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Speaking with Adam Kokesh, Before He Was Detained by the Feds

Kokesh is a former Iraq War veteran and the guy trying to organize an armed march in Washington, DC. On Saturday he was arrested at a Smoke Down Prohibition rally, and is currently being held in federal custody. I spoke to him about his march and other stuff the day before he was detained.

In Search of Tim Dog, the Rapper Turned Con Artist Who Probably Faked His Own Death

This February, the legendary rapper turned grifter Tim Dog died. So why is there a warrant out for his arrest? We spoke to several people close to him who think he's still alive, and after some digging, we think so too.

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We Photographed a Drunk EDL Hate Mob Attacking Police Last Night

They went there to spread Islamophobia and achieved absolutely nothing.

Stoya on Peeking Behind the Porn Curtain

As a culture, we are fascinated by what entertainers and public personalities do when they aren't at work and how they became who they are. This is why demand for biographies, interviews, and backstage/on-set photographs exists. The superficiality in these projects rubs me the wrong way.

Murderous Fanatics and EDL Idiots Brought Darkness to Woolwich Yesterday

We spent the day there trying to make sense of it all.

Please Start Banning Books Again

I kind of miss the idea of cultural lines that one can’t step over. One of my most memorable high school experiences was getting a permission slip signed by my parents so I could listen to an audiotape of Allen Ginsberg reading “America.”

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Triple Hate

'Triple Hate' is a four-part documentary about Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Memphis City Council, the Klan, the Crips, Ulysses S. Grant, racism, and the specter of history.

A Few Impressions

'Leviathan,' I Love You

How did the film’s makers achieve this poetry? Because, if anything, this movie exemplifies the art of poetry without words, the art taking real life and framing it in such a way that it becomes greater than fiction. It holds up a mirror to nature, but this mirror came from a funhouse and in its distortions reveals a deeper truth.

A Chat with Janicza Bravo (and Brett Gelman) About Her New Short Starring Michael Cera in a Wheelchair

Janicza’s new short 'Gregory Go Boom' stars Michael Cera as a wheelchair-bound dorkface and Brett Gelman as his older degenerate brother. It’s funny and slightly depressing, and you can watch the whole thing here. A couple weeks back I chatted with J&B over baba ghanous about the new film and why they did such a thing.

Pump It Up

Photos by Anna Ryon and styling by Lola Chatterton.

Marc Maron Is the King of Twitter

It comes as no surprise that the most common subject on Maron’s Twitter feed is, you guessed it, Marc Maron. He’s amassed 240,000 Twitter followers, created the one of the most popular podcasts on the internet, netted his own IFC show and got a book deal by giving the people what they want: himself.

Watch Japanther's Kaleidoscopic New Video for "Stolen Flowers"

Japanther just sent us their new video for "Stolen Flowers," a song that sounds a lot like the other scuzzy pop-punk coming out of Brooklyn loft parties right now (this means that it is inherently good).

Amy’s Baking Company's Grand Reopening Nearly Bored Me to Death

In some kind of misguided attempt to renew their brand, Amy and Samy of the infamous Amy's Baking Company hired a PR guy and decided to have a relaunch. Since I work right down the street from the restaurant, I decided to drop in.

Juggalos Are OK, Cupid

Don’t Be a Tumblr Asshole to People Trying to Find Love

OkCupid Juggalos is a Tumblr devoted to pointing and laughing at people who get panic attacks, work at McDonald's, run possum adoption agencies, and happen to be Insane Clown Posse fans. Why are people cool with it?