Volume 15 Issue 10
Interview with a Guy Who Puked on Hollywood Stars
"Why did you do this?" "I was in LA, and I just figured why not. It’s all people I have a fairly large problem with." "Is it real puke?" "Yes. I tried to eat different gross combos of food, like for Wesley Snipes, I ate Doritos and milk."
An Interview with a Mexican Coke Dealer
Julián is a coke dealer. He’s 44. He’s been working Mexico City for two decades. He agreed to take us on a ride-along as he worked. The phone never stopped ringing, not for a minute.
An Interview with a Schizophrenic
My friend Phiiliip (yeah, spelled like that) is schizophrenic. He didn't used to be, but he is now. It can happen to you too.
The (ex) Biggest Heroin Dealer in the Whole Wide World
By the time Suleyman Ergun was 21 years old, he was the world's most prolific and powerful seller of smack.
Lynda Barry
If you were ever a weird kid or a sad kid, you have to read Lynda Barry’s comics and novels immediately because they will freak you out with how much you’ll relate.
An Ex-Bullfighter
A bull named Terciopelo [Velvet] gored the Colombian bullfighter Álvaro Múnera, aka “El Pilarico,” in 1984, confining him to a wheelchair for life.
A Semi-transient Expert On Hobos
Filmmaker and photographer Bill Daniel documents the graffiti that hobos write on freight trains. Do you do anything anywhere near as old-timey as that?
A Sperm Donor Who Has 46 Kids
My friend's lesbian sister became pregnant a while ago. She found her sperm donor through one of several Dutch websites where women who want kids and guys who will donate sperm contact each other.
An Interview With My Coke Dealer
We've all got dealers we like to call "our guys," but aside from their numbers, general delivery hours, and where they usually are at 1:30 AM Saturday morning, how much do we really know about them?
Two Mexican Windshield Washers
Everyone hates fucking windshield washers. Except us. We think they are just the cutest little pariahs we ever did see. Or at least we did until we hung out with a couple of them.
Joss Whedon
Fuck it. It's time to come out of the closet. We were/are total nerds for Joss Whedon and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.