Benjamin Shapiro
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.’"
Evangelicals Are Resurrecting America's Dead Diseases with Vaccine Paranoia
With help from junk science and cool kid hippies.
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...
Watch Japanther's Kaleidoscopic New Video for "Stolen Flowers"
Japanther just sent us their new video for "Stolen Flowers," a song that sounds a lot like the other scuzzy pop-punk coming out of Brooklyn loft parties right now (this means that it is inherently good).
Nivek Ogre Is Totally Doomed
Nivek Ogre (né Kevin Graham Ogilvie) is best known as the guttural screech that is synonymous with Skinny Puppy, who arguably invented electro-industrial in the early 80s. I recently spoke with Ogre about such joyful matters as the Fukushima meltdown...
R.I.P. Ed Koch (1924-2013)
Former NYC mayor Ed Koch, the guy who literally hauled New York's ass out of the gutter in the mid-70s and once recommended using wild wolves to combat graffiti, died this morning at 2 AM of congestive heart failure. He was 88 years old.
Reasons Why It's Impossible to Get Laid on Tour
I've toured for a good portion of my life, and it may be surprising for all your horndogs to hear that—wait for it—I've actually never seen a single band member meet someone at a show and do the deed that night.
I Talked to RZA About How to Forge the Greatest Weapon Ever
RZA's new movie comes out today, so I called him up and talked to him. I got so excited that I broke my favorite pen.