Inside Scoop's masterful Paolo Lucchesi brings us crucial entertainment this afternoon: James Brown's two long-lost Cup-O-Noodle commercials. They're beautiful. Lucchesi notes: "Sometimes there are no words. This is not one of those times. There is just one word here: Amazingness. This is guaranteed to brighten anyone's day." And how. more ›

James Brown impersonator killing it at Saturday's 27th Annual Black Cuisine Cooking Contest & Street Festival. more ›

SFist inteviews Lyrics Born who is headlining the Fillmore tonight more ›

To pay tribute to James Brown, we spent a few minutes looking through YouTube this morning to find a video clip that would do him justice. It wasn't easy. Not only are there so many of them but they spanned upwards of almost forty years. But this one we kinda dig because it's from the early 70's and it's got all sorts of early 70's goodness to it-- Afros and polyester and James Brown in a moustache. It's also recorded from some French TV show so it's got French subtitles and not just white people dancing, but French white people dancing. It's kinda rocking too. more ›

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Earlier this week kissy couples were wading through roses and red tissue paper deeper than an east coast snow dump and singles shook a tiny, lonely fist (no ring!) at it all. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - Valentine's season is in the can, finally. more ›

SFist reviews Sharon Jones and the Dapkings more ›

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