Mission Mission

For Valentines Day, I bring you this Blammos video of Mission women scanning for an exit route.

Happy Valentine’s Day! RIP Whitney.

[via rgrjnr]

Love your work, guy. Hope you found that copy of Tango and Cash you were looking for.

UPDATE: Some pics of the scene inside.

You might remember Ezra Furman from this song about sunglasses from a few years back. Now he’s a Mission resident, and his solo debut dropped this week.

You can listen to the A-side for free on his website, and you can attend his release show this Saturday night at Hotel Utah.

With hats, that is.

[Zoltron via Fecal Face]

My sister (pictured) made a song out of a bunch of spam comments her blog Adventures in Audio got, and it rules:

Spam Poetry Song by Elisa’s Audio Adventures

Read about her process here.

(Now excuse me while I go do something similar with everything Cranky Old Mission Guy has ever said. It will be much longer.)

Haçeteria is my favorite place to dance. I know it’s at Deco Lounge in the Tenderloin, but it’s worth the trip, for real. Plus, this month’s special guest sounds like a party unto himself:

One of the Bay Area’s top gear gurus, Breath Control, aka Greg Zifcak creates original tunes that are a modern take on vintage house and techno sounds from decades ago. Zifcak excels in steering around the unpredictable bend, obscured by the fog and darkness. Past work in Eats Tapes and Wav Dwgs exemplify Zifcak’s masterful programming of crisp percussion and hazy jack-your-body synths.

RSVP and invite your friends!

Lastly, here’s a special new mix by resident DJ Tristes Tropiques to help get you pumped:

Noise Pop 2012 is here! And they’ve asked us to sponsor this show at Cafe du Nord starring Young Prisms, Melted Toys, Tambo Rays and PreTeen on Wednesday, February 22nd. Which means we get to give away some tickets!

Young Prisms seem to be a pretty fun band, as evidenced by the above random images from their Tumblr. Let’s try their music:

Also good! Now let’s see about Melted Toys. Courtesy of their Twitter, more great random images:

And some enjoyable music as well:

Buy tickets here. Or to win, tell us why you should win in the comments below. Two winners will be chosen based on merit, and will receive a pair of tickets each. Contest ends on Thursday, February 9, 2012, at 5PM.

For a $15 donation, you’re guaranteed a copy of the final product. Plus, according to the Kickstarter page:

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I love this band. Don’t forget, you can still download a digital copy of the record for free.

The Bold Italic takes a look inside:

The vinyl carried in the shop varies wildly in genre and you can generally count on leaving with some unexpected finds. On one particular visit, I scored a long lost Black Sabbath album I’d been looking for, a collection of classic country LPs, and a couple 45s by local bands that have since broken up. The house stereo is just as eclectic. I’ve heard “God Save the Queen” followed by a Billy Idol hit and a Billy Childish ballad. This wide cultural smattering extends to the name of the shop itself – which was taken from a segment of a Simpsons Christmas episode in which Bart is caught shoplifting. Sounds pretty punk to me.

Read on for more pics and storytelling by our pal Joshua Cobos.