Carnaval
San Francisco Carnaval hit the streets of the Mission on Sunday. They dress up! A great big fat parade with tons of samba schools, drum corps, pirate ships, low-riders and assorted freaks. And Benjamin Bratt, the star of La Missión, giving back to the community by pinching cheeks of kids, waving at crowd. Híjole.
Insert head joke here.
We ride low'n'slow.
Eh, you pointing at me, Benjamin Bratt? Oh, the kid in front of me, okay.
And none of them really rushed to the finish line.
"So, I'm looking for this guy, brown eyes, tan, 12 feet tall?"
"Who's got the biggest feather boa in town, you say?"
La flor del barrio.
"I see your feather boa, and I raise you a shield."
"Yah, but check out our puffy sleeves, man. Blue AND white!"
Mission Boyz. Stay brown.
Local Boy
Sean Hayes did a show tonight at The Independent, across from Mojo. This is the second time I've seen the guy (first time in Oakland in March, I guess) and he is a peculiar artist, from 'round these parts. A voice which you will love or hate, but lyrics which will touch you, no matter. Funny to find him on an Aimee Mann song in Tuira, see this video, learn the song, and see him on stage thousands of miles later.
(Revolution! No photo! A video instead! It won't fucking align="center"!)
It's delicate.