Problems with Yelp’s new ‘Hipster’ ambience category?

First of all, is Medjool intimate? I don’t think it is. More importantly, I also don’t think hipsters hang there very often.

Reader Wavvy Gravvy points out some other possible flaws in Yelp’s new “Hipster” tag:

Spork, Beretta, Dalva, Zeitgeist, farm:table, Pop’s, Ikes at Lime, Boogaloos, Medjool, Elbo Room, Red Door Cafe ARE ALL HIPSTER

Four Barrel, Ritual, Dynamo Donuts, Delirium, Bender’s, Humphrey Slocombe, Tartine, Foreign Cinema, Delfina, Range, Amnesia, Revolution Cafe, The Summit ARE NOT HIPSTER

Hmm.

But seriously, we apologize for perpetuating all this “hipster” bullshit. Sometimes it just seems like a good idea.

Unique, hard-to-miss bike stolen from area garage

Box Dog Bikes brings word of this bummer:

My buddy Mo just had his Otis Guy Stolen from his garage. Small, black Otis Guy frame set up as a single speed with Velo Orange porteur rack and BMX bars. This bike is very unique and hard to miss! Please let us know if you see it, or take it back and bring it to us!!!!

Feet-long dosa at Udupi Palace

I don’t have much to say about this, other than that this is yet another great photo by We Built This City.

Mainly I just wanted to post this slightly related blast from the past:

Rice Krispie-covered chocolate cake with red frosting the best cake in the universe?

So, Theresa‘s friend had some kind of dream about a Rice Krispie-covered chocolate cake with red frosting, and Theresa made it a reality! What a good friend! (AND, she veganized it!)

I wrote in to ask if it was actually any good. Theresa’s response:

it was the best cake in the universe!!

Anyway, I probably wouldn’t veganize it, but it sure seems like a great idea for a cake. And what’s better than a crazy idea from a dream becoming a real live thing?

MM at SXSW: Odd Future are nuts

Is Tyler the Creator going to take his shoes and hat off and leap into the crowd from high atop a speaker rig?

Only one way to find out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x8uYt6C4KY

(Spoilers after the jump.)

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MM at SXSW: Dead Milkmen’s ‘Bitchin’ Camaro’ intro rant includes praise for Odd Future, what’s wrong with music writing today, why SXSW should take a break, and ‘fuck Zooey Deschanel!’

And they even grab a stage diver and have a quick chat with him. What a treat! Watch:

The Dead Milkmen also announced that they’re working on a new album, and they played a couple songs off it (including one about vegan and suspected terrorist Caitlin Childs), and they were good.

They mentioned excitement over Odd Future several times.

UPDATE: Faithful reader Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable made a correction in the comments:

They RELEASED a new album TODAY. Check out:

http://www.deadmilkmen.com/thekinginyellow/

Swag! Downloading now!

MM in ‘Nam

Vic is currently in Vietnam, and he’s finding it to be a lot like home: hipsters on mopeds, graffiti, cute dogs, cute fruit, lots of Asians, girl shoplifters with crummy attitudes, ping pong, bike problems, etc.

Follow him already!

Wiggly 3D animated GIFs of the 1906 earthquake

Doc Pop is onto some next-level shit right here. He calls it “wiggle stereoscopy.” We call it SWAG.

He’s got a couple more, and details on the process, here.

Dolores Street hit and (literally) run

Jeremy tells us via Twitter:

truck hit 7 or so parked cars on Dolores near 15th around 12:30. Saw person exit driver side and run.

Thanks, Jeremy.

MM at SXSW: What happens when you decide to ditch your friends on Saturday night and trek off into the suburbs to see Detroit’s Conspiracy of Owls play in some girl’s backyard?

There’s only one way to find out:

(Spoilers after the jump.)

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