 AGAIN WITH THE BROKEN LEGThe Avalanches Rock Themselves to Death"Does anyone know where I can find a doctor?!" someone yells, pushing past a crowd of people and running upstairs. Darren from the Avalanches is sitting on a chair clutching his knee, looking mildly, though not overly, in pain. "Is it the same leg you broke before?" someone asks. "No, it's th... | |
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  BEATS + RHYMESI'm back in the T-Dot after a couple months in LA. Peace to everybody out there who I hooked up with (especially Cheapshot, good looking!). Back at home, I'm feeling a little sentimental about the heads in Canada putting it down, so this issue's B&R will be 100% Can-Con.... | |
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 BLACK MUSIC THAT LASTSRockwilder Gets More Than His Fifteen MinutesRockwilder has been making beats for Redman since 1992 but no one knew who the hell he was until two years ago. Nobody really cared until he gave Redman and Method Man a joint so ill they had to name the song after him. As soon as "Da Rockwilder" dropped, the Def Squad affiliate rose to hip hop supe... | |
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 THE CAR BUFFVincent Szarek's Stuffed AutomobilesVince has a long history of intimacy with cars. His first job was in a body shop in Rhode Island, fixing up wrecks. Then he started going to sports-car races in 86, and he still makes the trip to Sebring, Florida almost every year for the big 12-hour race. His studio feels a lot more like a garage t... | |
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 DEATH OF MASOUDThe One Man Who Could Destroy the Taliban Was Murdered Two Days Before the TragedyTwo months back we featured a photo essay called "Life in Afghanistan" by English photographer Jason Florio (Vol. 8 No. 6 - The Photo Issue). Five images that could have just as easily been called "Hell on Earth," these pictures showed us what Afghanistan really is. A pile of rubble. Dire circumstan... | |
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 DIE GOOF!Papa M Is Over Starting Shit With PeopleThe last time I spoke to David Pajo (AKA Papa M) he had no teeth. It wasn't because he had just gotten in a fight. It was because he had gotten into a fight fifteen years before and the crowns had finally rotted off. "I used to be a bit out of control," he says, almost ashamed. "I was at an I... | |
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 LITERARYFortunate Son: George Bush and the Making of an American President,Fortunate Son: George Bush and
the Making of an American President
J.H. Hatfield
Soft Skull Press
After September 11 it might be difficult to write anything critical about the life of George W Bush without sounding unpatriotic. As we witness Bush's ... | |
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 DISPOSABLE OUTFITOliver Helden and His Collapsing Clothes"Hi Glynnis, I've been working on the press release and it's sounding too cheesy no matter how I put it so I've given up. Here's just a straight-up explanation of the shirt:
The shirt is from the fall 2001 season which is entitled "Collapsing New Buildings" (kind of after Einstürzende Neuba... | |
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 GONE IN 194 SECONDSNew York City's Newest Car ThievesThree Russian kids in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn encircle a Subaru wagon, jabbing their notched shop rulers under the weather stripping and pounding into the doors like a giant sheet-metal gangbang. Horny as fuck with no place to go, New York Russians are putting auto theft up there with lighti... | |
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 RECORDINGS FOR DEVIANTSIt was recently, when I was listening to "Government Center," by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, that I had a revelation. As he sang the words, "We've gotta lotta lotta hard work today / We've gotta rock at the Government Center / To make the secretaries feel better / When they put the stamp... | |
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 HATING LIFEThe Real Story Behind Hangover Prevention FormulaBefore the fashion shoot we gave every model a pill known as the Hangover Prevention Formula. Everyone proceeded to drink their asses off with reckless abandon and was contacted for comments a few days later. It should be noted that Alex was fed a Claritin in order to monitor the placebo Effect.
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 SKINEMAI just recently read Hunter S. Thompson's book Hell's Angels, which talks all about the exploits of the infamous biker gang in the late 60s. Then my friend told me that Sonny Barger, president of the Hell's Angels, has a bio out and that it's just hairy as fuck, talking about all kinds of fig... | |
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 THE LOUDEST CAR IN THE WORLDRichie Warren's Fuel Sound System KillsRichie Warren is addicted to speed. For years he's been running the breaks and drum and bass label Fuel, putting out bass-heavy records with Tipper, Buckfunk 3000 and others and playing shows all over Europe and America. But the music seemed to be lacking something. It was missing the high-oc... | |
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 TIDBITSA monthly look at things we love - v8n81 CHO LIGHTER
Now that Margaret Cho's new tour is getting critical acclaim it's perfectly understandishable that her business managers are capitalizing on the merch tip. The Cho lighter is one of their more obscure pieces, and though it features a very unflattering picture of her, it has... | |
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 MASTA ACE IS NOT DOWNWhat Happens to an MC After Losing a Battle?I didn't believe it when I heard legendary Brownsville MC, Masta Ace, was served by Boogieman at a Lyricist Lounge event last month. I know Ace is the music man and was born to roll, but I saw the tape and in the third round he definitely fell. Still, something didn't seem right. So I had to find Ac... | |
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 GAMESGrand Theft Auto 3Grand Theft Auto 3
Platform: Playstation 2
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Developer: DMA
The 3-D sequel to Grand Theft Auto is blowing my ass off like a bazooka. Here's the plot.
You just escaped from prison and some black dude (another ex-con who I swear has Guru ... | |
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 SEX AND VIOLENCEPing Pong Bitches Go From Kicking Your Ass to Spanking ItMy first ever date with the Ping Pong Bitches nearly got me killed.
The London-based electro punk disco queens Mandy Wong, Emily Hell and Louise Prey had been booked, rather ill-advisedly, to sing and dance at a university disco 80s night in Portsmouth, organized by the biggest cunts... | |
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 SOMEONE THREATENS TO SUE YOUGive to the Vice Legal Defense FundAs you can see from the chart above, the only recourse when someone threatens to sue you is to fight it. Of course you have to try to accommodate them with retractions and apologies but, monetarily, settling is not an option. We can keep giving you free retarded stupidity every month because the ads... | |
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