DIY
This Guy Shot Porn on the Westboro Baptist Church's Lawn
A week ago, Get Shot! was a relatively unknown punk band in Sacramento, but two days ago they became famous after they released a video of their bassist, Laura, masturbating on the front lawn of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. I got in touch...
Unearthing America's Treasure Trove of Obscure Private Press Vinyl
Years ago, before computers and the internet, recording and disseminating your music was much less democratic. Yet, many unknown and obscure musicians did just that, going DIY and privately pressing their work themselves. We looked at a new book 'Enjoy...
China's Self-Sustaining Man Is Cyberpunk in Real Life
He runs a custom electronics-manufacturing outfit from his living room, grows organic vegetables in his garden, and even raises chickens and pigeons on his roof. It’s the kind of self-sufficiency that would make an eco-freak blush and the...
I Learned How to Make Blow in Colombia
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Colombia is the world’s biggest producer of cocaine, providing around 80 percent of the whole planet’s supply. In true entrepreneurial spirit, mom and pop coke shops, or “kitchens,” pepper the countryside, churning...
DIY Halloween Costumes: Torso in a Suitcase
Playboy bunny? Catwoman? Get out of here! Nothing makes a man want to eat you out more than looking totally fucking insane.
DIY Halloween Costumes: Michelle Obama
Halloween is hands down the best thing that has ever been invented. Every week this month, I am going to show you how to make a totally kewl Halloween costume, because I’m tired of seeing a bunch of you dressed like the Mario Brothers and/or sexy cats...
The Imminent Destruction of Worm Palace
There is a miniature hand-built city in California, complete with a toilet that uses worms to flush away shit, and Marin County is going to tear it down any minute now.
It's Complicated
Liam Sparkes has played in more London DIY bands than you can shake a whole bushel of fanzines about Huggy Bear at. From Harry Stab and Human Bomb to Drumize with Eye from Boredoms, he's done stuff in them.
Literary
You could be forgiven for feeling a little let down with London’s current crop of DIY punk activity. Alternative comedy, however, although roughly the same age as punk, has over the last few years come into its own as far as “doing it yourself” is...
Stick 'n' Poke
Fashion designer Benjamin Cho is known for many things: His dazzling fashion creations, his outlandish drawings, his long-running Smiths/Morrissey party, and his uncanny ability to magically appear in magazine pages AT LEAST three times a month.