Mission Mission

Oakland-based musician Michael Zapruder‘s new album, Pink Thunder, is quite the creative feat. The album itself, six years in the making, transforms poems by 23 poets into “indie-rock free-verse songs” in collaboration with 36 musicians, and is accompanied by a book of photographs and hand-lettered renderings of the poems involved. Zapruder has also created a series of portmanteaus, found object sculptures with built-in music players (engineered by our friend Mark Allen-Piccolo!). Each portmanteau plays one song from the album.

Pink Thunder’s release party and gallery opening is tomorrow, October 18th at the Curiosity Shoppe, and the portmanteaus will be showing through November 18.

[Thanks, Melody!]

Those kids look so pumped, the little shits.

[via Kristin]

Over the past year, Polaroid SF has shot 366 photos of San Francisco taken through the lenses of vintage Polaroid Land cameras, and 50 of them are of the Mission (and at least one of them was inspired by one of our blog posts). This month, they’re bringing their project to the walls of Photobooth on Valencia. The show will be up until the 29th, and there will be an opening reception a week from tomorrow on October 19th, 7-10pm.

So meta. Is La Rondalla gonna hurry up and open soon? I was supposed to have my wedding there.

Previously:

• La Rondalla is seriously almost ready to open this time, seriously, any day now
• La Rondalla may be hitting on you
• More baffling signage at La Rondalla
• La Rondalla is open for business! (Almost.)
• La Rondalla returning ‘by June at the latest’
• La Rondalla not coming soon (but still coming)
• La Rondalla is finally going to reopen!
• Which Restaurant Best Captures the Mission?

Our boy Ryan De La Hoz (who in his other capacity as t-shirt/zine company Cool Try produced such hits as the Bart Simpson + BART shirt and pizza/hamburger shirt) just got  in touch:

My solo show opens tonight Thursday 6 – 9 pm at Four Barrel.

***Basically its one of the rare times when you can drink free beer at Four Barrel***Or Coffee of course.

WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM: New Works by Ryan De La Hoz

Opening reception Thursday Oct 4th 6 – 9 PM

The show will consist of 24 pieces including drawings, cut paper, textiles, and sculpture works.

Show runs Oct 4th – Nov 1st 2012

RSVP and invite your friends! Here’s a sample:

Right? Just think about it.

[via Mid West Coast]

Jason Jägel is one of my favorite local artists by far. Check out his work at Needles and Pens, at 3253 16th Street, between Guerrero and Dolores:

Join us Friday September 7, 2012, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. for the opening reception of The Castle a solo show by Jason Jägel
with a musical performance by Dominic East

SF Zine Fest is back, this weekend in Golden Gate Park! Here’s what to expect:

This year’s Zine Fest will feature over 100 exhibitors in two exhibition halls, ranging from nationally recognized publishers in the DIY scene to local creators based throughout the SF Bay Area. The exhibition halls will be open on both days from 11AM-6PM, and as always, the Zine Fest is a free event to all public attendees!

In addition to the wide array of exhibitors, the Zine Fest will also host numerous panels and workshops throughout the show, including a Q+A Spotlight with our 2012 Special Guest (and Eisner award nominee) Sarah Oleksyk, a DIY Animation workshop, discussions with local creators Susie Cagle & Ed Luce, and much more. There will also be a raffle held throughout the weekend with prizes for attendees and a reading room to view zines from past and present.

Plus there’s an afterparty right here in the Mission! Anyway, here are some pics from last year to get you in the mood:

[Photos by Cindy Maram / Dig In Magazine]