Video

Revenue Retrivin

— By Serg |

40 water on Chronicle Live, a show I didn’t know existed. It’s not as good as when Too Short was on Kron4 with Gary Radnich but whatever. sucks 40 had to close his Fat Burger joint though, I never got to hit it.

Bike Snob NYC: "cunning stoners solve lock shortage problem but leave their wheels free for the taking"

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Bike Snob NYC alerts us to a ridiculous how-to video shot in Dolores Park.  Of course, anyone who has ever actually ridden a bike in the bay knows that bike thieves will just bust your rear triangle to parts your bike out.  NEXT.

That sait, someone who is cool points out the obvious.

What a rad twitter handle.  I think I’m going to change mine to kevinisabloggerthatnoonereadsandismildlyinteresting.  Dang, it’s too long.

San Francisco Continues to be Gayest City on Earth

— By Laura B |

I guess boy bands realize that they can’t film everything in a Los Angeles sound studio and since LA is ugly as shit, they had to travel up here for some hot video. In related news, both of these songs are THE JAM.

JT is all, “Osha Thai is so tasty you see, bring more of that pad thai to meeeeee….” I don’t know, I’m cracking up over here, that shot is amazing. Also, he looks just like Joey from Blossom right there. WHOA!

Full video amazingness below:

Et tu, 98 Degrees!??

Nice 98º tattoo on your arm, bro. Bet that aged well.

AND I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS:

I can never look at the bay in the same way again. This just totally ruined sex for me. Yes, that’s how I do sex. Let your mind run wild, enjoy the show!

Hat tip to the incomparable Eddo!

Previously on Uptown Almanac: 

Found: Janet Jackson on Muni Metro

— By Jane Parton |

 A few weeks back, I came to the horrifying startling realization that the music video for Third Eye Blind’s seminal nineties classic, “Semi-Charmed Life” was shot in the Mission. Today it comes to my attention that the trains in the music video for Janet Jackson’s “All For You” look exactly like Muni Metro trains! 

So, it would seem that I have a gift for discovering pieces of San Francisco-related ephemera within pop music videos from the late nineties and early 2000s. I guess it does pay off to indulge one’s semi-embarrassing musical hankerings on YouTube. Does this mean it’s okay to openly appreciate the musical stylings of Janet Jackson and Third Eye Blind? If not the music itself, I think we can agree that the incredibly precise synchronized choreography (in Janet’s case) deserves some serious praise.

Air is San Francisco's Soundtrack.

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Grace Zheng hipped me to this pretty neat video of San Francisco moving backwards.  Highlights include cigarette smoking, an American Apparel bro walking from a BART station, and a don’t walk light that INCREASES in time.  Got me thinking though: this is the second rad San Francisco video using an Air track.  Does some French electro-chill duo really sum up life in San Francisco?  My life could be easily summed up by avian death metal and Amy Winehouse, but that’s probably because I enjoy needless vandalism, spending quality time at ‘biker bars’ and hangovers.

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