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20 Oct 2010

Nicky’s Vietnamese Sandwiches Will Haunt Your Daydreams

Earlier this year, my office moved from the East Village to Midtown. We were across from the Physical Graffiti building before, and are now across from a parking garage in case you’re wondering just how big this cool to uncool change has been. We’ve adjusted for the most part, but

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19 Oct 2010

Bay Area Bands With FREE Downloads: Part I

The music industry is a shit storm right now and most of us are guilty of acquiring as much music as we can for FREE. I know I do it and I am a musician. It’s not that we don’t want to support the musicians we love. It’s just that a lot

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19 Oct 2010

Get Your Freak On — The Air Sex Championships Return to SF

Dancing around in my room playing air guitar is one of my guilty pleasures. When the chorus hits and you’re all alone, and there is nothing to do but belt out that Journey song…indeed a magical moment. But faking fellatio in front of a packed house at the Independent? That

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19 Oct 2010

FREE Screening of “The Goonies” with Cheap Beer

Ever wish you had all of Data’s cool inventions? Miss watching the truffle shuffle? Want to reconnect with your deformed man-giant childhood pal? Then have I got a show for you! Come down to Pacific Standard for a screening of the Goonies with cheap beer, delicious snacks, and it’s all

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19 Oct 2010

An Ode to Forties

I am obviously not talking about the decade, but the beautiful, classic, satisfying beyond words party in a bottle.  That’s right.  The Forty.  Forty ounces of your favorite malt liquor or beer beverage all in one sexy package for less money than it takes to ride the bus (which you

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19 Oct 2010

Drinking Wine In Brooklyn: Jeremy Adona Reveals All (and more)!

Jeremy Adona is just the type of man you want to meet when navigating Brooklyn, especially when wine is concerned. He used to work at Artisanal Fromagerie and Bistro as well as one of Brooklyn’s best wine shops, Dandelion Wine, studied at the American Sommelier Association, and is now a

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18 Oct 2010

Broke-Ass Band/Blogger Interview: Deb Oh

You know when you finally meet someone who’s work you admire and then are cruelly disappointed when they turn out to be an complete ass? Well thank god that was the OPPOSITE experience I had when I met Deb Oh of  The Debonaire.  Based in New York, Deb is one

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18 Oct 2010

FREE Short Science Films

The Secret Science Club isn’t a well kept secret. They meet at the Bell House instead of an underground bunker or camouflaged tree house, and you don’t have to solve a crazy physics equation to get in. But their meetings are always about topics you’d probably never think of on

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