As you know, we here at BAS.com love the fuck out of El Rio.  Hell, our own Threadbare-Fact Finder, Stephen Torres, even works there.  He even wrote a whole piece detailing all of El Rio’s amazing deals, and there are MANY of them. Today this fantastic watering hole is celebrating

SPECIAL TUESDAY EDITION Due to scheduling chaos, the plasticity of time and myriad other conflicts, Wednesday’s HumpDay Video is appearing on Tuesday! I know, craziness! So to make up for my unchecked sappiness yesterday, I’m bringing you some hip irony! Check out adorable NY Bay Area band Pamplamoose’s brilliant cover

Hey New York.  So I hear this week is going to be a little bit warmer than last.  However, since the heat hasn’t been on in my apartment for the past week, and the windows don’t even really close all the way, it was so cold I’ve had to sit

Unless you are truly made of stone you probably can’t help but be a little bit moved by this video. In honor of Bob Marley’s birthday on February 6th, this tribute was released, featuring performers from all over the globe performing the beautiful, unifying “One Love.”  It never ceases to

Alright, I know a lot of you folks are struggling musicians, so this is something that could potentially change your life.  California Lawyers for the Arts is holding their annual Music Business Seminar, and I’ve got a pair of tickets to give away. Basically the seminar is gonna be a

Since movie studios these days continue to rehash and drag through the mud of unoriginality any beloved cult film or TV series, Broadway has followed suit in destroying my childhood memories, remake by remake.  When I heard that Heathers, my favorite pre-klepto Winona Ryder movie is hitting the stage come

Abandoned buildings attract a wide variety of people: heroin addicts, the homeless, architects, film students, etc. Their future usually involves demolition or conversion into a luxury condo, and some abandoned luxury condos have become home to heroin addicts as well. I’ll never be able to call the condos attractive, but

On my first visit to San Francisco, my friend drove me around on a tour of the city. While riding through the Tenderloin, I was looking at a woman vomiting and hiking up her skirt to pee on a trash can, when suddenly we crossed one street only to be