Mission Mission

Perhaps you’ve seen them in action on one of San Francisco’s many group rides.  The ultimate in bike safety.  On the downside, he said it takes 5 minutes to turn them all on.

It’s a pretty simple concept, yet for some reason this remains one of the most bizarre promotional videos I’ve ever seen. I think our Tumblr buddy More Than Most says it best:

What the fuck?

Exactamundo. Watch it if you dare:

http://vimeo.com/20724535

[via MTM]

UPDATE: Apparently the video no longer exists. It was a promo for some kind of new Playboy show. I’m not going to try to find it.

Reader Marco suggests this alternative, and our Tumblr offers another great screenshot.

UPDATE: Jacobe found the real thing! Here it is.

I came across this love note at 19th and Valencia earlier this week, and thought to myself, “Concise, gets the message out there — could do better.” Is this really the way gentlemen are courting ladies these days?

I have some advice for our graffiti Cyrano de Bergerac: chicks love the sonnets. Here — I even started one for you to help you in your quest for Becca’s love… and other things:

My dearest Becca, without whom this wall would be blank and nothingness.  My love is as deep and permanent as this sharpie pen in which I use to shout to all, “I love thee my darling, and I’m really good at sex, so, you know, call me”

Your move, Romeo (unless anyone else can do better).

I’ve got a 12-pack of Pabst and no bag and no rack. What do I do?

We’ve got a limo. Shall we take it to El Rio, or Nap’s?

Can’t wait!

[via no parents no rulez]

Previously:

• A shit-ton of Jay Reatard coverage on Mission Mission

Style maven David Enos says, “Now is the time to wear shades.”

I wasn’t aware that it previously was not the time to wear shades (so apologies to all those who I’ve beshaded in recent months), but I’ll bite. I’m definitely gonna wear some shades this season.

Previously:

• Acid-washed jeans are back
• Composition notebook hats are back

It goes on from there. And it begins:

It would be very helpful and informative if you would take the time to complete the Citizens Satisfaction Surveybelow. Your opinion and comments on the service you received will help identify areas of performance whichneed improvement and those that are satisfactory or superior. Please return your completed survey at yourearliest convenience by mailing to or dropping off at Mission Police Station, 630 Valencia Street, San Francisco,CA 94110. It is our goal to continuously provide the highest level of service possible and to utilize all of theresources at our disposal to prevent crimes and arrest those responsible for committing them.

“All of the resources at our disposal.” I guess that includes brave and capable volunteers.

I’ll paste the full text after the jump, or you can view it as a Google Doc here.

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I stumbled upon this clip from a public access show in the ’90s called San Francisco Live.

If you can get past the spazzy 2 minute intro (which I linked past), it’s pretty interesting. Kilowatt used to be a destination spot for for Japanese noise bands, Czech Gypsy punk was a genre, and people used to buy records from record stores. Crazy, huh?

Handsome! What’d kids do after school in those days anway? No skateboards, no whippits, no high-fructose corn syrup. What’d you do?

[Image via Eric Fischer]