Claudia Rindler probably isn’t how you imagined most Swiss girls to be. She hates sunshine, she hates Christians, and she has a tattoo of Klaus Kinski’s face smiling up at her from her right arm. When Claudia pops down to the shops for her milk and cheese of a morning she takes her purple hearse that stinks of weed and sounds like thrash metal. Claudia is a make-up artist and film director working under the alias Dr. Rotten. She recently released a DVD called The Rotten Box, which has nothing to do with the time Chlamydia threatened to eat a hole through her lap, but a selection of the finest gore to come out of the Alps.
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Posted on October 14th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Tagged: blood, Claudia Rindler, Film, gore, hating Christians, Interviews, Klaus Kinski tattoo
Excessive drinking paired with art has always been deeply entrenched in any city’s culture. Berlin’s best proof is the cinematographic document Berlin Drinking Battle by Rolf S. Wolkenstein and Wolfgang Hogekamp. The film was made in 1989, just one night before the fall of the Berlin wall. Obviously, they managed to somehow document their benders on video (even if that was before the era of digital cameras) rather than being sensationalized as binge drinkers in the tabloids. We wanted to know how they got this show on the road and met up with Rolf S. Wolkenstein to have a sober little chat about schnapps and the 80s film scene. Read more »
Posted on October 7th, 2009 | 7 Comments
Tagged: Berlin Drinking Battle, Berlin Wall, drinking, Film, Interviews, Rolf S. Wolkenstein, Wolfgang Hogekamp
Photo by Andreas Bartsch
Long before Quentin Tarantino became one of their frenetic followers, I had the chance see two members of The Baby Universal playing somewhere in Leipzig, supporting for I-don’t-know-whom in some kind of shitty industrialized building. I was falling asleep way before the main act actually hit the stage and only woke up when I heard their cover of PJ Harvey’s “To Bring You My Love.” It was close to perfection. I believed for a split second Jim Morrison had been resurrected. But he wasn’t. Read more »
Posted on October 7th, 2009 | No Comments
Tagged: dog made of diamonds, Film Issue, inspirational dreams, Interviews, Music, Quentin Tarantino, The Baby Universal
By now everyone in the world pretty much knows we’ve royally fucked up the planet with our selfish ways and unabashed negligence for I don’t know, things like, forests and clean water supply and fossil fuels. We’ve even managed to fuck up the sky by putting holes in it and creating something called global warming. Because of this people paint catchy slogans on some cardboard, attach it to a stick, and march around streets. Then there’s Laura, a woman who spent a lot of time driving around in a solar-powered mobile home with a six-foot rag doll named Dolly who has glow-in-the-dark eyes. She says it’s a sustainable relationship. Read more »
Posted on October 2nd, 2009 | 2 Comments
Tagged: Airstream, cuckoo yet sincere art projects, Dolly, going green, Interviews
Hi, I’m the dummy who fell for a plot to join what was most likely a fake lesbian porno, as chronicled in our feature from our Film Issue. I contacted some real queer porn pros to find out just where I went wrong. If you’re a homophobe, sitting at a desk and have a boss you’re scared of, or haven’t lived long enough to legally know what a dildo is, get out of here right now. Read more »
Posted on October 2nd, 2009 | 1 Comment
Tagged: buckets of juice, Dylan Ryan, how to get started in porn, Interviews, Jiz Lee, Lesbians, Madison Young, sliver of poo, Syd Blackovich
