A Look Back at ‘Marjoe,’ the 1972 Documentary About Evangelical Con Men
I spoke with the film’s co-director Sarah Kernochan about why the Academy Award-winning doc was lost for three decades, and how it was found again.
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Oklahoma and Nebraska Want to Kill Legal Weed in Colorado
The two states are accusing Colorado’s booming cannabis industry of spilling across their borders and getting their citizens illegally high. On Thursday afternoon, Colorado suddenly
I’m Terrified of Chewing Gum
I think chewing gum is the most disgusting thing you can possibly do with your face, which is just about the only thing I have
The Battle in Colorado Over the Right to Smoke Weed at Movie Screenings and Comic-Cons
“We found out this week that weed is still kinda illegal here,” Seth Rogen tells me, while pouring a straight-from-the-bottle shot of tequila into my
Op-ed: Why isn’t Rastafari A Respected Religion? Because of Pot Prejudice
At a time when western society is becoming increasingly sensitive to appropriation of American Indian cultures in sports (Washington Redskins) and pop music (Flaming Lips),
Why Did a Ghost Hunter Stab Himself Inside a Famous Ax-Murder House?
An Iowa tourist attraction got extra weird earlier this month when a recreational paranormal investigation turned unexpectedly—and somewhat mysteriously—violent. On November 7, a visitor to
There’s a Film Festival for People Who Get Turned on by Bicycles
The genre of bike porn can be taken as literally or as figuratively as you like. Sex with bikes, sex on bikes, sex utilizing bike-related paraphernalia… With “pedalphelia,”
Records and Girls: How My Two Favorite Addictions Stripped Me Of All Reality
As far back as my pre-school years I was showing signs of an unhealthy obsession with both girls and music—behaviors that remain with me today
Holidays 2014: Isn’t It About Time You Came Out To Your Parents As A Pot Smoker?
With the holiday season upon us, many of us red-eyed connoisseurs of cannabis will be flying home to families that perhaps don’t share the same
Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh Still Loves Fucking with People
Everyone pigeonholes Mark Mothersbaugh for being a punk pioneer, but he’s also been making fine-art for decades. I talked with him at his first major