‘Prude’: A Short That Goes Long on Otherness, Sexuality, Identity, Sisterhood Allan MacDonellMarch 21, 2018 Life in Los Angeles is full of challenges. One of those L.A. challenges, an exercise in public story development called Shoot ’Em Up!, paid ...
Must-Have Patches for Your Weed Witch Denim Jacket Crissy Van MeterJanuary 19, 2018 There's a weed patch for every woman. If you’re into following fads, especially really fun ones that are hard to avoid, then it’s really ti...
A Chair to Sit On Danielle LiebowitzJanuary 19, 2018 Sit and settle. That's life happening. I've been thinking about chairs a lot lately. There are a few reasons for that. 1. I sold ...
Let’s Go to Bass Pro Shops and Blow Our Minds Dave CarnieJanuary 11, 2018 Everything great about the great outdoors and guns under one roof. Last Saturday, as we lay in bed trying to figure out what to do with our...
Bryan Sheffield: 16 Photos Catch Emotion in Motion Allan MacDonellFebruary 10, 2018 Photographer Bryan Sheffield's client list—Starbucks, Apple, Colt 45, every record company you'd ever want to sign with, dozens more—reads l...
Cape Fear Unstoned: 16 Fearsome Photos; One Fearless Confessional Ray LeMoineJanuary 20, 2018 There are worse places than the Eastern Seaboard to be sober. Sort of. Cape Fear is a foreboding name for one of America's fastest gr...
Dave Naz: 13 Photos From a ‘Genderqueer’ Point of View Allan MacDonellFebruary 9, 2018 Like many of his fellow Los Angelenos, Dave Naz's first artistic expression manifested through playing drums and guitar in a punk rock band....
Olivia Jaffe’s Hardcore Party Photos: Like Doing 20 Shots Allan MacDonellFebruary 9, 2018 If you like the kind of party pictures where everybody in the shot looks like they will wake up having no recollection of the night before, ...
Flying PomAm: Me and My Emotional Support Animal Danielle LiebowitzJanuary 19, 2018 Dogs will solve almost any stress issue. I have a 10-year-old Pomeranian-mix named Jennifer. She travels with me almost everywhere I g...
Air Guitar Makes All Men Equal (Sorry, Ladies) Allan MacDonellApril 3, 2018 If there is one thing more iconic in the pantheon of rock ’n’ roll clichés tropes godliness than a guy standing on stage playing a guitar, i...
How 2 Hav Fun When U R Br0ke Danielle LiebowitzJanuary 19, 2018 4 tips for your broke ass to thrive. I can mimic the persona of a laid-back Los Angeleno who always has interesting new outfit...
I Hired an Animal Communicator to Talk to My Dog Danielle LiebowitzJanuary 19, 2018 Dogs really do talk, duh. Four years ago, I adopted a senior Pomeranian-mix named Jennifer. She was in pretty rough sorts. While she...
Flo Kohl Shoots Pop Icons: 10 Photos From the Collection Allan MacDonellFebruary 8, 2018 Imagine if your bureau drawer was full of pics you had taken with the sort of dangerous kind of celebrity who exists out on the sexy ed...
I Tried CBD for PMS and Maybe Won’t Do It Again Danielle LiebowitzJanuary 19, 2018 PMS solution: CBD, wine, mushrooms, chocolate pudding. For about five days every month, I cry and I fret, I hate everyone and everything. I...
15 Sean Higgins Photos From Places You Will Never Go Allan MacDonellFebruary 8, 2018 At first, the visual creations of Sean Higgins may fool you. On second view, they entrance you. You go in wondering, for a few seconds there...
I Tried the Quesalupa in the Name of Love Danielle LiebowitzJanuary 19, 2018 Taco Bell is truly for lovers. On Valentine's Day, I tried the Quesalupa. Before you make an ugly face and start bitching about ...
I Went to Esalen and Opened the Doors of Self-Deception Danielle LiebowitzJanuary 19, 2018 Touching other people puts Danielle in touch with herself. It was the fall of 2007. I had graduated from college a few months prior and was...
Justin Dingwall Photographs the Inner Lives of Others Allan MacDonellFebruary 9, 2018 Outsiders have been classic subjects of revered photographers from Walker Evans to Diane Arbus. Johannesburg, South Africa-based Justin Ding...
Nate Walton Reveals Hidden Bodies in 18 Photos Allan MacDonellFebruary 9, 2018 Nate Walton's photos speak for themselves, and that seems to be the artist's intention. According to the Internet: Nate Walton is ...
Nina Ljeti Makes Films and Takes Photos ‘Cuz Punk Still Rules Allan MacDonellFebruary 8, 2018 Nina Ljeti is a name that it might be a good idea to learn to pronounce now. Here is a person who has acted alongside Winona Ryder, Jessica ...
A Weird Easter Film Festival With Killer Rabbits and Bizarre Bunnies Mike McPaddenJanuary 17, 2018 Hop to this line-up of hare-riffic flicks. Halloween has its jack-o-lantern. Christmas has Santa Claus. St. Patrick’s Day used to have ...
Only the Best Advice: How to Get Out of a Rut Danielle LiebowitzJanuary 19, 2018 Just keep hangin' on... I know ruts, and I know them well. I used to think of them as bouts of depression. A recent visit to a Vedi...
Paul Shiakallis: 14 Photos Go Deep Within Botswana’s Heavy Metal Scene Allan MacDonellFebruary 10, 2018 For most people perusing this website, Africa is a huge continent of near-infinite mystery on the opposite side of the globe. For photograph...
Pepe the Frog’s Matt Furie Says ‘Get Out of Your Farty Room’ Allan MacDonellFebruary 8, 2018 Matt Furie is the artist who killed off his own first-born frog when that creation was coopted by white supremacists in harsh haircuts. The...
Photographer Dan Monick’s Untame Life in 12 Shots Allan MacDonellFebruary 10, 2018 Tall, thin, chill, Minneapolis-born, East Coast-educated, Los Angeles-based Dan Monick is a professional photographer by default. Commission...
Piper Ferguson: Portrait of a Portrait-Taker in 24 Shots Allan MacDonellFebruary 9, 2018 Piper Ferguson is a California native to her core, but not one who can be pinned to any stereotyped norm. Born in the Sonoma County town of ...
Richard Kern: Nudity, Camera, ‘Contact High’ Allan MacDonellFebruary 9, 2018 Richard Kern has been on the cutting edge of the underground art, film, photography, and music scenes for so long that if he weren't a human...
Simon Hanselmann’s Mad, Mad Megg and Mogg World Allan MacDonellFebruary 8, 2018 Megg and Mogg, for anyone who has been living in some sort of rarefied environment, are a depressed stoner witch and her comfortin...
Tamar Levine Dares You to Look in 16 Photos Never Unseen Allan MacDonellFebruary 9, 2018 Tamar Levine is shooting to extend the art of photography. From the looks of her pictures, she has put in serious time mastering the skills ...
Tania’s Teacups: I Made a Book Out of My Wife’s Disneyland High Time Dave CarnieFebruary 14, 2018 Getting high at Disneyland is, as everyone knows, a delightfully surreal experience, but getting high at Disneyland and making a c...
The Best Japanese Candy Is Weird and There Is Tons of It Crissy Van MeterJanuary 19, 2018 But oh so good. There’s something extra special about Japanese candy—besides the ingenious and insane packaging and food gimmicks. For one ...
The Carmel ‘Crimecone’: Police Reporting for the One Percent Dave CarnieJanuary 17, 2018 Carmel, California's police blotter is a thing of refined infraction. Ienjoy playing a game called “Fantasy Lottery.” It’s not really a gam...
The Hollywood of ‘Tangerine:’ A Walking Tour Alan HansonFebruary 8, 2018 The locations, and history, of Sean Baker's 'Tangerine' Hollywood. Welcome to Santa Monica and Highland—the nexus of one of Hollywood’s lar...
Vijat Mohindra Inverts the Art of Shooting Fame; 13 Photos, 5 Comments Allan MacDonellFebruary 8, 2018 If I told you just half of the people Vijat Mohindra has been paid to point his camera at, it would blow your goddamn mind. Miley Cyrus...
Ward Roberts Declares a Pastel Revolution in 5 Photos and 5 Comments Allan MacDonellFebruary 8, 2018 Currently living in New York, with childhood memories ranging from Melbourne to Hong Kong, Ward Roberts has amassed a body of exquisitely co...
Yulia Zinshtein Travels With Girls; 13 Photos Prove It Allan MacDonellFebruary 8, 2018 Russian-originating New Yorker Yulia Zinshtein is probably on the move right now as you read this. Asked to keep a month-long phot...
Zoe Zag Keeps Punk Relevant in 11 Photos and 5 Questions Allan MacDonellFebruary 9, 2018 Zoe Zag's approach to creativity is like the CrossFit path to physical fitness. A Los Angeles-based and Venice-matured artist, Zag's pursuit...
