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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.
Remember when your dad got married for the third time and left you to watch his place while he went to the Bahamas for his honeymoon? Despite it being kinda weird that you had sex in your dad’s bed, it was pretty cool having that whole place to yourself right? While your pops called it ... Read More →
I got this tip from a reader named Ricky Castaneda. If you go out an try it let us know how it works:
Tip: If you show up at the coffee bar at the Whole Foods on harrison and 27th in Oakland when they close around 8 p.m., they give away all the remaining brewed coffee ... Read More →
If you’ve ever wanted to go on a road trip but couldn’t for some reason (like don’t have a car, or your car is a piece of shit and won’t make it) you should look into Auto Driveaway. Basically what they do is take someone who needs their car transported some place and connect ... Read More →
If you remember, a little while back the Dickerman Prints Gallery had that badass show of Baron Wolman’s photos. Apparently they are pretty into things that are awesome and are having an opening party on Wednesday night for Anthony Kurtz’s new photo show, “It All Came So Close to Never Happening”. I’ve know Anthony for ... Read More →
Remember awhile back when Dubious Ranger wrote me a theme song? Yeah, that was pretty badass. Well some of the guys from the band have teamed up with another one of my local favorites, Bhi Bhiman to create a band called King Baldwin.
Tonight is the release party for their self titled EP which can be ... Read More →
Hey, I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with wanting to do good, I’m just saying that there’s gotta be a little part of you that’s wondering, “what’s in this for me?”. Right? Come on, you can be honest with Uncle Broke-Ass, I won’t tell anyone. Look, whether you admit it or not, I don’t really care. I’m just here to show you a few ways that being a goody-two-shoes can actually be beneficial to you AND your scrawny little bank account
The single most impressive thing about Dave’s Tavern is that every night one of the regulars gets 86’d. It must have been me and Paul’s lucky night because we saw two of them get the boot. The first one was this guy who was obsessed with one of the female bartenders. She was off work, ... Read More →
The Disposable Film Festival was created to celebrate the artistic potential of disposable video: short films made on non-professional devices such as one-time use video cameras, cell phones, point and shoot cameras, webcams, computer screen capture software, and other readily available video capture devices. It’s all about DIY baby and so am I, so I ... Read More →