Mission Mission

Meesha had a fun run-in while waiting for a bus yesterday:

• Heroin Guy: You taking the bus?!?!?! I need the bus to come now! I just need to go to 24th ITS JUST TWO BLOCKS!!!!!! I have blisters on my feet! ITS JUST TWO BLOCKS!!!!! ARE YOU TAKING THE BUS?!?!
• Me: Yeah.
• Heroin Guy: You’re so young! You probably still live with your parents. With your dad, look at your young face, I should take you on a date. Let’s go on a date… How old are you?
• Me: 25.
• HG: You’re not young.
• Me: *STARES. EVIL STARES.*

Read on for the dramatic conclusion.

[Photo by Generik11]

Previous funny-things-locked-to-poles posts were funny. But this, with the addition of a helmet, proves completely vexing. Is some little monkey actually riding this mini handcart through traffic? Somebody please explain!

[reader David submitted this item using the Mission Mission on Tumblr submission form]

At Cell Space tonight, Litquake is hosting Cabaret Bastille, a Parisian themed event complete with jazz, absinthe and local writers getting into the spirit of 1920′s France.

Grab tickets here, and do take it easy on the Green Fairy — she’s a beast of a drink.

[Photo by Mary Rehak]

You go first.

Muni is obviously trying as hard as possible to compete with Caltrain.

[Photo and Title by Neil See]

Poor little guy!

[via Fred Sharples]

That Cindy!

[via Talent]

Jojo Brandel of Please Quiet Ourselves fame (you might remember him and them from one of the best locally produced music videos of 2010) returns this week with a brand-new project. It’s a band called Moe Meguro (Moe is pronounced the Japanese way as they’re named after Japanese Olympic curler Moe Meguro), and they just finished recording their debut album at the Mission’s own Tiny Telephone.

Here’s the startling video for the first single, “Goya Health and Wellness”:

If you like that, maybe you’ll like contributing to the band’s Kickstarter campaign. $10 gets you a digital download of the album, $25 gets you a vinyl LP and a digital download, and for $100 the band will write a song about you (or take you on a date). There are a few other options too. They’re almost to their goal (at which point they’ll be able to press the records and distribute them or whatever), but every little bit helps, and the thing closes in just a couple days.

Listen up you jive turkeys, did you see 2009 blaxploitation revival film Black Dynamite? No? Well get a load of this:

Yeah, way better than that crappy Shaft remake starring Samuel L. Jackson.

As amazing as the vintage Super 8 video production style of the movie was, it would have fallen short without the original soundtrack provided by genius Adrian Younge. This guy wrote, recorded, edited, and performed all the instruments on the epic Curtis Mayfield/Isaac Hayes-inspired score. I hear he’s also a law professor. Here’s a sample, the Black Dynamite theme:

Adrian’s group, the Black Dynamite Sound Orchestra will be performing their last ever show at the Bottom of the Hill this Saturday, so you’d better make it out if you’re a fan. They will be playing hits from the soundtrack like “Jimmy’s Dead” and other originals.  A soul group I play in, Lord Loves a Working Man, will be opening along with rockin rhythm and grit band  the Struts.

Show starts at 9pm, costs 10 bucks (advance tix). The details are on facebook, can you dig it?