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CubaCaribe Dance Festival sweeps into the Bay

04.11.10 - 1:57 pm | Ariel Soto-Suver |

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Ariel Soto takes an indepth look at the energetic and festive dancers and organizers behind Cuba Caribe, one of the Bay's liveliest dance festivals, beginning Wed/15.

Kick the pixels outta 'em

04.08.10 - 11:25 am | Marke B. |

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Director Patrick Jean's pixellated destruction of NYC may be a bit "too soon" for some folks -- but for us primitive video game addicts it takes us back to quarter-dropping bliss on a Transformers scale. (The more San Franciscan version of this, of course, has been done before)

Forget "Clash of the Titans" -- it's time for a Space Tranny

04.02.10 - 7:02 am | Marke B. |

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It may be a long way home for local chanteuse Tweaka Turner -- watch that asteroid, lady -- but she's rocketed her "Space Tranny" earworm straight to the heart of the Guardian nebula. Just try to blast this out of your head ...

Foals ride a cold Saharan wave

03.31.10 - 8:52 am | Marke B. |

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It's sunny at the moment in SF, but Guardian faves Foals bring a glowing, dark Nordic vibe in their latest video "Spanish Sahara" -- hirsute cutie singer Yannis Philippakis' tears and all. Second album Total Life Forever comes out May 11.

On excessive usage of flat screens and greased up women

03.16.10 - 8:58 am | Caitlin Donohue |

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It's a good week for hip-hop. After my interview with Chilean rapera Ana Tijoux, I caught this vid, thanks to the homeboys over at Mission Mission.

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farm:table brings deliciousness into the round

03.15.10 - 6:32 am | Ariel Soto-Suver |

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Newish restaurant farm:table floods the Tenderloin with seasonal delights and "camp cooking." Gourmet hardboiled eggs, anyone?

Owen Pallett deals with rain, spectacularly

03.12.10 - 11:10 am | Marke B. |

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The official video for Canadian Owen Pallett's (aka Final Fantasy) gossamer-gutwrench "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt" from the new Heartland is a Ryan Trecartin-esque romp with witchy hats, hockey masks, Balloon Boy, Orange Crush, jumbly geometrical soap sculpture, and self-stabbing.

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Flirty gay Saudi fake cop goes viral, may be killed

03.10.10 - 10:05 am | Marke B. |

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It may be a death wish, but you can't stop the queen. Via Towleroad, this video of a 27-year-old guy having a bit of fun blew up in Saudi Arabia, and the participants have been arrested and charged with "homosexuality," "general security," and impersonating a cop. Homosexuality is still considered a capital offense in Saudi Arabia. But, you know, we really need the oil. Great hair flip at 1:45.

"Cruising" -- Hunx and His Punx

03.04.10 - 2:16 pm | Johnny Ray Huston |

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It's hard to keep up with Justin Kelly's video endeavors -- he's got new clips for Harlem ("Gay Human Bones"), Alexis Penney (the sublime "Lonely Sea"), and a few from Hunx on the way. Read more »

"Belong" -- Washed Out

03.02.10 - 4:37 pm | Johnny Ray Huston |

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As a friend wrote the other day, if you can't exorcise your demons, exercise them. To motivate my sullen self to run and swim, I'm skipping right past Nagi Noda's justifiably famous poodle freeweight extravaganza Ex-Fat Girl and heading straight to the Fonda-riffic video for "Belong" by Washed Out. 1-2-3-4, star wipe!