Sunday, May 31, 2009

SF Vs. NYC: A street vendor food-off

Moseying around Manhattan while working a spell over at Harper's Bazaar (if not for confidentiality agreements, you can be sure I'd be spilling all of the [very mellow and not-so]-juicy beans), I am reminded how great New York's street vendor culture is. Now, I'm Bay Area born and raised, so my bias is clear, but I'd be outright lying if I said that all of the apparel street vendors in the city of San Francisco even paled in comparison to the ones right outside my SoHo door. What San Francisco is really stepping up, though, is it's street food culture. If you're a mission dweller, or one of the many who practically live in the neighborhood anyway, you may have seen these folks around. If not, be sure to hop on the 14 and try some of these tasty treats before they go the way of Ritual, Tartine, Little Star, and the rest of the good Mission eats, and result in ridiculous queueing up.

First of all, Murat the Muffin Man (AKA. Amuse Bouche) is serving up home baked breakfast goods and a cuplet (it is pretty small) of chai for exactly $1 at the 24th st. BART station. Can you think of a better way to start your day? He can also be found on various street corners or by following him on twitter.

Photo: SF Gate

Proprietress of the Sexy Soup Cart, the Sexy Soup Lady brings organic soups to the street, straight from the farmer's market's freshest ingredients. Just like the happy-mouthed muffin man and most other street cart caterers, you can follow the soupstress on twitter to see where to get your next carrot ginger or asparagus flavored fix.

Photo: SF Weekly

The Creme Brule Cart, manned by no other than the Creme Brulee Man, has caused such a stir in the street food scene that he's been featured on the front page of the Chronicle. Currently on his honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs. Brulee will be back on June 14th. Keep yourself posted.

Photo: Yelp

I know that by now you're probably too hungry to read on, so just point your twitter feeds over to The Cookie Wag, Magic Curry Kart, I Love Street Food, and the Eat Real Festival to keep up with San Francisco's thriving street foodies. Who knows? Maybe if they get enough requests they'll start making some special night time appearances around 444 Jessie. One can only hope...

Friday, May 22, 2009

Three, two, one...

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

BLK JKS mp3!



FRIDAY >> BLK JKS + Foreign Born >> THE INDEPENDENT

Check out this fantastic article, courtesy of the FADER!

And a fresh mp3 to get the summer sizzling:  

BLK JKS - Lakeside.mp3

Monday, May 18, 2009

Mike Jones mp3s!


Exclusive mp3s!



SATURDAY NIGHT / MAY 23 >>>

BUN B + MIKE JONES!!

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Win DFA / Juan MacLean VINYL!!

Our DFA cohorts in New York just sent us a JUAN SUPERPACK!!!

We have 10 different Juan MacLean records to give away!

The TEN lucky people who RE-TWEET this post ON A DAILY BASIS each win one of these rare vinyls!  (N.B. make sure you include @mezzanineSF in your tweet.  how cute)

The records will be at Mezzanine on June 6th - pick them up at the show and if you're even luckier, we'll get them autographed for you!!!!

WOW!!!

If you haven't done so already, 

Our XLR8R pals also have an exclusive podcast available for download HERE


Buy Tickets before this sells out!! > > >





Don't be shy...

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

RUB N TUG >> SARCASTIC DISCO

THIS IS WHAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING

(a.k.a. Thank YOU, LA!!  Thank you Paul T, the Sarcastic crew, Thomas+Eric/Rub N Tug, the DFA crew clad in white linen leisure suits, et al)






THIS TOO:



AND FINALLY, WHY DOESN'T THIS HAPPEN ANYMORE??



R.I.P. Passerby NYC!

Dave Chappelle LIVE at Mezzanine!!!!




Thank you, Dave Chappelle, for the way you do the things you do...

Friday, May 8, 2009

Graffiti at Mezzanine: nice one!

We spotted this radical graffiti outside Mezzanine's smoking lounge last night at the Film Festival Closing Party:



SNAZZY.

We like.

Name the artist and win a Z-Trip/MSTRKRFT CD single!

Also, if you ARE this artist, send us more work - we'll project it on Mezzanine's walls during cool shows!!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

BUN B PRE PARTY!


Come hang with me and my friend Alex as we show off our new work at Stussy SF. (Masonic and Haight) **F R E E B E E R** 8-11pm.

SONIC YOUTH >>new mp3!!!

SONIC YOUTH - SACRED TRICKSTER

Yes. Please. More. Please.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

dirrrrrtybird EXCLUSIVE mix!!!

Claude VonStroke et al will be revving up Mezzanine's dancefloor for a Spring Pajama Jam this Friday!

Get them jammies on!!

Classic hit:



AND...an EXCLUSIVE mix brought to you by none other than Christian Martin himself!!!

Check this mix out exclusively here on MezzRX !!

Christian Martin's May 2009 Jammy-Jam tracklist:

1 Bop - Clear Your Mind [Med School]
2 SIS - Sum [Mitu]
3 Sideshow - If Alone (Chateau Flight rmx) [Aus Music]
4 Yo! Majesty - Don't let Go (Radioslave remix)
5 Voodeux - Enter the Voo [mothership]
6 Audio Dub Odyssey - This Dub (reprise mix) [Ovum]
7 Hugo - Strobo Revenge (Carola Pisaturo remix) [Clack Musique]
8 A1 Bassline - Girl Thing (Christian Martin remix) [Meal Deal Records]
9 Itzone - Azul Magico [dirtybird]
10 Style of Eye - Retur [dirtybird]
11 Constar - Sunset Tribe (Voodeux's Dusk Mix) [Airdrop]
12 Max Cavalerra - Nostalgia [Karmarouge Records]

(And here's a cool interview with Claude VonStroke - thanks, RA!)

Monday, May 4, 2009

The Juan MacLean - exclusive mp3!

Exclusive mp3!!



This is IT!!!

The Juan MacLean - One Day (James Curd remix).mp3 (alt. link)




the show is going to BLOW>YOUR>MIND!


JUNE 6th @ MEZZANINE

upcoming shows >>>

SO many great shows coming up!!!

Here goes:

MAY 8: DIRTYBIRD Spring Pajama Jam @ MEZZANINE
MAY 22: GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY + DROP THE LIME @ MEZZANINE
MAY 22: BLK JKS + FOREIGN BORN @ THE INDEPENDENT
MAY 23: BUN B + MIKE JONES @ MEZZANINE
MAY 27: M83 + James Yuill @ MEZZANINE
MAY 28: MERCURY SOUL @ MEZZANINE
MAY 28: TIGA @ THE INDEPENDENT
MAY 30: SILA & THE AFROFUNK EXPERIENCE + FOOL'S GOLD @ MEZZANINE
JUNE 6: THE JUAN MACLEAN + THE FIELD @ MEZZANINE


Check out the cool blogs of the following bands for exclusive downloads...

BLK JKS
FOREIGN BORN
FOOL'S GOLD
THE JUAN MACLEAN
THE FIELD//KOMPAKT
TIGA

mp3s and other goodies coming SOON!!!