— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
There I was, just hanging out at 22nd and Mission, waiting for us to raid Skechers USA Footwear Outlet so I cop me a hot pair of Shape-Ups or maybe some bath towels from Anna's, when the riot police came up Mission and ruined the fun. As they began to occupy the intersection, one shirtless man stood in the front-lines resisting their presence. “What the hell is that guy doing?” I thought to myself. “Oh, that's a penis.”
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Ever wanted to know what a Mission District Halloween looked like through the lens of a 7-year-old camera from Sears? You're in luck.
“Two Turntables and a Microphone” clearly took home the prize for “most culturally relevant costume.”
In an ocean of delusional people believing wearing a Giants jersey and a beard was a costume, one man knew how to not suck at Halloween.
Ordinarily a Jesus holding an 18 of Tecate is not noteworthy, but this cool kid was walking down Mission Street barefoot.
A giant burrito strapped to a messenger bag?
Best UPS driver costume I saw all night.
Lady Gaga riding a demon horse-bike.
FInally, I'll leave you with a snap of a horse making sweet, sweet love with a zombie. Time to start counting down the days to Santacon.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
For those of you following the saga of lunatic tagger/mural-wrecker KKKatie, she was found guilty of vandalism but walked on hate crime and terrorism charges. From the SF Appeal:
[Katherine] Dunbar was convicted of one vandalism-related felony and 10 misdemeanors, and she was acquitted of two other misdemeanors. The jury hung on a felony terrorism charge, according to the offices of the district attorney and public defender.
Apparently the witness, who claimed she made racist comments to him and threatened him with false claims of rape during Bay to Breakers, didn't show up to the trail, so those charges were dismissed. The jury was hung on the terrorism charges (spray paint is terrorism now?) and found her not guilty of hate crimes. So it looks like she will face either probation or up to three years in prison. What fun!
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
This life-size, headless cardboard Frank Chu was recently spotted at Google's SF offices, allowing bored engineers to photograph themselves as a homeless man infinitely more famous than they are. Also of note, Chu's sign indicates that when Google is bored, Google googles itself.
I feel like there has to be a Bing joke somewhere in there…
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Apparently the fine folks over at Caliber have some sort of homing beacon lunatics and crackheads, as Travis of the blog recently ran into Epic Beard Man (and I'm fairly certain this isn't their first snap of him). Highlights of their interaction include the old man pulling out a big wad of cash and offering it up to Travis, flashing a giant blunt, and him yelling that he was going to beat his friend's ass if he didn't give him a ticket to the Giant's game that night.
Also, dude is rocking red fingernail polish and wayfarers.
Fucking hipster.
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— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Laura Beck, Vegansaurus! editor, former Uptown contributor, and lover of caps lock and calling people hookers, recently put out a zine about being fat. It features odes to Mario eating cake, a color-me-in drawing of a banana split, hella glitter, and shits on skinny bitches who name their children “Apple.” Three bucks! Buy it on paypal.
— By Zach Perkins |
Shocker, right?
Some local Bay Area filmmakers are currently in the process of finishing their documentary, Day Laborers: The Invisible Workforce, on Arizona's SB1070 bill.
To raise the funds they need to finish their project, they're holding an event tonight (Tuesday, Oct 19th) from 7 to 9pm at the Mission Cultural Center (2868 Mission St). The $20 ticket includes a 'work in progress' screening of the film, free food and wine, and speakers from Puente AZ, La Raza Centro Legal, KPFA and the San Francisco Day Labor Program. More info here.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Apparently when I was out of town, Mission Mission's AARP readership FREAKED THE FUCK OUT that someone tagged a plant. I guess this means that the good citizens of San Francisco won't condone late-night people tagging in Dolores Park?
— By Jenny Wilson |
In case you haven't noticed on Google yet, today would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday. In honor, go ahead and feast your eyes upon this amazing footage of John and Yoko being led around San Francisco by Geraldo Rivera's mustache circa 1972. Seriously, this video is awesome.
— By Jenny Wilson |
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I don't really get the whole coffee snobbery in San Francisco. When I lived on the East Coast all you needed was a cup from Dunkin' Donuts, and you were set. In San Francisco it seems like the coffee brand you drink really defines you, like saying you only drink Tecate because PBR was so 2006. Consequently, I feel the heat of social stigmas when I bring up my unabashed excitement for the return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte in all of its Starbucks glory. It's the perfect fall accessory you guys!
Anyway, San Francisco seems to be supporting the coffee bean pushers by supplying the hipster youth at their Mecca with future plans of a Blue Bottle stand in Dolores Park. The following Ken Burns style mockumentary from the people of Killing My Lobster is a rare glimpse into the growing gang mentality of these coffee crackheads fueled by San Francisco's local coffee houses.