Mission Mission

Bath-themed dance party! Here’s the official invite:

This month, get bubbly and comfortable on the dancefloor as
#2MWMY brings you
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“2 MEN WILL MOVE YOU
BATH, BATH, & BEYOND”
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A bath-time themed rave
with lights and decor by PND
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Dj’s Primo + Jordan

ACID JAMS DISCO HOUSE ITALO E T C

Sat Jan 14th
9:30-2AM
at
our
favorite
little bar with the huge subwoofer AMNESIA

RSVP and invite your friends!

[via Primo]

Somehow I saw Thee Oh Sees 16 times last year, and this week Noise Pop published my little “tour diary.” Here I’m talking about seeing them at the Eagle last April:

This was possibly the best concert I’ve ever been to in my life. I think it was the last show ever at the Eagle, so people were lamenting its imminent demise, as well as KUSF’s uncertain future. People were bummed, but then Ty came out and riled everybody up, and then Thee Oh Sees came out and killed. I walked on the ceiling that night.

Read on for entries (and photos) from here in SF, in Austin at SXSW, on Treasure Island, in LA, in NY, in Detroit and more.

They turned them into “Automated Truth Machines.” (Now they’re exponentially more useful than the totally useless Wells Fargo ATMs in the Mission.) Hacking! Rainforest Action Network explains how it was done:

The activists used special non-adhesive stickers designed to look exactly like BoA’s ATM interface. But instead of checking and savings accounts, these new menus offered a list of everything BoA customers’ money is being used for, including investment in coal-fired power plants, foreclosure on Americans’ homes, bankrolling of climate change, and paying for fat executive bonuses.

Get the whole story, an interactive map of the project, and lots more pictures here.

It’s been a month since Parks and Rec‘s Ron Swanson was found to be modeled after famed Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.

Last night on my walk home from work I captured evidence in nearby Potrero of what I have long believed to be a tree containing the soul of sad Homer Simpson, from Television’s The Simpsons.

Reader Noah B. wrote in to tell us what happened to him on Monday night:

1. I was walking home from Churchills at about 8:15 pm (on 14th street just past Dolores )
2. I was talking on my phone when a man TASED (yes tazed) me on my left side.  It was not as bad as i thought it would be but def scared shit out of me ..must have been a cheap taser (per cops)
3. I fell down for quick sec but got up instantly and told him to “Get the eff away from me!” (loud)
4. I continued to back up and he said to me “give me your phone or i’ll shoot you”
5. Since i only saw the tazer in his hand, I told him to go fuck himself (loud again) (prob not smartest move i know)
6. At that time i see a woman coming and i yell at him “there is a witness now and we are calling the cops!”  He then took off…

Cops came and i was given a case number. The guy was an African american male in his early 20′s about 5’8 wearing a hoodie. Reminder to never walk alone at night and talk on your cell or text….they are looking for that now and it has been happening nightly the police say. I’m super lucky!

Mission Local reports:

On Wednesday at about 5:52 p.m., a 48-year-old woman was walking on Hampshire Street near 21 Street when two suspects snuck up on her and pointed a handgun at her, police said.

Authorities said that the victim dropped her phone on the ground and one of the suspects grabbed it. Both suspects fled on foot, according to police reports. [link]

This project is known as San Francisco Pinball Flippers. They seem to be pretty on top of what’s out there, and they’re quite responsive if you alert them to shortcomings:

Spooky, man.

The only catch is that you’ll have to wait until 2015 to try them out.  SFGate reports:

The cars will sport a sleek modern look, cleaner seats, digital information displays, even air conditioning that works on hot days.

Each car will have three doors to speed boarding, but will still have 60 seats, all made of an easier-to-clean material. Seats will be reconfigured with standard seating in rows at each end of the car, and seats situated more informally around standing areas and places for wheelchairs, bikes and luggage in the center.

Looks like those cranial liminal survey scans conducted on BART passengers have finally paid off!  But will they allow bikes on board during rush hour?

[Pics via SFGate]

Previously:

• BART bike parking is not secure
• Why No Bikes on BART Escalators?
• How Bikes on BART is Broken

[via Boring Postcard]