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Picture by Christian Filardo Exclusive: An Ex-UN Officer Reveals His Secret Double Life of Cocaine Addiction
After using five grams a day while stationed in South America, the UN insider believes legalization will help bring an end to violent organized crime in the region.
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A Potentially Infinite Number of AI Homer Simpson ‘Cover Songs’ Have ‘Poisoned’ Soulseek
A troll is sharing more than 2,000 Homer songs masquerading as originals—and there may be plenty more on their way.
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Clavicular: The ‘Jestermaxxing’ Heart Throb Who Fell Into the Hitler Trap
The streamer’s “beauty routine” includes smoking meth and hitting himself in the face with a hammer. Yet even by his standards, he’s had an eventful week.
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As a reporter, Adam Christopher Smith came close enough to throw milkshakes at both Nigel Farage and Ian Watkins Nigel Farage, Ian Watkins, and Me
Try as I might to escape the Reform UK leader and the dead rock star pedophile, our paths just keep on crossing.
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Ian Watkins, former lead singer of the Welsh nu-metal act Lostprophets, died in prison Saturday at the age of 48. No Train Home: Remembering Ian Watkins, Dead Pedophile Rock Star
As a teenage mosher, Adam Christopher Smith adored Lostprophets. Years later, he was in court for the tabloids, reporting on the child sex abuse case that ultimately led to Watkins’ death.
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Picture by Daniel Arnold Heavy Traffic: Everyone’s Telling Tales About NYC’s Outsider Lit Mag
Patrick McGraw insists he has no place being in the literary world—and when he starts to tell you about his life, you kind of understand what he means.
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Buddyhead head honcho Travis Keller with his friend Joe Cardamone, formerly of The Icarus Line (All photos by Stephanie Smith) Before Indie Sleaze, Before Nu-Metal Mania, There Was Buddyhead
The early internet’s very best website, run by Travis Keller, was at the heart of a DIY counterculture now being immortalized in film.