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“Psychogeography” likely strikes the initiated as a word with a fairly niche following of academics. That’s a fair assessment. The word refers to the study of the effects that environments have on the emotions and behaviors of individuals. It’s is also the subject of Conflux Festival, now in its 7th year.

The other day I caught myself almost buying a pair of reindeer printed leggings. Blame the sweltering summer that lasted until, well last week, but I was ready to stock up on thermal already in protest. I think every New Yorker is ready to wear clothing that doesn’t involve mesh

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.

It’s been awhile since the starts have aligned for me to make it over to Madrone on Divis for one of their first-Wednesdays Comedy Happy Hours, but the jokes I do remember between the $2 PBRs and dollar-off drafts from the last one were a HILARIOUS mix of insightful stand-up

David Sedaris once said “To be broke in New York was to feel a constant, needling sense of failure, as you were regularly confronted by people who had not only more but much, much more.”  This is very true.  Due to the nature of the city you can pass by

My pals the Morning Benders (Christopher Chu, Jonathan Chu, Tim Or, and Julian Harmon) are headlining at the Fillmore on October 16th and we’ve got a pair of FREE tickets to give away (instructions below). Way back when the band played on the Berkeley campus, it was just me, Chris’s

We just can’t get enough of a certain social network, can we? Not to encourage seeing that movie. It looks like an overwrought snoozefest. Anywhoozle, here are my nominations to the worst facebook status updates ever that are related in some way to New York City and its metropolitan area:

The experience of a drive-in movie is second to none. There is the chance to relax in your car, find the best position to see through the dirty windshield and if you’re lucky, maybe even trying to get a little cozy over the stick shift. Sadly, drive in theaters have