Mission Mission

You haven’t been to Oddball Films yet? It’s this weird film archive in a warehouse space above Capp Street that hosts curated film screenings on a regular basis.

This Thursday evening, they’re showing a bunch of films about beer. Some are old, some are new. Some will be of interest to beer aficionados, some will be of interest to people who want to see a cat drink beer and use drugs.

A cat drink beer and use drugs. A cat drink beer and use drugs.

Plus, there will be a selection of microbrews on the scene, for drinking.

Click here for a PDF rundown of the whole program. [via Mission Local]

Or lots and lots of other killer prizes, like:

SF Giants game tickets (3 pairs)
SIGNED Monte Ellis jersey!
Mas Sake – dinner gift certificates
Bocce’s Cellar – dinner gift certificates
Marin Bikes Factory Outlet – Tshirts and goodies
DVD set – Dreamworks bonus DVD set – with How To Train Your Dragon (2 DVD bonus set), Kung Fu Panda (2 DVD bonus set), And the original Shrek on DVD
Video game set – Shrek Smash n Crash Racing Gameboy Advance Game, PS2 Dance Dance Revolution Extreme, PS2 Karaoke Revolution Volume 3, XBox Toe Jam & Earl III, PC CD game Happy Potter, XBox 360 Kung Fu Panda game
Gourmet S’mores Book
Taylor Williams Massage – One hour therapeutic massage
Chien Center (Santa Cruz – Cindy Rasmussen) Massage – one hour
Chrome – messenger bag
Bar Crudo – $50 gift certificate
Reproduction photograph of Buster Posey – signed
Baseball signed by Travis Ishikawa
Photograph signed by Travis Ishikawa
2 passes to the Monterey Bay Aquarium – good for up to one year

Whoa! So this’s an event called Japan Aid SF, takes place tomorrow at the Make-Out Room. Bands will play, prizes will be raffled off:

RSVP and invite your friends here. Buy advance tickets (and raffle tickets) here. (You do not have to be present to win a raffle prize.)

Today just might be a Serrano’s day.

(For 2cute2puke, yesterday was the day.)

Yesterday, we heard about what we thought was the worst bus behavior we’d heard about in a while. And then, our old pal Heather trounced it in the comments section:

Yesterday on the 3 a lady was methodically picking out lice from her daughter’s hair with her fingernails and throwing them on the floor! I have seen a lot of horrible things on MUNI in the past ten years, but that was probably the most unsettling.

Next-level unsettling, for sure. Read more.

[Completely unrelated photo by Heidi De Vries]

I can’t wait to see how this plays out. I hope somebody gets some pics of the process.

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Melissa shared this amazing picture on her Tumblr last week.

This is my great-great-grandfather Elijah with his family, in front of their house in the Mission district, a house I walk by all the time. Why is there a tea kettle and miniature stove on the sidewalk, you ask? Well, on this particularly portentous day, an enormous earthquake had struck San Francisco, and many families moved their kitchens into the street so as to prevent fires (83 years later, I have a distinct childhood memory of all the families on our block barbecuing the night after the ‘89 earthquake struck for the same reason).

Read on here.

Somebody left this in reader Chad V’s bar last night:

Says Chad:

We all shit ourselves at the “plan chest piece” entry.

No doubt. Thanks, Chad!

Did you know that stand-up comedy, as we know it, started in San Francisco? It’s true! According to Joe Rogan on Episode 161 of the WTF podcast, anyway. He credits it to when Mark Twain first started giving hilarious speeches filled with wit and biting social commentary around town. Without Mark Twain, no Gallagher. Think about that.

Anyways, the other day I passed by Mission comedian Chris Garcia in the street, jumped in front of him, and blurted out, “CHRIS GARCIA!”. After this, I had no follow up other than a crazy wild-eyed stare. He looked at me a bit terrified. I followed up with, “Umm, yeah, sorry. I’m Vic from Mission Mission.”  He was like, “Oh hey! You should come to the Business this week. It’s our 2-year birthday.”

The Business is a weekly comedy showcase at the Dark Room featuring Chris, Sean Keane, Alex Koll, and Bucky Sinister. They also feature out-of-town comedians passing through.Why not take part in the rich history of San Francisco comedy and check them out tonight? The show starts at 8pm. Here is the event page.

Also, Chris Garcia (as Dr. 4:20) wishes you a happy day:

Fresh & Easy spanks Whole Foods to advertise their Richmond District store on a billboard at 16th and South Van Ness.