Arts and Culture

San Francisco Gave Me a Certificate of Honor!
A couple days ago Supervisor Matt Haney presented me with a Certificate of Honor on behalf of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco. It was to celebrate BAS publishing more than 10,000 articles over the past 10 years! If you wanna make sure BAS is

‘Cats’ Coughs up a 17% on Rotten Tomatoes, Reviews are HILARIOUS
Feline getting tortured for 2 hours? The CGI film adaption of ‘Cats’ that cost $95 million to make, is an uncanny valley full of cat puns, celebrities in weird computer fur, and horrific plot choices according to most film critics. British director Tom Hooper, who previously turned the stage musical

We wanna send you and a friend to the HYPHY HOLIDAY REUNION WITH TOO SHORT!
The Hyphy Holiday Reunion features Too Short, The godfather of Bay Area hip-hop, the creator of pimp rap, the originator of the independent hustle, the controversial youth advocate and the Hugh Hefner of urban America, a pioneer and a legend. Friday, December 27, 2019 | August Hall | Tickets can be

We wanna send you to see Portugal. The Man
Portugal. The Man took 2017 by the horns after a considerably long gap, especially for a band that has dropped roughly an album a year since 2006. With these two ideas converging, the band made a seemingly bat-shit-crazy decision: they took all of the work they had done for the

‘Twas the Night Before Impeachment…
Guest poem by Mustafa K. ‘Twas the night before impeachment when all through the White House, A creature was tweeting with no whereabouts of his spouse. He desperately penned a letter to the Madam Speaker, In foolish hope it’d make her pursuits weaker. The Democrats were nestled all snug in

PG&E Themed Beers From Sonoma County Blackout/Fire Survivors
In Windsor California, the brewer Barrel Brothers released a canned beer called Mandatory Blackout, an imperial porter to commemorate the brewery losing power for 10 days during this fall’s wildfire warnings. As you can clearly see, the Imperial Porter’s label is inspired by the PG&E Logo.

Local Maker Mart: The Temporary Artist & Maker Pop-Up in North Beach
As I’ve written about before, there’s a blight of empty storefronts all over San Francisco, particularly in North Beach. Luckily some plucky artists and makers have gotten together and opened Local Maker Mart to give people a place to shop for local art and goods. After three years of sitting

Awesome Last Minute Gifts For All You Lazy People
We all know you haven’t done any of your holiday shopping yet. Lucky Uncle Broke-Ass is here to help you out. I’ve compiled a list of cool, inexpensive gifts you can get for the people you’re obligated to buy presents for. As an added bonus, BAS gets a percentage of