Mission Mission

It’s called It Came From Detroit and it promises to cover the Gories, the Dirtbombs and everything in between (including the rise of the White Stripes). The Roxie explains:

IT CAME FROM DETROIT is the ultimate fan’s look at the city’s internationally renowned “garage rock” scene. Produced over five years, the documentary chronicles the scene that spawned the likes of The Dirtbombs, The Hentchmen, Detroit Cobras, Demolition Doll Rods and The Von Bondies, both before and after the spotlight that came to town as the White Stripes rose to fame.

I’m there. Here’s the trailer:

Buy tickets here.

I love pie! Buy it here!

(The actual physical booklet is available for sale at a bunch of actual physical local retailers as well. Full list here.)

Says Andrew Mundy:

Thank you rolled gold for reminding me that I’m hungry for tampons. [link]

Rad!

[via The Fog Bender]

[via We Built This City]

I’m walking down 20th Street minding my business when an old lady leans way out her big front window and shouts, “Excuse me! Excuuuse me!” I look up and she continues, “Will you please take that off my railing?” She’s pointing at this Chinese takeout menu. I wonder if she thinks I put it there, but then she says, “I tell them not to put those there, but they don’t listen.”

I go over and tug the thing off her railing. “Just throw it in the street,” she says, “They’re sweeping the gutters tomorrow morning.”

I held onto it and looked for a recycle bin, and then threw it in a trash can after seven blocks of no luck.

The Roxie explains:

SAN FRANCISCO THEATRICAL PREMIERE! Exploding out of South Central LA with a previously unthinkable and utterly undeniable funk-thrash swing and a joyously chaotic stage show, Fishbone quickly ascended to the top of the hyper-competitive heap of Hollywood club bands in the 1980s. But selling something so awesome and unusual to the American public? That’s where the trouble began. EVERYDAY SUNSHINE ecstatically traces the tangled threads, simultaneously shooting straight about Angelo Moore and Norwood Fisher’s dogged persistence in continuing the band amidst innumerable setbacks. Dirs: Lev Anderson & Chris Meltzer. Interviews with past and present members of Fishbone, Flea, No Doubt, George Clinton, Mike Watt, Tim Robbins & ?uestlove. 2010. Digital. 103 mins.

Both Friday night shows include acoustic performances by the band and Q&A with the band and the film makers! See a week’s worth of showtimes and buy tickets here.

To win a pair of tickets to the Friday night show of your choice, leave a comment below explaining why you deserve to win. Contest ends at 5PM on Wednesday, January 4, 2012. Winner will be chosen based on merit.

Now let’s rock:

Kelly Kate explains:

HAPPY FUCKING NEW YEARS ASSHOLES, I JUST PEED OUT THE WINDOW OF A MOVING BUS. [link]

Baller move!

Uh, Gavin Russom released one of the best songs of the year this year, if you ask me. Check it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8YuNL7CMf4

And he’s celebrating NYEE with Donuts at Public Works tonight! L.A. Vampires are supposed to be the shit too, and Magic Touch is local and bangin’. Happy birthday, Donuts!

RSVP and invite your friends!

Can’t wait! Ferocious Few and B. Hamilton have both been longtime faves. Together on one bill, Amnesia should be worried its foundations might be rocked to rubble.

Here’s what head Hamilton Ryan C. Parks had to say about tonight’s event this morning on Facebook:

Get your ass to Mars! RSVP and invite your friends!

Watch an epic Ferocious Few video here. Read all about B. Hamilton (and download their debut album for FREE) here.