 AIR, TREES, WATER, ANIMALS
While Outkast Babble On, Manson Family Bring The Real Shit
Fuck what you heard. This is true Southern hip hop. Not only does it make New York sound like a commercial for Burger King, it makes other Southerners like Outkast sound like a Broadway play of "Fat Albert" (seems Dre and Big Boi sense this too and were...READ MORE |
  BEATS + RHYMES
By the time you read this I'll probably be sleeping in a park somewhere in California. For real, I've had just about enough of Toronto, so I'm bouncing. If you pass by me somewhere, I'll most likely be broke, hungry and sober - so if you can, hook a honky up w...READ MORE |
 CUM - DON'T DO IT
I'm not sure why exactly, but every so often, in the wee small hours of the morning, the conversation turns to injaculation. At least if I'm present it does. ...READ MORE |
 VICE COMICS
By Kaz, Smell of Steve, Marc Bell, James Kochalka, Dave and Gavin, Jeff Roysdon
UNDERWORLD, PLANET OF BEER, THE STACKS, MAGIC BOY, PIP AND NORTON, CAMPFIRE STORIES...READ MORE |
 DETROIT GOES "PKFFFFSHHERRW!!" (BLOWS UP)
The Rock City Doesn't Suck Anymore
Until recently, Detroit's highest profile musical ambassadors have been a deluded hillbilly-pimp and a bunch of grease-painted, rapping dipshits. But for those that have the ears to listen, Detroit is where a glorious catch-all mix of raw soul, ol' devi...READ MORE |
 DEAR DIARY
Entry: September 11, 1983
Sept 11th, 1983
Right now I have a bad headache and I feel crappy. My life is full of problems, but thank God I am a little drunk right now. Well, coming off my buzz, really. I am totally getting chummy with Ron S. can you believe it! He's a grade thir...READ MORE |
 EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN
The Groupie Paintings of Helen Garber
"I actually like Poison" says the diminutive tattoo artist from her home in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. "About two years ago my husband and I were sitting around talking about all the old glam and metal shows we used to go see together and that's when I dec...READ MORE |
 ELECTRIC INDEPENDENCE
Warp records, Richard James, Scott Herren, Prefuse 73, Black Dog, Plaid, Squarepusher, The Noodles Foundation, The Complete Death of Cool, Ninja Tune, Monstre, Alien 8, ENE, ODB, Brownout...READ MORE |
 PSSST! - HEY KID!
Uncle Sam Wants You To Play With His Guns
People that join the military are basically bitches wanting to be worked by the biggest pimp. That's fine with big-timer Uncle Sam, the silk daddy with the sugar-dick who can always use a few more drones to help in turning out most 3rd world hos as chea...READ MORE |
 LITERARY
Book Reviews - The Saturday Morn-ing Cartoons Issue
You Are Being Lied To, Dance of Days, Popaganda: The Art & Subversion of Ron English, Cola Madness, Lady Like #45, G-Fan #49, Classic Gamer Magazine Vol1 #4, Big Daddy #5, Superflux, Free American, Hermenaut, Lie With Me, Bizarro Comics #1...READ MORE |
 PUSH IT REAL GOOD
Squarepusher and His Red Hot Car
Tom Jenkinson is 26 years old. As genre-dissolving spaz-jazz drum n' bass hardcore rave-funk pioneer Squarepusher, this broad, bearded man has released something like nine albums. A few are good. A couple are dodgy. The others - including his debut Feed...READ MORE |
 SKINEMA
By Chris Nieratko
WELCUM TO CHLOEVILLE 2
I’ve been watching a lot of VH1’s “Behind the Music” lately and drinking straight Tequila. Sometimes, after eating the worm, I begin to imagine how my “Behind The Music” would be laid out. I’m sure they’d talk about my troubl...READ MORE |
 I AIN'T A RAPPER I JUST THUG-A-LOT
Beanie Sigel, Teddy Pendergrass and Death Threats
Beanie Sigel popped out of nowhere in 1998 on The Roots' "Adrenaline" track and spit one of the first raps he ever wrote. His crude depiction of taped-up snitches in a drug deal gone wrong was just a teaser. A few months later, the demo-less Philly nati...READ MORE |
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