Mission Mission

If you’re looking for something to do this Thursday, you need look no further, because Mashi Mashi is presenting a visceral night of astral plane visionary aesthetes that happens to have a little something for everybody.  Bands, DJ’s, and art–what more could you possibly want?  It’s all going down at Cellspace this Thursday, and they’re even giving away two free tickets!

All you have to do is write a caption in the comments for one of the images in the flyer (see it bigger here), like that one of the cheetah on the Ferrari [night city gazelles are FUCKED].  The contest ends Wednesday at 5pm, so get cracking!

RSVP and invite your friends here!  Oh, and don’t forget to properly prepare for the occasion by listening to a custom mix curated by Tristes Tropiques!

As you might know if you’ve paid attention to this blog ever, Primo is basically our favorite DJ, and over the next 48 hours or so you’ve got three opportunities to see him do his thing (and he’s very versatile, so his “thing” will vary wildly at each event).

The first is all soul, the last is all house — and the middle one is a little bit of both and a lot of everything in between. Click any of the posters to head to the Facebook invites for further info:

RSVP and invite your friends to Nightbeat!

RSVP and invite your friends to Time Warp!

RSVP and invite your friends to 2 Men Will Move You!

UPDATE: Holy cow, he’s doing the late shift at Church tonight too!

I happen to know that Emily‘s internship is located somewhere on Valencia Street. Keep your eyes peeled.

Just ignore the part about Bill Murray:

Bill Murray can crash @lwv tonight! Even if he doesn’t show up, you shd ’cause there’s a big time karaoke bash in the ‘Cave @8p! Join us!

— Lost Weekend Video (@sflostweekend) August 8, 2012

What a great idea! The Bay Bridged delivers the news via an interview with Andee Connors from Aquarius:

TBB: Was there a specific sound, area, type of artist you wanted to showcase?

AC: Mostly we wanted the jukebox to be a good sampling of the sort of things we carry/sell at aQ. We wanted to include a lot of local bands too. We did dial back on the black metal / noise / more abrasive stuff, but really, any bar out there that wants to have a blackened metal noise aQ jukebox hit us up!!!

TBB: What are your top picks in the juke right now?

AC: Really hard to pick just a few, since this first batch was literally ALL huge aQ favorites, but if we had to pick: Electric Wizard, Ovens, The Spits, Mind Spiders, Speedwolf, Royal Baths, The Alps, Crystal Stilts, Black Bug, Pandemonium, Veronica Falls, Rubble, New Lines, Archers Of Loaf, Great Society Mind Destroyers….

I mean, I try pretty hard and I’ve only heard of a handful of those bands, but my best guess is that the sounds coming out of that machine are gonna be funnnn. Read on.

P.S. If anybody wants a Mission Mission-curated jukebox, hit me up. (My favorite bands are Thee Oh Sees, Mean Jeans and King Tuff.)

American Tripps is growing up so fast! From the official invite:

➠TIME WARP➠
starring
➠PRIMO➠

This party marks American Tripps’ 1-year anniversary, so we figured to make it really special we’d better get Primo (Oldies Night, Nightbeat, Slow Jams, 2 Men Will Move You, Soft Opening). Here’s the rundown:

• FREE PBR from 5-6pm
• Time warpy stuff on the big screen
• Four ping pong tables
• Primo on the decks from 8-11pm
• Plenty of dance floor
• Food carts outside
• After party at Coffee Bar across the street

And now, Primo tells us what this whole “TIME WARP” business is all about:

A DANCE TRIP THRU DECADES OF THE CRAZIEST DANCE MUSIC FROM THE ’50s thru PRESENT DAY!
A one time only dance event all vinyl TIME MACHINE PARTY
Starting with the raw r’n'b and rock ‘n’ roll of the 50′s and sixties moving through rare sixties soul and motown with a layover in psychedelic funk and the soulful sounds of ’72 before we board the disco train with a stop in the disco of italy and Europe for some sounds of the truly cosmic variety ultimately culminating in a crazy wall of chicago acid house and present day rave sounds, ALL IN 3 SHORT HOURS……! NOT 2 B MISSED!!!

Yup! RSVP and invite your friends!

Oh and if you still haven’t seen how this party works (or what an amazing space Z Space is) here are a pair of sick animated GIFs (courtesy of Ulla Havenga / Z Space):

This is but one of the songs on it that slays me every single time (and the album art ain’t too shabby either, right?):

Tickets here.

P.S. Opening act Jaill seems pretty good too.

Bummer! This lineup rules! Apparently the band will continue to be a band, but in a different form. (I hear somebody is moving to LA or something? Boo.) Anyway, tomorrow at Phono del Sol is your last chance to see this beloved local band in its current beloved form, so get tickets quick (especially since they’re so cheap).

Now let’s rock:

This year’s Phono del Sol is gonna be some serious fun in the sun.

And all you have to do to win two tickets is leave a comment in the comments section below relating your best Potrero del Sol-related anecdote, or a really good haiku about how much you want to see one of the bands. So many options! Contest ends at noon tomorrow (Wednesday), at which time a winner will be chosen based on merit.

Or you can buy tickets here. And RSVP and invite your friends here. And look at a bunch of cute pictures of Katy Goodman here.

Rice Paper Scissors can do no wrong if you ask me. That porridge on New Year’s Day? That fried egg banh mi last Saturday night at Dear Mom? This video is no exception.

The point of all this is they’d like you to vote for them or something, but the main thing is that this video is reallllly good: