Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Corporate Shuttle Roadkill' Local bluegrass musician and banjo teacher Marilyn Vogel has penned a little ditty about the Google buses (and Genentech buses and Apple buses and Facebook buses, etc.), and even though you might not
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Everything But The News' Starts Up The Startups Everything But The News, the PBS lite-comedy/parody show that previously skewered San Francisco's ridesharing scene, is back with another episode lampooning the local tech culture. In this episode, reporter and unrepentant Canadian
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'In N Out Mission' (A Beyoncé Parody) Remember "Dunkin' Love"? Well, local artists Reggie White and Adrian Anchondo might be working their way through Beyoncé's entire recent album, and they've got another parody video featuring S.F. drag queens Honey
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Frankie Knuckles' 'The Whistle Song' The house music and DJ communities lost a legend yesterday. Producer and DJ Frankie Knuckles passed away at the age of 59, and there's been a lot of mourning him on Facebook and
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Singin' In The Rain,' Now In HD An oldie, but c'mon. We should all be out there, and this happy about it, in the rain. And that Gene Kelly, man. Wow. Also, the our other favorite number from the movie,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Idiot's Guide to Talking to Smart People About Music The funny folks at Above Average (the web-based side project of Lorne Michaels and Broadway Video), have been doing these Idiot's Guide to Smart People videos. This one's all about music, and how
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Not Looking' Episode 1 NOT LOOKING - Season 1 - Episode 1 of 5 - watch more funny videos Remember how we shared the hilarious trailer for the L.A.-based web spoof "Not Looking" last month?
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Miss Coco Peru Plays 'Grand Theft Auto 5' Can Miss Coco Peru make this a regular thing? The world (gaming or otherwise) needs more Peru commentary while playing video games — especially one as violent (and fun) as GTA 5.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Swirling Reindeer This lovely aerial footage, shot in northern Norway by Jan Helmer Olsen using a drone "hexacopter" camera, shows reindeer being herded into separate enclosures by ethnic Sami herders. As you can see, reindeer
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Dunkin' Love,' A Beyoncé Parody This little parody of (obvi) Beyoncé's "Drunk In Love" was created by SF's own Reggie White and Adrian Anchondo, and as the SFBG notes, it was shot over on Ocean Beach. And for
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Hey, Human!' Aww. Cats are never this enthusiastic about anything. Look at him waving his little arms to get let inside. [via Laughing Squid]
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Hard French Winter Ball, The Promo You may recall the positively inspired, elaborate, excellently executed short film by Aron Kantor (a.k.a. DirtyGlitter) that was made last year to promote Hard French's annual Winter Ball in Santa Cruz.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Women Reading Grindr And Scruff Messages Thank you to Second City for giving us these dramatic readings from women using actual message threads from gay men on the apps Grindr and Scruff. Yes, they are full of misspellings, both
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Not Looking' Not Looking - watch more funny videos Oh yes. Please take in this marvelous parody of Looking, recast in L.A. with the help of funny man Drew Droege, and actors Jason Looney,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Try Not Having Kids' This one should strike a chord with all you childless San Franciscans. From the same funny guy who brought us Racist Yard Sale. [Jason Messina/@SureThingChief]
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Charles, Your Hangover' The folks over at Above Average, the YouTube channel started in part by SNL's Lorne Michaels, have been doing this series called "Charles, Your Hangover," in which actor Tory Stanton plays the personification
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Adam Scott And Paul Rudd's 'Bosom Buddies' Reenactment Paul Rudd (of Clueless and your daydreams) and Adam Scott (of Party Down and Parks & Rec) joined forced and made this impossibly wonderful reenactment of the Bosom Buddies opening. Hurray! Scott has
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Really Drunk Russian Dude Falls Asleep Bent Over Backwards Wow. Just. Yeah. This Russian guy pounded so much vodka that he disappeared to the toilet for a while and when his friends went to check on him. Well, just watch. Yeesh. That's
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Weird New Sexual Equinox Ads Do you go to Equinox gym? Does this ad have anything to do with you? I doubt it! It's their new campaign, shot by photographer Terry Richardson Robert Wyatt, which is meant to
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Baby Elephant Learns To Use Her Trunk Watch as a little baby Sumatran elephant, now four months old, learns to imitate her mother's behavior and grab at grass and plants with her little bitty trunk. This baby elephant was born
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Choreographer Yanis Marshall Tackles Beyoncé's 'Partition' We brought you a palate cleanser some months ago that featured talented 22-year-old dancer and choreographer Yanis Marshall dancing in heels with a couple of friends around Paris. Now here he is, in
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Quirky the Blind Kitten Let's hear it for kittens. Even blind, they can find their way to toys they like to play with, and generally enjoy life bounding around a room exploring. This one's name is Quirky,
Arts & Entertainment Holiday Palate Cleanser: Pee-Wee's Christmas Special, 25 Years Later If you ever doubted how amazing, imaginative, cheeky, and twisted Paul Rubens' signature character was in his heyday, doubt no more as you take in this full version of an hour-long Pee-Wee's Christmas
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Capital Cities' 'Kangaroo Court' We predicted back in April that Capital Cities' hit single "Safe and Sound" was destined to be your summer jam. It was definitely one of ours. But the rest of the country has
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Creepy Bedroom,' A Short Film At The Kink.com Armory Recently, employees at Kink.com were challenged to make short, non-porn films to promote the tour program at the Armory. They each took one of the rooms/sets in the vast complex, and
