Mission Mission

[via Talent Is An Asset]

Last night my friend Jess wanted to see Cursive with me at the Great American, but it (like so much of Noise Pop 2012) was sold out when we got there. We went around the corner for a beer at Edinburgh Castle, and then walked back so she could pick up her bike and just maybe get a ticket from someone once more people had arrived.

Cursive were standing on the street, in front of the O’Farrell Theatre, and we joked about asking them to get her in. Instead she decided to head home and I went inside.

Five minutes later, there she was! While she was unlocking her bike, some guy came up to her and asked if she needed a ticket:

Guy with ticket: Hey, do you need a ticket?
Jess: Yeah! But my friend just went inside with the money!
Guy with ticket: Oh that’s okay, my friends already paid me and anyway I can just get it from you at Mission Cliffs.

And Jess had no idea who he was. People in San Francisco really are nice!

If you missed Cursive, or otherwise haven’t had your fill of the emo on offer at this year’s festival, Christie Front Drive is playing Saturday at Café du Nord. Tickets and details here.

Mission Local has more on the story.

Officer Albie Esparza said today that 42-year-old Roland Pouncy, a San Francisco resident, was arrested Sunday on one count of possession of stolen property [the victim's ATM card]. Esparza said that the man has not been arrested in connection with Sprague’s death.

Seattle’s The Virgin Islands, opening for Cursive at Great American Music Hall as a part of Noise Pop last night, think San Francisco is a nice place:

It’s nice to be in a nice place. You guys in San Francisco try to act all tough and cool and indifferent… but you’re really all just nice.

Aw, thanks!

It was beloved as Sadie’s Flying Elephant, it was beloved as Mission Hill Saloon, and no doubt it’ll be beloved yet again as the Unresolved Love Life of Evelyn Lee, which is what the bar at the base of the hill at the corner of Potrero Avenue and Mariposa is gonna be, starting in a couple weeks.

Jay and Oliver from Dear Mom and their pal Michael from Thieves finalized the deal in the last couple days, and Jay called today to tell us the good news. The plan is this: Mission Hill Saloon will have a big closing party this coming Sunday night, they’ll shut down for a couple weeks to paint and clean and improve the bathrooms, and the new place will open the second week of March. And they’re gonna do “some fun stuff with food” possibly involving their pals from Wise Sons.

What’s up with the name? Jay and Oliver do not like boring bar names, and they have a good friend named Evelyn whose love life seemed to warrant commemoration.

I love Mission Hill Saloon, but I can’t wait!

[Photo by Google Maps]

Brand New, the world’s best branding blog, today veers away from big global and national brands and takes a look at a little ol’ restaurant that started out in the Mission:

The previous logo, apart from being almost a non-logo, was somewhat confusing, highlighting “ED” above anything else and the old menus didn’t quite make justice to the $11-cocktails or $50-plus-wine bottles available. The new logo is an elegant, Lubalin-esque solution that, if not entirely perfect — the tracking feels a little tight and I wish the diagonal line connected in a smoother way with the “THE” on top — conveys a better sense of upscale dining and the uniqueness of the restaurant.

Read on to see how the new logo is applied to menus and and other stuff.

Our pal Beth stumbled upon this action late last night. Here’s more: “As I was turning right onto 25th from Capp Street I saw a man in handcuffs and neckbrace outside of an ambulance. Perhaps he was involved.”

OMG the Mish was on the scene too, and they spin a more colorful yarn:

At around 10:00pm tonight a trio of youngsters were spotted joyriding around the mission in a stolen car.  They tried to do donuts at 26th and Mission but ended up crashing right into Casa Guadalupe #3 where they only sell day old “pan”.  After the accident, the culprits ran into Lilac Alley and changed clothes. [link]

[Photos by Beth LaBerge]

At Cafe du Nord, it’s a show starring the Soft Pack, that band that used to be called the Muslims. They’re kind of surfy garage rock. Local faves Shannon and the Clams support, along with FIDLAR and Surf Club, who are also surfy garage rock. Tickets and details here.

Upstairs at the Swedish American Hall, it’s Mac McCaughan from Superchunk doing a solo thing, with Rachel Haden, who sang the lead on Weezer’s “I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams,” and a couple other acts opening. Tickets and details here.

Doesn’t it look delicious?  Except for that blue stuff–I don’t know what that’s supposed to be.  Nevertheless, the most precise super burrito ever assembled can be found at Z Space, but you’d already know that if you’ve been coming to ping pong!