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.

In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time.

Facebook has recently decided to inundate us with forced and annoying advertisements for Apps. I’m intrigued by maybe two of out every ten because most look pretty useless. When I do decide to take a chance it never ends well. They are usually overly complicated or are trying to be

Most college students are broke. It’s no big secret. For most students, getting enough financial aid to pay for tuition and books alone can be hard. Then there’s housing costs, food costs, and transportation. The 2013-2014 school year cost $8,893 on average for public universities. Financial aid awards vary based on student need and

Pretty much every Bay Area comedy or improv personality has a story of ‘that one time Robin Williams came to my show’. They all say he was hilarious, personable. sweet and forever willing to lend a hand to any random two-bit local performer’s event, with no personal financial gain for

  Yes, it’s true. While being broke is temporary and being poor is a whole other level of socioeconomic hell-hole, we couldn’t imagine anyone who reads the BAS site not relating to the message on DSF Clothing Company’s t-shirts, “I can’t afford SF.” Hell, I know some people who are

  Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews describes his music as supafunkrock. It’s definitely funky, but it’s also influenced by rock and has some R&B elements, thanks to his co-producer and Oakland native, Rafael Saadiq. Andrews says that “not only does Saadiq co-produce, but he becomes a member of the band, playing a variety

We here at BrokeAssStuart.com like to show love to the people who make cities like San Francisco and New York special. That’s why we’ve begun doing a new series called Local Legend of the Week. This is our chance to hip you to some of the strange, brilliant, and unique folks