Every few years, some hilarious video that completely savages a San Francisco subculture surfaces.  The last time we saw a video of that caliber was way back in the Fall of 2009, when 'the BBC' reported from Dolores Park.  Herpes in the park!  The Bi-Rite line!  Apathatic 22-year-olds! Anti-American Apparel activism! Iraqi-Japanese fusion restaurants!  Ah, it was good stuff.

Of course, we've been in a YouTube low ever since.  Making fun of the Mission has gone from an elevated art form to a boring list of stereotypes.  Shitting on the Haight stopped being funny when CW Nevius started campaigning for Sit/Lie.  And the Marina is just, well, the Marina.

But out of nowhere comes the bros behind “BillyGoatProductions”, who were clever enough to just take a camera and a microphone and let the Marina speak for itself.  Don't get me wrong, this video is fairly subtle—it's not a bunch of quick clips of punchlines delivered with a British accent—but what it is happens to be highly amusing.

Also, the soundtrack makes me want to take shitty drugs and dance.

This guest post comes to us from Cosmic Amanda, editor of Haverhill Fever, a blog dedicated to Boston's hipster suburb of Haverhill, MA (yes, Boston actually has hipster suburbs).  While she's never lived in San Francisco (the horror!), she always salts her avacado, has been caught graffiting public property, never liked MGMT in the first place, and prefers an It's-It to any other ice cream sandwich.  Occassionally she'll be chiming in about the Bay Area music scene and telling you what local bands would sound like if you saw them at T.T. the Bear's.

As a college radio deejay, occasional blog tourist, and lover of all things San Francisco I'm always on the lookout for new music from the Bay Area. Lately, I've been really digging chillwave musician (and apparently fellow aspirational San Franciscan) NanosauR.

This promotional video for his single Bravery sparked a total deja vu moment. It turns out he borrowed the same 1984 footage that Jane gushed over back in May. (Either that or Jane really did manage to make it back to 1984 and this is one of those major paradoxes Doc Brown warned us about.) Check it:

Oddly, the worn out haze of old videotape always reminds of the hottest days of 1980's summer. And this really works with NanosauR's blurry vocals, totally amping up the dreamy summer vibe of the track. Plus, I'm not gonna lie- the Pinback sample gives me a girl boner.

The rest of his debut EP, Shades, is equally awesome and includes another stand out track, Shades, which makes pretty tight use of a Computer Magic sample.  With each track NanosauR is proving he's not just some kid who makes music in his bedroom with an off-brand laptop and a korg. I mean, don't get me wrong, he is. He just happens to be really good at it.

Download the whole thing for free, put it on full blast, and enjoy this little heatwave you guys are having. Trust me, as someone currently surrounded by six foot snowbanks, it's the right thing to do.

Not Pictured: Jim Carrasco.

Postcards From SF gives us [ie: teh people of teh interwebz] this outstanding short look at SF Chronicle deliveryman and Tenderloin icon Jim Carrasco.  

Carrasco, a “character of the night” and self described “ghost dancer” (I think that means he's like 'Dances With Crackheads' or something, via Kevin Costner,) is one of the last remaining Union newspaper deliverymen in San Francisco. He's operated in the wee hours of SF for decades and knows the characters of the street well. He himself is a great character worthy of a much longer documentary. Kind of like a Geraldo meets Atari's Paperboy in a Tenderloin back alley, but with a sense of humor and more infected needles.

The YAK Films crew, responsible for popularizing TURF dancing on the internets, posted up a tribute to Oscar Grant on the second anniversary of his death.  Check it.

(via HELLA BREEZYS.  Also, feel free to read more on the subject over at The Bay Citizen)