New York

19 Jun 2012

Dirty Bombs, Dinosaurs, and Rockstar Wars – The Life and Times of Trace Crutchfield

If you’re like me, and/or any kid that has dabbled in binge-drinking with a hip haircut in the past ten years, you’ve read or stared at a couple issues of VICE magazine. We’re all familiar with the zany shit they produce (from using semen as moisturizer, to launching their own everything channel,

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15 Jun 2012

FREE College in NYC: A Ghosting Guide

Sam is 25. He graduated in 2009 and now works as a freelance production assistant. When he is not working, he is reading socialist literature with his friend Carl, in the smallest two-person apartment in the Lower East Side. He also goes the New School for free as a ghost

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15 Jun 2012

Discowanus: FREE Daytime Dance Party on Saturday

Are you guys ready to party? Are you ready to dance? If you said yes, then head out to Brooklyn’s Rock Shop out in the Gowanus. On Saturday, June 16th, the Rock Shop will be hosting Discowanus, a FREE daytime dance party presented by Pants Dance. Special guest, DJ Frames—

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14 Jun 2012

BA of the Week: Rean Taylor, Cook

Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit — probably not.

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12 Jun 2012

Coming to Terms with Your Daddy Issues

Okay, actually, I mean my daddy issues.  And I don’t mean all of that psychological hoo-ha about abandonment and male authority figures or whatever.  I’m talking about having the hots for guys in khakis and Hawaiian shirts.  As soon as I see a strapping twentysomething in the same outfit that

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12 Jun 2012

The Charleston In Williamsburg: Booze and FREE Pizza

In the middle of Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood of hipsters, artists and broke-asses, is a special place amongst the infinite amount of restaurants and bars riddled along Bedford avenue–the Charleston. The Charleston is an unrivaled hangout spot for the local clan of Brooklynites. To start off, its owners have cleverly designated

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12 Jun 2012

A Scumbag’s Guide to Portland – The Final Chapter

Hi GUYS! It’s been a second. Sorry about the delayed finale to this series, but I’ve been travelling/hungover most days in the past month and I just really didn’t feel like doling out recommendations to you because there’s a part of me that thinks maybe I should clean up my act and calm down and put a halt to this raucous, unstable, indulgent, satanic party of a lifestyle.

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12 Jun 2012

Watch Badass Dance Battles at the Step To the High Line Festival

Teenage dance battles: could there be anything more awesome?  No, definitely not.  Which is why you should check out the FREE Step to the High Line Festival, taking place this Wednesday through Friday on, duh, the High Line.  Each evening, two high-energy step teams will battle it out for the

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