Broke Ass Band Interview: Girls in Trouble
Living in New York, I’ve seen and heard my fair share of bands. And since the low-fi, garage sound has been dominating the Brooklyn music scene for so long now, it’s always refreshing to hear a classically trained musician who doesn’t shoe gaze through their whole set. Multi-instrumentalist, scholar, teacher,
Sick of the Flu?
The Flu. Influenza. Seasonal Flu. Swine Flu. Avian Flu. Asiatic Flu. H1N1. Gastroenteritis. Flu Pandemic. I know’ You are sick of hearing about the flu. You’ve been oversaturated beyond belief and don’t even want to hear another fear-based scare tactic report on the virus. However, let’s face it. When you’re
DIY Diva: How-to get your way, PERIOD.
Heyo sportsracers (TM Ze Frank) the DIY Diva here, fresh from a fan-fucking-tastic weekend in the Windy City. Actually, I’ve been back for two days. Though I found that traveling on a Monday made me forget that the day existed and I’ve been about a day behind on all of
Broke-Ass of The Week – Liz Wight of Love Grenades
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. Wanna be a Broke-Ass of the Week? Holler at us here and we’ll send you the questionnaire. Liz is the lead singer and
DIY Diva: How-to Save $$ In Your Day-to-day Life
Heyo — the DIY Diva here with some money saving tips for all you broke-asses out there trying to make ends meet in the expensive cities of NYC and SF during this craptacular recession. I just realized that next week will be the one year anniversary of when I was
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DIY Diva: The end of the world is near!!! (Making a good disaster preparedness kit)
Heyo-the DIY Diva here. Last Friday I went to see Zombieland on a splurge night with some other broke-ass friends. It should be mentioned that Zombieland was the best zombie movie we’d seen since Shaun of the Dead. But, that is not what this column is about. It’s about the
Why I Stopped Being a Vegetarian
After 13 years of being a vegetarian, I recently crossed back over to the dark side. However, my reasons for being a vegetarian had nothing to do with the idea of human consumption of meat. As a faux-hippie, semi-political teen in Los Angeles, I took on the label of Vegetarian
An Edible Guide to New York
As you may noticed, I like food, a lot. I like reading about it, writing about it, looking at pretty pictures of it, and of course eating it. So when I found a FREE monthly magazine that covers all these things, I cried a little into my bowl of chili.