Gendy Alimurung

Too Much Love: Alex Sanchez's Bail Hearing

Some weeks after Alex Sanchez was arrested on federal charges of racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder, his younger brother Oscar went to a library in South Central Los Angeles to recruit support for a court appearance. He found many takers. Alex Sanchez is the executive director of Homies Unidos......
From left: Jacqui Holland

Dead Sexy: Girls and Corpses, a Magazine

Robert Rhine used to rent fake corpses to decorate his booth at comic-book conventions, where he would sign his graphic novels Chicken Soup for Satan and Satan Gone Wild. All day long, cute girls would come up and ask to have their picture taken with the fake corpse. “What is......
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Does Your Tramp Stamp Glow In The Dark? Black Light Tattoos

Did you know that you can get tattoos that glow under UV light? The tattoos are invisible in normal light (minus the possible scarring from the tattoo procedure itself). They've been around for a decade apparently. Over the years different special black light reactive inks have appeared on the market......
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Shark Cupcakes: Eat or Be Eaten

I ran into these scary beauties swimming around the Internet. Apparently these shark cupcakes are made of Twinkie-halves, icing, and red fruit leather. The fins are Famous Chocolate Wafer cookies. The bites on the life preservers are quite nice. The recipe can be found in the book Hello, Cupcake......
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Fellowship of anarchy: (from left) Luther Blisset

Anarchists Unite

How many anarchists did it take to organize the recent Southern California Anarchist Conference? No one is really sure. Not even the organizers. Yes, the idea of a conference for anarchists sounds like a punch line waiting to happen. Anarchists find that troubling. “The mainstream recognition of anarchism is chaos......
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Premium Marbled Beef…Pillow: The Meat Is So Soft

I don't know much about this Beef Pillow. I don't know that there is much you need to know except that it's a pillow. Shaped like beef. It's on sale at Etsy for $42 (originally fifty bucks). It ships from Hong Kong. According to the description: This is a piece......
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Pig Speakers…from Japan (where else?)

From I.D.E.A. Label, these ceramic pigs are not piggy banks. They are piggy speakers. It looks like they have analog cable hookups (not USB). Which means they are old school porcine speakers. They cost 4,725 yen, or around $50 bucks. The shiny pink version is especially delectable......