Byron Janis: Pianist gone Novelist, a Poet.

Byron Janis: Exhibits the Victorian romanticism, of Lord Byron—a poet, hero—enmeshed, delicately with the desperation, power and charisma of Janis Joplin. Music infused with the pains of discovery, recovery—tones highlighted by the plethora, turned purple and green—Byron wrote a novel...

Media transparency, Mastercard and payback.

Another one bites the dust. David vs Goliath...Mastercard down, Visa down too, who's next? For all of us collectively holding our breath as we watch the mammoth saga being played out live in our living rooms and in front of...

The increasingly curious case of Julian Assange.

The turns and bumps are starting to get steeper. For the latest coup also see the Mastercard hacking From unprotected, consensual sex with fans, to giddy US politicians seeking extradition and even the death penalty and now Mr Assange even...

NYC-World Premiere of The Vice Guide to Everything.

Teaser: VICE MAG and MTV team up to deliver a series devoted to the most bizarre, dangerous and shocking stories around the world. NYC-The Vice Guide to Everything blends Johnny Knoxville antics with semi-serious investigative reporting that is raw,...

Art Basel Miami- DC Shoes and Primary Flight kick it.

Deep in the heart of the design district, miles away from the allure of South Beach pool side margaritas, the guys and gals of DC shoes along with Primary Flight, AMP and Cafeina (297 Northwest 23rd...

ARTISTS AND ALUMNI AT TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS GALA HONOR BILLY CRYSTAL.

Last night, the Tisch school honored Billy Crystal with performances and a smorgasbord of comedy at Jazz Lincoln Center’s Frederick P.Rose Hall. Robin Williams and Whoopie Goldberg, amongst many guests, including James Franco, counted themselves old friends of Billy...

5 Columbia students busted for selling drugs to frat houses.

Ivy league behavior... In a case that has the hallmarks of an underworld signature 5 Columbia University students were arrested today in a drug sting that has the academic world spinning… NY Post; Five Columbia University students were busted today for...

Julian Assange may soon be out of the picture.

How to catch a terrorist hack or so it goes... Reports coming out of the British press has it that renegade founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange responsible for revealing secret dialogues and communiques that have sent diplomatic shock waves...

Suggestions on how to live a glamorous life whilst dredged in poverty.

If there is one thing that’s a trifle inconvenient is that of being poor. Not just poor and penniless but begrudgingly verging on homelessness (think estate surfing), hungry and at the mercy of the barman for that extra shot...

Ekaterina Zatuliveter has suddenly become the latest sexy Russian spy to be deported.

Is she a spy or isn't she? Debate is still running as to whether Ekaterina Zatuliveter, a 25 year old Russian emigre working in the British House of Commons on behalf of British Liberal Democrat Mile Hancock was...

Mother Allows Local Teens to Turn her Toddler into a Human Punching Bag

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. In one of the most barbaric child abuse cases to date, Shakera Wright, an 18 years old has been charged with allowing her 18-month-old son, Louis, to be tied upside down by his ankles...

Realty Company Advertises Ted Kaczynksi’s Property as ‘A Piece of US History’

Those of you looking for a delightfully Romantic rural getaway perfect for penning survivalist themed paranoid manifestos on your preferred delusion, masterminding mail bomb plots, self-important existential philosophizing, or spreading 2012 fear-porn and conspiracy mongering may do well to...

Weight watchers decides to confuse America.

Fat Americans are now panicking. How many points is an apple worth or for that matter a double Big Mac worth on Weight Watcher's grid? No matter what you thought or currently think, Weight Watchers has decided to go...

Stuntman seriously injured live on German TV show Wetten Dass.

The audience is silently dumbfounded. In what could be more described more shocking than the stunt student Samuel Koch attempted to overcome (the jumping over of 5 successive oncoming cars with kangaroo like spring stilts) German audiences were left...

Have you scorched the back of your mouth with the world’s most spiciest pepper- the Naga Viper Chili?

Now able to strip paint off... Like you we like our food a tad on the spicy side, but in the event you are looking for a euphoric experience can we suggest the Naga Viper Chili pepper for an extra...