Volume 13 Τεύχος 10
Falun Gong And Me
Chinatown: New York's Seward Park is a riot of incredibly fit senior citizens by 6 AM every day. Near the north end of the park, a tai chi group of about 40 members practices to a stereo blasting pentatonic music.
Israel-lites
Do you know about the Black Israelites? They are a cult of black people who dress like biker-gang wizards and hold public "we hate white people" rallies in front of Macy's.
Vice Fashion - Elite Boys' Club Gang Rites
Cambridge University is renowned for its elite clubs and societies which offer exclusive rights to its members, as well as huge networks of alumni in the best paid and influential jobs in the country. These people run the world.
Cambodian Returnee Gangsters
In 2002, Cambodia and the US had a meeting and Cambodia agreed to take back its refugees. Cambodian refugees who were released from prison that year had a choice: They could return to Cambodia or try to receive immigrant status from the US.
Electric Independence
Although it’s not quite been done to death, there’s only so much to say about the continuing vogue in dance for rehashing and re-editing cosmic disco and flipped-out space-rock .
In The Name Of Mao
If you're going just by natural resources, Chhattisgarh is India's richest state. Hardwoods like teak and saal come from here, and there are huge supplies of steel, bauxite, diamonds, and gold.
Riding With A Heroin Gang
Selling drugs is wrong and illegal, but is it fun? I wanted to find out, so I found a gang of heroin dealers from one of the most economically deprived areas in London and hung out with them for a night so I could find out the answer to the above...
Thank You Little G-sus!
Cansei De Ser Sexy. Ever heard of them? All the style magazine articles about how they're like "a cute version of Peaches" or "the ultimate favela party band"? That's them.
American Aghori
The fundamentals of Aghor-perhaps the most extreme religion in the world-are fantastically simple, though nonetheless repugnant to most. Repugnance, or rather the quest to overcome it, is in fact a central tenet of this belief system.
Harley Hounds
In the month I spent hanging out with outlaw biker gangs in Australia, I was threatened at least three times with various grisly forms of death and/or maiming.
Games
This is worth getting if only for the way you can drive around London for more than five minutes without being stuck in a traffic jam.