Caught a screener of The Source Family documentary this weekend, and gotta say it is one crazy ass story. Even as an Angeleno I had no recollection of the story of the man who named himself Father Yod, or YaHoWa, and essentially conned a bunch of really desperate teenagers into thinking he was God. So […]

While not prepping proms or assembling awesome comic books about Los Angeles, Jim Mahfood (aka Food One) likes to draw girls. Either as full illustrations, or simply doodle his art around them. There are worse jobs. His latest gig was doing exactly that for an iheartgirls.com photoshoot, where he lends his ink pen to the […]

In case you’ve avoided reading any online articles that had the words “pussy riot” because you thought it was spam or NSFW, let’s catch you up quickly. Pussy Riot! is a Russian punk performance collective and feminist/political activist group. In February 2012 five members staged a protest performance, or “punk prayer”, inside the Cathedral of […]

Marc Jacobs expands their limited skateboard library with a set of decks featuring the photography of fashion lensmen Juergen Teller. Utilizing imagery from past Marc Jacobs advertising campaigns, the collection of limited edition skatedecks includes M.I.A. from Spring of 2009’s campaign, plus dig into the crates for Kate Moss (Fall 2000), Lisa Maria (Spring 2000) […]

I stumbled across the Shout Out Louds one hot August night in Oslo back in 2007, playing in some graffiti-ravaged cellar the night before the Oya Festival kicked off. I wasn’t expecting much, as I never am, especially considering I was heavily brain-frazzled from the 20-something hour flight and drunk on the cheapest plastic-cup beer […]