Mission Mission

Agreed. Let’s rock:

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DJ Tristes Tropiques, of the Mission-based Haçeteria crew, is one of the most talented and versatile DJs I know, so I’m pretty sure this is gonna rule. From American Tripps‘s official invite:

For this edition of our monthly party in the Lower Haight, we asked DJ Tristes Tropiques (Haçeteria SF) to put together a Manchester-themed set (featuring New Order, the Smiths, the Fall, and other acts from those heady dayz).

RSVP and invite your friends!

If you’ve never seen one of the best live shows the city has to offer, tonight’s your last chance. Get thee there.

Get started a little early on this weekend’s 4/20 festivities this Friday at Brick and Mortar!  Check out all the details after the jump:

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And it’s been back for quite a while now, too, starting with kickoff show over a month ago with our friends Reliics and going strong ever since, urinal troughs and all.  This week is no exception either, as our pals Anna Hilburg and Luke Sweeney offer a calmer yet no less poignant view of things.

Can’t wait to see the Oh Sees here again!

All I needed to hear was that you get in for free by wearing a tracksuit.  Ch-check it out here.

Tonight the Mission’s only dance nite devoted to dark dirges and subaltern urges returns to Sub-mission. Here’s what they’ve got to say -

“For our April edition, Warm Leatherette is firing up its body machinery for an all-DJ night of recorded synth bedlam. Your Warm Leatherette Resident Selectors will present mixes of the finest minimal electronics and synth punk, while inviting you to gaze long and hard into the inky depths with a guest DJ set from BIXU, Chief Curator at kindred spirit party H O LES.”

Rsvp or something if you want right here.

It’s for a song called “1988 Girls” by a band called Futurecop! and it’s as fun as the song title and band name suggest:

There’s never a dull moment at DJ Purple’s Dance Karaoke parties, but some scenes really get imprinted on your brain. Like when Rapper John takes the stage and totally nails fast-paced club hits like “Party Rock Anthem” and “Gangnam Style.” He’s a somewhat older gentleman, so there’s always a sea of Mission youngsters double-taking in unison as he launches into one of his signature jams.

I asked DJ Purple to tell me what he knows about the guy:

I saw Rapper John singing Rapper’s Delight at Roger Niner’s show a few years ago, and realized what a perfect match he would be for my show. I was really happy when he finally showed up a few weeks later to check out my show. It was fabulous, and he’s been a regular ever since.

I only know a little of Rapper John’s history, mostly stories from other KJ’s. They say he’s been a legend in the Bay Area and Las Vegas karaoke scenes for years, always picking the perfect crowd-pleasing songs and wowing everyone with his lyrical prowess.

Last year, I laid down a special challenge for him to learn a new song. When Gangnam Style came out, I knew immediately that he was the perfect man for that song, but was afraid rapping in Korean might be too much for even Rapper John. He took it on, and that song was indeed almost too much for him, but Rapper John triumphed in the end – he found a hilarious English phonetic translation parody of Gangnam Style by Chad Wild Clay and used that to conquer the Korean pronunciation. Since then, “Condom Style” with Rapper John has been a regular feature at my shows, to the delight of the dancing audiences…

Delight is right. People go NUTS. Lucky for us, DJ Purple put us in touch with the man himself. After the jump, the official Mission Mission Rapper John interview, followed by a video of Rapper John doing “Party Rock” at Singin’ & Pingin’ 2 last December.

And do try to catch Rapper John and DJ Purple in action this Friday night at Singin’ & Pingin’ 3 at the Verdi Club!

[Photo by Jess Kelso / American Tripps]

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