Videos
Now there’s a creative way to draw attention to your eviction
May 12, 2015
Spotted in the window of Studio 17 located in the Redlick Building at 17th and Mission. According a press release put out last month by Studio 17, which we found via KQED, the art incubator’s lease expires June 30 and the landlord has opted not to renew. (Source: http://www.studio17artists.com/)
Filmmakers document history, stories of iconic bar
April 30, 2015
As the city’s only lesbian and queer bar prepares to go dark tonight after 18 years, a pair of San Francisco filmmakers is helping ensure that memories of the Lexington Club live on. Friends Susie Smith and Lauren Tabak have spent the past four months collecting dozens of photographs, old flyers and other bar mementos, […]
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 […]
Now in Arizona, Omer Travers stars in a music video
January 29, 2015
Controversial Valencia Street fixture and entertainer Omer Travers may have traded San Francisco for Arizona but he still has an audience. Earlier this month, a music video for a song called “Apollo” by French electro-pop band Ruby Cube was posted to Travers’ Facebook page. From 2013, it shows Travers, a.k.a. Bum Jovi, cavorting with a group of fundamentalist […]
‘Japanese Jimmie Rodgers’ going on hiatus
January 15, 2015
Toshio Hirano, the charming country crooner who plays regular gigs in the Mission at Amnesia and the Rite Spot Cafe, appears to be hanging up his guitar or at least taking a long break from music. Hirano made the announcement last week on his Facebook page but did not explain why he’s going to stop playing. […]
Mission native seen in viral video talks gentrification
January 13, 2015
Buzzfeed takes on gentrification in the Mission in a video called, “What It’s Like To Get Kicked Out Of Your Neighborhood.” The video features Kai, one of the guys seen arguing with Dropbox bros in the dispute last year over a Mission soccer field. [H/t Bustle] (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Fancy new Mission Street store has interactive display
November 23, 2014
On Saturday, Sennheiser opened a high-end headphone/DJ equipment store on Mission between 18th and 19th streets which says a lot about how the street is changing. (One pair of their headphones sells for $1,500 on their website). Not a gadget person myself, but their display is kind of fun to play with.
Slowmo video of bonfires last night in the Mission
October 30, 2014
Mission Explodes from Brian Emerick on Vimeo. Granted, there was a lot of jackassery going on last night, but this is a pretty cool video.
Charming 60s footage documents San Francisco’s ‘drastic facelifting’
October 28, 2014
Combing through the amazing British Pathé archive on YouTube yesterday, I found this gem called the “Changing Face Of San Francisco.” It’s from 1963 and talks about development, the population boom and the struggle to hang onto neighborhood character. In other words, pretty much what’s going on in the Mission today. An excerpt: The brutal fact […]