Mission Mission

I wonder if this is the guy who locks his keyboard to a bike rack in front of Taqueria Cancun.

[via Capp Street Crap]

As our pal Michael notes, “That tape player has been steady freddy for like 20 years!”

[Photo by Jack Ipekjian]

So, I got the band wrong and my timing was a little off, but my prediction from March ’09 was essentially pretty sound:

I’m at a newish jazz club that because they’re feeling the pinch are easing into funk and soul too. I can’t wait to see NOFX here next year.

— Mission Mission (@missionmission) March 26, 2009

Get tickets here. (Thanks for the tip, Camille!)

Bonus ancient Yoshi’s jokes after the jump: (more…)

Everybody and their mom was there!

• Pat from Cocktails (the band)
• Rain from Darn-It! (the denim repair shop)
• Chad from Noise Pop (the music festival)
• Ben from BFF (the radio station)
• Tyler from Oskar Blues (the microbrewery)
• Nicole from Phono del Sol (the outdoor concert at Potrero del Sol THIS WEEKEND)
• Literally a thousand 19-year-olds

The show was pretty great, but as you can see from this ‘gram, most people had a pretty hard time getting a decent sightline on the drummer, which sucks because he is #thebest

Now let’s watch a great video:

(Full disclosure: I was Pat’s +1, so technically I didn’t really run into him.)

[Photo by b_wert]

Burger Boogaloo continues today, starring Ronnie Spector and more!

[via Taffy]

Also, they’re playing this Saturday night, *not* with Ronnie Spector:

In terms of quantity, this definitely doesn’t top the 45 songs I sang in May, but it was still a good month:

1. Hounds of Love – The Futureheads
2. Supersoaker – Kings of Leon
3. Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
4. Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
5. Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again – The Angels
6. Too Much Time on My Hands – Styx
7. Reflektor – Arcade Fire
8. Silly Love Songs – Wings
9. Real Wild Child – Iggy Pop
10. You Don’t Know How It Feels – Tom Petty
11. Let Me Go – Cake
12. Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town – Kenny Rogers
13. I’m Sticking with You – The Velvet Underground
14. Conquest – The White Stripes
15. Country Girl – Primal Scream
16. Dancing in the Moonlight – Thin Lizzy
17. Baby, I Love You – Ramones
18. Love Stinks – J. Geils Band

And the lesson remains the same: karaoke is super fun, the karaoke scene here in SF is pretty killer, and you can sing a wide variety of cool songs if you want.

(I like going to DJ Purple on Tuesdays at Tupelo in North Beach and Thursdays at Slate here in the Mission, KJ Paul on Saturdays at SoMa StrEat Food Park sometimes, and Roger Niner at Butter on Sundays. How bout you?) (Oh and I sang “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town” at this awesome dive in Santa Monica called the Gaslite.)

I know I gush about Cocktails a lot, but they’re the real deal.

Find out for yourself tonight. Or order the record online. Here’s a taste:

Pretty cool, right?

Wait’ll you read the back…

Alex.

[Top photo by Trusha A.]