Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Pixar's "Day and Night" Many of you have already gone to see Toy Story 3 have seen this short, but for the rest, we thought we'd share, since this weekend marks the opening of a new exhibit
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Florence + The Machine British pop outfit Florence + the Machine were one of the highlights of SFist's Coachella experience, and lead singer Florence Welch has some incredible stage presence. They'll be coming to the Fox in Oakland
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Stuff Being Destroyed In Slow Motion Tempus II from Philip Heron on Vimeo. Found over at Laughing Squid today, this video from Philip Heron and James Adair shows stuff being smashed, slowly. Very satisfying. Enjoy.
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Craigslist" By Weird Al Yankovic Guess what everyone?! Weird Al Yankovic is not only still alive, he's still making music and touring! Yes, in fact, the musician most beloved by sixth graders in 80s will be coming to
Arts & Entertainment Weekend Palate Cleanser: "Sing Me Spanish Techno" by New Pornographers The New Pornographers (the band which, btw, still includes Neko Case) play the Fox on Sunday, and JFYI, there are still tickets left. They have a new album out called Together, and in
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Old Spice Guy Responds to Tweets As far as web-related brand-extension exercises go, we're fans of the latest stunt by Old Spice, in which their hyper-masculine and hilarious mascot, now known as The Old Spice Guy, is responding to
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Double Rainbow Song This little bit of wonderful comes from the brilliant minds behind Auto-Tune the News (remember them?), who also received some accolades recently for this Obama Kickass Song, featuring President Obama, Matt Lauer, Tinky-Winky,
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Super Mario Bros. Beatboxing Hat tip: Laughing Squid. PREVIOUSLY: Super Mario Galaxy Spec Ad
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Sissy Nobby's "Runnin Booty" It's mesmerizing, ain't it? Shake that booty, ladies (and gentlemen). This has to count as aerobic activity. [via WOW]
Arts & Entertainment <strike>Gray</strike> Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Neil Young's "Old Man" Another Planet just announced that Neil Young will be playing two solo shows at the Fox on July 11th and 12th. If there are any Boomers in the audience, or hardcore fans of
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Chinchilla Dust Bath Since you may soon no longer be able to legally procure a market-grade chinchilla in these parts, you will have to be consoled with only virtual, YouTube chinchilla entertainment. Cheers.
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Haves and Have-Nots of SF Parking Brought to you by James Corrigan. Gnash your teeth, and enjoy.
misc Happy Birthday, Grace Jones Today is Grace Jones' 62nd birthday, and as a sort of supplemental palate cleanser today, because you did have to suffer a bomb threat and all, please enjoy this clip of her as
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Aren't Day Laborers Adorable? Picked up along the Bayshore Uhaul station, these three day laborers were plucked from obscurity and put in a Monarchs music video. (Hat tip: Mission Mission)
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: New "Bloodbuzz Ohio" Video from The National Music world darlings The National, whose second fifth album just came out following a boatload of buzz, are doing two shows at the Fox on May 26th and 27th. The second show is
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Musical Protest Style A flashmob of (mostly) ladies descended on the Westin St. Francis over the weekend to call attention to the boycott of the hotel. The protesters were all of the LGBTQ community, and we're
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Very Mary-Kate Very Mary-Kate: Moving Day from Mary-Kate Olsen on Vimeo. We here at SFist make no secret about our respect and understanding for Mary-Kate Olsen, the tissue-thin billionairess cum fashion icon whose style, wit,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Jónsi at Amoeba, 4/17/2010 Jónsi, the lead man from Sigor Ros who's recently been traveling solo, played this little set at Amoeba records in SF on April 17th, just prior to hopping down to Coachella. Please enjoy.
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Girls' April Tour Video It's a little on the long side, but please enjoy this video from hometown boys Girls, as they tour around, go bowling, and play Coachella. [via The Bay Bridged]
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Earth Dancer (semi-NSFW) EARTH DANCER OF THE EARTH! from Everything Is Terrible! on Vimeo. It's almost Earth Day, so here's a little video of a strange older woman, a dancer/artist of some kind (any background
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Dog Hates iPad There is of course a challenge across the internet to come up with more and more "____ + iPad" memes, and today we have this video in which a dog goes from being curious about
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Opera" on the Muni What happens when you start acting drunk kooky on Muni? Others join in the fun! Why? Because this is a town that loves wackiness and loves to interact on public transportation. Please be
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Mayer Hawthorne's "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" Los Angeles-based jazz crooner Mayer Hawthorne, whose voice has quite a lot of Mel Tormé loveliness to it, plays his last U.S. date before Coachella and his European tour next week at
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Muppets Do "Stand By Me" Just in time for Easter, a dark little video from the Jim Henson folks featuring one of the lesser known Muppet monsters, and a bunch of bunnies. All we can say is YES!
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: LCD Soundsystem's "Drunk Girls" If Dakota Fanning's bone-shatteringly electric portrayal of Cherie Currie in The Runaways has taught us one thing, it's this: drunk girls are shockingly entertaining. So, it should come as little surprise that LCD
