Mission Mission

Or so he says, to our own Sunny Angulo, casually, in this red-carpet interview on VidSF. But he needs to find the right story first, he says. Who’s got a story for the man?

In case you missed it, over the weekend in the comments section of a previous Banksy post, it came out that Banksy or “Banksy” paid a special visit to Valencia Street denim wonderland Self Edge. Understandably (?), this news set off a FIRESTORM OF DEBATE.

Photo by nowhere500.

Previously:

Obsessed With Denim

I finally saw one of these things rolling down Market Street, trying to blend in along with the rest of the bicycle commuter pack.  It sure took a while for these things to demonstrate any usefulness beyond being utilized for carefully managed guided tours in the Marina, but this guy is doing his best towards entrenching the Segway as the revolution in personal transportation it initially claimed to be.

However, I wouldn’t worry about these things taking over the roadways any time soon.  The lack of exercise expended forced this dude to dress for his morning ride like he was preparing to ascend K2 (between his roles as Kyle Reese from T1 and Corporal Hicks from Aliens, Michael Biehn is easily the best actor on the planet) on one of the warmest mornings of the year so far.

While the Segway accelerated quickly off the stoplight line, that only forced cyclists to repeatedly pass him after every intersection since his top speed left much to be desired.  The Muni buses didn’t take too kindly to him either.  Too fast for sidewalks; too slow for streets.  So where do they belong?

Probably the junkyard, although these Sci-Fi versions look pretty badass!

Previously:

McCafe Pushers on Segways: A Symbol of Economic Progress

Bike Racks: B-Sides and Rarities

Carlos Goes To Fisherman’s Wharf

no, these are not song titles from the new Guided By Voices album

Remember those wacky signs a tenant taped onto her windows alleging all sorts of abuse by her landlords?  Well, the landlord found out about the chatter and decided to offer his version of the situation:

Dear Friends – I was completely unaware of the existence of this blog. Just today someone told me about it, so with a great interest I read your entries. So… my wife and I are co-owners with another person of this building and, yes, we are invoking Ellis Act,  but only out of  sheer desperation – for the past a year-and-half we have lived through hell.

The woman who rents the downstairs unit (from our co-owner) and entertains the neighborhood with her prolific signage is an extremely aggressive and displays all the symptoms of delusional paranoia. Almost every morning we wake up to her banging on the walls (4-5 am), heavy stomping on the floors, yelling to us from the backyard, playing  blaringly loud music, etc. We find our front door handle smeared with honey, grease or peanut butter on a daily basis, not to mention the human feces on our door step. She makes false accusations that we destroy her plants, read her mail, throw stones at her cat and plenty of other mischief.

Despite the fact that we put lots of money and effort into creating a beautiful backyard, we  have stopped  even going outside into our backyard as she verbally assaults us, we can’t have any social life at our home  and we are subject to abusive accusations thrown at us when we take out trash, or simply leave home (she yells at us from her window). She fabricated a story of us being “professional evictors” who just want to get her out, so we can convert to condos. Her actions became so unbearable that back in December we moved from own place and rented a place for two months, just so we could get some rest from that daily abuse.

Ellis Act was the last resort. When we concluded that we can’t live under the same roof with this psychotic individual, we offered her a substantial amount of money, free rent for half a year and the house to herself (we would’ve stayed away until she moved). She turned that offer down. Ellis Act took off 10-15% off the value of the property right off the bat. We’ll never be able to convert to condominiums, but this is the worthy price for having a home where we don’t feel threatened all the time.

So, as you see a new crop of signs and accusations popping up in her window (almost daily occurrence) just think about what you might not see – a daily ordeal of people who live in the same house.

Wow, she sounds like the tenant from hell!  Now I kind of feel bad for the property owner.  Maybe this is the reason why those rental applications have gotten so tome-like and tedious to fill out, and why many landlords now routinely employ background checks along with credit reports and references. 

Soooo, anybody else got any terrible neighbor stories?

[Photo by Brian H]

Previously:

“Vocal” Neighbors Getting Ellis Acted

Keep BMW Out of the Mission

Mission Resident Shits on Her Own Apartment Building (NSFW)

4Q Conditioning on Friday published a video you are not going to believe. Watch it a few times.

Previously:

Fight Club

Nicole (not pictured) got in touch using our Introduce Yourself page to ask for some help:

My name’s Nicole and I’m young and broke (but not too broke) and looking for a cool place to crash in the Mission over summa since I’ll be working on Valencia! Help a sister out.

Link. Who wants her!?

NOTE: Nicole does not mention whether she is beautiful or not, so we cannot say for sure whether she should own a Broke-Ass Stuart Young, Broke and Beautiful Tote Bag or not.

Photo of someone named Nicole by melsavers.

Because the weekend’s not over yet. In Fisherman’s Wharf:

(photo, obviously, by Troy Holden)

UPDATE: Well, whatever this is, it’s been here since before 2010.

When we saw the other day that Mai from Fashionist was reporting from Vietnam, we were pumped.

When we opened up Bikes and the City today and saw that Mai was doing GUEST POSTS FROM VIETNAM FOR THEM, we straight fell out of bed. Sooo exciting! What a crossover! And the PICTURES!!!

Well done, gals!

Previously:

Biking in Europe

This shirtless wonder can sing and dance, talk to dogs at length and whistle hella loud. Carlos Reyes has pictures and a full report.

Without KDVS there would probably be no Mission Mission. KDVS taught me about punk and community and ska and reggae and doing it yourself. Their quarterly program guide KDViationS taught me publications don’t have to be glossy or even all that readable to be good. And the t-shirts they produce for their annual fundraiser have definitely informed my fashion sense.

Today is the final day of the station’s 2010 fundraiser week. This year’s shirts are ill as ever. And they aren’t even the most killer premium. For a mere $100 pledge, you can rent the KDVS Mobile DJ Unit. It is a professional-quality setup, accompanied by the KDVS DJ of your choice. They will come play your party, whenever you want. They’ll drive to SF, they’ll go all night. For $100. Got a wedding or house party coming up? Bargain!

Also for $100, bands can book four hours of recording time in the station’s RAD recording studio. All analog all the time. Vintage equipment in pristine condition, maintained by a loving staff. Hellooo!? $100. Unique bargain!

Listen live here. Visit the fundraiser page here.

Mobile DJ Unit and recording studio details here.

Previously:

Rhythms from the Deep