Mission Mission

My feelings about Thee Oh Sees are more complex than they once were, but no matter what, sometimes a little Oh Sees is exactly what you need:

Happy Monday, everybody.

The new Oh Sees are doing a 3-night residency at the Chapel next month btw and it’s already sold out.

That’s right, man. The real ESG!!!!! Hard French always puts together the most mind-blowing party lineups in town, so I guess we can’t be all that surprised. But I mean, ESG!!!!!!!!! Here are the rest of the party details:

HARD FRENCH ▼s LOS HOMOS V – Pride Sunday w/ ESG
1 block party, 2 stages, 6 clubs in 6 hours
with a live performance by No Wave legends ESG

Quick Links:
Tickets: http://tinyurl.com/HFPride2015
FAQ: http://hardfrench.com/pridefaq/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/hardfrench

Pride Sunday June 28th, 2015
3pm-11pm (block party 3pm-8pm)
$15 hella early bird tickets // $20 early bird pre-sale // $25 general pre-sale
Mezzanine (444 Jessie Street), 21+
Buy tickets: http://ticketf.ly/1d2FQQq

MEZZANINE MAIN STAGE (3pm – 11pm)
Live Performance with ESG!

dance and drum beats c/o Extra Action Marching Band
the return of Six Clubs in Six Hours featuring:
hosted by Persia!
MANGO w/ DJ Olga T
Bearracuda San Francisco
Lexington Club w/ Doc Sleep
Smooth Operator w/ Hoku Mama Swamp
Cafeteria (LA) w/ Ambrosia Salad
Polyglamorous

STEVENSON ALLEY OUTDOOR BLOCK PARTY (3pm – 8pm)
featuring your Hard French DJs Brown Amy & Carnita
spinning the baddest all vinyl girl group grooves, north soul stunners, and funky foot stompers this side of the 60s

with the infamous Jiggalicious Dance Babes
Babes shakin it down and makin you move

RSVP and invite your friends!

To win a pair of tickets, leave a comment in the comments section below explaining how excited you are to see ESG. Winner will be decided based on merit. Contest ends this coming Wednesday at 5pm.

Now let’s rock:

Ever since Pop’s reopened with an entertainment license last year, I for one have been spending a lot more of my nightlife hours on the eastern end of 24th Street enjoying mellow happy-hour DJ sets, full-on dance parties and even live bands.

Now, nearby cafe Sugarlump is getting in on the fun. Capp Street Crap reports:

The 24th Street cafe is reinventing itself — in the evenings, at least. Starting last week, Sugarlump began having nightly beer and wine happy hour nightly from 7 to 8 p.m.

Co-owner and friend of Capp Street Crap Martin Rapalski said he has also lined up the first of what will grow to a week long roster of DJs spinning from the start of happy hour until 10 p.m.

Think fewer lattes and laptops, more lounge.

“We’re hoping it’ll take off as an alternative to the bar scene,” he said.

In addition, Sugarlump is revamping its beer and wine lists – the craft beer selection will all be in cans and priced low – as well as turning the lights down in the evenings and adding votives, Rapalski said. Bad news for the Internet addicted; in the interest of face-to-face conversation, Wi-Fi will be shut off at 7 p.m.

They’re looking for more DJs if you’re interested, as well as new food popups to replace the departed Sous Beurre Kitchen. Read on.

[Photo by Google Maps]

This week we are thrilled to bring together two of our favorite mission neighbors: Asterisk Magazine & BFF.fm Radio! Join us as Asterisk Magazine releases their latest issue #LEISURE, this Thursday night before Pride Weekend kicks off. Join the fun as the crew from BFF.fm radio get you warmed up for SF Pride with DJs Cosmic Amanda & ZeroOne spinnning classic disco, funk, and dance jams all night!

See what else is in store this week at POPS:

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Usually when I do these lists it’s because I ran into 10+ people at some event in the Mission, but I figured 5 dudes was pretty damn good being that I was in Oakland. The Warriors parade was heaps of fun, and waiting out the BART shitshow at Telegraph for a few hours was really fun too. Here are all the dudes I saw:

• Ryan Christopher Parks, internet genius and local rock musician and bartender at Telegraph
• Luke Spray, co-host of Roll Over Easy (the best SF-themed radio show in SF)
• Tyler Davin-Moore, former Crispin Cider rep and current Oskar Blues rep and eternal hard partier
• Jordan Miller, manager of the lanes at Mission Bowling Club and eternal hard partier
• Brian Brophy a.k.a. The Tens, Bay Area-based street photographer

We did lots of shots. (And the frozen greyhounds were good too.) (See you next season, gents!)

[Photo by Jess Kelso]

The fences are going up as we speak…

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO

I mean I don’t know much about politics, but this song is pretty fun:

[via Cuhsandra]

Be wary of the Sonic Boom!  Our pal Dr. Eric barely made it out alive!