Mission Mission

Reader Andrew T. spied this pretty handmade hood ornament in a vacant lot on South Van Ness. It’s an inspiring message for springtime, and almost as artfully crafted as my other favorite handmade hood ornament. Click it to view it bigger.

Thanks, Andrew!

Dogs are so good at interpersonal communication.

Photo by vshen811.

Bygone Bureau this morning published a feature on annoying coworkers. Part of it seems to be some kind of gag about aliens that I don’t really get, but they’re pretty spot with the stuff about annoying coworkers. And the drawings are good.

SFist brings us word of the latest swastika bombing in the Mission, at Esta Noche, noting that it was probably motivated by homophobia (rather than by some girl’s beef with a mural artist).

Photo by ReadyWit.

But not everyone can afford a designer saddle.

Photo by Penelope Popsicle.

The messenger-bag-PBR-can-storage arms race continues! Check out Rickshaw Bagworks‘ game-changing “Beerdolero”  innovation, which combines space-saving strap storage and the highly-fashionable Mexican Revolutionary look. All of this comes at a cost though: none of this actually keeps your beverages cool.

There’s another catch: apparently, only five of these were made and they were given away a month ago as part of a St. Patty’s Day promotion. LAME.

Now, I know some of your Rickshaw folks read this here blog. How about another test run for the summer season?

Previously:

Cool Kids Use Cool Stuff: Dolores Chiller

Judging from this promotional video, Planet Booty is going to be putting on an epic show this Friday at the Blue Macaw. These self-produced ironic disco funksters were featured as one of Chicago Tribune’s 50 Worst Album Covers, with this masterpiece:

The Germick bros (who combine to form Germart) are a talented bunch of musicians, producers, and artists. I was lured in by the ridiculously cute girl working their booth at Alternative Press Expo a couple of years ago and they keep popping up on my radar. Nice hustle, guys!

More info on the show at Germart.

The Tens has the scoop.

I sat at one of those tables at Bender’s that has all those IDs in it and doodled a few of them. None of these look like the people they’re supposed to be. Who wants to jump in and help me get the rest? Especially if you draw women, I have a hard time with women. With drawing them.

Also, I like the way they used some kind of little hot poker to stick into the resin and obscure the ID numbers and some people’s personal details.

More doodles inside this post.

(more…)

Well, not really.  But this is what it would look like if we did!  As you can see, I’ve been having a little bit too much fun with the Geocities-izer today instead of blogging about important news.  Try not to let yourself be similarly distracted!

[Thanks (for nothing) Mike Z!]