Mission Mission

[Editor's note: Congrats, y'all!]

Tonight’s the night! Pops Bar has been nominated for a NITEY award for BEST NEIGHBORHOOD BAR. The NITEY’s celebrate and honor excellence in creative content and patron experience in the San Francisco nightlife industry. Starting tonight at 6:30pm at The Regency Center, get your tickets, walk the red carpet and cheers on POPS BAR! Thank you to everyone who voted. Award or no award, we already know that our neighbors are absolutely the best of San Francisco!

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This Sunday the Bon Vivants present a night of booze, bones and babes at Pops Bar! Stop in from 7-9pm for some clackin’ and throwing bones all while slugging back some chocolate Jell-O shots with Ancho Reyes and Mandarine Napoelon. The Bon Vivants’ own Ethan “Bone Daddy” Terry will be hosting the event with DJ Chili Killi (aka Nicolas Torres) playing a menagerie of jams to keep you bonin’. Pops’ girls Ally & Ellie will be tending bar and they’ll be sure to wet your whistle. Come on down to the boneyard.

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Cleaning out your closet has never been more fun. Gather up your clean, unwanted clothes, shoes & jewelry. Come down to Pops Bar on Sunday 2/21 from 2-5PM and let the swapping begin! Leave some clothes, take some clothes all while sipping Bacon Bloody Marys. We’ll take care of sorting the items, all you have to do is show up and have a perfect Sunday afternoon of hunting for new clothes and enjoying a drink at Pops Bar.

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[Editor's note: Just confirmed! Mission Mission 9th anniversary party at Pop's this Sunday a.k.a. Valentine's Day a.k.a. our literal 9th anniversary at 9am! More info soon! Thanks, Pop's!]

Happy in love? Aww that’s so cute, now just go away please…This week we’re all over celebrating the single life with our BFFs and at the same time cursing the single life by getting oh so Emo on you. Sadderday SF asks you to song request your broken heart out so we can all get a good cry or scream on the dance floor.

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We all know the bar is a great place to make bad decisions. However you always stand out when you keep it classy with good bar etiquette. Our bartenders give you their best advice to keep in mind for your night out on the town:

1. We love prepared, polite, enthusiastic drinkers. Behave with gusto – your night will thank you for it.
2. Before getting the bartender’s attention, know your group’s order and order all at once.
3. Be patient. Whistling, snapping and yelling are a good way to get a dog’s attention, not a bartender’s attention.
4. If your bartender is busy, stand in their drink well for speedier service, then move away after getting your drink.
5. Have your money ready when you order.
6. Don’t underestimate the power of “please” and “thank you”
7. Never ask for a strong drink, just spring for a double.
8. Live in the present – by tipping with every order. Never say “Get ya next time” Like you, bartenders can’t pay rent with compliments.
9. A crowded bar is a no parking zone, move away after getting your drink.
10. Keep your grubby paws someone else’s drink (and anyone or anything that doesn’t belong to you for that matter.
11. No one likes a jerk. Be nice or leave.
12. Become a regular. (We LOVE our regulars).
13. No freebies on your Birthday, that’s what your friends are there for, to buy you drinks!
14. The fruit try is not an all-you-can-eat buffet.
15. Bar napkins, stir-stix, beer labels, etc are there for a purpose. That purpose is not for you to tear them up and litter the bar.
16. The bartender only wants your iPod or iPhone if it is a gift.
17. Think of others when using the restroom. Be quick (and clean).
18. Leave when you’re drunk. And leave safely with a cab or designated driver.
19. Do not smuggle in booze. The bar’s business is selling alcohol. Please don’t undermine this beautiful mission. You wouldn’t bring dinner to a restaurant.
20. PUT DOWN YOUR CELL PHONE and engage. Maybe even buy a new friend a round?
21. Be 21 or over.

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Indulge us for a moment as we pay tribute to one of the greatest elements of the percussive world: The Cowbell. Many successful Indie Dance Songs feature steady, driving beats influenced from either from rock or from dance music. DJ Blondie K from Fringe says that “the ones that really move people on the dance floor are the tracks that mix steady beats with looser percussion elements. The push and pull of the rhythms is what makes people want to get out there and dance.”

DFA recording artists like LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture took this technique to great success with songs like “House of Jealous Lovers”, which feature cowbell and other dance percussion mixed with punk rock grooves. Remixes of songs by the Twelves, MSTRKRFT and RAC use live percussion to transform straight ahead songs by artists like the Two Door Cinema Club and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs into dance floor favorites.

DJ subOctave who was been a drummer long before becoming a DJ says, “We love all percussion but there is something about the cowbell that can cut through a mix and has a attitude that is edgy and fun. ”

Fringe DJs Blondie K & subOctave will be playing an indie rock tribute to the Cowbell and percussion based grooves this Saturday January 30th at Pops Bar. Check out the promo video:

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This Friday at Pops Bar, we are thrilled to welcome back the supergroup of all female, bay area, hip-hop DJs: Peaches! DeeJays Pony P & Smokey Rose from the Peaches Lady DJ Crew are holding down a Tag Team DJ Set All Night – Dropping hip hop classics, club bangers and bay area rap. Guaranteed to keep the dance floor jumping!

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[Editor's note: Woohoo! Karaoke returns to 24th Street once again! And Roger Niner has TONS of Bowie fyi.]

Time to GO EPIC or GO HOME with ROGER NINER KAROAKE this Friday at Pops Bar! “I’ll open your mind, shake your ass, shuffle your shizzle, cast you off, reel you in, rent out your heart to a loving couple, make tea in your soul, rake your leaves, find you a puppy, melt your brain, solve your puzzles, get you off The Island, take your temperature, sooth your aching nerves, reach your stars, bend your perception of space/time, AND give you back $0.97 in change, all in the name of Rock and Roll BAY AREA KARAOKE!” – Roger Niner

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[Editor's note: This news was reported in last week's Pop's post, but Pop's is very excited about it, and we're very excited about it, so we're highlighting it again -- and you should be very excited about it! A new entry in SF's long and storied history of 6am bars! And then of course, after the jump, this week's Pop's entertainment calendar.]

Early mornings? Back to work? No worries, Pops has you covered. Pops is now open at 6am daily! Enjoy a selection of morning drinks such as regular coffee, irish coffee, mexican coffee and bacon bloody marys guaranteed to put a pep in your step whether you are winding down from a night shift or gearing up for the day ahead.

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[Editor's note: Wow! Historic! A new addition to SF's proud 6am bar tradition!]

It’s always 5 o’clock somewhere, and starting in 2016 Pops Bar is open at 6AM daily. Enjoy a selection of morning drinks such as regular coffee, irish coffee, mexican coffee and bacon bloody marys guaranteed to put a pep in your step whether you are winding down from a night shift or gearing up for the day ahead.

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12/28/15 MONDAY

Metal Mondays

Hosted by BFF.fm & Cult of Riffs

9pm-2AM

Keepin’ it real and playing all things heavy! If you’re false, do not enter! Classic 60′s, 70′s, 80′s deep cuts, black metal, death metal, thrash metal, NWOBHM, proto-metal, psychedelic, heavy blues rock, hardcore punk, d-beat, noise. ANYTHING WITH RIFFS!

No Cover

12/29/15 TUESDAY

Trivia Tuesdays

Pops Quiz

$2 to play

8:30-10:30PM

Join us every Tuesday of the month and test your wits at Pops trivia night “POP’s Quiz” where your brain may get stump on categories such as Pop’s culture, Sports, Movies, Music and more, with little snippets of audio and visual effects too! It starts at 7:00pm ends at 10:00pm. So come on in for some good ole fashion competition and a night of drinking with the crew! It is a 2 dollar cover and winner gets the pot!! so tell friends and family because the more peeps the steeper the cash prize is!!

MUSIC THERAPY

Electro-Cumbia Breaks, Hip Hop, Nu Latin Beats

9PM-1:30am

No Cover

21 UP

12/30/15 WEDNESDAY

Bill Cameron

Happy Hour Entertainment 6-9PM

No Cover

21 UP

12/31/15 THURSDAY NYE 2016

Spill The Wine – NYE Edition

CUMBIA * CHICANO ROCK * LATIN SOUL * BOOGALOO

DJs Vinnie Esparza, Guillermo & Slopoke

No Cover

21 UP

9PM-1:30AM

1/1/16 FRIDAY

Uncle Rifkin

Happy Hour Entertainment 6-9pm with Uncle Rifkin:

Uncle Rifkin is a 4 piece, mostly-acoustic, homegrown San Francisco band mixing up styles into a beaker that just might make you dance. Country to Blues. Rock & Folk all with a funky edge and storytelling vibe for your listening pleasure.

TROPICANA
9PM-2AM

with DJ Mr. Lucky & DJ Santero

the latin themed dance party!

No Cover

21 UP

1/2/16 SATURDAY

Bub & The Playas

Happy Hour Entertainment 6-9pm with

Bdubs & The Playas is a S.F. -born band with an eclectic mix of funk, blues, & soul covers + originals! with Noel Rokswel

https://m.facebook.com/bdubsandtheplayas

https://www.reverbnation.com/noelrokswel

CHAMPAGNE CAMPAIGN

with DJs Sake One

A true veteran of the Bay Area hip hop and music scene, DJ Sake One is a born and raised renaissance man, known to doing anything from community projects to opening up for big acts such as Mos Def or Kanye West. Whether it’s soulful lounge tracks or bass-filled remixes, his talent and musical palate does not discriminate.

9:00pm-1:30am

No Cover

21 UP

1/3/16 SUNDAY

5-10PM

Spill The Wine

CUMBIA * CHICANO ROCK * LATIN SOUL * BOOGALOO

DJs Vinnie Esparza, Guillermo & Slopoke

No Cover

21 UP

POPS BAR

2800 24th Street @ York

San Francisco, CA 94110

www.popssf.com