Volume 8 Issue 7

Easy Money

"I don't know what all the fuss is about," says Cleveland artist Anthony F Yankovic III, "I couldn't imagine anything being easier. You just draw pictures, lay them out and people pay you." Yankovic graduated from art school only a year ago and now has...

Sexy And Seventeen

Christopher Appelgren of The Pattern is part of a legacy of snot-nosed brat singers like Darby Crash and Liam Gallagher. "I love Oasis!" responds Chris. "I actually stole a little bit of the lyrics from "Supersonic" for a Pattern song." The song...

Electric Independence

I HATE TECHNOLast month I hated techno. I thought experimental electronic music wasn’t going anywhere and used adjectives like “boring” and “played out” when people mentioned it. I guess that’s what happens when all you do is eat, sleep and...

Bilbo Baggins Must Die!

The Soviet Union, 1988: perestroika goes down and the floodgates open.

The Peas Are Mushy And The Chicken Tastes Like Wood

If the hip hop world had to write a graduate-level thesis paper it would probably be handled by New York lyricist Aesop Rock. A power-packed orator with a vocabulary level above the 99th percentile, his compositions are laid so thick and introspective...

Beats And Rhymes

I'm writing this with two dollars to my name, minutes after smoking my last cigarette. Things are about to get pathetic. I'll probably start digging through ashtrays soon. At least I still have a beer left. It's times like these that bring back doing...

Vice Pictures

Records

NATE DOGGG-Funk Classics Vol.1&2Holy Shiznit, I can’t believe that I finally found this. It’s a little old, but Nate Dogg is

Games

GRAN TURISMO 3: A-SPECI remember when the first Playstation came out and everyone wondered when the games were going to look as good as those pre-rendered cut scenes. The wait is over fags

Vice Fashion - Shoplifters

Photos by Ryan McGinleyIt should be duly noted that every name here has been verified by a professional security officer. These Polaroids are taken by said officer to ensure that the accused does not

Tidbits

MULTI DOLLThis no-frills blow-up doll is simply: a pair of tits, a cunt, and an ass. There's a pump there to make sure it's tight enough for you , and an adjustable vibrator at the end, but

What's Beef?

Everything was so simple back in 1993. All Nas had to do was shout out Cormega on his classic "One Love" and the incarcerated rapper got signed by Def Jam the minute he came back to NY.Then Cormega didn't pay his membership fees and Nas changed his...