SF News Evening Palate Cleanser: Hook'd 4 Lyfe Another gem of VHS-dom from Everything Is Terrible, this one an anti-smoking PSA aimed at teenagers, featuring a young but still pouty Michael Pitt. Didn't think the internet would ever find this one,
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Chinchillas In Wine Glasses, In Love We now must try this at home. A pet that stays put in a wine glass is our kind of pet. [via Laughing Squid]
SF News Epic Beard Man Is Homeless! The fellow known as Epic Beard Man who gained wide notoriety 'round the Bay Area last year for losing his mind on an AC Transit bus and letting several passengers feel the full,
SF News 'The Daily Show' Visits S.F. Again to Find Out Why We Aren't the Gayest City Anymore Remember that asinine list that The Advocate came up with ranking U.S. cities based on how many lesbian music festivals they had or whatever, and thereby determining which cities are now the
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Mr. Toots, The Unicorn Who Farts Deadly Rainbows This made our morning. Allow it to make your afternoon. [Freddie Wong via Laughing Squid]
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Dog Won't Let Toddler Drink From Water Fountain Just a reminder that dogs can sometimes be selfish, inconsiderate bitches. [via Urlesque]
SF News Historical Hideaways: Bill Graham Discusses the 'Old' Fillmore We just came across this historic interview with legendary concert promoter Bill Graham, standing outside what is currently, and was originally, the Fillmore auditorium on Geary Street. This interview was likely shot sometime
Arts & Entertainment Video: Disappointing Gay Best Friend Oh, this is rich. Laughing Squid brings our attention to Tyler Coates and Mikala Bierma's "Disappointing Gay Best Friend," a series of unflinching comedic/tragic shorts that illustrate the demise of a gay
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'California Earthquake' by Cass Elliot That would be Mama Cass, of the Mamas and the Papas. We'll say no more.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Something Is Not Right With Me' by Cold War Kids On April 9, Cold War Kids come to the Fox in Oakland, and tickets are on sale now. Above, an "alternate" music video for the song 'Something Is Not Right With Me,'
misc Weekend Palate Cleanser: Audio Time-Lapse of a Baby Learning the Word 'Water' This presentation from the 2011 TED conference last week has been going around, featuring MIT researcher Deb Roy describing "the ultimate memory machine," a data set containing some 90,000 hours of video
SF News Videos: Tsunami Waves Hitting Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Sausalito, and... Emeryville Here are some videos of this morning's tsunami action shot by people along various Bay Area coastlines ranging from Santa Cruz to San Francisco to Emeryville. (Outside of Santa Cruz and Crescent City
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
misc NYT Reporter Tours Pixar Campus, Wets Herself The New York Times sent Carpetbagger writer Melena Ryzik on a tour through Pixar in Emeryville, and she gushes, "Pixar's about as a cool a place to work as anyone can imagine!" Why
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: A Cat Who Lives In a Tree Almond the Cat was born in a tree in Madison, Wisconsin. Her mother birthed her and several siblings up there, but when it came time to move she took all the kittens but
Arts & Entertainment Janet Jackson Coming to Bill Graham in April, Pre-Sale Tix Still Available Janet Jackson is coming to San Francisco, everyone! She's just announced her latest tour, and fans are going wild. Though some 96% of pre-sale tickets for the announced dates have already sold out,
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: 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
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
