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Thoughts on the Pothead Terrorist

The last flecks of THC-crystal pixie dust flaked off the myth of the innocuous brown stoner last week when news outlets reported that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers, turned out to be a Muslim who, like any normal American kid, was known to rip bong hits and sling some trees to make ends meet. Full story

Taji's Mahal

Hanging with Slick Eastwood

For this week's Mahal, I was invited to see Slick Eastwood perform his comedy act in Bushwick, Brooklyn. A few days later, Slick and I met up again in Downtown Manhattan to lurk the streets and discuss his creative process. Full story

Can MDMA Cure PTSD?

Trials Are Set to Begin in Vancouver

Last year, a study showed that MDMA works like a therapeutic catalyst. Patients’ scores when measuring common PTSD symptoms such as anxiety, paranoia, nightmares and depression, consistently dropped by over 75 percent. A new study in Vancouver is set to begin, though not without… Full story

Remembering the 2003 Blackout, My Most Shameful Night

While every resident of the eastern United States and Canada dealt with adversity on the night of the blackout, I dealt with an additional, more secret, more shameful challenge that I still haven’t fully processed close to a decade later. Full story

Gary Indiana Has a New Show

'Gristle Springs' is Gary's first show in over a decade. The long gap is at least partly due to the fact that he is and has always been far more concerned with the integrity of his work than making a buck or a friend. Full story

Obseshes

Punk and Me: A Dissociation Love Story

There was a year of high school where I basically only listened to the Velvet Underground, and so it went from there. My primary bands are hardcore: Black Flag, Minor Threat, and the Adolescents. I also like X and Social Distortion and Bad Brains and some Fugazi and the Germs. Bu… Full story

Life with Shisei - Horiyoshi III

Our buddies at VICE Japan launched their YouTube channel last year, and the videos have been amazing. Here's an episode of their tattooing show about Horiyoshi III, one of Japan's most beloved and enigmatic tattoo artists. He specializes in full-body tattoo suits, often says myst… Full story

Rolling into the Future with Inventist Shane Chen

Shane Chen reminds me of everyone’s favorite uncle who always has a bunch of “great ideas” for things that should exist, only instead of forgetting about them after he sobers up, Shane actually builds them and is apparently doing quite well for himself. Full story

'Yomango' Is Barcelona's Ideological Shoplifting Movement

The world's economy is still fucked. And ever since the West went into an economic meltdown in 2008, anticonsumerist sentiment has been steadily on the rise. While proletariats in the US have largely settled for memories of Zuccotti, the Catalan civil disobedience movement has be… Full story

Cry-Baby of the Week

This week: The girl who messed her legs up working out versus the people who arrested a guy for watching cartoons. Full story

Internet Drug Dealers Are Really Nice Guys

I talked to some of the good people of the Silk Road about Bitcoin and life selling drugs online. They were a little paranoid, understandably, but surprisingly accommodating too. Full story

My Trip to the Sperm Bank was Anticlimactic

I went to a sperm bank yesterday and learned all about clichés. This wasn’t the original plan. The original plan was to learn about discrimination through sperm donation, but that didn’t really work out. Full story

Tips for Having a Successful Celebrity AMA on Reddit

Take heed, celebrities! If you want to court the internet, be prepared… to have fun with us. Yeahhhh, I know, can you imagine? You? Having fun? Just remember, we're electing you to your position. Make it seem like we could have a beer with you, and we'll do whatever stupid thing… Full story

Stoya on How to Perform a Meathook

There's a frequently repeated anecdote about 20th century ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky from one of his early shows in Paris. Someone asked him if it was hard to perform one of his celebrated leaps—to stay suspended in the air in a way that appeared superhuman. His reply was "No… Full story