New Year's Eve is a holiday when everyone seems willing to get gouged: event prices rocket to high heaven while the Devil steals your wallet through a hole in the floor. But some of us prefer fiscal responsibility to go with our twelfth-month tippling (everything in moderation, folks!) and thus we seek out NYE events that won't blast a hole in our bank accounts. Perhaps even -- could it be? -- free New Year's Eve events. Yes! Unlike Bigfoot or an easy solution to the Middle East crisis, such th
Arizmendi Bakery (1331 9th Ave.) is a surefire spot for cookies, bread, pastries and pizza. But it might be surprising to learn that the worker-owned collective also makes a mean tabouli ($3.50). This can be one of the least substantial components of a Middle East feast (as Trader Joe's calls it), but Arizmendi's tangy version adds whole garbanzo beans to create something that is satisfying as a stand-alone meal or snack. Their tabouli and hummus are two of the only vegan products there, unles
"Singularities" by Barcelona-based globetripper Filastine is an evocative track, stirring up cinematic images of emotional worlds crashing to a disastrous, beautiful collapse. There's an evil edge to the stuttered string samples and scattering beats in the song, similar to the soundtrack Kronos Quartet composed for Requiem For A Dream but much more schizophrenic. It's a richly textured tune, much like the rest of the electronic composer's catalog--which tours through the Balkans, Latin America,
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