Friday night summer soul revue features local music luminaries singing soul standards in the Mission’s biggest ballroom

Here’s what to expect:

Summer is here and on Friday July 8th, local musicians will pay homage to soul greats and E V E R Y O N E will be dancing. The party will be led by DJ Primo and include live performances from Bay Area garage rockers (including members of the Sandwitches and Oakland’s Shannon and the Clams). This will be a summer dance event full of talent and a great selection of music that will take people back to the nights of 60’s southern soul flavor…even if they only know the likes of it if from the movies.

Oh, and be sure to heed the dress code: “Guys wear ties, ladies roll their eyes — and look hot.” RSVP, invite your friends, and purchase advance tickets here.

[via Gravel & Gold]

There’s a new bar open on Mission Street

Word on the street is that it’s called “Mayhem,” but the signage out front is the Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem logo, so this place might be getting sued by the Muppets in a minute.

In any case, it’s in the space recently vacated by Bissap Baobab. It’s a nice place to sit and have a can of Bud on a Wednesday night:

And the people watching on Mission is pretty choice:

Double standards in relationships

We Built This City (not pictured) recently overheard two women (not pictured) at Mission Cliffs talking about a guy (not pictured):

“He showed up at my house at like 10am yesterday. He was like, ‘I called and you didn’t pick up.’ And I was like, ‘I was walking the dogs — and how many times have I called and you don’t pick up?’ And he was like [fake dude voice] ‘Well I don’t feel like I need to be at your beck and call.’” [link]

Double standards are great, right?

[Photo by Josh Lam]

Cars keep blowing through the stop sign at 21st and Harrison because there’s a backhoe blocking the stop sign

Seriously, I saw three in a row, and then three more in a row. Careful on your home, everybody!

(Also, this particular job might be over with by now, but there seems to be a lot of road construction happening all over, so keep your eyes peeled and be extra vigilant if you see a backhoe anywhere.)

Hot new look for summer: Slurpees for breakfast

[via Appendages of Cool]

No idea what’s going on here, but I like it

[via Pen Pop]

How to stop drunk people from pissing on the side of your house

[via cellybrain]

Summer reading

Explains Summer Is Rad:

I find weird shit on Harrison St.

[link]

Deal of the day

[via The Minutes]

Basket bike peg grind

[via Box Dog Bikes]

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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