Mission Mission

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Our ol’ pal Broke Ass Stuart recently discovered a little known supply shop for disco builders here in the neighborhood.

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I bet you could get some of those live goldfish shoes. Or maybe I’m thinking of pimp style. There’s a lot of overlap. You’d probably just find a lot of little mirror pieces that you could glue onto things to make disco balls. Good use of space, guys.

And then, days later, I found an equally interesting new business venture, Elf Storage.

It makes sense when you think about it: you can fit twice the units as regular storage. Plus, outside of the Christmas season, you really only need to keep out the ones who make cookies for you.

Anybody else?

UPDATE: More good, though not local, examples in the comments!

[Chappelle on SF streets in 2007 pic by sam.soneja]

Dave Chappelle was here in the Bay Area last week. He did two nights at Yoshi’s in Oakland. Did anyone get to see him? My mom did, and she was there until about 4:30 in the morning. Here’s her report:

All night long with Dave Chappelle @ Yoshi’s in Oakland.

I’m a big fan of both stand up comedy and late night/after hours, when our defenses slip away and delirium seeps in. The rules change, and things take on different meanings. Beginning in the earliest hours of Tuesday morning, Dave Chappelle performed an all night, 4 1/2 hour set of stand up routine, improv (once asking the audience for movies that’ve touched us in some meaningful way. He had funny, irreverent jokes for every movie mentioned, ending with a soundtrack for Precious, as if it were sung by a Country artist), piano playing (a little Moonlight Sonata), and a profound look at a keenly intelligent man at work. I laughed until I cried a few times.

There were way too many not funny hecklers to contend with, and sometimes I thought he spent too much time responding to them and engaging with them.

He said his biggest regret was not selling out to Comedy Central, and also said he’s not comfortable with people who say they tell the truth all the time. Dave smoked about 500 cigarettes, drank 2 cups of coffee, didn’t have a sip of water, and talked all night long!

He also has some big guns from working out and says he’s on steroids.

Thanks Dave, that was a great time!

Barbara Graber.

To reiterate:

Afterlife Boutique presents

WARM REGARDS
a night of stand-up comedy, featuring:

Janine Brito
Brendan Lynch (SAN JOSE-ADJACENT)
Billy Wayne Davis (SEATTLE)
Aparna Nancherla (LOS ANGELES)
Dave Thomason

Hosted by Chris Thayer

Saturday, February 4th, 2012
8PM/FREE
@ Afterlife Boutique
988 Valencia St. (near 21st St.)

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Every Halloween, after the little ghouls and boys have gone to bed, strange people gather at local artist’s workshop The Secret Alley (where I am a co-founder) and record tales of other worlds. The latest episode has finally been unleashed, and it is quite a tale indeed. If you are a fan of Star Trek, you may enjoy watching this.

By the way, if you’re interested in being a part of the fun, The Secret Alley is looking to fill one of our offices with a local artist who wants to join in on the craziness and hard work that makes that place tick. Interested parties should send a statement of said interest to iwanttowork@thesecretalley.com.

Not Giants; giants. (Actually this is pretty close to Mission Cliffs… How many climbers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?)

(Thanks, Stinky!)

Ok, so this is meme-y, but it was filmed in Four Barrel:

While we’re on the subject of coffee snobbery, anyone know how to get cafe-quality microfoam at home without dropping $500 on equipment? I wanna pour me some latte demon spawns.

[via sprudge]

It’s been a month since Parks and Rec‘s Ron Swanson was found to be modeled after famed Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.

Last night on my walk home from work I captured evidence in nearby Potrero of what I have long believed to be a tree containing the soul of sad Homer Simpson, from Television’s The Simpsons.

I don’t know, he looks pretty unpleasant. Maybe you should let this one go.

Local comedian Melanie O’Brien explains:

You’ve heard of all female comedy shows, right? Well eff that s!!! This is the shocking opposite. That’s right, AN ALL MALE COMEDY SHOW, hosted by the ultimate woman’s woman, Melanie O’Brien. This testosterone packed line-up features local Bay Area comedians who will have you laughing so hard, you’ll be like “women, who?” Just kidding.

Line-up:
Ivan Hernandez
Joe Gorman
Miles K
Chris Thayer
Trevor Hill
and headliner, Chris Garcia

Progress!