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Meet the Lawyer Who Defends Brooklyn's Underground Arts Scene
From Teklife to a digital arts collective, Anibal Luque has made a career out of helping DIY artists and alternative entrepreneurs navigate the often-complicated legal snags that come with starting a business.
The Prime Minister of Dick Is the Best Penis Artist on Earth
Meet the Prime Minister of Dick, or PMD for short. He's a South African artist who "slings dicks and dicktures" for a living – i.e. absurd, surreal and sometimes brilliant illustrations of penises.
Talking to Seth Troxler About the Environment and the Beauty of Meat
It's hard not to feel extra guilty about the horrors of the meat industry when you're obsessed with grilling big hunks of steak.
The History of Tattooed Ladies from Freakshows to Reality TV
We talked to academic Annie Irish about how tattooed women have been objectified and fetishised since the days of the 19th century.
Here Are Photos of Drake's First Art Exhibition
With the help of Sothebys, the rapper entered the art world Illuminati last night at his curated show I Like It Like This.
Kool Keith Is Taking 'Mind Steroids' with a Side of Ketchup
We chatted with the cult rapper, who has been busy directing porn, designing a clothing line for strippers and filming a web series with George Clinton.
We Tried the Most Disgusting E-Cig Flavours So You Don't Have To
Cola e-liquid tastes like Windex, espresso is gamey and the Doritos flavour should never be consumed by humans.
Liturgy's Rap-Metalocalypse
Hunter Hunt-Hendrix of the band Liturgy talks about making a rap-metal album that doesn't sound like rap or metal, as well as being influenced by a Russian composer who wanted to use music to predict the apocalypse.
Pocket Hercules's 'Divers' Is So Good I Wish I Sat Next to the Singer at Work
This dude who sits next to me is in a band, and he's been looking for a site to premiere a tune. I said, "If only you worked at a multibillion-dollar media company where all your co-workers liked your music and were totally cool with nepotism!"
I Tried to Cure My Hangover with an IV Drip on a Party Bus
"Hangover therapy" companies have started cropping up recently, with many of them charging a ton of money to cure a morning-after headache. Is it worth it?
We Spoke to the Artists Who Got in Trouble for Pooping on the Israeli Flag
Artists Jasman Wagner and Natali Cohen Vaxberg made a video titled "Shit Instead of Blood" in which they shit on the flags of countries from all around the world as a gesture against nationalism. It led to Vaxberg's arrest in Israel.