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Attempting to create some separation in the lucrative bacon-wrapped hot dog industry, this aspiring vendor has put together a very classy setup for his customers.  You’ve really got to hand to him for trying.

Unfortunately, I’m not sure that gaudy banners and shade umbrellas (at night) are as important as merely occupying the spot outside Beauty Bar at 2am.

Previously:

Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs at Street Food Fest

Jar of Hot Dogs

What do you get when you put a hipster in a lab?  A labster–identifiable only by a penchant for tight lab coats, thick-rimmed safety goggles, and a refusal to do experiments on anything other than tofu mice.

Ah, memories!  The only thing they left out is a propensity to “borrow” some ether from the stockroom and enact favorite scenes from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

As you may know Justin Beck has a thing about taking pictures of people in front of street art. This time he captures the cutest disaster ever.

(on Justin’s Flickr)

Or is this a new experimental form of LASIK surgery?

Bummer, songkick did an analysis of rock shows per capita (that means per-person, you know) and San Francisco isn’t even on the chart. What’s the problem? This is a major city that is full of awesome bands.

I can tell just from observation that there is not as much as a music-going culture here. I can throw out a couple of my theories:

1. New venues being shut down by neighbors before they have a chance
2. A lack of all-ages underground shows
3. Poor accessibility
4. People aren’t bored enough

What’s your theory?

[via Dangerous Minds]

For sale now at Pushbike, manufactured just for them by a cool Japanese company called Blue Lug. Also new in stock are those gear ratio bandanas, and an assortment of colorful socks and gloves.

But how about this rad backpack?? (It comes in a few other colors too.) Read all about it.

Tall-Can Kitty opts for a 24-ounce Banquet Beer! Cute choice, Tall-Can Kitty!

(Except of course for Coors hating homosexuals and all. Shame on you, Tall-Can Kitty.)

[This photo and another by Carlos Reyes]

(photo by NVJ/The Secret Alley)
We heard the shots and then some of us saw an African American man with a mustache lying on the ground who had been shot in the head and in the chest. CPR was administered, but it was too late.

Mission Local has more.

Please be safe out there.

The Noise Pop Holiday Shop just might have everything you need! Oh, and look, we’re co-presenting this year. You’re welcome! AND it’s at the Verdi Club, which I bet you STILL haven’t been to. Pencil it in, already.

And like the poster says, contact Molly if you’d like to vend.

Cellybrain is a Flickr account that a bunch of people text rad photos to on a regular basis. It’s all cellphone photos, and it’s some of the best stuff on the internet.

And now you can get it in print. It’s a best-of compilation basically, so you run the risk of missing out on some choice B-sides or whatever. But definitely check it out.