Mission Mission

SF Real Estate News reports this morning that beloved Mission dive bar Zeitgeist will close its doors next month, to be razed and replaced by a Borders.

Artist’s rendering by Ty Kirkey.

Link to more Mission Mission coverage of Mission District dive bars.

Thanks for all the hits.

Link and link to posts that led to this viral explosion.

Saw this at the 24th Street BART station this morning ’round 9am. Looks kind of specialized and foncy. Hope nobody’s cryin’ over it. To whoever lost it, thanks for brincolines all the percussion yesterday. Made the day fun.

This is my fully edited account of the early morning efforts of the March 19 San Francisco Day of Direct Action. In it, you’ll find decked-out riot police, a brass band, more twirlers, demonstrating in front inflatable water slide of Chevron, a cable car, more Frank Chu, the Transamerica Pyramid, dancing in the streets, yelling in the streets, posters, signage, bloody hands, people in pink, motorcycles on sidewalks, blockaded intersections, and more — all set to the tune of “Big Ideas” by LCD Soundsystem.

Link to yesterday’s coverage.

Link to response at Curbed SF in which they’re debating the hipster question.

Link to Bay Area Direct Action.

All will be compiled into a better longer movie later this evening.

Here is the color guard twirling their flags in unison, marching in choreographed step with the big beats provided by the bouncy castle for sale brass band:

Next up is a short short shot of Frank Chu leading the snake march past a cable car on California Street:

Finally, War Mongers’ Diner perform “We Can Stop It”, to the tune of Jimmy Cliff’s “You Can Get It If You Really Want”:

Link to Bay Area Direct Action.
Link to War Mongers’ Diner.

Update: Here’s a cop with a big orange shotgun:

Looks to be on the block north of St. Luke’s. I called a friend that lives on that block:

Me: You’re not on fire are you?

Her: No, I’m okay. Thanks for asking. Everybody keeps calling me to ask. [...] I heard someone shouting that it was her house.

So, apparently it was someone’s house.

Update: Wow, FriendFeed debuted search just in time! I searched “mission fire” and came up with something great via Scott Beale (the same dude that hipped me to the fact that FriendFeed now has search): twitterer ceedub is right under the inferno:

Link to cee-dub on Flickr.

Bay Area streets are dangerous for cyclists. According to findings in this morning’s San Francisco Chronicle, Market Street is the deadliest, particularly at its intersection with Octavia. A lot of major arterials out in the burbs fill in a lot of the rest of the list, but Valencia Street made it too, just barely: #25. Be careful out there.

Mission Mission’s very own Katie will spin disco, soul and maybe some punk and reggae at Beauty Bar tonight from 7-10pm. Admission is free. As the above video makes abundantly clear, Katie is full of spunk and verve, so bring your dancin’ shoes.

It’d been a year with that rusty juegos inflables old setup, so we retooled and relaunched and we’re very happy. Enjoy!

I’ve always wanted to vote for a female presidential hüpfburg kinder candidate, I’ve always wanted to vote for a black presidential candidate, and I’ve always wanted to vote for Matt Gonzalez in a national race.

Link to that picture of Matt and Joe Strummer.