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03 Sep 2013

Why Starting a Cult is a Great Way to Stop Being Broke

If this doesn’t convince you, then IDK. I’m fucking broke, man. I’m broke. And Groupon/Lifebooker/whatever discount website is trendy right now, is not REALLY an app or a website, it is an addiction. In the perpetual quest for Patrick Bateman-style physical perfection that is this Hollywood life, I find myself

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02 Sep 2013

A Borinquen Soul Summmer…

If you think you’ve met a Puerto Rican, you haven’t. You’d never have to question it, because where there is a PR…there will be the flag. Even if the car is a rental, there will be a temporary flag on the rear-view mirror. Few West Coast residents understand Puerto Ricans or

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01 Sep 2013

Turntables, Tamales and Tippling on the Cheap at Disco Daddy Sun. 9/1

Well, fellow urban co-habitants, we are in day three of having the place all to ourselves and what’s better is, since a good majority of us have nowhere to be tomorrow, we can annihilate this mellow Sunday like only a francisqueño can. The big fireball is shining bright onthe bayside

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29 Aug 2013

BA of the Week: Ghostwriter Manager Oriana Leckert

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.

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
28 Aug 2013

Why Candy Crush is Ruining Your Life

So you just bought your new tablet/smartphone and you’re looking for some games to fill up that spare time you have. A friend sent you a request for candy crush, and a bunch of your friends have sent you an invite, so it seems like a good idea to download

Kyle Polo - Penniless Freak Gamer 0
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28 Aug 2013

Get Weird in Brooklyn with Matthew Silver’s Circus of Dreams

Imagine seeking refuge between two realities, where the waking life and the Sandman’s realm sit on each end, once every two weeks, in attempt to study each one’s logic. Enter the Circus of Dreams. This is entertainment mixed with art…and a little weirdness. It’s the penultimate gathering of the extreme,

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28 Aug 2013

Kam Po: Pig Ear Soup with a Side of Duck

Kam Po Last week’s article concerned Capital Restaurant’s roast duck, for which I had a lustful appreciation, a sentiment strong enough to effect an immediate return to Chinatown for this week’s post.  While tucking into said food at Capital’s low bar last week, a woman sitting next to me clued

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