ARTICLES BY TIERNEY WILLIAMS
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Book Reviews - The Hugs 'N' Kisses IssueTHE COMPLETE PEANUTS
The original emo kid—no, wait. The original indie rocker. Charlie Brown represents, to most people, that black-striped yellow shirt and holiday TV specials...
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  FUCK EVERYBODY
The Bronx Stick Hot Pokers In Punk's AnusQUELLE surprise! Even though The Bronx just got signed to Def Jam for more money than you'll ever have in your life, they're neither an over-hyped rapper nor a bound-for-disaster Rick Rubin ego project (remember Palo Alto?)....
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 YOU'RE FIRED
Brian Jonestown Massacre Want You GoneIs there a bigger mistake you can make than heroin? I guess you could leave the scene of a hit-and-run or fuck your brother, but being a junkie is still pretty up there. Anton Newcombe, the boss of Brian Jonestown Massacre, has been there and done that (the heroin part), yet when asked, still thinks...
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 NOT NYET
Russia's Dying Make Some NoiseMost extreme-music practitioners work in the comfort of their mummy's house, fat asses propped up by mum's gingham pillows, pudgy fingers clamped around steaming mugs of bedtime cocoa. When they've finished slaving away on their expensive computer for, oh, three minutes, they self-release their thir...
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Book Reviews - The Down & Out IssueHIP HOP IMMORTALS: THE REMIX
Fucking ouch ouch ouch. You have to wonder why this was made and who would buy it. Anybody with enough money is probably too savvy. The kids who might be...
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 QUITE CONTRARY
Mary Ping Takes On Gucci and WinsQueens-born designer Mary Ping recently took every Bottega Veneta, Dior, Hermès, Balenciaga, Gucci, and Chanel handbag she could find and tore them apart piece by piece.
She then took a deep breath and quietly recrafted all of their signature bags in stark white canvas, thus rendering each ...
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 FROM CUTE TO CREEPY
When people look at Laylah Ali's art they inevitably think, "Look at the cute little green roundheaded guys doing all the funny stuff. It's like a comic book but grown up. Neat." Then they notice that the little guys are getting their hands chopped off, wearing menacing black hoods and bandages, and...
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