Mission Mission

Wow, this video was made six years ago. Happy holidays!

(Thanks for the idea, Chris!)

See that, way down there at the bottom? Sun Ra!

I wonder if, even though it’s Earth Day, he’ll still channel some “Space is the Place”:

In any case, Earth Day is an important occasion. Learn about its history here, and do visit Earth Day SF if you can.

P.S. Did you know Sun Ra’s birth name was Herman Poole Blount? Dope birth name!

You may have heard that Diary, everyone’s favorite emo night, is moving to Saturday nights. The first one is tonight: 9 PM at Pop’s. Don’t miss out, Emo karaoke is the perfect opportunity to show off that you can still sing along with every word in Cop by Alkaline Trio!

If you’re confused by emo, the Diary guys put together a great mix for SF Weekly. Personally, I’m hoping to hear Embrace, Mineral, and Knapsack tonight.

P.S. You guys remember the Emo Game, right? (Disclaimer: I don’t support what I remember to be the rampant, messed up use of rape in the storyline. I’m in it for the pixel drawings and 7-inches.)

If you want to tell your friends what you’re doing this Saturday night, just make the above hand motion and say, “FOG AND LASER.” And then shoot a laser out your sleeve.

Here’s the deal:

Our running joke for the ‘FOG’ in Fog & Laser is that it stands for “Free of Genre” and we plan to hold ourselves true to this mantra. As a kitchen sink/anything goes/party jam kind of night, one might hear anything from 60s soul to 80s crowd pleasers. Anything from 90s guilty pleasures to the best electro cuts from 2005. A large emphasis will be placed on emerging indie and electronic music but that’s not to say we’ll hold ourselves back from playing a great forgotten punk tune here or a Smiths b-side there.

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Did we mention fog machines and lasers?!! Of course this is one of the reasons it was so easy for us to name the event… but we do plan to up the fun even further with special guests, laser backdrop photo portraits, and great drink specials.

LASER BACKDROP PHOTO PORTRAITS. Rickshaw Stop, this Saturday, only $7. RSVP and invite your friends here.

[Hand modeling by Dennis Kernohan] [Disco epaulet by Tag Savage]

Full press release after the jump:

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It’s at Silver Crest. It’s all Whitney Houston and Patti LaBelle and Billy Ocean. Lots of Billy Ocean. Plus, there’s the Miami Vice theme (parts I and II) and some Miami Sound Machine, and a bunch of songs just labeled “Greek song.”

The best part might be the satisfying click noise the buttons make when you select your song. Or that it’s three selections for 25¢. Or that it uses real records and the needle is covered in 40 years worth of lint. What a sound.

Plus, donuts and whiskey and pool. I think this one wins.

Now let’s listen to some Billy Ocean:

First of all, “Big Gay Warehouse.” We should definitely all go. Secondly, Breezy Nix is the best! We saw her North American debut at Amnesia a couple months ago, and it was killer. She sent us a mix she made, and it is a blast. And, of course, she looks great in an animated GIF.

RSVP to tonight’s show and invite your friends here.

Anyway, I know this place is kind of a haul, but I’m down to get a bike caravan going or whatever. Hit me up!

Or lots and lots of other killer prizes, like:

SF Giants game tickets (3 pairs)
SIGNED Monte Ellis jersey!
Mas Sake – dinner gift certificates
Bocce’s Cellar – dinner gift certificates
Marin Bikes Factory Outlet – Tshirts and goodies
DVD set – Dreamworks bonus DVD set – with How To Train Your Dragon (2 DVD bonus set), Kung Fu Panda (2 DVD bonus set), And the original Shrek on DVD
Video game set – Shrek Smash n Crash Racing Gameboy Advance Game, PS2 Dance Dance Revolution Extreme, PS2 Karaoke Revolution Volume 3, XBox Toe Jam & Earl III, PC CD game Happy Potter, XBox 360 Kung Fu Panda game
Gourmet S’mores Book
Taylor Williams Massage – One hour therapeutic massage
Chien Center (Santa Cruz – Cindy Rasmussen) Massage – one hour
Chrome – messenger bag
Bar Crudo – $50 gift certificate
Reproduction photograph of Buster Posey – signed
Baseball signed by Travis Ishikawa
Photograph signed by Travis Ishikawa
2 passes to the Monterey Bay Aquarium – good for up to one year

Whoa! So this’s an event called Japan Aid SF, takes place tomorrow at the Make-Out Room. Bands will play, prizes will be raffled off:

RSVP and invite your friends here. Buy advance tickets (and raffle tickets) here. (You do not have to be present to win a raffle prize.)

You know you want to help save a killer radio station, so stop on by and check out some rad bands, maybe have a beer or two, see what happens.

Previously:

• Save KUSF By Seeing Some Rock ‘n’ Roll Tonight At The Knockout
• Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio?

Photo of !!! by Marcus Laws

We Built This City reports:

April 18 - !!! at the Independent
April 19 – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at the Great American Music Hall
April 20 – The Go! Team at Mezzanine
April 23 – Erin Brazill and the Brazillionaires’ Christmas in April show at 50 Mason
April 24 – Two Gallants at the Bottom of the Hill
April 25 – Paul Simon at Davies Symphony Hall
April 26 – Paul Simon at the Fox Theater
April 28 – Devil Makes Three at Slim’s
April 28 – The Oh Sees at Cafe du Nord
April 29 – Mike Watt at the Bottom of the Hill
April 29-30 – TV on the Radio at the Independent

May 3 – Battles at the Bottom of the Hill
May 4 – J Mascis at the Independent
May 5 – Fleet Foxes at the Fox Theater
May 7 – The English Beat at Bimbo’s
May 7 – Corin Tucker at the Bottom of the Hill
May 8-9 – Elvis Costello at the Fox Theater
May 10 – The Raveonettes at Bimbo’s
May 11 – The Kills at the Fillmore
May 11 – Pinback at Bimbo’s
May 13 – Of Montreal at the Fillmore
May 13 – Peter, Bjorn & John at the Great American Music Hall
May 13 – The Cars at the Fox Theater
May 13 – The Black Angels at Slim’s
May 14 – Man Man at Bimbo’s
May 14 – The Greenhornes at the Bottom of the Hill
May 16-17 – The Melvins at the Great American Music Hall
May 17 – Buffalo Tom at Slim’s
May 18 – The Fiery Furnaces at Cafe du Nord
May 19 – Echo & The Bunnymen at the Warfield
May 19 – The Knitters at the Great American Music Hall
May 20 – A Frames at the Bottom of the Hill
May 24 – Twilight Singers at the Fillmore
May 25 – Stiff Little Fingers (REALLY??) at Slim’s
May 25 – Joan as Policewoman at Cafe du Nord
May 25-26 – Yeasayer at the Fillmore
May 26-27 – Noah and the Whale at the Independent
May 30-31 – Sleigh Bells at the Independent
May 31 – Antlers at the Great American Music Hall

June 1 – Iron & Wine at the Warfield
June 2 – The Botticellis w/Breathe Owl Breathe at the Bottom of the Hill
June 3 – Architecture in Helsinki at Slim’s
June 4 – Adele at the Greek Theatre
June 5 – Anna Calvi at Cafe du Nord
June 6 – David Lowery at Cafe du Nord
June 7 – Sloan at Cafe du Nord
June 9 – Death Cab for Cutie at the Fillmore
June 13 – Florence & the Machine at the Greek Theatre
June 15 – X at the Great American Music Hall
June 17 – John Vanderslice and the Magik Magik Orchestra at the Herbst Theater
June 18 – Matt & Kim with the Thermals at the Fox Theater
June 13 – Bill Callahan at the Independent
June 22 – Okkervil River at the Fox Theater
June 24 – My Morning Jacket at the Fox Theater
June 28 – Sondre Lerche at the Great American Music Hall
June 28-29 – Dr. Dog at the Independent
June 29 – American Steel at the Bottom of the Hill
June 29 – Dropkick Murphys at the Warfield
June 30 – Blonde Redhead at the Independent

July 13 – David Bazan at the Independent
July 19 – Owl City at the Warfield
July 19-20 – The Avett Brothers at the Fox Theater

Aug. 16 – The Go-Go’s at the Fillmore
Aug. 23 – Crowded House at the Warfield

What a lineup! I’m glad I didn’t bother going to Coachella. The San Francisco music scene rules!

Guerrero Gallery rules!