Tattooing's new wonder kid is Nathan Kostechko. Within just a few years of working as a tattoo artist, Nathan has created a signiture style that is not only artistically engaging but also technically impressive....
Well, its official: hell has frozen over, the fat lady has sung, and Tommy Chong has quit smoking pot. Apparently after you smoke weed everyday for 50 years and then are forced to quit cold turkey when youre thrown in prison, you lose your taste for it. Hopefully that will never happen to me. I...
It has been a very heady time this past week. Absorbing the newest work of an author like Mark Z. Danielewski can make your head spin. Danielewskis first novel, House of Leaves, became a major cult hit (emphasis on the cult) when it was released in 2000. Since then Danielewski has spent most of his...
Frank Portman is best known as the lead singer/songwriter for The Mr. T Experience but now that hes written his first novel, King Dork, Im sure he wouldnt mind if you referred to him as the next JD Salinger. But thats a non de plume that the main character...
Bullets and Octane is currently kicking some serious ass on The Family Values Tour 2006 alongside bands like The Deftones and Dir En Grey. I recently caught up with frontman Gene Louis who answered questions about their newest album In the Mouth...
Douglas Rushkoff has written a number of complex books examining subjects ranging from contemporary religion, to pop culture, to technology. Rushkoff has been a best selling author for many years, but its only recently thats hes dipped his toe into the comic book...
Who ever thought that Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio would get into a bidding war over the son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft? Thats something even Nostradamus wouldn't have predicted, but it happened. Said bidding war was over the rights to Max Brooks wild new zombie book World War Z: An Oral...
Man I love this job! After three long years of wooing I finally got a chance to talk with the legendary comedian Al Franken. After many successful years as a standup comedian and Saturday Night Live writer, Franken has released a number of hysterical and popular books...
Its a nickname that just kinda stuck. His real name is Clarence Greenwood, but everyone just calls him Cope...
Living legend Ray Manzarek is best known as a co-founder and the keyboardist of The Doors. If he did nothing after the death of Jim Morrison he would still be highly regarded. But Manzarek has directed feature films, done spoken word and written novels. Now he...