El-P: A Scanner, Darkly
“I’m fucking angry and upset right now, and I’m also scared and trying to come to grips with balancing this incredible fatalism and the fact that I am still alive.”
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Exponology: Shit Happens. Fast.
We’ve all seen the shirt and the bumper sticker. Shit happens. Exponology is here to extend that reality. Shit happens fast. Real fast. In the first piece on my formative […]
Enter Exponology
“And if the ground’s not cold/Everything is going to burn/We’ll all take turns/I’ll get mine too.” — Pixies, “Monkey Gone to Heaven” Recently, I watched some global warming denier on […]
David Lynch’s Weird, Wired World
It’s all an experiment. I want to find things that fire me up, and see if it works for the people.
Boogie’s Mean Streets
Boogie’s gritty photography collection “It’s All Good” chronicles the lives of thugs, hustlers and addicts without artifice.
David Lynch, Uncut, Part Three
Scientists are so beautiful. They come up with these things, and then the other side of the coin is that artists grab hold of them, and who knows what can happen? The world is always changing, that’s rule number one.
DJ Spooky and Rob Swift Remix War and Peace
“With Rebirth of a Nation, I’m remixing Griffith’s film live every time off of Pioneer DVJs. So I’m making a remix by applying DJ technique to film.”
David Lynch, Uncut, Part Two
It’s a dream world now. But like I always say, everybody has access to a piece of paper and a pencil. But how many great stories are written?
David Lynch, Uncut, Part One
I always like random access, and I like the idea that one thing relates to another. And this is part of the internet: It’s so huge, that it is really an unbounded world.
Michel Gondry Keeps It Reel
“ I stopped my son from playing videogames, and he began to develop all kinds of creative skills.”
Mogwai: Louder Than Bombs
“When people compare us to My Bloody Valentine, I think it’s because they were the last band outside of the mainstream to actually infiltrate the mainstream.”
Bruce Campbell: Shut Up And Act
It’s the old cliché of grabbing the bull by the horns, and the cool thing is that the United States is one of those few places that’s conducive to such a process.
Jenny Toomey: Defending Artists Rights
I admire Walt Whitman–his idealism, generosity, grace, and joy.
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Chat With Jeff Chang
“If blues culture had developed under the conditions of oppressive, forced labor, hip-hop culture would arise from the conditions of no work.”
Lydia Lunch, 21st-Century Cassandra
“We must remember that sex is not dirty. It’s normal. Even when it’s dirty.”
Salon: Writing in the Margins
Welcome to Morphizm’s collection of my Salon column, “Writing in the Margins.” I’d like to thank my editor, my family and, most importantly, my planet.
Daniel Clowes, Going Underground
Dan Clowes releases a new ‘Eightball’ and follows up ‘Ghost World’ with another feature film, ‘Art School Confidential.’ At what point does ‘undergound comic artist’ lose its meaning?
Wave Of Adoration: Pixies Reunite!
The Pixies cast a long shadow over modern rock’s past — and future.
Black Francis: Pixies Didn’t Change Anything
Black Francis summarily reformed the band 12 years after they’d called it quits, and set about touring the world like nothing ever happened.
Steve Earle, The Unquiet American
“Look, I’m a recovering addict – I don’t believe in accidents. I believe that when a tiny place halfway around the world keeps demanding our time and attention over and over again, then it’s because we didn’t do something right.”
Beatboxing The Ballot
Art and politics blur at your local concert venue, where artists from Ani DiFranco to Pearl Jam are making voter turnout their mission.
Art Spiegelman: In the Shadow of No Towers
That the American intelligentsia finally seems ready to admit that Spiegelman was speaking truth to power in the dark years of 2002 and 2003 ought to make us sleep a little better at night
Rob Sonic Opens Strong With Telicatessen
Armed with an arsenal of new-and old-world technology, and primed to spread his funk-drenched vitriol across the world, Rob Sonic is indie hip-hop’s newest jack popping out of the box.
Margaret Cho, Emergency Revolutionary
Margaret Cho is taking her revolution to the streets. The most difficult part of revolution? Feeling you deserve one.
Saul Williams, Streetwise Shakespeare
Slam poet Saul Williams’ reality is a lyrical one. But don’t tell him he’s keepin’ it real.