Mission Mission

Gold in peace, iron in war? No longer! “San Francisco. Not smug. Just better.”

SFist has the scoop.

Arlen broke the news and then followed up with the conclusion.

What’s up, La Lengua? Everybody okay? Johnny0, you okay?

Or members of the Met Corps.

(via S. Pigeon, who probably owns at the daily jumble)

You guys! Chronicle Books and Mission Mission want to give you a free copy of this book! Just leave a comment below relating a story involving a rock poster. (Like, maybe you made one once, or maybe you had to fight someone for one after one of those shows at the Fillmore?) Best one wins this glorious new tome AND a limited edition poster! (We pick the best one.) Contest ends Friday at 3pm.

And if you don’t win, you can swing by the Curiosity Shoppe this Saturday (April 10th), buy the book, get a free limited edition poster AND meet Mr. Munn!!

And now, a couple nice posters:

Previously:

Mission Mission Bike Race Poster

Rock ‘n’ Roll Makes Me Feel Ten Feet Tall Poster

Can’t Feel My Face Poster

Sonics Poster

Our pal Sarah Kelly and her organization Adapting to Scarcity spent part of last year hanging out in La Huizachera (outside of Guadalajara, MX) with kids like Mauro here, taking pictures and making videos. Tonight, some of their work is showcased at ATA:

These children live along a polluted canal that carries untreated human and industrial waste away from Guadalajara. The state of the canal deeply affects the health of the community. IMDEC, the Mexican Institute for Community Development, has been working weekly with the children in the community to educate them about the environment. They gave digital point-and-shoot cameras to the kids, taught them to use them and have been helping them capture their perspectives and their neighborhood.  The phenomenal and moving photos were shot, selected and titled by the children.

The fun runs from 7-10pm.

This party is located somewhere around 18th and Florida. We might all be invited since we too are members of the biological order Primates.

Photo by eb78.

Previously:

Monkey Business

Three-Eyed Dragon Monkey in Dolores Park

Gorilla Sticker Art Apes Tony Millionaire

My Lucky Number’s One saw these somewhere yesterday. They’re a mite more ornate than last year’s San Carlos Street Light Buttons, which were also spotted in April. Would you call this new specimen Art Deco? Art Deco Light Buttons? Is this phenomenon confined to early spring?

It’s time for the Mission Mission Facebook Wall comment of the day! Today’s comes courtesy of Mission Mission super fan Ryan Christopher Parks (pictured) in response to this morning’s post about Anchor Steam:

Anchor Steam tastes like shit. It’s all about drinking a shit ton of Racer 5 and screaming while pissing on a wall.

Ryan is a musician of some kind btw, and he is playing at Dalva tonight some time between 7 and 10 if you want to stop by and buy him an Anchor Steam or something.

Photo by S. Pigeon.

Previously:

The Attic, Refuge for Displaced Toronado Regulars by Katie Ann

If you’re like me, you love Moorish architecture and you’re really interested in the historical significance of the Armory. Imagine finally being able to  see inside the same walls that housed the weapons of the U.S. National Guard from 1912-1914! I wonder there’s still evidence of it’s role as a rallying point for the 1934 San Francisco General Strike (an event known as “Bloody Thursday”).

Well Friday is our lucky day because according to flavorpill, there’s a free tour of the Armory! It starts at 4:30pm and it’s an hour long.

(They film people fucking in there too)

Update: Ok, brownpapertickets says it’s sold out. But then again, it’s said that for as long as I can remember and I’ve tried to get the tour several times in the past year. Anyone get a ticket? In the meantime, I’m checking with them to make sure. Stay tuned.

Update 2: NO ARMORY TOUR FOR YOU:

Ever since being written up in the Bay Guardian as the best free tour of an adult entertainment company, we have been inundated wiuth tour requests. We are in fact sold out till Sept of this year. Thank you for your interest.

Last Wednesday at Michael Abraham Jazz Session, this Kora player showed up! Anyone know him? Check out this video of him doing his thing in glorious iPhonevision:

It sounds like there are angels in that gourd. The Kora is probably my favorite African harp/lute instrument that is fashioned out of a calabash. What’s yours?

Mike Abraham is also probably one of the baddest guitarists I’ve ever seen in any style. You never know who will pop in at his jam. Head over to Amnesia tomorrow at 10pm to check it out. I’ve got my fingers crossed that a jazz hand-farter will show up.