Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Hilarious Ad For Face-Painting Eli Wanket is a young, aspiring filmmaker. His mother has started a small business painting faces. For events and things. Probably mostly for kids. She asked if her son could make a commercial
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Home Alone' Re-enacted By Pug Puppies We're sure you won't question the relevance of this piece, put together by the fine folks of The Pet Collective. Baby pugs, clearly, have been an underutilized acting resources. [via Laughing Squid] * And
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Vagina Notes Yeah. This is kind of like a SNL skit gone bad. But it's kind of good that way. Maybe we're just immature. Watch as a woman decides if she can keep dating a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Judy Rodgers Talks About Her Food, Circa 2008 In this brief interview done for Epicurious in 2008, the late Judy Rodgers and her Zuni Café partner Gilbert Pilgram (who remains at the restaurant), talk about the food they serve and why
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Stuff On Scout's Head Poor dog. I mean, the photos are wonderful and cute and everything. But poor Scout suffers the near daily humiliation, for the sake of his owner's Tumblr, of having random things balanced on
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: One Direction Fans Fight Over Harry Styles' Sexuality, As Reenacted By Two British Actors Dramatizations of internet commenter/Twitterer inanity: A brilliant new medium for comedy, if ever there was one. Please observe these two older gentlemen of the theatre, as cast by the comedy group Dead
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleaner: Purdue Gymnasts, Viral Heroes Ah, youth. This limber celebration of all things gymnastic and good has blown up today, and in case you missed it, here it is. The music is "Tidal Wave" by Sub Focus, and
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Bun Bun, The Kitten Who Barks Like a Dog Surrender now. It's no use. Bun Bun will own you within seconds. This is the epitome of cute overload. This is why god made animals. This is why the internet exists. You are
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Puppies Getting Howling Lessons So. Stupidly. Cute. Watch this compilation of puppies of various breeds first getting the hang of the howling thing, with occasional help from humans. [Laughing Squid]
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Cooking With Needles' So, this is an actual cooking segment with former RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sharon Needles, part of her "Cooking With Needles" series, you see. In this installment, she shows how to make a
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Stevie Nicks Speaking In Tongues It was announced Tuesday that former San Jose resident Stevie Nicks, who also happens to be one of the greatest living singer-songwriters, will appear on the latest (and thus far best) installment of
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Password Security Question Riddle What do you do vis a vis password security questions when you've had an obnoxiously unconventional life and, like, you've never seen an actual movie. The kids at Upright Citizens Brigade take that
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Mastectomy Dance Major surgeries are generally no cause for celebration, and a double mastectomy is no exception. But San Francisco woman Deborah Cohan decided to infuse her procedure with a little something different: joy, fun
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Song for Vegans It's a parody of Katy Perry's "Roar." But, uh, it's called "RAWR," and the star of this little video proudly sings about her veganism, with the refrain, "I don't eat like a tiger.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Yoko Ono's 'Bad Dancer' We here at SFist have a soft spot for Yoko Ono, and we hope you do too. Please enjoy her amazing new song and video, "Bad Dancer," which features a huge array of
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: MGMT Is Being Weird Again Not satisfied to be America's indie-pop darlings, MGMT has been pushing boundaries and alienating some fans in the process with their second and third albums but no one can say they're not keeping
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Shalloween' Two blonde girls go hiking in Runyon Canyon in L.A., and they can't stop talking. About nothing. Even though they keep running into body parts. Please appreciate this awesome little short by
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Movie Killer Conference Call This one gets a small "har" (it's no "Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders"), and it's about three minutes too long, as so many YouTube humorists are guilty of. But in the spirit of
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Who F&@%ed This Pumpkin?' It's a problem you may encounter at your next pumpkin carving unveiling. But probably not. Unless your friends are really pervy. Don't look at us. [Cracked]
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Gay Bathhouse Music "Mockingbird Dream," a newly released disco track from San Francisco electronic musician Patrick Cowley, has just gotten unearthed and given a video, thanks to the garage-diving work of local DJs Honey Soundsystem. Basically,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Puppy vs. Doorstop Yeah, those springy doorstop things kind of piss us off, too. [Laughing Squid]
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Before Your Very Eyes...' By Atoms For Peace Thom Yorke and the Atoms for Peace crew are on tour, and will be headlining tomorrow night at the Treasure Island Music Fest. After their Hollywood Bowl show Thursday night, Yorke tweeted out
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Pupusa' By Hi Fashion Prepare to be amazed. Hi Fashion is a duo out of L.A. consisting of Jen DM and Rick Gradone. Legend has it they met in a gay bar in New York when
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Toddler Who Bargains Like The Tea Party CollegeHumor's Favorite Funny Videos Well, the Republicans maybe did not get to torpedo our credit rating and burn down Congress today, but they may yet still. Please enjoy this clever little bit of
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Chinese Food' By Alison Gold It's come to this, everyone. Remember Rebecca Black? Remember that Nicole Westbrook chick and that horrible song "It's Thanksgiving"? Well, now it's time for Patrice Wilson, "songwriter" and starmaker of wealthy tween girls
