Mission Mission

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Here’s the deal:

How would you like to spend New Year’s Eve with a KILLER Talking Heads cover band? Oh, you’d LOVE to? Well you’re in luck…

******THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS *NOT* TALKING HEADS********

• TALKING HEADS cover band (featuring members of North American Scum)
• DJ Nicky Peeps (BFF.fm, KALX) spinning power pop
• DJ JustStella (American Tripps, BFF.fm) spinning classic CBGB hits
• DJ Elisa Rocket (KDVS, Smithsonian Folkways) spinning African party music
• Berlin-style PING PONG
• Skeeball courtesy of Joey the Cat
• LOTS MORE tba

AND it’s at the incredibly awesome FOLSOM STREET FOUNDRY!!!!!!!

The band, in addition to members of North American Scum, also features Natalie Galatzer of Bike Basket Pies fame on backing vocals and lead vocals! And be sure to catch DJ JustStella’s BFF.fm show (Friday 8-10pm) and DJ Nick Pal’s BFF.fm show (Sunday 6-8pm) for a little taste of their tastes.

TO WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS, tell us your favorite Talking Heads jam in the comments section below. Winners will be selected at random and notified via email. Contest ends at 5pm this coming Monday.

To buy tickets, hit up AmericanTrippsNYE.eventbrite.com

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[via Less Jokes]

This is a still (and quote) from a short film by our pal Xtina.

(Which reminds me… it’s no red-and-gold-roller-disco-getup, but Amos Goldbaum’s commemorative Candlestick shirts and hoodies might make a great last minute gift idea. He’ll be setting up shop at 19th and Valencia today.)

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The new video by Happy Fangs. Watch:

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[from Ben V. via our Facebook wall]

Last week it was reported that John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees is leaving San Francisco (for LA) because he’s “over” the Mission. Bummer, but, it happens, and life goes on. I’m sure he’ll do great things in LA and I’m sure he’ll be back in SF a lot, but check out this ancient Terminal Boredom interview in which then-future Oh See Lars Finberg grills Dwyer about his then-new album “The Master’s Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In,” and lots more:

Lars: Can you talk about living in San Fransisco? It’s one of my favorite cites to imagine moving to, am I wrong? What’s your favorite thing about it? What’s the worst? Do you think you’ll stay forever?
John: SF is the best, I love it and everytime I leave I come back refreshed. I may die here, I guess. Tacos, beach, bikes, hot girls. Movies. Parks. A good home with good friends. What more can I say? Oh yeah, good people to write songs with. Home base. The worst: a bad taco or burrito. Hard to come by, but man when you do…look out.

Read on for the lots more.

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