Mission Mission

Modern Times is closing up shop. Capp Street Crap reports:

Never quite able to regain its footing since it was forced from Valencia Street in 2011, Modern Times Bookstore Collective is set to close next month after 45 years in business.

According to an announcement on the store’s Facebook page, the progressive book store will shut its doors at 2919 24th St. on Nov. 15. having explored “every possible avenue of support to sustain the store since its displacement from Valencia Street in 2011.

Read on. And like maybe get some early Christmas shopping done there real quick?

[Photo by Steve Rhodes]

The folks at Mission-based PSA Press (the makers of the Casa Sanchez “Jimmy the Cornman” pin and the Doggie Diner head pin and the It’s-It pin set) continue their tireless efforts to honor the Mission and SF:

The New Mission Theater in SF/CA was built in 1916. This Art Deco masterpiece boasts a 70 foot marquee sign that is a beacon at the heart of the Mission District where PSA Press calls home. In its early life, it showed mostly “B” movies. It is currently the location of our go-to movie theater, Alamo Drafthouse. The sign still stands tall 100 years later.

Limited Edition enamel pin

2 inches

Hard enamel gold metal with 3 color fill and two butterfly clutches on the back to prevent spinning.

Here it is in the wild:

Get your own here. And see what’s playing tonight at the New Mission Theater here.

By local funnyman George Chen, this pin celebrates California AND Bart (AND the image was part of the first poster for the first edition of the long-running Mission-based comedy show Cynic Cave). Says George, “it’s 2016 so I made an enamel pin.”

Here’s another look:

Get yours here.

[via Joe Aguirre]

Now please enjoy all these other old Batman-related posts from over the years…

[via Ghostface Kayla]

Budget yachting is a pastime we should all be taking greater advantage of, all the time (as we’ve discussed before) but there’s nothing quite like being out in the middle of the bay on a warm summer’s evening, darkness all around you except for a few familiar beacons off in the distance, whiskey in hand.

[via Honey Jets]

Capp Street Crap reports:

On Monday afternoon, owner Lila Thirkield, former staff, politicians and about a hundred fans of the bar turned out for the plaque’s unveiling and to celebrate the Lexington’s 18 years at 3463 19th St. Now home to the upscale Wildhawk, the iconic Mission lesbian bar closed in April 2015 following its sale to the Plumpjack Group.

Read on for more info and pics.

[Photo by Blair Craig]

See sfbb.com for more.

(Thanks, T!)

Here’s something new! It’s Stinky’s al Fresco, a weekend-long block party just outside the Mission, starring some of the best rock ‘n’ roll bands ever! I mean, THE GORIES. (Your beloved Ty Segall masqueraded as them for Halloween in the Mission a few years back.)

Here’s the Saturday lineup:

• The Gories
• Me First & The Gimme Gimmes
• The Spits
• Bass Drum of Death
• The Pagans
• NOTS
• Audacity
• The Booby Trapz

And Sunday:

• HIGH ON FIRE
• Naked Raygun
• Mac Sabbath
• Radio Moscow
• Mondo Drag
• Glitter Wizard
• The Re-Volts
• Wild Eyes

And a little bit about the Stinky’s team:

From the debased and deviant heads that devised that shotgun-marriage of rock and sleaze called Stinky’s Peepshow comes the next step in the evolution of live entertainment in San Francisco!

Naturally, the more evolved among you will select to attend Stinky’s al Fresco, where you can expect to enjoy smutty back-room scenarios dreamt-up by our city’s pervert avant-garde, and be smitten by the next generation of large & lovely go-go dancers as they shake their leg-meat to the jungle beat of rock n’ roll, punk, and soul.

Saturday (and weekend-long) tickets here. Sunday tickets here. SEE YOU THERE

Starts Monday! Here’s the info:

A new, shorter, 4-week season of the SF Berlin-Style Ping Pong League kicks off this Monday at Pops Bar on 24th Street in the Mission! Less commitment, less competition, faster pace! Plenty of prizes, plenty of beers and shots!

Make new friends, reconnect with old friends! DJs Beauregard & Nutzeffekt (and friends) spinnin’ hot jams all night each and every Monday. Pop’s is a short walk from BART, no walk from Muni, and after dark there’s always security out front to keep an eye on your bikes. And for dinner, it’s the Mission: taco shops on every corner!!

Please do us a favor and tell your friends, and maybe even sign up! http://www.sfberlinstyle.com/register/

[via American Tripps on Facebook]