad news is that Hellen Jo, longtime Mission art babe known for her brilliant illustrations of gnarly ghosts, Lady Gaga, Kristen Schaal, and other amazing stuff, is moving to Burbank to work on Regular Show. The good news is you get to buy all of her cool stuff this weekend:

Yes, I know garage sales happen all the time, but this one has a pretty flyer and you can bet your ass there will be kick-ass comics, crafts, guitars with all sorts of pointless switches all over them, and probably more conventional practical items like toaster ovens.

Also, if you’ve got an eye on Hellen’s bitchin’ pigeon helmet (which will also be up for grabs), you’d better move fast. I’ll bet you’re not the only one:

Here’s the FB page, and craigslist for the sale. It’s Saturday from 12-5pm.

Update:

Cancel the BYOB… KEG.

Ryan D. found this posted in his apartment and thought he’d share:

Some might mistakenly call this this a passive-aggressive note, but there’s really nothing “passive” about it. Please folks, tell your hook-up what apartment you live in. Using the process of elimination doesn’t work so well at 2:30am.

Synecdochectomy came upon this scene the other night. It’s a SpongeBob bounce house straddling a stretch of sidewalk, from house to gutter, full of screaming tots, late at night.

Every month on what was originally supposed to be the 1st but has now become a somewhat arbitrary date, we post some stuff that happened on Mission Mission in years past. How long will this tradition last? I don’t know… but at the very least until Judgement Day (5 days).

2010

• Guy tries to walk his dog in the Mission, ends up on 20 Flickr feeds
• Being good at Karaoke gets you hella CL Missed Connections

2009

• Triple vomit all the way, what does it mean?
• Everyone was freaked out about getting the flu from pigs; we all turned out fine

2008

• Creepy-ass clowns creeped us the fuck out
• People were still saying “Hipster” and “Douchebag” to describe pretty much everyone they didn’t like

2007

• Noxious gas cloud descended on the Mission. In retrospect, it likely originated from the bathroom at Pops

[via Drew Beck]