Alex Mak - Managing Editor

The Sam Chase to Open OutsideLands – Calls Out Mumford & Sons…
The Band that Outside Lands is calling “an avalanche; picking up speed” is opening the festival August 7th, calling out Mumford, & Sons on their backroom horse trading, and giving us the ‘tell all’ we were looking for

Tech Company To Replace 70 Artists in Mission
The plan is to move in a tech company called PlanGrid to replace the evicted artists. Do you know what PlanGrid does? It makes apps that help developers and construction companies build faster. Now I don’t know if that is ironic or just sad. The Mission artists are being replaced by a tech company that helps developers tear down their neighborhood faster. Let’s STOP THEM

An Open Letter to Captain John Sanford of SFPD Park Station
This is an open letter from our friends at the Wigg Party. We are publishing it because simply put…the Wigg Party is awesome, and this new cop…well, we will let you decide: Dear Captain Sanford, Hi. You’re new here. Welcome. We realize that you guys get moved around a lot and it takes

Awesome Oakland Art Walk
Oakland is alive. Pulsating. Thriving. Unapologetically raw, quirky and pissed off…Deal with it, or don’t, this town is cooler than you’ll
ever be.

CHURCH SUES TO SAVE 104 AFFORDABLE UNITS IN WESTERN ADDITION
The TRO asks for judicial intervention to halt the sale of 104 affordable apartment homes, 80% of which are under Section 8, to an unknown speculator

All Over Coffee By Paul Madonna
I returned home to find an eviction notice taped to my door…

The Perfect Holiday Gift: Our Brilliant T-Shirts!
Our very own line of Broke-Ass inspired T-shirts are in. Check ’em out in the BAS Store!

Win a $600 Bidet by Telling us Your Funiest Pooping Story!
Contest winner gets the finest bidet on the market thanks to Brondell, our favorite SF bidet company. Yes really, we are giving away a bidet that attaches to your already existing toilet and squirts water on your butt. It’s amazing. You don’t have to go all the way to Japan