Mission Mission

As some of you might remember, former Mission Mission editor Kat Malinowska has temporarily relocated to Los Angeles, where the guerilla marketing — even for a family friendly brand such as Disney — has gotten downright weird:

Read on.

Okay, so we all love cover bands and cover songs. How about a cover menu full of cover dishes??

Noise Pop in two weeks hosts a cover dinner at a secret location that’ll be just that — epic recreations of famously epic culinary wonders. Here’s the full menu:

Snacks from Ferran Adrià

Tartare of Smoked and Raw Arctic Char with purple Shiso Sorbet (Justin North of Bécasse, Australia)

Chilled Snap Pea Soup with Mint and Avocado (Charlie Trotter, Chicago)

“Homage to Spring” Ravioli Hedgehog Mushroom, Peas and Tarragon, Lemon Ricotta, Thyme and Onions, Roasted Garlic Cream, Artichoke (Quince’s Michael Tusk, San Francisco)

Grilled Octopus Tentacles, Chorizo, Fingerling Potato, Green Almonds, and Salsa Verde (Thomas Keller, Per Se, New York)

Aged Beef with Yamaio, Arame, Uni and Burnt Butter Soy Sauce (Susur Lee, Susur, Toronto)

“Tengo” Raspberry, Red Pepper, Parmesan Reggiano Cream, Sesame Pate Sucree
(Pierre Herme, Paris)

Further details and ticketing info here.

[via C'mon Pony]

Escaped zoo animal? Weird magic trick? (Weird Photoshop trick?) What’s this about?

Photography by the ghostis. View it larger here.

So we’re all going, right?

RSVP and invite your friends here.

It’s unclear when/where this shot came from. But, whoa.

[via Man Freckles]

Now that the weather’s nice, we should todally go hang on the roof and eat them.

[Photo by Leanne Koh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm3UGftvCRo

First Pitchfork did a big feature called Positive Destruction: San Francisco’s New Garage Rock. Then Scion released a whole movie called New Garage Explosion: In Love With These Times. They both, obviously, focus a lot on Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees and other hot SF bands. The movie mentioned briefly though that none of this ever would have happened without this band The Clean.

They’re from New Zealand. And the above song is pret-ty good. But I do believe it sounds like this Strokes b-side (almost exactly, really) more than any Oh Sees hit:

[Thanks, A!]

Not interested? Fine, let’s go back to nerding out about IPAs.

[via Doctor Dex]

Our buddy Doc put on an impromptu yo-yo clinic last night outside Bender’s. Vic tells the tale:

I requested the “Pentagram” yo-yo trick that I saw him do on YouTube. He did it flawlessly even after drinking all night. Note that this is an off-the-string trick. Meaning, during the trick he untwisted and detached the yo-yo from the string and went into a trick called the “Washing Machine” (which he invented) then did this, and reattached the string to the yo-yo before returning it to his hand.

Also, amazing yo-yo tricks aside, I’d like to point out how awesome it is that the “Pabst” logo appears upside-down on Doc’s right leg. More mysterious magic of the RAZR camera, the polaroid of our time.

Yes, if anyone’s interested, I am available for impromptu RAZR clinics outside Bender’s anytime. [link]

Update!

Here’s a video of this trick, done in front of Ritual Coffee