Mission Mission

He sure looks pumped!

[via SFist]

Just received the following anonymous tip via our Tumblr ask box:

Cold Beer, Cold Water was at the courthouse this morning in the jury duty line. Just thought you might like to know.

Hopefully he avoided a jury and made it quickly back to the park where he belongs.

[Photo by Carlos]

Maybe he’s in town working on another collab with Metallica? Or making street art about his pal David Bowie? Or maybe he’s trying to scope Ty Segall’s butt crack?

Says our pal Teddy:

He was on his way out when I noticed unfortunately. I was just outside the door and heard a girl say “I love your movies!”, then caught a thin black mustache curled up in a charismatic smile pass by, and he was gone.

Well, if he comes back again tonight, we’ll know he’s there for DANCING.

UPDATE!!! Perhaps he was there to see Micro Mtns play that night:

Previously:

• John Waters Says You Should Be Able to Have Sex in a Theater
• John Waters Does San Francisco
• John Waters Drinks at Zeitgeist

Most of you know the work of photographer Julie Michelle. MM has been following her I Live Here SF project since the beginning.

[Julie Michelle self portrait]

Recently Julie’s partner, Lee, had a massive stroke. Well, we all know how quickly medical bills can rack up. Thankfully Lee is on the road to recovery, but it’s a long one and both of their lives will be consumed with the process for a while. To at least be able to help ease some of the financial burden, their friends Tucker and Analise are throwing a fundraiser at the San Francisco Motorcycle Club, located on Folsom near 18th Street, on Sunday, 12/18.

Tucker explains:

We’re hosting a party at the San Francisco Motorcycle Club (shot by Julie Michelle here) on Sunday the 18th from 3:00 to 7:00. There will music, drinks, good people, and a raffle. Donations will be gladly accepted in person, but if you can’t make the event, there is a ChipIn campaign already running here. There is also a Facebook page for the event here.

Now, I know Julie and Lee, and they are two of the most giving, generous people I can imagine. If you can help them out, even a little bit, I would be ever grateful.

Somebody’s planning a pretty weird birthday dinner for a friend tomorrow. Here’s the full ad:

Ty Segall look-alike (north beach / telegraph hill)

Whatup y’all. We’re looking for a dude who looks like Ty Segall to come join us at a Thai restaurant for my buddy’s birthday THIS THURSDAY at 7:30pm in North Beach. See, he really digs Ty’s grooves, and we thought this’d be a funny idea. Thus, this ad was born. Offering $10, a meal, and a beer for an hour of your time. You can always stay and chill afterwards, BUT you cannot admit that you are NOT Ty until the hour is up. Dead serious.

If the real Ty Segall sees this ad, well, we’re down to throw you $15, a meal, and two beers. It’ll be SO rad.

Also, if you can bring a Ty Segall photo and “autograph” it, we’ll toss in another beer.

If responding, please send us proof of your Ty look-alikeness via headshot. The link below goes to GIS of Ty:
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Again… this is for real, brah.

PS. UPDATE We don’t know if Ty has long or short hair… I’m pretty sure it’s short. I saw him at Brick and Mortar recently, but dude, I was fucking drunk.

Best of luck, all!

(Thanks for the tip, Scott.)

As most of you know, BART busker Jesse Morris tragically passed away on Sunday. To help his family with the cost of his memorial, Different Fur Studios is releasing never-before-heard sessions of an unfinished country album Jesse began recording in 2008. The compilation, entitled “I Wanna Take It All Back,” is available for download with a suggested donation of $5.

Nic Pope, an engineer at Different Fur and a friend of Jesse’s, wrote in to share the following anecdote:

I met Jesse in the Montgomery St. Bart Station where I heard him doing his Johnny Cash covers and we got to talking. The first project we worked on together was for his punk band U.S. Kings and “I Wanna Take It All Back” was the second which we never finished. The frank and simple way Jesse could describe your darkest feelings is what drew me to his music originally. From the title track, “I look around and see the wreckage of my past, its bad enough sometimes I wanna douse myself in gas,” is one line of his that helped me grow up a bit in the last couple of years.

Preview the album here, and please consider making a donation.

UPDATE: Plus, there’s a benefit show tonight in Oakland!

Sad news — Muni Diaries reports that beloved BART busker Jesse Morris, aka “Punk Rock Johnny Cash,” passed away on Sunday. According to a commenter and alleged close friend, Jesse took his own life.

Jesse was known for his uncanny covers of Johnny Cash songs, which one could catch on lucky mornings at the 24th St. Mission BART station.

Rest in Peace, Jesse. Your voice and smile brightened many a morning commute for me.

[Photo via Troy Holden]

Are you South Asian? Our friend Amit Gupta might need some of your sweet brown bone marrow. Are you not South Asian? Chances are someone else needs your bone marrow too.

To put the odds into perspective, if you need a bone marrow transplant and you’re caucasian, the chances are 8 in 10 that you’ll find a suitable match. If you’re Indian, it’s more like 1 in 20,000. Help Amit and others smash those odds by stopping by Project One tonight and submitting a sample. All you have to do is fill out some paperwork and swab the inside of your cheeks with a Q-tip. Bring your brown friends!

Project One is at 251 Rhode Island St. and the event goes from 7-10:30pm.