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The diary of a British thrash metal fan from 1992.

Tripping at a theme park was cheaper than sky diving on acid.

Photos by Patrick Tsai Stylist: Yoshi Miyamasu

Photos by Angela Boatwright Stylist: Annette Lamothe-Ramos

In 1669, the German alchemist Hennig Brandt furtively heated a retort containing the extract of 1,453 gallons of putrescent urine (alchemically coded “□”). He watched as it transformed into a series of salts, oils, and assorted...

I really enjoy the use of negative space!

If you can get past the ridiculous goatees and rabbits constantly shitting in your top hat, being a magician doesn’t seem like such a horrible gig. The hours are flexible, donning a velvety cape commands a certain amount of mystique, and it doesn...

I can drink like seventeen cups of coffee a day.

In July 1995, Serb forces overtook the town of Srebrenica, Bosnia, and killed more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims. It was the most horrific instance of mass murder in Europe since the end of World War II. Even more troubling, the region was a designated...

“You know, it’s weird, man. It’s like everybody’s real cordial with each other. But, at the end of the day, we’re, like, buying weapons to destroy each other. I don’t want to, like, sound liberal or anything

The breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia hit Serbia a little hard. Slovenia made off with the money (fuckin’ bitch), Bosnia got most of the heavy industry, Croatia and Montenegro took the seaside, and Kosovo got something or...