Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Vogue Brawl 2012, Manchester, England With all this talk of kikis and "werking" it and the general upsurge in ball-culture influence in the gay community, is it any wonder that vogueing is back in a big way in
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Postcard From 1952' by Explosions In the Sky This is a cleanser for your news-worn palate if ever we saw one. These guys are playing at Outside Lands on Saturday at 4:40 p.m., and they're pretty cool. They're called
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Women's Shot Put, a Montage Behold the glory of a group of hearty, brawny gals hurling a nine-pound ball across a football field and simultaneously letting loose with loud, shrill (or sometimes rather butch) screams of release. Alas,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Single Ladies' as Sung by Olympic Diver Matthew Mitcham Openly gay Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham, who hails from Australia, just uploaded this charming cover of "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" in which he proves that he's not only a great
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Boys' (a 'Girls' Parody) There have been various parodies of the popular (and really quite well written) HBO series Girls, which concluded its first season in June. Now, from some clever blokes in L.A., we have
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Air Hostess Here's a little bit of 60s lounge to ease you into the afternoon, along with some footage of 1960s stewardesses, and vintage poster art for various airlines from the era, including Iran Air
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Kitty Batman and Kitty Superman You know what's hilarious and wonderful about this video? Everything. Nothing much happens, and these two cats, Cooper and Pancake, do very little to fight crime or save humanity. But they do sport
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Artist David Shrigley Draws an Elephant English artist David Shrigley is known best for crude, child-like drawings used to illustrate and comment on the absurdities of life. He's got a new exhibition on at the Yerba Buena Center for
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Boy George Covers Lana Del Rey's 'Video Games' Here, ladies and gentlemen, is a brand new video from a scratchy-voiced Boy George featuring a bleaker, Britishy version of Lana Del Rey's hit "Video Games." The video features Angel Rose and Cesar
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Swedish Band Sorts 65,000 LEGOs in 3 Minutes Swedish band Rymdreglage made a YouTube-popular, LEGO-based animated video in 2009 for their song "8-Bit Trip," which was a tribute to early 80s video games. That video has racked up over 12 million
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Music Video Featuring S.F., Bare Asses [NSFW] The video for the pop tune "Human Condition" by local band Nova Albion features a couple of attractive twentysomethings, a girl and a guy, walking naked through various parts of town besides but
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Mr. Wizard Was a D*ck Every later-born Gen Xer out there should remember Mr. Wizard's World, the Nickelodeon show featuring a sometimes curt and grumpy Don Herbert teaching cute kids about the wonders of science. Herbert actually did
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Falling' by Digitalism You may not be a fan of German electro-house music in general, or Digitalism in specific, but you will probably enjoy this video, with its early-80s-esque computer graphics, and early-80s-esque shots of children
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Detroit, via Drone Please enjoy this haunting, vaguely art-y video of some of the well lit decay in Detroit. It also features some shots of a park on the water, but yes, lots of urban decay,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Two Guys, a Car, and That Gotye Song "Somebody That I Used to Know." Heard it? Yes you have. It is pretty much our national anthem at this point, because everyone effing loves a breakup song, and can relate, and it's
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Fishing Made Fun Sarah Brame captured some surprising footage amid a quiet afternoon of fishing. Just keep watching. h/t: Deborah N.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Blue Velvette' by Cancer Merchant We're pretty sure rap music has never, ever been as white as this. Cancer Merchant is the rap name of L.A.-based artist Daveo Mathias, and this video for his track "Blue
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Abortion Explained, Via the Bible If you're not familiar with America's Best Christian Mrs. Betty Bowers (a character created by L.A. comedienne Deven Green), you probably should be. She did a rather internet-famous explication of traditional marriage
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Pre-Independence Day Edition It's Fourth of July Eve-Eve, and like everyone else we're sure you're blue that this year's celebration of the red, white, and blue is on a Wednesday. Wah wah. Anyway, let's begin the
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Harry Potter Theme Played on Wine Glasses We've said it before and we'll say it again: The internet is amazing. And much like the Game of Thrones theme played on squeaky toys, this version of the Harry Potter theme music
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Cat Walks Human We enjoy cats who act like dogs. Here we bring you a kitten named Kodi giving a little lesson in how to walk a human. Look at him pull! Watch him trot. [Laughing
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Rip Tide' by Beirut Take a look at this brand new and lovely video from Beirut, for the tune "The Rip Tide" of the outfit's newest album of the same name. Beirut, and young front man Zach
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The 'Game of Thrones' Theme, via Squeaky Toys Some dude found that while watching Game of Thrones, the sound coming out of his dog's squeaky toy sounded uncannily like the theme song. So he recorded a full version, naturally. Ah, internet.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Ads From the First Dot-Com Bubble Many have said we're in another tech bubble, and the Facebook IPO flop only proves it but isn't this a better, more skeptical sort of bubble? Hell, even we were pretty sure Facebook's
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Sex Ed, Belgian-Style [NSFW!] Allegedly, this video was shown at 7 a.m. on Belgian television as some kind of demented sex education for children. We suppose little Belgian boys need to understand what masturbation is before
