Benjamin Shapiro
Unstoppable Death Machines's "Shake It Crazy" Video
Unstoppable Death Machines are Mike and Billy Tucci, two long-haired, weed-obsessed Brooklyn brothers who play spazzed-out, kaleidoscopic noise-punk in trashy lofts and basements. Their new video is a spasmodic procession of mouth-watering weed plants...
The Act of Puking
Vomiting makes some people feel so good that they’ve devoted their lives to studying it. Their ultimate goal is to answer the questions: Why do people blow their grits, and what are we to do about it? The answers are more complicated than one might...
Do the 2013 Citizen Hearings on Extraterrestrials Prove Aliens Exist?
According to filmmaker Jeremy Corbell, we no longer have the luxury of disbelief. His new film, Truth Embargo, interviews high-level "cosmic whistleblowers," and we’ve got a few exclusive snippets of his work.
Meet the Guy Who Accidentally Shot Himself in the Heart with a Nail Gun
Eugene Rakow is a 58-year-old self-employed carpenter living in St. Bonifacious, Minnesota. Last week, he was helping his neighbor to build a deck, and ended up accidentally shooting himself in the heart with a nail gun. I called him up to find out...
Insane Clown Posse Is Being Sued for Sexual Harassment
According to an 86-count formal complaint, ICP's former publicist was subject to “constant and pervasive harassment… including having a large dildo given to her while at work, and being presented with ‘vagina tighteners.’"
The Religious Right's Anti-Vaccine Hysteria Is Reviving Dead Diseases in America
Even though we officially "eliminated" measles in the US 13 years ago, the Center for Disease Control just put us on track for the worst year for the disease in nearly two decades. Is the spread of this "dead" disease tied to the religious right's...
David Yow Wants to Paint You
David Yow, the screamer behind the Jesus Lizard and Scratch Acid, just dropped his first solo record. To celebrate, we're hosting a contest where one extremely lucky human will win an original portrait by Yow himself.
Meet the Devil: Derek Schklar Is Hip-Hop's King of Darkness
We spoke to this shadowy Atlanta producer, who just dropped a mixtape of hardcore rap so demoniac it makes Odd Future's satanic tourism look like a charity Easter egg hunt. With performances from Future, Alley Boy, Big Bank Black, and the Real Rick...
James Franco Just Sent Us His Band's Latest Video
His band is called Daddy, and he does it along with his art school buddy Tim O'Keefe. Their new video for "Crime ( remix)" is composed of footage shot on Harinezumis, which were mounted to 35mm cameras during the production of 'Spring Breakers.'
My Friend Is Wearing Abercrombie & Fitch for an Entire Year
Back in high school, I avoided Abercrombie & Fitch like botulism, because everyone I hated (or at least was forced to tolerate) was dressed tip to tail in this stuff. So when my friend, the artist Amanda Schmidt, told me that she was rocking 'Cromb for...