books

30 Dec 2009

Goodbye Blue Monday = FREE Shows

One of the many, many, many things visible when looking at the stage in Goodbye Blue Monday is a large painted sign reading FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. It could easily be a random find in an ocean of random finds. But at this cafe/bar/venue/junkstore in Bushwick it feels more like a

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18 Dec 2009

Put a Little Broke-Ass in Your Stocking!

That slick bastard “the holiday season” has snuck up on us again meaning it’s time for you to start shelling out some dough for the ones you love. Well guess what? Even if you’ve failed miserably in previous years, this year you can finally get your peeps the perfect present.

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
27 Jan 2024

The San Francisco Beer Passport is Here!

Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 27 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 27 of the finest locally

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01 Dec 2009

Best of 2009 with the Bushwick Book Club!

To celebrate their ground-breaking, literary songwriting dare-devilry of 2009, Bushwick Book Club is having a night of musical highlights from the whole year – tonight.  Go and hear songs about Breakfast of Champions, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Flatland, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Watchmen, James

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25 Nov 2009

FREE BOOKS! FREE BOOKS! FREE BOOKS!

You already know how I feel about libraries.  But here is something even more miraculous.  The Bay Area FREE Book Exchange in El Cerrito (North of Berkeley) is a cooperative run by local booksellers/booklovers.  It is literally a ‘œstore’ full of FREE books.  Whenever I’m in a store and an

Chloe - Pennywise Reporter 0
23 Oct 2009

Bound Together Anarchist Bookstore

This is the mural from the side of the building This is certainly one of the coolest places in all of San Francisco.  Bound Together is an Anarchist Book Collective.  Now I know that for a lot of people the word Anarchist has negative and ominous connotations, but that is

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
09 Oct 2009

The Broke-Ass Guide to FREE Events at Litquake X

Heyo, broke-asses! The DIY Diva here with a post a little out of the norm for me. One of the coolest things about San Francisco is the diversity of festivals and events we have here in our fair city.  We’ve got freak, geek, music, film… And, book festivals. This Friday,

Kate Kotler - DIY Diva 0
05 Oct 2009

Natasha Wimmer is Better at Translating Than You.

Chances are, you’ve never translated a book before.  Then again if you’re  Jack Hirschman and you’re reading this, I’m totally wrong (the SF Poet Laureate has translated from over 8 languages!).  That’s ok, I’ve never translated a book either.  But Natasha Wimmer has, and the the book she worked on,

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
01 Oct 2009

Inexpensive Semi-Irritating Things to Do When You Are Bored: David Cross Style

A couple of weeks ago, at the Brooklyn Book Festival, I had the honor and privilege of being present at not only the readings/signings of Bored To Death creator/writer Jonathan Aames, but the one and only Analrapist Dr. Tobias Funke, aka David Cross.  As Ryan has mentioned, he’s been making

Anna G - Caliburg Contributor 0