DJ Purple kicks off a brand-new Dance Karaoke party tonight in North Beach

It’s a trek, sure, but the debut of any new endeavor by DJ Purple will be special.

Peruse the songbook here. Read our in-depth interview with the award-winning DJ here. And finally… RSVP and invite your friends!

Here’s a pretty good punk song about Diet Coke

It’s called “Diet Coke”:

[via Chain and the Gang]

Hot new look for summer: Hot ‘n’ hospitalized

[via Jay]

YOLO tats

One of them is real I think. Can you tell which one?

Bike problems

Colossal affront to beer aficionados of the week: Sucking Bud Light Lime through a Red Vine

[via Caryn]

If you like Berlin-style ping pong, perhaps you should join the San Francisco Berlin-Style Ping Pong League

The inaugural season doesn’t start until fall, but there’s a pre-season game tonight! (And it’s at Dear Mom, so arrive early so you can try out the new dinner menu.)

Epic hill bomb (with music by Thee Oh Sees and panoramic views of SF)

Whoa!

Thee Oh Sees are making a rare appearance at Bottom of the Hill this week btw.

[via Thee Oh Sees]

Farina’s opulent bathroom is a good place to piss during a dire bladder moment

Asked about her favorite interesting SF bathrooms, our pal Elly offers some sage advice:

i would never set foot in FARINA except to piss in their bathroom during a dire bladder moment.  which has only happened once, and i was conflicted about even peeing in their bathroom because i see FARINA as a psychogeographic symbol of various things which have been taken from san francisco over the past 7 to 10 years. anyway, the bathroom is upstairs and it’s really opulent. [link]

I will surely keep that in mind, especially now that Dolores Park’s new bathrooms are facing delays. Anyway, here’s a peek inside:

Looks cool.

[Photo by binkitybonk]

Disaster comics

We heard air raid sirens yesterday afternoon despite it not being Tuesday at noon. Turned out it was just a test, but our pal The Fog Bender immediately began imagining the worst:

One more doozy after the jump:

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Allan Hough

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Biographical Info:

"I joked that living in the Mission would be the end of me. And there were nights where it felt like the case.

One night I went out with my friend Allan to the bar that no one goes to on 16th Street, where I lost half my drink and money on the dance floor. Later we skated down 16th to Evelyn Lee, where I fell off my board and landed on my head as the 22 bus sped past behind me. A sobering moment. At the bar, I sulked and nursed my wounds until Allan put on Amy Winehouse’s 'Valerie.' We danced, he dipped me, and I felt better."

— My pal Valerie, writing about life in the Mission