Arts and Culture

16 Dec 2009

This Band Will Write Your Own Personal Theme Song!

Awhile ago I was approached by the band Dubious Ranger.  They wanted to know if I was interested in having my own theme song.  For the past few years I’ve considered Richie Cunning’s song One Dollar Wonder as my theme song, but the truth is he didn’t write it for

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16 Dec 2009

HumpDay Videos: Dmitri From Paris “Une Very Stylish Fille”

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 Dec 2009

FREE Literary Death Match

Do you feel a void in your life left from both the cancellation of MTV’s Celebrity Death Match and your no longer taking literature classes? Then get your fix of words and fighting in one night with Opium Magazine’s Literary Death Match. The series has four up and coming writers

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15 Dec 2009

Letters of Note: Your New Biggest Addiction

For the past two days since I discovered Letters of Note, I have been glued to the computer, pausing only to eat, sleep, earn my meager pittance as a freelancer and email snippets of these amazing letters to loved ones. The site is curated by a freelance writer who scours

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15 Dec 2009

PS122’s Red and White Fiesta!

Head down to the LES tonight for PS122’s annual holiday bash, and this could be you!  With DJs Joro Boro and Andrew Andrew and Lost Acts of Crime or Emergency.  Get wild and fancy alongside season artists, performance-lovers, dance-freaks, gypsies, supporters, friends with benefits and passport holders, the PS122 board,

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14 Dec 2009

The Weird and Wonderful World of P.S.A’s

Ah the public service announcement, brief snippets of absurdity, bad acting, and finger wagging, that has been entertaining America and myself for decades. Being a child of the eighties, certain shows and commercial jingles will always stay embedded in my brain taking up viable space for much more useful information,

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13 Dec 2009

This is Why I Don’t Have a Good Post for Today

I don’t have anything good for you today.  I’m a total wreck.  Friday night was my birthday party.  People gave me too much whiskey.  I puked.  Then I got up Saturday morning, still drunk, put on a Santa suit and drank for 12 hours. I’m too old for this shit.

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13 Dec 2009

More Festivus Fun: Holiday Markets and Light-Up Brooklyn

As much as I love Christmas sometimes I find it hard to get into the spirit of things. The idea of holiday shopping can be soul crushing, Rockefeller center is like a cage match between tourists and my sense of personal space, and the only tree that will fit inside

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