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Priestess are a big band--not like Tommy Dorsey, they have a big sound, think Queens of the Stone Age meets Led Zeppelin. Their latest album is Hello Master and I got a chance to speak with guitarist/vocalist Mikey Heppner...

Stephen Berkman is an extraordinarily unique photographer. He uses very early techniques to create a look that is somehow entirely new. Although his work has yet to be collected into a book, it has been featured in major motion pictures such as Cold Mountain...

SuicideGirls loves Norman Reedus. Dont try to deny it, Ive seen the message boards. Thats why when I got the chance to talk to the (mostly) cult film actor. Reedus has starred in Blade II, Boondock Saints and most recently the German serial killer film Antibodies. Reedus is very down to earth,...

Jamie Babbit first made herself a favorite of SuicideGirls when she directed the cult film But I'm a Cheerleader. Since then shes become a television staple, directing such shows as Alias, Gilmore Girls, Nip/Tuck and many more. But her second feature, The Quiet, is much different than anything shes...

Brendan Sexton III is the independent film actor with the fancy name. Sexton made a big impression with his performance as the bully in Welcome to the Dollhouse and electrified critics with his first lead in Hurricane Streets. Ten years later, Sexton is still banging away in wonderful low budget films....

It has been all but impossible to avoid the music videos and commercials of Dave Meyers since the late 90s, so it's a good thing that they're skillfully and artfully directed. Meyers has worked on over 200 videos, including Kid Rocks Cowboy, Missy Elliotts Get Ur Freak On, and Lil' Jon & the East...

I've often wondered what it would be like to create the Number One sitcom on television. Well, after talking to My Name Is Earl creator Greg Garcia, I learned that it's pretty darn good! Luckily Garcias karma is balanced by the fact that he also co-created...

Joan Jett is the ultimate leather-clad, punk-rock icon. Her early hits were instrumental to the evolution of punk rock, and especially to its crossover into mainstream music. After over 25 years in the business, this bad ass composer is still rocking out with her...

The Pusher movies are so real that it is almost like watching drug dealers live their lives in front of a hidden camera. The power was going in and out in Astoria Queens while I was trying to watch the movies so I had to view them in chunks. In a way it was almost like visiting a drug dealers house...

Some people might imagine that Hustler magazine was slapped together by a staff of illegal aliens in a dirty basement on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, but Allan MacDonell is certifiable proof that the magazine is the real deal. He shows off some of his skills in his excellent new book, Prisoner...

I love talking to guys like Paul Lieberstein. Currently he is a writer/producer/actor on the hit NBC sitcom The Office. As Toby, the laconic and divorced human resources director of Dunder Mifflin he is constantly butting heads with the idiotic Dunder Mifflin Regional Manager Michael Scott [played...

With the creation of his character, Hellboy, Mike Mignola has spawned a world of projects including animated and live action movies, as well as a wealth of brilliant merchandising. Mignola first broke into the business over 20 years ago doing comic books, which will...