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FREE Jack and Beer @ Karaoke Bar in Midtown
Karaoke has absolutely no special place in my heart. I tried to sing once in Rock Band or Guitar Hero and it was abysmal. Seems appropriate then that a catering company hasn’t been booking me for gigs because their caffeine jacked, overly tanned, San Diegan only wanted his floor crew

Cheap Shots @ Cheap Shots, FREE Shots If It's Your B-Day
There is a bar in the East Village that diligently carries the torch that so many others have let extinguish, where kinda transient, tatoooed patron types collect their paltry earnings and hand them over in exchange for cheap shots, or better yet, glory. Cheap Shots is one of those simple,

FREE Wine at Imprint TV Launch Party
Imprint-TV is a new news source for the New York area focusing on positive news, hoping there is still some taste and decency left willing to choose uplifting and human over sensationalism. The fact they are having a launch party with free wine is a good start. My

FREE Colt at VICE Afterparty with RSVP
Although the screening at MoMA is sold out for the documentary “The Ride” there will be an after party thrown/hosted/branded by Vice at Rodeo Bar according to MyOpenBar. There will also be a midnight performance by The Weight. Maybe if the modern cowboys rode competition bulls less and protected

Tug Of War on Coney Island
I’m on my Saturday morning death bed, fighting pyloric valve spasms wrestling with last night’s beer fumes that are trying to escape to the light of day. Keeping me company are memories of guys drinking from pitchers of Yeungling sideways and chugging roided car-bombs, appropriately called “Truck Bombs” in a

New York: Save Fashion! Final Sale Extravaganza
Fashion’s in trouble..and it needs your help! Ultimate arbiters of independent style, Refinery29 have been hosting their fantastic pop-up shop SAVE FASHION for the past month. It’s in a glass walled annex attached to Port Authority and the racks of designer dresses, shorts and handbags ensure that the drunk

Vodka Open Bar and More @ Beauty Bar Grand Opening
The past two nights I have walked home in the drizzle eating Papaya Dog fries and cheeseburgers, giddy with the discovery that when you order to go and receive the styrofoam box you are given more fries than if you were to order them separately. I could use a life