
Say hello to Freaky The Scary Snowman . Or he'll say it to you. ( via GOOD ) • • • • RELATED: KYEO: SF Litterbug Sign Remixed as Puker Christmas MP3s: Banjo or Freakout, Best Coast, Tracy Jordan, Bishop Allen, Magnus Djurberg’s Last Christmas :: Friday Five 12.24.10 MP3: The Top Last Christmas Covers + The Literal Version Video [...]
Jack is one busy, bearded guy. We met up in NYC this summer where he was hard at work promoting the competitive beard-growing reality show, Whisker Wars . Then he was off to Pennsylvania to host the National Beard and Moustache Championship . All the while being featured in a Jeremy Fish art piece and in a beauty of a short film, Passion . See them both below. SEE/HEAR JACK PASSION'S STORY BY JEREMY FISH: SF's own [...]

It's one thing to Sharpie something on a sign. But to jump up and slap on a googly eye takes a certain craftiness that, frankly, impresses the hell out of me. UPDATE : See more on Personifeyed (Thanks, Mike ) Spotted on SF's Embarcadero at Pier 29 1/2 [ see more KYEO ] • • • • [...]
A grip of great tunes to add to your shopping list. Best played back-to-back like a r-a-d-i-o . Sharon Van Etten "Serpents" [ follow ] from Tramp Atlas Sound "Mona Lisa" [ follow ] from Parallax Wye Oak "Strangers" (The Kinks) [ follow ] from Strangers / Mother Golden GRRRLS "Red Sea" [ follow ] from New Pop / Red Sea [...]

As an Internet Lawyer, Kent Wesley has sued the pants of many a pants wearer. You can watch these spots and get your Arrested Development fix (or Old Spice, depending on how you look at it) or if you're really feelin' motivated you can go to You've Got a Case on Facebook where he'll "serve" your friends and family. (Thanks, Ty ) [...]

Check out the schizophrenicly-awesome music video done by SF's very own David Kelly . I wonder what Face Effects Webcam Girl would do if she saw this. Buy the Hapless LP on iTunes or visit the official site » • • • • RELATED: Time Lapse: My Hairy Commute [...]
This Star Wars x The Grinch Who Stole Christmas mashup brings all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile. Well done OneMinuteGalactica . (Thanks, Cheri !) BONUS: DARTH VADER IS "YES MAN" • • • • RELATED: Watch: How To Master the Lagunitas Butterfly Bottle Opener Fear The Jedi Beard: [...]

Parents, talk to your kids about art school . Much lighter than the Meth Project TV spots and less creepy than the bearded Boy Scouts . These College for Creative Studies ads by Team Detroit are just right. (Thanks, Joe ) RELATED: Watch: How To Master the Lagunitas Butterfly Bottle Opener Watch: New Meth Project TV Directed by Darren Aronofsky Beard [...]

Huge congrats to Petaluma Whiskerino 2011 Moustache Winner Steve Conwell (see all the winners here ) for taking first place in the TMZ Moustache Contest . And big ups to DNK Digital for setting up the Whiskerino photobooth and taking the winning photo. Cheers! BONUS: • • • • CHECK OUT MY FIBER OPTIC BEARD: (or Why you [...]

Video 1: The Basics Lagunitas has been selling these badass Butterfly Bottle Openers for a while. So we helped them create these videos to teach you how to wield the things without spillin' your beer (or makin' a fool of yourself). Look for more very soon. Order your Lagunitas Butterfly Bottle Opener » • • • • RELATED: [...]
Some new and a couple old(ish) tunes for your shopping list this week . Enjoy thoroughly. J Mascis "I've Been Thinking" [ follow ] from Circle 73 (b-side) * * * Dinosaur Jr plays The Fillmore w/ Henry Rollins 12/15 tickets Narrow Sparrow "Joe Meeks Dream" [ follow ] from Synthworks Sam Prekop "C+F" [ follow ] from Who's Your New Professor Mouse on [...]

SATURDAY! SATURDAY! SATURDAY! This just might be the last bottle of Sam Adams Utopias in the Yay Area (minus, perhaps, some über-rich beer geek's cellar). It's currently waiting at Wilibees Liquors in Petaluma for its bout in Saturday night's UFC Ultimate Flight Challenge at TAPS . You've got one chance to taste Utopias alongside heavyweights like Speakeasy 's Brewer's Reserve Old Godfather (14%) and Firestone 's Saucerful of Secrets [...]
I'd so see this. Maybe a double feature with that Matrix x The Big Lebowski mashup. (via BoingBoing ) • • • • RELATED: WTF MP3: Fugazi + Wu-Tang Clan = Wugazi Mashup: The Cure x Bob Marley “Waiting In Heaven” Whole Lotta Sabbath: Epic Led Zeppelin x Black Sabbath Mashup WTF: Don Draper vs. Samwell “What What (In The Butt)” Mashup: Pink Floyd [...]

If you're lucky enough to be in San Francisco this eve, you can snag these new dominos and see Jeremy Fish himself at the opening party in North Beach . I'll be there in spirit with my Fish Stein , saying cheers from Petaluma . Details / flyer below: If you haven't been to Txoko yet it's in the old Enrico 's space on Broadway and it's adorned with killer Jeremy Fish pieces. [...]
Be sure to check out today's 11.11.11 Mix . In the meantime, here's today's new five for your shopping and listening pleasure. Enjoy thoroughly. Tennis "Origins" [ follow ] from Origins The Drums "I Can't Save Your Life" [ follow ] from How It Ended (b-side) Bombay Bicycle Club "Lights Out, Words Gone" [ follow ] from A Different Kind of Fix White Denim "Handwriting" [ follow ] [...]
Hot off the heels of Palindrome Day the eleven day of the eleventh month of the two thousand and eleventh year. Otherwise known as, Nigel Tufnel Day . To celebrate, we're sharing our 11 Most Räwkin Tunes of 20112s Friday Fives. In no particular order… Dananananaykroyd “All Us Authors” ( via ) Forgetters (Blake Schwarzenback) “The Night Accelerates” ( via ) Mind Spiders “No Romance” ( via ) Rooftop Vigilantes “Copper Is Free” ( [...]

Really proud to have worked on such an important cause as The Meth Project with the team at Organic SF . And so fortunate to have had the phenomenal talent, Darren Aronofsky actually direct spots I've written. Still cannot believe it. More info below. These commercials are part of a massive, integrated campaign from Organic SF including interactive, mobile, TV, radio, and OOH, all leading to an amazingly engrossing website . The end-to-end " [...]

With a 60 year career and being 60 Minutes ' most famous commentator/curmudgeon, it's fitting that the weekend Andy Rooney passes we fall back sixty minutes. Credit goes to Twitter 's own Drunk Hulk ( aka ) for making the Daylight Savings connection. (Thanks, Jeff !) RIP ANDY ROONEY 1919–2011 Gizmodo has Andy's best tech essays while Time has the 10 grumpiest Andy Rooney segments . [...]

What a hairy month for advertising. First Mr Clean grows a moustache for Movember and now the Boy Scouts are growin' brawny beards. Check 'em out: Apparently the campaign was done by Ogilvy & Mather . Will try to find out which office. Pretty rad. (Thanks, Mel !) • • • • [...]
Tons of goodies to go shoppin' for this week. And a live sample from an album that'll hopefully be out soon, a gorgeous duet off Karen O 's "psycho opera" Stop The Virgens . Enjoy thoroughly. First Aid Kit "The Lion's Roar" [ follow ] from The Lion's Roar Karen O "Duet" w/Jason P Grisell [ follow ] from Live on WNYC 10.19.11 Nurses "Fever Dreams" [ follow ] from Dracula [...]