Brian Wilson's stare is harder than his curveball

How To Beard Yourself Like Brian Wilson

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

I recognize this is all sorts of Laughing Squid bait, but this particular graphic is not only funny, but McSweeney's is selling an 11”x17” print of this bad boy for a mere $8 so you can hang it “next to your bathroom mirror.”  I presume they want you to hang it there as a reminder not to shave your face, not so you have something to distract yourself while you sit in your bathroom crying about how you've let yourself go over the years.

[via Ice Tubes (which you should just be reading at this point)]

Giants Tribute Murals Popping Up Around Town

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

I guess it was only a matter of time before muralists got into the celebratory spirit.  Mark Bode, who happens to have a cracked-out website, painted the piece pictured above on Columbus at Powell.  Unfortunately, this crappy cameraphone pic shot from inside of a bus is the only complete shot of the mural, so we're all going to have to wait for some flickr friends to schlep up to North Beach to take a better photo for us.

pic by MrCleanSF

Another unknown artist put this piece up on the side of a building on Geneva, just south of McLaren Park. Since it features Brian Wilson looking like he's about to stare an orgasm into a woman and a Japanimationed Lincecum, I'm going to have to deem it “good stuff.”

(Bonus!  Don't forget about Precita Eyes' “Vamos Gigantes” mural painted in 2007, which is almost impossible to really take in from the street.)