Arts and Culture

24 Jun 2009

Indie Mart: A Broke-Ass Photo Wrap-Up

The funny thing about the Indie Mart is that you kind of can’t believe its fun. Even from my point of view, where I’m sitting behind a table all day drinking, you can’t imagine how much of a good time was had by all. If you came out and said

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22 Jun 2009

FREE: Get WET at The 2009 INKubator Summer Series

WET Productions was founded in 1999 by Sasha Eden and Victoria Pettibone.  WET is dedicated to developing new material for the theater, film and TV written by women,  producing premiere theatrical productions written by female playwrights, producing live events that promote celebrated female artists; and the creation & production of

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21 Jun 2009

FREE: Chuck Klosterman Reading at Union Square Barnes and Noble

If you’re like me no past-time is dearer to your heart than breaking down and analyzing pop culture minutiae from days of yore. One day Anna G. and I were reminiscing about the TV show The Hogan Family, (which nobody should remember in the first place).  Up for discussion was

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21 Jun 2009

Wallet-friendly Advice From Your Friendly El Rio Bartender

As a general rule, I feel odd writing about events going on at my place of employment.  One because its redundant and two..well, best leave that one alone. Most people that have lived in the city for more than five years or live in the Outer Mission/ Bernal/ Excelsior hoods

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21 Jun 2009

FREE Street Food Across the Country Today

This whole street food trend seems to be catching on like herpes at a whorehouse.  I was just contacted by some of the people doing the PR for a new movie called 500 Days of Summer and as a way to publicize the movie, certain street food vendors will be

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
21 Jun 2009

Man V. Food Filming today at Ike’s Place in San Francisco!!

So there’s no reason in hell why you shouldn’t be at the Indie Mart today. Think about it: booze, great food, amazing shopping, local music to shake that thang too, great prices…and finally, Stuart and I! We’ll be kickin it, live and in your face all the way. We’ll have

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19 Jun 2009

A Toast to SF’s DIY Spirit and the Indie Mart (happening on Sunday)

From a city built on gold dust and denim to one tenaciously rebuilt after an earthquake and fire, San Francisco has a history of saying, ‘œFuck it dude, I’ll just do this shit myself.’ DIY culture runs deep here. Whether talking about longshoremen striking in order to create their own

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19 Jun 2009

Free: Radio Friendly Unit Shifter; Music from the Salad Days of your Life

It wasn’t until about 2005 or so, deep in the throes of the SECOND Bush  administrations warmongering and muckery that “The 90s” began to have a discernible feel and quality.  We had gotten enough of a distance away from living in them that we could see them from a subjectively

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