Music

03 Jan 2012

My Broke-Ass Best of the Year List, Part Two

I previously discussed television, books and comedy.. FILM I won’t get into too many, because you can read many aggregates of critics reviews of films, but here are some films that are worth seeking out: The Skin I Live In is a Spanish-language drama/horror from infamous Spanish director Pedro Almadovar

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30 Dec 2011

Pre-NYE Roller Disco

Any good disco party is, from start to finish, a fleshy, hairy, glittery mess slick with sweat and your choice of several other warm liquids. Any good foray on roller skates is pretty much the same deal, if you’re doing it right. Meaning: combined, they make a gloriously hot pantsed

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29 Dec 2011

Booty Bounce Bungalow Tonight at Public Works

For many of us, tonight marks the first night of a four-day-weekend. And not just any weekend, might I ad, but  probably the biggest weekend of the year. Start saying your goodbyes to 2011 tonight, Thursday, December 29, at Public Works. Join in for  the premier of a new monthly

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21 Dec 2011

Whipper Snapper has a Happening Happy Hour

I found a great place for Happy Hour in San Rafael that I can swoop by for a drink and some cheap appetizers on my way back to the city after work. Whipper Snapper is the perfect spot for meeting the girls for a pitcher of Sangria and some tapas. They offer

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20 Dec 2011

Zach Rogue Lights the Chanukah Candles Tonight @ Tikva Records

Only one week left for the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation’s pop-up Jewish record store, Tikva Records, in the Mission (3191 Mission St.). Read all about it in Aidin Vaziri’s Chronicle article). Music? Jews? You know how much I like both of those things. So the first ever Jewish pop-up

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15 Dec 2011

Last Beat Church of 2011 Tonight

For a lot of Americans, the holiday season is the only time people actually go to church. And for the other lot of us, there is another kind of church that is a bit more hedonistic than Midnight Mass. Come lose your religion tonight, Thursday, December 15th, for the last

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06 Dec 2011

Broke-Ass Band Interview: Megan Slankard (Sat @ Swedish)

Attention, attention! Local house concert impresario KC Turner presents an evening with singer-songwriter Megan Slankard this Saturday, December 10th, at the Swedish American Music Hall. A few years ago, Megan’s band secretly submitted an application about her to TLC’s What Not to Wear. Now not only is she an excellent

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