Arts & Entertainment Forgive: The Ultimate 'Sh*t San Franciscans Say' We really, really thought this meme would die a quick death, like, before the new year. Then it didn't. Then we got sick of it. Then you had clever kids in New York
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Marine Screams Like a Little Girl Meet Adam (left) and his pal Allan (right). They're Marines. Allan seems to know that his friend is a screamer. They are aboard the Giant Slingshot in Orlando, and yes, when there is
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Sneezing With Eyes Open We only just today discovered that the talent of being able to sneeze with one's eyes open is actually a minor YouTube phenom. Yes. Please appreciate this soft-spoken young lady who appears to
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: R.I.P. Etta James The great Etta James has died, ladies and gentlemen, at the age of 73. She was a tough, loud, dirty old broad who brought some much needed sex into the sounds of the
Arts & Entertainment Evening Video Break: 'Pleasure Palaces' by Errors This video is just too surreal and intense (and long) and the music to electro and washed out to serve as a proper afternoon palate cleanser, so we bring it to you now,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Annette Funicello, Margot Kidder Chat About Sex It's like The View, circa 1977! Listen to Annette Funicello, Margot Kidder, Loni Anderson, and Phyliss Diller talk frankly about their first sex experiences with Dinah Shore on Dinah!. And what is up
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'I Like You Better on Facbeook' Maybe you've seen this already, but we hadn't, and it's dern catchy! The song is by Livia Scott and you can find it on iTunes here.
Arts & Entertainment New LCD Soundsystem Documentary To Premiere At Sundance As you know, LCD Soundsystem exists no more. This made many people, both hipster and not, quite sad. The band, led by James Murphy, went out with a huge bang at a final
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: London Kids Dance to Kreayshawn Please enjoy this little afternoon dance break courtesy of The Breakfast Club Dancers, who won a contest in their native London last year sponsored by the Docklands Light Railway called "Dance to London's
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Ballad of the Burglar of Telegraph Hill We live in an age when a news story can become the stuff of legend and fodder for balladeers within days. And yes, the story of the wily burglar of Telegraph Hill, who
Arts & Entertainment See S.F. in All Its Glory, Via Car, Circa 1955 Behold, this newly rediscovered bit of film, a Cinemascope look at San Francisco in 1955 by filmmaker and inventor Tullio Pellegrini. It's part of the Prelinger Archives, and it contains some characteristically dry,
Arts & Entertainment One More Roundup From the 'Sh*t ___s Say' Meme We know. There are at least ten of you out there who are SO OVER this you could die and you've just lost some modicum of respect for us. But chances are we've
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Madonna, In Translation The brilliant Jennifer Saunders (Ab Fab) and Dawn French (French and Saunders) have done us a little "reading from literature," in this case the translated transcript of an interview done by a Hungarian
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Regarding This Calendar Year Thing Time, man. You think you get it. And then you realize that the Ancient Greeks and Romans were so calendar-challenged that they had to insert random months every few years to make sure
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Mean Cat Shoves Another Cat Down Ladder In case you needed any further evidence that cats are adorable yet cold-hearted bitches, watch this. [Thx, Walter] P.S. The mean cat is apparently named Kimba, and her poor victim is Bella.
Arts & Entertainment Epic Beard Man To Be Immortalized/Fictionalized In New Film Wow. That was fast. No sooner was Epic Beard Man a modest viral sensation, after beating the crap out of a young African American man aboard an AC Transit bus last year, but
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'S**t Vegans Say' We mentioned last week that this meme didn't seem quite yet ready to die, and alas, here it is again, this time poking fun at vegans! But of course, the lad responsible for
Arts & Entertainment DJ Earworm Unveils United State Of Pop 2011 As we have for several years running, here's the annual, always incredible mash-up of the year's pop hits by SF-based DJ, DJ Earworm. He released it just in time for Xmas, and it's
Arts & Entertainment Regarding This 'S**t ___s Say' YouTube Meme As many of you know, we here at the ists love a good meme. And for the past couple of weeks the webs have been ablaze with video variations all stemming from "S*
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Very Naughty Chanukah Sexy sexy Jewess Chevonne brings us this instant holiday classic, "My Menorah," in honor of the first night of Chanukah. It's full of totally ridiculous double entrendres, and we adore it. As Chevonne
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Dog That Says 'Oh No' It's been a while since we had a simple, pet-related palate cleanser. And this dog expresses an emotion we experience every hour on the hour. Cheers, pooch. After-work drinks on us. [BuzzFeed]
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Hot Damn' by Serious Business Serious Business is a Portland-based duo (Jason Mampel and Danny Diana-Peebles), one gay, one straight, with a fun, electro-rap thing going on. Their debut single "Hot Damn" features Jason and Danny each talking
Arts & Entertainment Short Film To Become Public Art Piece About Energy Waste, Sadness Light from Sunday Paper on Vimeo. “Light” is a semi-creepy short film directed by David Parker, and as Sunday-Paper.com tells us, it "initially began as a project intended to bring awareness to
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: SNL's Meth-Filled Holiday Short Yay! SNL's Digital Shorts are often the only reason to watch the show, and this weekend's episode included one that's not exception. It's a holiday-themed ditty called "Best Friends" featuring Katy Perry and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cable Car City Pub & Café Unleashes Video You know Cable Car City Pub & Café? It opened a month or so ago? Near the Powell Station? Next to where that guy sells stolen iPhones? Yes, right there in charming Hallidie
