Movies
For those of you who care, sorry I haven't posted here in a dog's age. I got kind of caught up with the whole moving-to-Oakland-and-starting-at-a-new-school thing, and I've also kind of been on a monthlong Four Loko bender. It's truly the devil's juice. Anyway though, this (sure to be awesome) skate video is showing at the Victoria Theatre on 16th & Capp on Sunday night at 7:30.
I think everyone should go. Even if you don't care about skateboarding, you should go anyway because some of the guys in it are cute.
And if you're still unconvinced because you don't care about skateboarding OR cute boys, then ... um, what's wrong with you? One man, five syllables: Kevin "Spanky" Long. Swooooon.
I finally watched Dirty Harry for the first time last night (go go Netflix streaming!), so how could I resist posting up this fresh Dogpatch wheatpaste?
(Photo via Governor Schwarzenegger's Twitter)
The Governator welcomed Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to San Francisco earlier this evening. I'm kinda disappointed they didn't send Ivan Drago (HE MUST BREAK YOU). Also disappointed that Arnie, with all his action cred, didn't do anything to stop this Red Invasion.
According to SF Appeal, the Russians are after San Francisco's most valuable natural resource... Twitter. Leave it to Gavin to quickly become collaborator #1 in the Russian Occupation of SF; he'll be facilitating Medvedev's access to Twitter HQ tomorrow, where they will undoubtedly steal all our tweets for study and dissection back at ChatRoulette Labs.
Avenge Me! WOLVERINES!!!
Q: If Red Dawn took place in the Mission today, what would be the name of our youth based resistance cell?
- Trustafarian Terrors
- Fauxhemian Fangs
- The Blue Ribbons
- ...?
I watched the trailer about the life of Sailor Jerry and was pretty underwhelmed but, alas, I'm a sucker for free movie screenings at the Roxie. Let me just say this: don't judge a movie by its trailer. Unless it is for Hot Tub Time Machine. This movie is full of batshit insane old-timers cursing their way into their 90s and provides an interesting take on a WWII subculture (booze, legal prostitution and, of course, tattoos) that it is hard not to love it. Sounds a lot like Capp Street circa 2009.
Anyways, one interesting thing I learned that Ed Hardy lives and actively works in San Francisco. That's right. The Ed Hardy; the boy that sold his work to fist-pumpers everywhere. Local hero!
The movie is playing again tonight at The Roxie. You can RSVP (required) here for free.
My friend emailed me and suggested I check out this movie. Being the great friend I am, I jumped the gun with "WHATEVER TRICK YOUR TASTE IN MOVIES SUCKS." Turns out I was wrong. This movie does look badass and it's playing at the Roxie through Thursday.
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Previously on Uptown Almanac
Normally I wouldn't let this blog do such a promotion, but Big River Man (Epic River Man?) is a fat alcoholic that likes to do epic adventures (read: me in 25 years). Given that I love alcohol and windows into my future, I'd like to let you know that Big River Man is playing at The Roxie for a few weeks, starting May 28th at 7pm.
Do you want free tickets? Tell us your best swimming (or water-related) story in the comments and the best story wins them.
(In the event no stories are told, the first comment will win them. If no one comments, it will prove what I always suspected: no one reads this thing. Am I talking to myself again?)
Find out on Capp & 23rd.
Previously on Uptown Almanac
This seems like a fairly typical "two bros* get canned and travel across the country" movie, although they used a real camera and filmed experiments with gunpowder. Solid!
Anyways, you can watch the trailer, featuring a sick shot of a rotating Mission St. sign, or go see The Recess Ends in person on May 7th (who plans that far in advance? DAMN)
Event Schedule:
7-8pm Uphill Bike Race (Bottom of Chinatown to Medicine Agency)
8-9pm The Recess Ends Free Screening. Come and watch the film, eat some popcorn, drink some beers, etc.
9-close The Recess Ends After Party.Where:
Medicine Agency - 1262 Mason Street
Better be cash prizes for the bike race and hella free PBR.
* they are literally brothers, not douchebags**
** I don't actually know they aren't douchebags
Contrary to the title of this post, the entirety of my weekend will involve eating burritos in the sunny Santa Barbara, hopefully with this dude. But if the lure of $10 nachos and high-fiving sorority sluts during their walk of shame wasn't such a huge pull, i'd be doing the following things:
Pacific Standard Timeless DVD premiere: FREE STUFF. FREE THINGS. tonight, over at Eve's Lounge (I got a flyer for there once, so it must be legit), they're premiering Mochilla's "Timeless" DVD, which from what I can pick up is about concerts in LA. There'll be lots of free music, including J-Rocc of the Beat Junkies, who I suppose is good because the event listing touts him as the West Coast's greatest living DJ. but who cares? ITS FREE.
Thurs @ 9pm, 575 Howard St.
Shake Me! show: Remember when i wrote about these guys? who am i kidding, limited attention spans and diminished brain cells probably means you're like "who is this bitch with the cat picture posting things?" Anyways, they're an East Bay band, but they're playing in SF at Retox on Saturday, which means you don't have to cross any significant bodies of water to hear awesome music. The last time they played, people came into my bar sobbing and kept muttering "it was so beautiful. SO beautiful" after the show, so if you want to hear music that would make Mother Theresa feel like she hadnt done enough for this world, head over to Potrero Hill this Saturday. if music isn't your thing, but strange dudes with buttah teefs dancing and interiors that looks like a 70s porno set in an airplane are, you should DEFINITELY go. Besides, I mean, look how goddamned cute they are. if i wasn't so invested in my future as a cat lady I'd be all like "let's go back to my place and watch procedural crime dramas!"
Sat @ 7:30, 628 20th St.
So get on with your bad selves and enjoy San Francisco this weekend. I'll be back on Monday with a sunburn, hangover, and hopefully stories about how I was made to feel like a cougar at the ripe old age of almost 23. THANKS SANTA BARBARA.
Previously on Uptown Almanac
I thought people already knew about the film La Mission, but based on the sheer amount of "tips" we've received about it, I guess I was wrong.
From the mailbox: "saw a blurb about this a while ago. shite that just b/c it's an SF movie, there has to be some gay subplot. and funny that it's always sunny in SF in movies."
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