Mission Mission

Well done, son.

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First Billy Joel, now this.

(Thanks, Kathleen!)

Noise Pop and City Arts and Lectures are presenting a very special conversation next Tuesday starring rock legend Bob Mould and street art icon Shepard Fairey. Here are some career highlights from the winsome pair:

This should be fun!

To win tickets, in the comments section below share your best Bob Mould- or Shepard Fairey-related anecdote. A winner will be chosen based on merit by noon this coming Friday.

Read more about the event here, and purchase tickets here.

Happy 8th birthday, Bender’s!

[Photos by terry.b; more here.]

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Sounds good to me!

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SF Gate was on the scene for their San Francisco debut:

Kelvin Quinnine has shivered through more San Francisco nights than he can count, fog biting through whatever worn-out sleeping bag he pitched onto the sidewalk.

He stood last week on Ellis Street with his latest bag wrapped around him. When a young woman wearing a bizarrely baggy coat walked up to him, he cocked his gray-bearded head sideways.

“It’s a coat for the homeless that turns into a sleeping bag at night,” 22-year-old Veronika Scott said brightly. She held an edge out to him. Quinnine pinched it.

Read on.

(Thanks, Colleen!)

[Photo by Noah Berger / SF Chronicle]

It’ll be a while still (as you can see), but it’s gonna happen. Mission Local reports:

La Rondalla owner Carlos Barrios was in his early 30s when he took over his parents’ restaurant in the late 1980s to run it for 20 years. If things go as planned this fall,  he’ll hand the management over to his two daughters. Already, he’s transferred the ownership to their names.

“I’m not going to be around forever,”  said Barrios who recently suffered a seizure. Although he wants to be involved in the restaurant as much as possible, doctors have told him to take it easy so it will be Betty Barrios, 25, and her 23-year-old sister Luna who take over.  They hope to have the restaurant open by late November or early December.

Between now and then, there’s plenty to do.

Read on.

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