Southbank's Undercroft Is More than Just a Skate Spot
(Photo by Paulius Ka) The push to turn London's Southbank, one of the most iconic skate spots in the world, into a plaza of high-end fast food outlets continues. And while I'm sure we can all agree...
View ArticleAnonymous Spent Saturday Shouting at the BBC in London
Photos by Pamela Giani On November 5, Anonymous paid tribute to the final scene of V for Vendetta with their Million Mask March. But rather than blasting Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" and obliterating...
View ArticleThe Creators Project Premieres "The Vampyre of Time and Memory" by Queens of...
The Creators Project Premieres "The Vampyre of Time and Memory" by Queens of the Stone Age
View ArticleThings Spike Lee Hates: Racists, Guns, and Racists with Guns
Photos by Maggie West Amidst all the fanfare around Lee Daniels' The Butler, 12 Years a Slave, and the talk of 2013 being a landmark year for black filmmaking, the biggest name in modern black...
View ArticleSurviving Schoolies
Image via Last week the ABC teamed up with Schoolies do-gooders Red Frog and published a GIF heavy guide on to how to stay safe while trying to touch another 18-year-old boob and/or dick. It’s usually...
View ArticleThe Sperm Selling Business Is Super Competitive
Pretty much every guy at some point thinks about participating in a cum-for-cash scheme. Guys cum all the time. In fact, I bet you're cumming right now. So why not get paid for it? After some...
View ArticleSolitary Confinement Is a Legal Form of Torture in Canada
Photo via Flickr In a world where we’re constantly (and some might say needlessly) connected to one another, the idea of being forced into total isolation for up to 23 hours a day should be...
View ArticleAndres Serrano’s Cuban Odyssey
All photos by Andres Serrano. Andres Serrano is perhaps best known for peeing on Jesus Christ, or rather submerging a plastic crucifix figurine in his own urine and photographing it. His 1987 work...
View ArticleThe Feds Embraced Bitcoin in the First-Ever Congressional Hearing on Virtual...
The Feds Embraced Bitcoin in the First-Ever Congressional Hearing on Virtual Currency
View ArticleWhy Was Vietnam Elected to the UN Human Rights Council?
A Vietnamese man in downtown Hanoi, where ever-tightening state restrictions are making it harder for activists to communicate freely (Photo by Bui Hoang Long) Last week, the UN elected serial human...
View ArticleDaniel Day Lewis Has a Rapping Son and He's Just as Horrible as You'd Expect
Daniel Day Lewis Has a Rapping Son and He's Just as Horrible as You'd Expect
View ArticleIs Britain Set for Its Very Own Cannabis Revolution?
Doug Fine giving a talk on cannabis law reform at London South Bank University. Photo by Jake Lewis The US war on cannabis is over and there's no turning back, according to author Doug Fine. Doug took...
View ArticleBad Cop Blotter: What Happens After the Police Shoot Innocent Bystanders?
David Perdue, who was shot at by the LAPD while they were hunting for Christopher Dorner last February. On Wednesday, a judge ordered the city of Torrance, California, to release the name of the...
View ArticleAmerica's First Water Sommelier Drinks Icebergs
Photo via I think tap water tastes like shit. I drink a lot of bottled water. But the first time I heard about Martin Riese—the German restaurant professional dubbed the “water sommelier”—I wanted to...
View ArticleHow Anonymous Crowdfunders Put a $75,000 Price on Ben Bernanke's Head
How Anonymous Crowdfunders Put a $75,000 Price on Ben Bernanke's Head
View ArticleLincoln Clarkes's Vintage Photographs of Vancouver's Female Addicts Are...
In 1997, Toronto photographer Lincoln Clarkes began shooting for his stunning, albeit shocking photo series of over 300 female heroin addicts in Vancouver’s downtown eastside. A year later, when the...
View ArticleEx-Workers Have Hijacked Greece's Former Public Broadcaster
The Athens Polytechnic school Every November 17, Greece gathers to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the 1973 student uprising against the country's military dictatorship. The commemoration...
View ArticleClassic Max: The Longest And The Loudest
Photo of Brett in 1994 by the author The longest burp I ever heard in real life was by my friend Brett. We were walking back from the shops drinking cokes, I was talking about something and he tapped...
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