misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Chinese Guide to the Bedroom Arts Are we still celebrating Chinese New Year? This little piece of VHS joy comes to us from Everything Is Terrible, who obviously took a few liberties with the editing. We ask you, will
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Margaret Cho's "Hey Big Dog" Laughing Squid brings our attention to Margaret Cho's "Hey Big Dog" featuring the world's greatest living singer/songwriter, Fiona Apple. It’s from Cho's comedy music album "Cho Dependent" which you can get
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Real Life Model Of Escher's "Waterfall" Laughing Squid brings our attention to this real-life model of college dorm favorite, M.C. Escher's "Waterfall" made by mcwolles. Trippy.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Mogwai's 'Mexican Grand Prix' As Daniel Levin Becker already pointed out, Scottish musicians Mogwai released a new album yesterday, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, as well as a new video for their track "Mexican Grand
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Whole Lot of 'Noooooo!' This runs a little long, but we're suckers for a good montage. [Laughing Squid]
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Fleet Foxes' 'White Winter Hymnal' (and Concert Announcement) Indie darlings of 2009 Fleet Foxes have announced some tour dates, and their much anticipated second album Helplessness Blues arrives on May 3rd. (Hear the lovely pre-released title track below, via Soundcloud.) They'll
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'What Is Internet?' Today Show 1994 - What Is Internet? - Watch more Funny Videos Picture it: 1994, the Today show. Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel don't know what the @ symbol means, let alone what is
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Robert Hays, <em>Airplane!</em> Star, Who'll Be In S.F. Tonight Robert Hays, who played Ted Striker in the perennially quoted Airplane! movies, is making a special appearance this evening at the Castro Theatre at 7 PM as part of Sketchfest, where he'll be
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Fake Tales of San Francisco' by Arctic Monkeys You know this one? Good tune. Just for good measure.
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Kevin Smith Likes Poop VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | Celebrity Photos | News & Gossip Noted filmmaker and airline obesity-rules crusader Kevin Smith, when he gives a lecture, says "'n shit" or the alternate "n shit like that"
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Video Tribute: Flab-Fighter Jack LaLanne, Dead at 96" No better honor can be bestowed on a person than a Next Media Animation tribute to one's life. After San Franciscan and noted fitness expert Jack Lalanne died on Sunday, they made "Video
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Night by Night' by Chromeo The electro-poppy Canadian duo Chromeo comes to the Fox February 18 (get tix here), but for now, please enjoy this performance of their single "Night by Night" from Letterman last fall, not long
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Hipster Shore' Hipster Shore - watch more funny videos Welcome to Hipster Shore, ladies and gentlemen, a fictional reality series in which no one would self-describe as "hipster," but where everyone has plastic sunglasses, and
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "My Life in a Day" My Life in a Day; San Francisco from Scott Hammel on Vimeo. The Tender points us to this hypnotic film by artist and filmmaker Scott Hammel, featuring time-lapse footage of 24 hours in
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Seven UP Slowed Down Seven UP Slowed Down from bloopy on Vimeo. Here's a quick video "bloopy" put together ]after shooting some random footage at a rehearsal for UpSwing Performance Company's upcoming "Seven UP" shows. Interested in
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Brief History of the Future A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE from Everything Is Terrible! on Vimeo. Oh, this is marvelous. Can you name all (or any) of the B-movies featured herein? [Courtesy of the brilliant minds at
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: SFMOMA Honors National Bird Day Today, Jan. 5th, is National Bird Day. Chirp. In honor of National Bird Day, SFMOMA made a little video using a Felix Gonzalez-Torres' poster. Delightful.
misc Morning Palate Cleanser: 'B4 The Mission Was Clean' B4 The Mission was Clean from patrick gleason on Vimeo. Skate culture maven Patrick Gleason compiled this video, which contains High8 footage of skateboarders shot in the Mission between 1994 and 1997, set
misc Christmas Eve Palate Cleanser: Chimps Get Xmas Presents The chimps at the Oakland Zoo got to open their Christmas presents early this year, and even though this is just a baldfaced publicity stunt, we really want to see them get in
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Turkey Lurkey Time Burt Bacharach, Michael Bennett and Donna McKechine are a holiday tradition here at SFist. With Christmas just days away, we once again present "Turkey Lurkey Time," the most insipid song / greatest choreography ever
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: a Fig on a Plate Slathered in Big Nate's BBQ Sauce Our friends over at EaterSF point us to this series of delightfully viral-ish videos called "Pouring Big Nate's Sauce on Stuff" in which Big Nate's BBQ sauce is, well - poured on stuff.