Mission Mission

Who doesn’t love this guy?

Anyway, he’s got a new movie out soon, and tonight he’s previewing it at the Roxie AND teaching some kind of filmmaking master class! Which starts in like an hour!

The details:

This master class will focus on emerging trends in technology and how they will affect the way indie filmmakers create and distribute their films. The class will cover all aspects of the independent film value chain, with special emphasis on financing and distribution.

Tickets will be available at the door, $20 or less, cash only.

Here’s the trailer for the new movie, which screens at 7:30:

4Q Conditioning, one of the foremost authorities on working hard and making radical shit, hips us to a rad new 2-minute video about a gang of skaters taking back some streets in Oakland:

t-mo and his friends have
been on a hardcore run of
building this renegade spot
down in an Oakland no man’s land.
you can complain about the lack
of shit you have to skate or ride
and bitch about your scene or
you can work hard and -make
radical shit-

Here it is:

You know how once you get a Red Hot Chili Peppers song stuck in your head you start hearing them everywhere you go? Then you inevitably start thinking about the crotch-cam in their “Give it Away” video and gross yourself out. Christ, why wont that band go away?

Michael Gillette had a similar experience with noticing sun designs on San Francisco buildings and started documenting them on SF Sun Houses. There are suns all up in this bitch. Perhaps this is a hint at a secret pagan conspiracy that runs this town? Or maybe we just really like the sun because, you know, it makes the Earth habitable and that’s where we keep all of our stuff. Go see for yourself, and be sure to tip him off if you see some worth noting.

On a related note, Michael’s art is really beautiful.

From reader Skyler S.:

I’m sick of watching these 21st Street Giants mob violence videos, but I was nearly mowed down by the driver and my friend got some gruesomely graphic footage. It’s terrible to watch. Even though the driver brought this upon himself, I don’t wish a beating like this on anybody.

UPDATE: Skyler explains what became of the driver:

A group of us started yelling stop and rushed in, a super citizen in front of us grabbed the driver and shoved him through the crowd to safety. The driver owes a lot (maybe his life) to whoever that fellow is that risked his shit to pull him out of the mob. His savior had a white and orange hat on, and an orange jersey (real distinguishable in a mob of orange right). You can see him pull the driver out of the mob in the other videos.

Previously:

Car Plows Revelers

California is a Place posted a lovely mini-documentary on a Los Angeles Mariachi trumpeter who goes by the name “El Rey” that you should check out. These guys live music.

Next time you’re sitting next to one of these smartly-dressed fellas on MUNI, be sure to wish him a good gig.

Here’s the link. Embedded below if you’re not google reader’ing.

Thanks, Champs!

Photo and astute observation by Nattles.

These are the feet of Ash Reiter frontwoman Ash Reiter, who you might remember from her viral video smash Paper Diamonds. Tonight, Ash Reiter the band brings the rock ‘n’ roll to Elbo Room. It’s free, and sponsored by JanSport, so you might get a free backpack to boot, or something.

Andrew Sarkarati saw them at Hotel Utah with me last month and had a great time, even though he normally doesn’t like anything that’s not Boney M. or Abba, so you’ll probably have a good time too. RSVP on Facebook if you want.

P.S. “Stumble and Fall” is one of my favorite Ash Reiter songs. It starts to kick into gear around the 1-minute mark, so be patient:

At around 11pm on the night of the big win, Jina (also the taker of the above photo) said:

It’s actually amazingly beautiful tonight at top of Dolores Park, despite all the noise below.

I mean, of course it’s beautiful. It’s always beautiful up there. But, what gives? Why weren’t we all in the park? I smell CONSPIRACY.

World Champs!!

[Photo by Alexis Cordova]

P.S. Wait, maybe it’s just that the driver of this SUV lost control into a parked car.

Yup. Looks like Thor or somebody attended Monday night’s riot and decided to rip this BART plaza bench from its foundations.

Photo by Carlos Reyes, who is still missing his board.