music – Capp Street Crap

Flats-out weird

January 6, 2017

To be fair, many of the white keys are missing as well.

Singer laments the unchillness of Valencia Street

March 30, 2016

Here’s what one guy, Kevin Patrick, AKA Field Medic, has to say about the state of the Mission – in musical form. [Via The Bay Bridged/ Reddit]

Became the special man …

January 17, 2016

Then we were Ziggy’s band. [Spotted by Jeff at 20th and Lexington]

Mission Bowies

January 11, 2016

Someone I know put it well: “I had never imagined life without Bowie. Such a loss.” RIP sir. [Top photo via @malaikafraley, 2014; bottom photo via ktdrasky/Instagram, Mission Street, 2013]

Amnesia has undergone a not-so-subtle facelift. Closed for two-and-a-half weeks for renovations, the Valencia Street bar reopened late last week and spent Saturday and Sunday celebrating with two days of free music. A visit there Monday night found the bar feeling bigger and looking sleeker and brighter. The interior was also sparser, with its ceilings opened up to reveal wood beams. […]

Your early ticket to the new Alamo Drafthouse theater

December 11, 2015

Weren’t lucky enough to get a ticket to see the new Star Wars movie when the Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission opens next week? There’s a way to get into the theater even earlier. The Alamo Drafthouse is having a soft opening starting tomorrow, showing movies including Home Alone, Straight Outta Compton and Love Actually a […]

Rescue for The Riptide

September 3, 2015

UPDATE 9/11: Didn’t make it to that Riptide benefit in the Mission last week? You’ve still got plenty more chances to help out the bar. There’s this show tomorrow night at The Knockout. And on Sunday, Sept. 27, “Up From the Ashes,” will take place at the Make-Out Room, benefiting the bar’s employees. The show starts at 7 p.m. and […]

Good news music lovers, Elbo Room will stick around — for a few more months at least

August 18, 2015

Slated to be replaced with condos, the Elbo Room was supposed to be closing around the beginning of November. Now it looks like the Mission bar and club has been granted a bit more time. In a Facebook post today, owner Matt Shapiro wrote that the venue will stay put at least until the end […]

Elbo Room set to close this fall

April 23, 2015

As much as San Francisco music fans were hoping for an intervention, sadly it looks like the Elbo Room will shut its doors by the beginning of November to make way for a condo project. According to SFGate, which cites a letter on the Mission venue’s Facebook page, the building’s owners decided not renew the club’s […]

Rain in San Francisco’ debuts, named Capp Street Crap’s theme song

February 9, 2015

‘ Inspired by the stormy weather this weekend, @dunbar151 crafted this song, “Rain in San Francisco,’ about a rain-washed, nicer smelling Capp Street. Of course, I moved quickly to negotiate the rights. Here are the lyrics: there’s a drought in california of talk about the weather and the elements that wait beyond the bay from across the […]