Mission Mission

From the Caffeinated Comics newsletter:

KARAOKE returns tonight. Come join us from 5:00 to 9:00.  It is kid friendly and lots of fun.

Airfix Kits are one of my favorite Bay Area bands ever, and tonight they’re playing at Pissed Off Pete’s, some weird dive bar on Mission out in the Excelsior. I’ve passed it a million times on the way to the Broken Record, and admired their signage, but never thought anything cool would ever happen there. The Shitty Limits sound pretty good too.

Thanks, eug!

I don’t know anything about any of these bands, except that Leopold & His Fiction performed a pretty solid set at that McLaren park thing last week. Anyway I’m sure they’re all on MySpace. And in any case, I think the big draw here might be having an excuse to finally see the inside of the Verdi Club. Also on the bill, food and art.

To win a pair of tickets, please explain in the comments why you want to go to this thing. Best entry will be decided by Mission Mission by noon Thursday.

For full details, check out Regional Bias.

Also, Broke-Ass Stuart is giving away a pair of tickets too.

Saturday we had the Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival’s big free concert at Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in John McLaren Park. Sunday we had Sunday Streets with all its roller-disco parties and drum circles, as well as the SF Symphony’s free performance in Dolores Park. Yet on both days, The Ferocious Few stole the show.

They’re impromptu and primitive, and also thoroughly entertaining. They’re drawing bigger and bigger crowds, so enjoy them now before they get signed and famous and start playing gutters in Monte Carlo or Beverly Hills or some shit instead of the Mission. Their CD, home made and usually available direct from the band (and pictured after the jump) is an extremely solid value.

Previously:

The Ferocious Few Rock Out

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If you’re like me and you love Girl Talk, Jenny Lewis, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Broken Social Scene, Spoon, yoga and nature, then the Wanderlust Festival is the summer festival for you. It takes place July 24-26 at Squaw Valley, and features tons of great bands, a bunch of famous yogis, and sweeping views of Lake Tahoe and surrounding mountain ranges. (Watch the above promotional video for samples of all of the above.)

And get this: They gave us some tickets to give away! So, whomever writes the best haiku about wanderlust the concept wins a pair of Wanderer Tickets — which means access to all music stuff all weekend long. Also, all attendees get to ride some kind of ski lift on the way to the main stage! Badass!

Bonus points to anyone who also submits a decent Girl Talk-Jenny Lewis mashup (or mashup idea). Winner will be decided one week from right this second, so take your time.

The Wanderer Ticket is a $124.50 value, and single-day tickets can be had for a bit cheaper, but really any amount is worth it to see Jenny’s drummer Barbara make some mean faces.

Buy tickets here.

Check out the full lineup here.

Follow the festival on Twitter here.

Thanks, Rita!

Previously:

Inside the Blue Macaw

12 Galaxies to Become Blue Macaw

Looks like My First Earthquake just shot a music video in the Mission.  Bonus points if you can easily identify the street they are jamming on in the opening scene.

(Cool in the Cool Way – Invasion of the Hipster Bodysnatchers)

If you didn’t make it to the Bicycle Music Festival yesterday, you missed out.

For a little while, there were performances in the middle of Dolores St. Oddly enough, this did not appear to bother the police.

As soon as they tried to setup in the park, the police tried to shut it down. Luckily they were able to get permission to use the movie night's permit and eventually played.

This is the power-generating setup they used. 5 bikes in total; the three far bikes were all connected to the same unit.

After everyone confused this object with a bong, it was revealed to be the power meter. There was a fan at the bottom of the tube whose speed was regulated by the power being generated by the cyclists. As they pedaled, an empty beer can would move up and down the tube--into the red if they were pedaling too much and into the orange if they were not pedaling enough.

I never did figure out if this was a cello case or a coffin...

Reader Natalie G. reports that a group of local street rockabilly musicians were rocking out at 16th and Valencia last night:

The Ferocious Few were playing at 16th and Valencia, 9:45 this fine Wednesday evening.  Crazy guy dancing along (not pictured).

This is certainly a nice alternative to Jews for Jesus group that has been taking over the corner lately.