Mission Mission

I mean, I can’t wait to see it, but I’m not camping out. (Same with the revolution.)

[via David Colburn]

Noise Pop and the Roxie present (as part of their ongoing Pop/Rox program) the SF premiere of this behind-the-scenes look at the making of NASA‘s star-studded debut album. Here’s just a handful of folks that might appear in the film:

David Byrne, Karen O, Tom Waits, Kool Keith, Nick Zinner, Lykke Li, M.I.A., Kanye West, George Clinton, Chuck D, Seu Jorge, and the RZA.

Furthermore, director (and NASA member) Sam Spiegel will be IN THE HOUSE! And spinning at the AFTER PARTY!

Here’s my favorite NASA song:

Boom. Win tickets to this thing by posting a NASA-themed picture of yourself on our Facebook wall. A winner will be chosen based on merit and awarded two tickets. Contest ends Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at noon.

Or buy tickets and read more about the film here.

Seriously, Mindglow looks gnar:

Ping pong! And here’s the deal with the screening:

Mindglow the movie is World Premiering at the Roxie [on] Wednesday, with live performances by local freakers Bronze and Limosine, followed by a dance party (yes, in the theater. I know, what?) There will be beer.

This is going to be a really special moment in metaphysical comedic adventure shorts, certainly not one to be missed.

To win a pair of tickets, in the comments below tell us which part of the trailer was your fave and why. Contest ends at 5pm today, and a winner will be chosen based on merit.

It may not be the absolute best Herzog t-shirt they’ve ever sold out of, but Ruby here sure lucked out:

YAY FOR LOST WEEKEND SELLING ME THEIR LAST AMERICAN APPAREL WERNER HERZOG SHIRT SO I COULD CUT IT INTO A CROP TOP. [link]

Anyway, this one might be sold out, but Lost Weekend‘s line of film-directors-as-rock-bands shirts is fairly extensive, so you should stop by and peruse, and maybe rent a video.

Noise Pop and the Roxie are teaming up to present the San Francisco premiere of this hot new doc:

Made with the full co-operation of the band, THE BEAT IS THE LAW: FANFARE FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE brings together original interviews, performances, promos, newly unearthed live footage and home videos to tell the story of Pulp and their contemporaries’ journey from the darkest industrial depths of the Steel City to the pinnacle of pop via the consciousness-raising techno/house of Warp Records.

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The Beat Is The Law:
Fanfare For The Common People
Thursday, September 29, 2011
ROXIE THEATER
3117 16th Street Street, San Francisco
Tickets here
7:30pm & 9:30pm

To win tickets, post on our Facebook wall a picture of yourself rocking out to “Common People.” A winner will be chosen based on merit and awarded two tickets to the screening of your choice. Contest ends at noon on Thursday.

As usual, the Bicycle Film Festival promises to be quite a festival this year. Nora from the fest gives us the rundown:

In addition to some great film screenings at the Victoria Theatre (Bill Cunningham New York, Red Hook Crit, and With My Own Two Wheels) on Saturday 9/24 we are throwing a huge BFF street party in the heart of the Mission, at Capp between 16th & 17th.

That evening there will be a free Bikes Rock! show featuring HOTTUB, and several parties in and around the Mission throughout the weekend.

There’s also a bike ride led by the one and only Mike Giant. We’ll have flyers for all these other parties after the jump, but first let’s have a look at the Saturday afternoon film programs at the Victoria Theater to which you can win a pair of tickets:

12:30 WOMENS SCREENING BY WOMEN ABOUT WOMEN [more]

2:30 FUN BIKE SHORTS [more]

4:30 WITH MY OWN TWO WHEELS [more]

To win, post a picture of you and your bike on our Facebook wall and indicate which screening you’d like to attend. We’ll pick a winner at random. Contest ends Wednesday at 5pm. Note that you can only choose from the three programs on Saturday afternoon.

To buy tickets, see here.

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VHS tapes are on sale for just $2 all month long at Faye’s Video. Faye’s explains, for those of you not in the know:

If you are too young to know what VHS is, it’s a black plastic thingy with tape in it. It’s about an inch in height, 5 inches in length and 3 inches in width. you put it into a VHS player. You are going to want to look at the tape to make sure the tape inside it was re-wound so that you can watch the movie from the beginning. If the tape is all the way wound to the left, it’s at the beginning. You may have to rewind it, using the reverse function on the Video Home System Cassette player.

The tape inside the Video Home System Cassette is magnetized. and there are crystals in the Video Home System cassette player that read the information on the tape, if you break the crystals in the VHS Player it will leak out black sparkly goop…

Crystals! Who knew!? Read on for a wee bit more hot VHS knowledge.

Click here for showtimes and tickets. One day only!

(And click here for the behind-the-scenes story of the making of this pretty poster.)

If you’re lucky, you’ve been to one of the handful of events over the years where our beloved Roxie obtains a temporary permit and serves beer. Friday before last we had an absolute blast at an epic screening of Skatetown USA — the audience went ape for Patrick Swayze’s big-screen debut, while drinking canned microbrews furnished by 21st Amendment. A couple months before that was Uptown Almanac’s Locally Sourced Pop-Up Comedy Night, featuring a ton of local comics and free Pabsts.

Well now we’re all gonna be lucky, for it looks like the owners of the Roxie have applied for a permit to sell beer ALL THE TIME. This is the most civilized news I’ve heard all year. Can’t wait to party!

Now let’s all slam a beer and watch a youthful Patrick Swayze light up the roller rink:

(Thanks again, Sunny!)

Here’s the deal:

Celebrate the Red Vic’s 31st birthday with one of our most popular films ever. Director Hal Ashby (Being There, Shampoo) takes jabs at motherhood, the military, psychiatry, computer dating, patriotic fever and funerals in probably the most charming movie about death ever made. Much of this modern love story takes place in the Bay Area, and settings include the Sutro Baths, the Marin Headlands and the Emeryville mudflats. Morbid 19-year-old Harold drives a Jaguar converted into a hearse, stages one suicide after another and frequents cemeteries. Ruth Gordon steals the show as the exuberant 79-year-old Maude who teaches him to appreciate life. Playfully grim, this is black comedy at its finest. Starring Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon and Vivian Pickles, and featuring the music of Cat Stevens. A special birthday treat will be given out at evening screenings on Monday as a thanks to all our patrons for years of support.(92m)

Get advance tickets here. (And pray we never have to post a similar item about the Roxie.)

[Image by Hannah]