Mission Mission

The first heatwave of Spring is officially upon us, and that means it’s time for another Bloody Marython! Join us this Sunday as we make the rounds through the Southside of the Mission, with plans to hit up the Attic, El Rio, Iron & Gold, and the Knockout! It better be a shitshow by the time we get to the end, so don’t disappoint!

We’re gonna start at the Attic at Noon, and you can follow any moves we make by checking out our Twitter. Also, don’t forget to tip well! See ya there! RSVP and invite your friends!

[Photo by Ariel]

Previously:

• Bloody Marython

I love the trippy foreshortening, like it’s dreamed Dolores instead of real Dolores. It’s supposed to be like 80 degrees this weekend btw. Can’t wait!

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I can’t say for sure who this Nick Fisher character is (but one wonders if possibly he’s the Nick Fisher from the New Twitter #space video or the Nick Fisher from our Dr. Teeth Death Sauce movie), but he’s either a genius or a real sicko or a real sicko genius.

Reader TJ posed the question in the comments section of yesterday’s post about international pop star Gotye winning it all at a pub quiz in the Tenderloin a couple days ago.

So how about it? I’ve heard good things about Shotwell’s and the Sycamore.

[Photo by Jordan]

Every week, photographer Joshua Cobos shoots a roll of film just for us. He picks the best 13 photos and we post them here, and it’s called “Bad Blood with Joshua Cobos.” Here’s what Joshua has to say about this week’s installment:

13 more from greaseland, Allan. Sun’s out so anytime there’s an empty seat in a car, I want in. In this series you’ll see some friends from Olympia playing at the Knockout, scenes from the Lusty Lady Bake Sale, Easter Sunday in Dolores Park & some abstract interludes to & from shoots for the Bold Italic & band practice. For awhile the group I’m in was practicing in the basement of this old motel in Nob Hill. Tons of weirdos, little dogs & freak-o pink-o’s trying to give us the stink eye. The bands from Olympia are Malaikat Dan Singa & Skrill Meadow.

Thanks, Joshua! Ten more shots after the jump:

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While it’s going to take a lot to replace the awesomeness of the hammocked ladies in the original mural, Jonathon here is definitely up to the task.  He’ll probably paint your house if you ask him too.

(Photo by Chris!)

Previously:

• 780 Valencia mural laid to rest

All Shook Down reports, via tipster:

So last night @ trivia this nerdy dude comes in and proceeds to answer every question right. I’m like who the fuck is this genius? We get to talking and he tells me he’s Wally and we end up chatting about old exotica and new wave records. This guy had an encyclopedic knowledge of music and was as cool as fuck. Turns out it was international pop star GOTYE!

Dang. Read on for more story and more pics. And be sure to go see Gotye tonight at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. (He was scheduled to play the Independent until demand necessitated that they move the show to an exponentially larger venue.)

Reader Marcus I. spotted this very strange collab between network television and drugs.

To commemorate that today is the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake, Muni released a batch of never-before-seen photography from the aftermath. Three are set in the Mission.

Above is an almost totally incinerated street car on Guerrero Street, with the ruins of the Mission in the background. Below are scenes from Howard Street. (Now it’s known as South Van Ness, but it used to be Howard.)

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Dudes, we are getting our own vegan storefront. And it is within a slow 60 second walk of my casita! The owners announced it on the Facebook last week, so yes, I am fashionably late to the party, but I’m still excited to be there!

The shop will be called Pinko’s Vegan Mercantile and will open May 1. I, for one, am planning to race over there on my lovely but old and slow bicycle after work as fast as my two little legs will carry me and then spend as much of my paycheck as I can muster on delicious and/or beautiful vegan items.

OK and yes, let’s put it out there: being a pinko and running a store where consumers part with their money might seem a but contradictory. But look at our neighborhood culture: Ritual and Little Star have commie-influenced logos, so Pinko’s is hardly the first communist/ capitalist establishment here, mkay?