Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Cloud Atlas,' the Extended Trailer This movie looks amazing, you guys. We are actually in the middle of this very acclaimed, rather difficult book, Cloud Atlas, published in 2004 by David Mitchell, and therefore we can barely stand
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Bulldog Puppy Whines, Growls, Pains Us With Adorableness Bentley the bulldog puppy just wants some attention, or a nap, and he's feeling fussy and unhappy as his owner heartlessly takes this video of him. His cuteness is almost painful. The end.
Arts & Entertainment Video: The Origin of Homer Simpson's 'D'oh!' Fascinating! Did you know that Dan Castellaneta's signature exclamation in the voice of Homer Simpson was derived from Laurel and Hardy? Listen and learn. [via WOW]
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Vogue Brawl 2012, Manchester, England With all this talk of kikis and "werking" it and the general upsurge in ball-culture influence in the gay community, is it any wonder that vogueing is back in a big way in
Arts & Entertainment Video: Young and Old Dance to Stevie Wonder at Outside Lands The legendary, incomparable Stevie Wonder brought down the house last night at Outside Lands and brought the festival to joyous close for everyone except the Skrillex fans. He performed terrific versions of all
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Women's Shot Put, a Montage Behold the glory of a group of hearty, brawny gals hurling a nine-pound ball across a football field and simultaneously letting loose with loud, shrill (or sometimes rather butch) screams of release. Alas,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Air Hostess Here's a little bit of 60s lounge to ease you into the afternoon, along with some footage of 1960s stewardesses, and vintage poster art for various airlines from the era, including Iran Air
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Kitty Batman and Kitty Superman You know what's hilarious and wonderful about this video? Everything. Nothing much happens, and these two cats, Cooper and Pancake, do very little to fight crime or save humanity. But they do sport
Arts & Entertainment Theater Preview: 'Humor Abuse' Returns for Second Run at A.C.T. Back by popular demand, the one-man show Humor Abuse by writer/performer Lorenzo Pisoni is re-opening next week at A.C.T. for another two-week run. The show got a rave from Hurwitt
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Boy George Covers Lana Del Rey's 'Video Games' Here, ladies and gentlemen, is a brand new video from a scratchy-voiced Boy George featuring a bleaker, Britishy version of Lana Del Rey's hit "Video Games." The video features Angel Rose and Cesar
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Swedish Band Sorts 65,000 LEGOs in 3 Minutes Swedish band Rymdreglage made a YouTube-popular, LEGO-based animated video in 2009 for their song "8-Bit Trip," which was a tribute to early 80s video games. That video has racked up over 12 million
SF News Video: Inside San Francisco's Last Remaining Old-School Blacksmith Shop Driving around SoMa you've likely noticed the tiny shingled building, now dwarfed on all sides by condo towers and other modern structures, with the sign that says Klockars’ Blacksmith & Metal at 443
Arts & Entertainment Astute Shark Fin Mural Inspired By 'Me and My Shark Fin' Video, Shark Art Tour As Mission Mission pointed out last week, this oddly elegant yet telling shark-fin mural, which depicts a dead shark strewn next to its freshly sliced-off fin, was inspired by Kool Kid Kreyola's "Me
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Mr. Wizard Was a D*ck Every later-born Gen Xer out there should remember Mr. Wizard's World, the Nickelodeon show featuring a sometimes curt and grumpy Don Herbert teaching cute kids about the wonders of science. Herbert actually did
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Falling' by Digitalism You may not be a fan of German electro-house music in general, or Digitalism in specific, but you will probably enjoy this video, with its early-80s-esque computer graphics, and early-80s-esque shots of children
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Abortion Explained, Via the Bible If you're not familiar with America's Best Christian Mrs. Betty Bowers (a character created by L.A. comedienne Deven Green), you probably should be. She did a rather internet-famous explication of traditional marriage
Arts & Entertainment Weekend Palate Cleanser: 'Call Me Maybe' ... in German Obviously we don't know enough German to understand a lick of how the lyrics have been translated, or why they made this into a duet. But here's Carly Rae Jepson's instant, effervescent pop
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Harry Potter Theme Played on Wine Glasses We've said it before and we'll say it again: The internet is amazing. And much like the Game of Thrones theme played on squeaky toys, this version of the Harry Potter theme music
Arts & Entertainment Video: Intoxicated Women Struggle To Sit/Stand For 15 Grueling Minutes Meet Lisa. Her friends really want her to sit down, but also to stand up. This marvelous video was captured by SFist friend Jack Shamama in the hours just following Saturday's Dyke March
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Cat Walks Human We enjoy cats who act like dogs. Here we bring you a kitten named Kodi giving a little lesson in how to walk a human. Look at him pull! Watch him trot. [Laughing
SF News Video: VICE Mashes Up the Week's News, and Wow It's Freaky VICE has a new web video series called Current Laments, which they describe thusly: "[It's] the zombie-apocalypse-mashup equivalent of newscaster blather, sensationalized soundbites, and sleazebags who should know better. In more laymanish terms,
SF News Video: 'Call Me Kuchu,' a Documentary About Being Gay in Uganda We've already heard a number of people talking about this documentary, which screened at the Castro Theater as part of Frameline on Tuesday. The screening and the directors, Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'All You' by The Cataracs The Cataracs are a white-boy hip-hop outfit that came out of Berkeley High School featuring two guys with hyphenated names, and nicknames: David “Campa” Benjamin Singer-Vine and Niles “Cyrano” Hollowell-Dhar. They live in
Arts & Entertainment Video: Ana Matronic of Scissor Sisters Has A Kiki With S.F. Drag Queen Glamamore Last night, Scissor Sisters played the Fox Theater in Oakland, and afterwards there was a crowded afterparty at the Redwood Room in San Francisco attended by many a young gay man wearing eyeliner.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The 'Game of Thrones' Theme, via Squeaky Toys Some dude found that while watching Game of Thrones, the sound coming out of his dog's squeaky toy sounded uncannily like the theme song. So he recorded a full version, naturally. Ah, internet.
