Arts and Culture

20 Oct 2009

Casseroles eat Brainiacs

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

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19 Oct 2009

Playing for Change

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

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19 Oct 2009

Ticket Giveaway for Music Business Seminar

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

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19 Oct 2009

Heathers the Musical: What Next?

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

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19 Oct 2009

FREE Abandoned Building Slideshow

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

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17 Oct 2009

Wonderland Exhibit: Life in the Tenderloin

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

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17 Oct 2009

Broke-Ass Band Interview: Sleepy Sun

In honor of the Treasure Island Music Festival happening in The Bay this weekend, we’ve decided to do some interviews with bands about how to survive as broke artists.  Stu and I got some press passes to the fest, but nobody’s PR people wanted to let us interview them (they

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17 Oct 2009

Walk Don’t Destroy

We New Yorkers know how to put the mileage on our feet.  Here are two walking events this weekend that will allow you to enjoy the walk and not just worry about where you have to be.   Hell, you can even Jadewalk your way to the events! Brooklyn Walks Back

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