Posts Tagged ‘youtube’

Oh Look, It’s Another Staged “Viral Video” From Those GoPro Camera People: “BombSquad Over San Francisco”

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

Oh look, a Sony Camera what’s better than the GoPro. (For some applications, anyway.  Certainly it’s less dorky-looking, wouldn’t you agree?)

Now, where was I? Oh yes, the GoPro people are back with this month’s purported “viral video.”

It’s called “BombSquad over San Francisco.”

Except it’s not over San Francisco, oh well.

Anyway, watch the editing when Bro almost misses the boat and another Bro has to help him up with the assistance of yet another Bro:

I cry foul.

So, on the one hand, thanks GoPro for taking credit for your staged purported viral video marketing promotion.

And thanks for not using an animal this time.

But no thanks for calling Not San Francisco “San Francisco.”

And no thanks for staging the last landing.

And hey, GoPro, what do you think of the new Sony Action Camera?

It’s kind of sleek, huh? Maybe a little more aerodynamic than your little cubes, you know, when you’re going 100 MPH+?

Oh GoPro, will you ever win?

Nice Video: “Brakeless in San Francisco” – Two Bros Bike Down Upper Conzelman Without Brakes – Ends in a Crash

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

A mild crash, that is.

Going down the one-way part of Conzelman on Hawk Hill in Marin County USA:

OMG, It’s Yet Another Mid-Market Camp-Out in Front of Sheikh Shoes – Remember That Big Fight on Market Street?

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

I do. It was back in the the Summer of 2012 – see below.

Anyway, this was the scene late last night:

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Ah mem’ries:

Wow, this one has it all.

Via Bluoz and from the perspective of those in line at the Nike Air Yeezy 2 campout at Sheikh shoes, it’s:

“Air Yeezy 2 Campout Fight in SF”

Just 23 views so far, but this one, she’s a gonna go viral.

“Air Yeezy 2 campout fight in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco. All this happened while we were in line at Shiekh Shoes. This crackhead hopped on the front of the trolly and wouldn’t get off, so when the lady in pink tried to be a hero she got a SMACK SMACK to the face. Air Yeezy campout. Shout out to the homies that were holding my spot down for me while I was at work. Big thanks.”

Color commentary:

“Get her, Grandma!”

“She’s leaking. She’s leaking.” (In reference to AC TRANSIT BUS FIGHT I AM A MOTHERFUCKER, aka AC Transit Bus Fight)

“That’s some crazy shit – laid out under a train.”

Oh, and then a mess of cops showed up.

Of course, the solution to all this is to give Twitter $20,000,000 and its own bus line so it stays in town.

Mayor Ed Lee Gets It Done!

RUN ED, RUN!

Snookum Bears, Snookum Bears, Snookum Bears! – South American Coati Enjoy Halloween Pumpkins at Our SF Zoo

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012

Heretofore, I didn’t know that snookum bears were actual real animals.

Check it:

“Did you know that pumpkins make for great enrichment for our active and curious South American Coati at the San Francisco Zoo? In this video, see them play and enjoy treats, while learning about these adorable creatures. We hope you’ll want to come meet them for yourself! Plan a visit: sfzoo.org. Voice-over by Tess & Kate Hodges”

In closing, Snookum Bears, Snookum Bears, Snookum Bears!

OMG, a Wild Otter at the Sutro Baths! – Photographer David Cruz Comes Through Again – Slinky Little Devil

Wednesday, October 10th, 2012

Here’s the video from David Cruz:

And here are the photos, like this one:

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Now I’ll tell you, I’ve chased reports of otter sightings around northeast San Francisco, but I aint never seen one…

OMG, This Two-Minute Video of San Francisco is Awesome – “62 Tilt-Shift Time-Lapse Sequences” from 30K Photos

Monday, October 8th, 2012

This one from Jeremy Williams looks like it was a lot of work.

It’s for the ages, a masterpiece:

Via CastroBiscuit

“I captured 30,000 photos over ten months of everything I love about San Francisco. The end result required 750 hours of rendering to generate 62 tilt shift timelapse sequences.

Equipment used:
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 7D
Canon 17 – 40 f/4L
Canon 28mm f/1.8
Canon 24 – 70mm f/2.8L
Canon 70 – 200mm f/2.8L
Canon 100 – 400mm f/4.5 – 5.6L

Special thanks:
Chris MacDougall, Chris Wachter, Thomas Quinlan, Jessica Turk, Max Kent, John Bordalampe, Ashley Dever, Han Nguyen, Kelly Gube, Andrew Kaplan, Katie O’Brien, David Burk, Sean Dallaskidd, Brandi Friel and of course Kai Brunner”

The Best Costume for Halloween 2012: Critical Mass Miniskirt Road Flare Girl – It’s You, It’s New!

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

Hey ladies! You already have white tops and black bras and short black skirts and black tights and white shoes in your closets, so all you’ll need is a road flare or two.

And how much will that run you, a couple bucks?

And then you’ll be ready for action the night of October 31st looking just like the real thing:

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Bringing a friend or two with you? Well then have them wear pencil skirts and follow you around.

And your guy friends can bring their bikes along – it all comes together.

Happy Halloween!

OMG, It’s “Zeppelin Flight Timelapse: San Francisco, California!” – Video of Cruising Low and Slow Over the 415

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

Here’s what the Bay Area’s big Zeppelin looks like from San Francisco…

…and here’s what San Francisco looks like from the Bay Area’s big Zeppelin:

Ah, mem’ries:

Passing by Coit Tower:

A close up view, click to enlarge. Can you see pilot Fritz Guenther and his Peltor brand headphones? Sure you can.

And an adorable piggly tail in the back:

There we go, back to normal:

OMG, It’s the First Annual BEACH BLANKET BABYLON Holiday Song Contest! Sing Your Way To Fame

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

This is new, this is you:

SAN FRANCISCO (October 1, 2012) –Steve Silver’s Beach Blanket Babylon Seasonal Extravaganza is the hot ticket for the holiday season! This year fans are invited to participate in Beach Blanket Babylon’s first-ever holiday song contest with a chance to win an appearance in the New Year’s Eve show finale. Packed with hilarious spoofs of pop culture & political characters, the holiday show features a chorus line of tap dancing Christmas trees, special parodies of traditional Christmas carols and a gigantic Yuletide hat. To enter, Beach Blanket Babylon fans must submit a video of themselves, via Facebook or Twitter, singing a verse or chorus of their favorite holiday song.

Selected at random, the grand prize winner will make an appearance in Beach Blanket Babylon’s New Year’s Eve show, Monday, December 31, 2012, at 10:15 p.m., during the finale. Additionally, this lucky winner will ring in the New Year with three friends at Club Fugazi in the heart of San Francisco’s North Beach district. Four (4) first-place winners, also selected at random, will each receive a pair of tickets to the Seasonal Extravaganza premiere performance on November 14, 2012.

To be eligible to win, participants must upload a video featuring the contestant singing a short verse or the chorus from any holiday song of their choosing. The video must be uploaded to a video sharing site (such as YouTube or Vimeo). To submit the video, contestants have to share the link either by posting it on the Beach Blanket Babylon Facebook wall, or tweeting to @BBBinSF.

The contest will run from Monday, October 1 until Friday, November 2, 2012 at 12 p.m. Contestants must be 21 years of age or older on or before November 14, 2012. By submitting a video, participants agree to their video being shared through various social media sites by Beach Blanket Babylon or media partners.

For a complete list of rules, visit http://beachblanketbabylon.com/holidaycontest/.

Wow: Miniskirted Woman Takes On All of Critical Mass with a Single Road Flare – Hilarity Ensues

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

Two women with tickets for the theatre did not take kindly to the 20th anniversary ride of Critical Mass last Friday night.

They did manage to rescue an SUV, but that’s the extent of their accomplishments.

Here it is, like a candle in the wind, a woman with a road flare in the Tenderloin:

You don’t like it, do you Rocco, the storm? Show it your gun, why don’t you? If it doesn’t stop, shoot it.