BOOTS: The Next Big Thing?
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
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.