Nivek Ogre Is Totally Doomed
Nivek Ogre perched on a boulder near his home in the Santa Monica Mountains. Photo by Chad Elder. In addition to logging time with parent-repellers like KMFDM and Ministry, Nivek Ogre (né Kevin Graham...
View ArticleSouth Korean Parents Are Making Their Kids Get Plastic Surgery
A South Korean woman who's had both nose and eye plastic surgery. (Image via) As I'm sure you'll know by now, plastic surgery is a pretty big deal in South Korea. Remember last week when those photos...
View ArticleWhy isn’t Canada Intervening in Syria?
Canadian military helicopters landing in Afghanistan. via. While the Americans consider enhanced support of Syrian rebel forces by supplying new military resources, Canada’s position on the troubled...
View ArticleWe Are Not Men: The Loveliest Chauvinist
Desperation is mostly inseparable from masculinity. Men strain for fame, for female attention, for sad, trivial triumphs over one another. We are a people perpetually trying to figure it all...
View ArticleNew York State of Mind: Brooke Candy, Black Dave, Chase 'n' Cashe, and Bodega...
Hip-hop is having a renaissance right now in the city of New York, where it seems like every other day a new MC rises up out of the five boroughs with an even more unique style and approach to the...
View ArticleGuitar Moves - How to Shred Like the Stooges' James Williamson
Guitar Moves - How to Shred Like the Stooges' James Williamson
View ArticleThe Conservatives Don't Want Your Census Data
Harper talkin' smack. Original image via. The Conservative government has been in power for about nine years, and we're starting to see the destructive nature of their more ideologically driven policy...
View ArticleThe Canadian Company Helping Movie Studios Sue You for Illegal Downloading...
A screencap from Canipre's website As you may already know, Voltage Pictures, the company responsible for the movie The Hurt Locker, (as well as a million movies you've never heard of) is currently in...
View ArticleNoisey Canada Premiere: Crosss - Lucky Loki
Noisey Canada Premiere: Crosss - Lucky Loki
View ArticleThe Conspiracy Theory About Obama Hoarding Ammo Is Causing Real Trouble
The Conspiracy Theory About Obama Hoarding Ammo Is Causing Real Trouble
View ArticleSyria's Refugees Are Wedged Between Hells
I first met war photographer Giles Duley a month ago, to talk about his work both before and after he became a triple amputee in Afghanistan. Giles's most recent trip since we spoke was to Jordan,...
View ArticleThe Wizard of the Saddle Rides Again
A cross-lighting ceremony that took place near Tupelo, Mississippi, in late March following a Ku Klux Klan rally in Memphis, Tennessee, that was organized to protest the renaming of three parks in the...
View ArticleSome Rich People Are Building a Giant Clock Inside a Mountain
Deep within a mountain somewhere in west Texas, The Long Now Foundation are hard at work building a 500-foot clock that's been designed to run for 10,000 years. I know that sounds a bit like the folly...
View ArticlePretty Girl Bullshit: Twitter Thinks Angelina Jolie Is Nothing without Breasts
Hi I'm Bertie, this column is basically a place for me to call bullshit on girl related things I think are stupid. Twenty-four hours on, Angelina Jolie's decision to undergo a double mastectomy is...
View ArticleKatie Got Bookz: Chatting with Andrew Kaufman about 'All My Friends Are...
Katie reading this book in space, presumably with Chris Hadfield. Sup? Sorry it’s been a while, but the thing about Gettin’ Bookz is sometimes I receive so many at once, that when it actually comes to...
View ArticleA Few Impressions: 'Gatsby'
Photo via The challenge Baz Luhrmann had in adapting The Great Gatsby to film was similar to what Walter Salles faced with On the Road: how to stay loyal to the era depicted, while still retaining the...
View ArticleVICE News: Triple Hate - Trailer
Nathan Bedford Forrest is considered by some to be one of the most infamous and powerful racists in American history. The first official leader of the Ku Klux Klan, some historians allege that...
View ArticleSuck on the Monolith
Ken Baumann, after getting his ass kicked at prom or something. It’s usually kind of confusing when an actor or athlete or musician writes a book. Unless they’ve paid a ghostwriter to make something...
View ArticleArt Talk: Matt Mignanelli
Mignanelli's paintings may seem simple at first glance, but spend more time with them and you'll start to admire the patterns created by light and energy. We spent a day with Matt at his studio in...
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