Arts and Culture

17 Mar 2010

Broke-Ass Band Interview – The Depreciation Guild

The Depreciation Guild is set to release their sophomore album, ‘œSpirit Youth’, on May 18th.  Kurt Feldman answered a few questions about the band over email in front of their appearance in Austin at SXSW and their spring tour with Serena Maneesh.  The DG will be playing at Bottom of

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16 Mar 2010

FREE Rush Hour Concert at the CJM

Ever since I wrote about, and subsequently went to see, the Maurice Sendak exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, I’ve fallen in like with everything about that place.  I like the architecture, I like that it has cheap tickets ($5) every Thursday after 5pm, I like that it’s across the

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16 Mar 2010

Humpday Video: Spring is Almost Here: “It’s Oh So Quiet”

We here at Broke-Ass Stuart remember a kinder, gentler, funkier time when there was an entire network devoted to playing awesome new music videos. Men named Pinfield and women named Idalis would introduce block after block of original music videos from various genres interspersed with interviews with musicians and video

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16 Mar 2010

Win Tickets to ODC’s “Small Plates”

If you’re into contemporary dance, and you’re in San Francisco, then you must know about ODC. They’ve been holding it down in SF since 1976 and are on the forefront of all things dancy…although I’m pretty sure “dancy” isn’t a technical term. I have two pairs of tickets to giveaway

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16 Mar 2010

(Pretty) Girls and Technological Activism

(Pretty) Girls and Lasers, the electro duo everyone seems to be whispering about, is moving their monthly party to Happy Ending, and the LES couldn’t be more ecstatic.   The boys will be in the DJ booth all night long, starting at 10pm, and from 11-midnight, there will be an Open

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15 Mar 2010

Remembering Playland at the Beach

History is often best marked by the buildings and landmarks left behind.  These edifices act as scars, reminding us that our time is short and that there were people here before us, just as there will be after us.  It’s the buildings remaining once an era has passed, that allow

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15 Mar 2010

Don’t Even Reply: Messing With Craiglist

We’ve explored the endless possibilities of free entertainment that Craigslist offers on this site before. Whether it’s missed connections or questionable furniture ads, it seems to act as a catalog of human oddities more than a classifieds section. It’s also a great opportunity to mess with people. I’m not talking

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14 Mar 2010

Psychopathic Bosses Are Bitches

I have always heard that it takes a certain type of person to live in New York City.  Those who move here are often looking to make it’ to rise to the top and claim their fortune.  Sometimes these New Yorkers are looked at as ‘œType A’ or overambitious.  Sometimes

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