Mission Mission

(Photo by Brooke A.)

Apparently some hater totally pontiacked the old one, but it’s all good because its replacement is bigger and better and lights up the street in a major way.

If you get a chance, put on “And I Loved You Then” by Lee Hazlewood and hang out under it for a bit.

Cosmic Amanda, one of our favorite people we’ve never met, sends word from the east coast of a graffiti controversy so fiery it just might rival our own Clarion Alley bitch-ass taggers spat. From the Salem News:

A graffiti artist spray-painted the underpass of the March Street bridge earlier this month with a large red and yellow sign: “City of Salem … The Witch City.”

The bridge, which crosses over the bypass road, was painted under the supervision of the Police Department and with the blessing of the mayor’s office.

It was done as a community service project by a 17-year-old who was arrested for graffiti vandalism. It was intended, an official said, almost as a welcoming sign to the hundreds of motorists who drive that road daily to and from Salem.

But more than 30 residents of March Street Court and other nearby streets have signed a petition protesting the sign and demanding its removal.

“As residents, we are horrified that the mayor considered this to be appropriate for our neighborhood,” the petition reads.

Read on.

Soledad Dolores, my new favorite irreverent commenter, weighs in on the tagging controversy:

Taggers must be glad that most people don’t realize how glamorous tagging is and how great the kids feel doing it. It would be sad if it didn’t make Citizens want to beat, torture, and kill a kid for altering the surface color of a wall without permission. Put taggers through a wood chipper like Saddam’s kids did to their victims. It was sad they were killed before they could chip up more people. The chipped-up people never tagged much again. Maybe some of their victims had tagged their grammar school desk or something. Taggers are pretty much the worst things going on in the world it seems. It sad and makes my cry now.

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Peep this: tomorrow night from 6-9pm is the opening of Brian Willmont‘s show, “Skinwalker,” at Receiver Gallery.  I’m no art critic, but there are lots of pieces featuring cacti and rifles, and I love cacti and rifles, so check it out.

The Receiver website is a broken mess, but you can see more pictures from this completely-unrelated-yet-functioning site.

What’s goin’ on?

Photo and title by Marsha V.

Yes, I know Omnivore Books is in Noe Valley, but it’s a pie contest that any group of enterprising individuals with no sense of class and self-respect can turn into a pie eating contest. Word on the street is that they had a lot of sign-ups and it is happening tonight (6-7pm), so get ready:

Bake any kind of pie you wish (and as many as you want), cut it into bite-size pieces, and come show off your skills! Free to pie entries, $5 for those just wishing to eat and judge. We need LOTS of bakers this time for a successful contest, so step on up. Winner splits the door money with us!

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Lucy disappeared from Dolores Park the other day. Witnesses report details that indicate the possibility of some kind of dognapping ring.

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