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Bobby Brewers: The Last Picture Show Has Cometh

Posted in Free Stuff, Ho Chi Minh City, Nightlife, Vietnam, tagged , , , , on June 24, 2008 | No Comments »

Backpackers in Saigon have been packing Bobby Brewers‘ movie theater for years, but Vietnam’s lax copyright laws have tightened and put a stranglehold on this staple of the Bui Vien lifestyle.
Alas, at least for the time being, there shall be no more bootleg movies at Bobby Brewers’ Bui Vien outpost.
Two weeks ago, Bobby Brewers retracted [...]

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Things I miss about NYC: Sound Fix Records

Posted in Free Stuff, New York City, Nightlife, tagged , , , , on May 31, 2008 | No Comments »

It’s tough to complain about 33 cent beer here in Ho Chi Minh City, but lately my mind’s been wandering back to $5 whiskey shot ‘n’ Pabst specials at Sound Fix Records. Sitting in plastic kindergarten chairs, drinking something that manages to taste worse than Pabst, I long for the cozy respite of Sound Fix’s [...]

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Things I miss about NYC: FREENYC.NET

Posted in Free Stuff, Media, New York City, tagged , , , , , on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »

When you’re looking for a cheap night after a crap day at work in New York, there’s nothing worse than cracking open a free stuff guide and finding listings like Central Park and Times Square. Lucky for New Yorkers, there’s freenyc.net.
Despite discovering this gem just months before leaving Gotham, I had time to swing by [...]

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