Mission Mission

What? I like pictures of gloves.

Photo by Orin Optiglot.

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Glove

Why I love 4Q Conditioning.

Photographer Gretchen Robinette captured a piece of perfection over the weekend. First published by SF Weekly, it quickly took the internet by storm.

Local blogger Megan Allison spread the word, calling it “the new face of irony.” Tim Dickinson of Rolling Stone weighed in, declaring the photograph “a definitional case of the Narcissism of Small Differences.”

And then our very own zinzin came along and delivered probably my favorite commentary yet. If the kid in the picture doesn’t immediately upon hearing his new moniker launch himself into a career in the music industry making records and touring the world as Grand Arbiter of Scum, he’s fooling himself.

Incidentally, this is his second appearance on Mission Mission. I don’t recall whether he was the one that actually uttered the haiku, but he was definitely a member of the crew depicted in Skate-Punk Poetry Overheard Outside the Nice Lady Store.

Thanks, everybody!

Link to photo in Gretchen Robinette’s Flickr photostream.

Update (Tuesday night): Again, I’m not going to censor anybody, but please try to refrain from making death threats or things of that nature in the comments section.

Also, Gretchen Robinette just posted a new version of the photo, properly exposed and with the addition of a second subject, cropped out of the image above. Check it out!

Update (Mid-February): Tim Dickinson changed his Twitter handle, rendering the above hyperlink erroneous. Try this.

Subtlety in Excess just shone a nice spotlight on the photography of Dizzy Atmosphere. Dizzy’s photostream is four decades of street scenes and portraits from the Mission, Greater San Francisco and beyond. Peruse it for a gnarly series on house movers in the Western Addition, tons of great portraits of San Franciscans out on the street, and artful compositions as far as the eye can see.

Original Subtlety in Excess post is here, and note that though they’re headquartered in New York, they took some photos of their own in the Mission recently. See them here.

Geoffrey Ellis of Sadkids got in touch to tell us about an opening tonight at Rite Spot Cafe:

“Rock Show”

Group Photo Show featuring:

C.Anderson (Victim of Time/Horizontal Action)
Tiger Lily (KALX/Jet Lagger)
Geoffrey Ellis (Sadkids)
Charlie Homo
Julie Zielinski (Noise Pop)
Annie Southworth (Panache/Noise Pop)

Reception:
Sunday February 1st between 6-9

Link. As a bonus, at about 9:30, Sweet Hollywaiians take the stage, and they sound like a good time.

And even if none of the above floats your boat, remember, Rite Spot is the permanent home of probably the best painting of all time.

“Mr. Quintron at Gonerfest 4, Memphis, 2007″ by Geoffrey Ellis.

Beginners Blood is a show at Million Fishes curated by photographer Zach Lewis. Some of our favorite Zach Lewis photos are this and this and this.

I’ve been all over the world, but the sky rarely looks as trippy as it often does in the Mission. This photo was taken yesterday by our buddy Mike Chino.

Photo by kate at yr own risk. More like it here.

Sangroncito encountered this spacey oddity somewhere on Valencia Street. It’s giving me the willies. Link.

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Dolores Park Monster Owns the Night

Humanoid Ghostbat Owns the BART Tunnels

More great stuff by juicyrai. Click to enlarge.

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People on Mission Street