Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Year (So Far) In Vines You wouldn't think you could do that much with six seconds of video, but the world (and many a college student) is showing us just how versatile the medium is, for comedy anyway.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Revisiting 'Da Hip Hop Witch' It may be one of the worst movies ever made, and we had, in fact, never heard of it. It's called Da Hip Hop Witch, and it was an atrocity from 2000 that
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'The Tanners' And Other Fake Reality Shows Channel Thirteen, the PBS station in New York City, recently put out this brilliant campaign for donations with three ads for absurd fake reality TV shows: "Clam Kings," "Long Island Landscapers," and "The
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Mumford & Sons 'Hopeless Wanderer,' Starring Jason Bateman and Ed Helms Earnest British folkster-rockers Mumford & Sons decided to do a little self-mockery in their latest video for the song "Hopeless Wanderer." Rather than perform in the video themselves, they enlisted funny men Jason
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Fallon Does 'Blurred Lines' With Robin Thicke, The Roots, Children's Instruments Last week we had these amusing riffs on Robin Thicke's ubiquitous summer hit "Blurred Lines," and this week we have Jimmy Fallon joining Thicke on a rendition, featuring The Roots, with everyone playing
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Wolverine' By Woody Allen Behold the spoof of today from Official Comedy. It's a pretty funny parody, we have to say, using the tropes of Woody Allen's late 70s work (conversations on the street, in the park,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Just Text Me' This brilliant new song and video from Keisha (a.k.a. YouTuber soundlyawake a.k.a. New Jersey-based comedian Nicola Foti) reflects everything we've been trying to teach our friends for the last
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Happy Birthday, Tim Gunn! Today, designers, is Tim Gunn's 60th birthday. The universally loved mentor on all twelve seasons of Project Runway has become a celebrity and fashion icon in his own right, and is probably the
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Lonely Island's 'YOLO' feat. Jimmy Fallon In Lonely Island's song "YOLO," which they performed with the help of Jimmy Fallon on Fallon's show last night, the you-only-live-once mantra is given a, well, older person's spin. "Don't get too crazy/
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: SNL Cast Members Breaking, The Supercut Everyone loves to see the funny folks on SNL (we're looking at you Bill Hader) breaking i.e. breaking into uncontrollable laughter at their own hilariousness while on live television. Here, for your
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Mommies In Hollywood Funny guy John Roberts, who became Internet-famous a few years back because of this video in which he played a Christmas tree-obsessed version of his own mother, has been teaming up with (S.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Blurred Lines,' Reimagined Everyone and their redheaded stepsister has covered "Get Lucky" at this point, or at least used it as a soundtrack for a video. And now another summer jam, Robin Thicke's wildly popular "Blurred
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: French Dudes In Heels Yanis Marshall is a 22-year-old dancer and choreographer who specializes in teaching men and women to dance in high heels. Here he is, with a couple of his friends, showing off some routines
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Will Sasso, Master of Vine Comedian Will Sasso has taken to the medium of Vine like a dog to cat poop. And his vines are full of fart jokes, Hulk Hogan, DeNiro impressions, and lemons that pop out
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Brighter Than Gold' By The Cat Empire There are a ton of Aussies in San Francisco, and they all should be pleased to know that Melbourne-based band The Cat Empire is playing The Fillmore tonight. The genre-mixing group are on
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Shirtless Men Hawking Popsicles Mroz clearly knows how to market their Slovakian popsicles to women (and gay men). Behold this new ad, featuring hot shirtless models bathing in strawberries and chocolate, showering in milk, playing piano for
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Kickstarter Song Everyone should be able to relate to this little ditty, sung by puppets, about the frustration of friends asking you repeatedly to donate to their Kickstarter projects. This comes to us from one
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Young [Gay Hipster] Love' By Eli Lieb Openly gay singer/songwriter Eli Lieb is a fan of rolled up pants, stubble, and transcendental meditation. He has a great voice, and has built a major following on YouTube via covers of
Arts & Entertainment Here Are All Of Your Summer 2013 Jams In One 4-Minute Mix Earworm's mega-mashups aren't just for New Year's anymore! The local wunderkind has just dropped this mashup of all the summer jams you can't avoid right now, with Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" front and
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Janet Jackson's 'That's the Way Love Goes' Goddamnit it's summer. Also, it's the day before the 4th of July and there's hardly any fog!! With that in mind, we must point you to this marvelous roundup of summer jams from
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Sylvester Edition Speaking of gay history in S.F., let's take a little Sylvester break this afternoon. Sylvester's 1978 disco classic "Mighty Real" remains an anthem of the era, and of the gay disco scene
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Freedom Edition We couldn't help ourselves. Welcome back to 1997, kids, and Ultra Naté's dancehall anthem about equality, freedom, and love.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Tomorrow' Tomorrow is going to be a big day, ladies and gentlemen. Tension is high. So is the optimism. Please take a moment to listen to the great Andrea McArdle, age 14, playing Annie
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Journey Inside the Computer Our friends at Deeper Understanding have just put together another surreal edit of a piece of VHS tutorial history, this time a kids' educational video about how computers work from the early 90s.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Get Lucky' By Black Simon & Garfunkel It's the song to cover right now, ladies and gentlemen, and now Daft Punk's off-the-charts summer jam "Get Lucky" has been covered by Black Simon & Garfunkel (Questlove and Captain Kirk Douglas of
