The view from your friendly neighborhood bike messenger’s bottle cage

These are just a couple screenshots from an epic short film shot I think today by “steeeevey T” of TCB and Stortstrots. He starts in the Mission and winds his way downtown.

Watch the whole movie here, for the soundtrack if not the rad visuals.

You gotta friend me on Facebook again

Louise overheard a cute phone conversation at Atlas Cafe today. She was so tickled, she transcribed the whole thing:

You’re coming apart at the seams, man.  You gotta friend me on Facebook again. Yeah, let’s be friends again, because you got a lotta work ahead of you.  You gotta put all those photos online, man. I’m gonna have lunch with your mom this week.  Maybe you could stop by.  Yeah, in the rain.  Ain’t that aboutta bitch?  And there’s a great Balkan party this weekend, so clear your schedule for that.  The girls are crazy over there.

Phone calls sure sound weird when you only hear one side, right? Read on for a geography lesson and more Facebook talk.

And while you’re at it, like us on Facebook if you haven’t already.

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Feds raiding Bryant Street home?

Tipster Todd of Telstar Logistics knows not very much:

A friend just texted to say the Feds are raiding a home on Bryant, between 22nd and 23rd. No more info.

What’s crackin’? Imma go take a look.

UPDATE: I didn’t see nothin’.

Handlebar mustache handlebars, on a shirt

Like it? Want it? Well, it doesn’t actually exist yet. You have to vote for it or something on Threadless. Local designer Jessica S. explains:

Hey, so I recently got a design approved by Threadless for a competition to see if it get’s printed. I live out in the Mission and the design was entirely inspired by the hipsters that inhabitat the area. I was wondering if you guys would like to post a link to the design in support of Mission designers… so I can spend the prize money on expensive Mission coffee.. boosting the local economy.

Everyone wins!

Thanks for reading and sorry for the spamish email.

Thanks for reading and sorry for this spamish post.

No, I did not mean ‘Gavin Newsom retarded’

It’s true:

You’re welcome, Gina. Sorry, Gavin Newsom.

And by all means, like I said at the beginning, read Corntard.

CONTEST: Win tickets to Mission United featuring DJ Primo

Is there any way Primo could not be your favorite local DJ? Primo spins at Oldies Night, Nightbeat, 2 Men Will Move You, Lost and Found, Soul Night, and probably elsewhere. You could dance your ass off to Primo’s work every night of the week! AND he makes the best flyers (see above) by far.

So even though you can see him any time you want, this Mission United appearance on Saturday might be a little special because it’s a one-off event, it’s at Public Works which is a pretty different venue than most of the places you’ll see Primo (the bathrooms are so clean!), proceeds go to cool local charities, the event combines music with food and art and fashion, there will be a handful of other local DJs there that you might not be so familiar with, and it all lasts til 3AM!! Epic party!

Plus, we’re giving away three pairs of tickets. Leave a comment below telling us why you love Primo the best. Whoever gushes the hardest wins. (We’ll judge the winners based on merit, and the contest ends at noon on Friday.) Go forth and gush!

RSVP and invite your friends via the official Mission United Facebook page.

Check out Primo’s Flickr stream for lots more art and photography.

 

So many dick sightings in this city

Our buddy Zoë Banks saw a dick this morning:

Some guy just exposed himself to me at 18th & Capp and all I thought was “Wait, it’s not Bay to Breakers yet”. SF is nuts! There are so many dick sightings in this city, they’ve lost all meaning.

Sad! Also, gross! Also, heinous!

Previously:

Mission Mission on Tumblr

By the way, Mission Mission now has its very own Tumblr. Right now, it’s sort of a behind-the-scenes look at Mission Mission proper. Maybe that will be entertaining, or of some kind of value. If not, we’ll retool. At the very least, perhaps it will remind those of us in a total Tumblr k-hole (t-hole?) that good stuff exists outside of our dashboards. Perhaps?

Anyway, I think it’s fun for the time being. And the above picture is pret-ty trippy, right?

SFPD dirt bike cops are everywhere these days

I used to only see these guys in the park, but just now I left the house for like 30 minutes and saw three just cruising around the neighborhood.

UPDATE: TK makes a good point in the comments. With potholes like these floating around, you best be on a dirt bike.

Gangsta lean

[Photo and title by Alexandra Sheehan]

Allan Hough

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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