06 Oct 2009

The Rock Paper Scissors Collective

If you read Monica’s post about Workshop on Saturday, then you know that BAS loves DIY.  And the more the merrier, so here is another DIY hub in the East Bay. In the heart of the Oakland art scene is a little hole in the wall called the Rock Paper

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05 Oct 2009

Love Lessons from Antichrist

This post contains Spoilers!  A couple of days ago, I had the experience of attending the trainwreck, er, premiere of Lars Von Trier’s new film, Antichrist at the New York Film Festival.  Not only was it a, as some have called it, “giant art-film fart” of a movie, but the

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03 Oct 2009

5 Reasons You Should Head To Workshop

So as I was shooting the shit yesterday with Stuart on my day off, we both realized that we have robbed our readers of a real explanation about what Workshop is. Kelly Malone, one of the closest comrades of BAS and an amazing friend, has finally kicked off her dream

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30 Sep 2009

A Lecture on the History of the Jewish Deli Tonight

I doubt this was a real ad, but if so, that would be awesome!  Simply for the balls it takes to say that shit!    photo from adsoftheworld.com I’ll be in New York in less than a week doing preparation for the upcoming Fuck the Recession Party, and you know

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30 Sep 2009

Vanessa’s Dumplings: An Absolute Must

There used to be a place on Allen near Delancey that was simply called Fried Dumpling. It was a great place where you could get five pretty tasty dumplings for one meager dollar. (Note to West Coast folk visiting NYC: “chinese dumpling” is East Coast for the food you are

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50% off New Glasses + Free Shipping!

We wrote about the 6 rad reasons why shopping for glasses on GlassesUSA.com will change the way you buy glasses forever. You can read about that here. But here's the important part: YOU GET 50% OFF + free shipping on your first pair of frames. Click to find out more!

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29 Sep 2009

Geishas on the Gowanus

Well not really.  The Geishas will be emerging tonight at Grasslands, and the party for the Gowanus tomorrow is costume optional (though I think there is a Depression Era theme’).  The words both started with G, I was hoping they’d draw you to read this post.  Guess it worked. GEISHA

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28 Sep 2009

What Your Girl’s Male Celebrity Crushes Say About Them

Since no Broke Ass male writer has taken up the offer from Robert Redford-sympathizing commenter Erica to write a dude version of this post from last week, I’m going to go ahead and let you all exhale starting RIGHT NOW. Here it be: 1.  The Jonas Brothers If your girl

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28 Sep 2009

Like A Good Neighbour – Bargain Bread At Entenmann’s-Oroweat

Lean times come around as regularly as a sloppy drunk at happy hour.  Family histories are peppered with tales of day old bread, ration lines, buying fruit from the back of the grocer and eggs for dinner. No shame in any of these, which is why you can do your

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