Mission Mission

We did a post the other day spotlighting one citizen’s supreme satisfaction with an experience involving the SFPD.

Stu wrote in today with a very different perspective:

I broke my hip on 24th and mission after being jumped a year and a half ago. The EMT asked me if I had “had a little fight with my friends” and also asked me to stand up AFTER I had told them where I was having pain. Then they told me it was not likely my hip. When the police arrived they were having a jolly time laughing and when I raised my voice to try and get some actual help they treated me like a suspect and told me to “take it down a notch”. I couldn’t believe the way they handled my situation. It made me sick. A miserable time all together. My friend ended up driving me to the hospital because i was so pissed with the police and the EMT workers. I have 8 screws and a plate now in my hip and three assholes walked. Probably high-fiving each other as the cops did nothing.

Not good, SFPD.

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Podboy may be new on the scene, but his series of recently unearthed 7th grade papers and doodles is blowing me away every single day.

Bartenator versus Bartbo, as you can see, is an instant classic. (The “ink please” piece was a doozie too, right?)

A fresh comment on our announcement about SF’s last big pierogi party:

Great Scott!!! PierogiSF is coming Back<<< To The New Taste Marketplace! Noon – 5pm tomorrow, Saturday, March 12th. All traditional potato & onion this time, since they sold out before many pierogi seekers were able to experience a blast from their past. But beware, no DeLorean time machine can save you if we run out again, so be sure to come early!

Don’t be tardy!

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TK has a series of tips for before, during and after. Here’s some of the after:

- The first thing you should do is try and figure out who your Leader will be in the Post-Apocalyptic Nightmare that you now inhabit. Try to gravitate towards people wearing animal skins and carrying guns. The Leader should be charismatic but also quietly assured and have a spiritual side that he doesn’t reveal, except maybe in one scene with Mila Kunis.

- You will need to rebuild the shattered world, so be the first to loot a nearby hardware store.

- Try to stay out of the Rivers of Blood. God knows what weird diseases those people had.

Solid advice, TK! Read on.

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Not better than the crippling amazing original, but not bad.

(Thanks, Rebecca!)

This very short film depicts Chas of TCB Courier putting a bike together.

Now, go order a sandwich.

(Thanks, Storts!)

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Let’s just dive right in. Here’s the intro to an interview I did with The Troublemakers for a garage music zine in 1998 (around the same time I did that interview with the Tiki Men):

In the vein of The Sonics and, more recently, the Mummies and such, The Troublemakers play garage punk in its purest form. They take the stage in their famous zebra-striped vests, pegged pants, and beatle boots, and rock the house with loud and snotty 60′s styled tunes and Back From The Grave covers brimming with treble and a fierce 90′s punch. “The house” usually being Sacramento, California’s famous ‘Old Ironsides’ neighborhood tavern, where, this past November, The Troublemakers released their first LP on Germany’s Screaming Apple Records. This record is easily one of the best garage records of the 90′s… so get it.

They only play about once a year these days, and today is that day. Problem is, once again, they’re playing at Old I in Sacramento. But it’ll be worth the trip, I’m sure. These Troublemakers are a rowdy bunch.

Read the whole interview after the jump:

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It’s a Wood & Faulk.

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