Published November, 2000
 EXPENSIVE SHIT
Antibalas Breaks Down The Voodoo And Drugs Behind The Afrobeat
People always ask us what our music is about or where it comes from, so we'll just explain it once and for all. Antibalas means bulletproof, or anti-bullets. We are an African funk group made up of Latinos, Africans, Asian Americans and straight-up honkies. We...Read more |
  DEAR DIARY
Entry: December 28, 1982
Me and (my brother) Dave got so wasted on Christmas Eve at the Forceshe's we were running out by the creek and Laurie almost took her head off with the clothesline. It wouldn't have been so funny if we realized how hurt she really got. But we laughed so hard b...Read more |
 FA-FA-FA-FA-FA
After 26 Years In Hiding, Otis Redding's Right Hand Man Resurfaces As A Dutch Carpet Designer
Penned when Arther Conley was only twenty years-old, the lyrics have an eerily premonitory ring to them. The song, alongside the rest of Conley's 1967 debut Sweet Soul Music...Read more |
 NIGGAS ON THE RUN EATIN'
Capone-n-Noreaga Go From Escaping Gay Orgies In Jail To A Deluxe Apartement In The Sky
It's been almost four years since the other infamous duo from Queens dropped their stellar debut album, The War Report. In the meantime, Capone went back to jail and Noreaga released two solo LPs jam packed with thug rhymes and keyboard beats. Classic j...Read more |
 CAREER DAY
Career - Pathologist
What is the grossest? A leper? A dead rabbit with flies swarming in its entrails maybe? How about your parents having sex? That's nothing. Check out what 24 year-old Paul McRae sees everyday doing prep-work and assisting with autopsies in a coroner's office...Read more |
 NO MORE FAKING IT
When Will They Start Making Pornos Women Can Like?
There just isn't enough porn made for chicks like ourselves. What gives? To get to the bottom of this quagmire, we've been asking every woman we meet for weeks now the same question: "How do you like your porn?"...Read more |
 I AM NOT AN ANIMAL
Bart Maelstrom Is Not Just A Polygamist. He's A Human Being.
If you're anything like me, at first glance the concept of polygamy seems like a pretty enticing idea. I mean, if you're going to commit to the institution of marriage in the first place, why settle for one wife when you can have three or four? You know, add a...Read more |
 REBEL GIRLS
The Time Bratmobile Hurt My Feelings
At 5:30 p.m. I was told that I was scheduled to interview seminal riot grrrl punk band Bratmobile at 6:30. I had just gotten home from my unbearable temp job at an investment bank firm after getting three hours of sleep the night before, but the prospect of in...Read more |
 I DON'T WANT MY MTV
Carl Craig's Top Ten Shows Of All Time
When Carl Craig, the inventor of Detroit techno, isn't DJing, remixing, doing Innerzone Orchestra or preparing for the tenth anniversary of Planet E communications, he's watching TV. Here is what he's watching...Read more |
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