by Aaron Colter

Goddamn people are dumb. It’s getting old.

I was reading a news article about Anonymous in which some supposed expert, Gabriella Coleman, made sweeping generalizations about the motives of the loose collective. While discussing the skill sets of those involved, she talked about how some are programmers or security researchers, while others “are skilled at video editing and design.”

My fucking eyes rolled so hard I thought the right one was going to pop clean-out of the damn socket. O RLY? Like fucking iMovie and Photoshop? Like that shit is super hard to figure out?

Embarrassing. The government is arresting kids for playing what is the equivalent of a high school prank on a mass scale (if you’re phishing for a Mr. Big in the hacker world – I hear Rupert Murdoch’s a pretty soft target these days). And it remains to be seen if they’re even arresting the correct people. (In response to the FBI’s arrests, hackers have released loads of data that was obtained from ManTech – a security firm paid over $100 million by our government for clearly failing to protect NATO information.)

But regardless of whether they’ve got the right Guy (pun intended), they’re doing it wrong.

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by Keith Daniels

Lindi Ortega is a singer-songwriter from Canada with an incredible voice that brings to mind both Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. She’s been kicking around the music industry for a decade or more, slowly climbing the rungs and paying her dues as backup on tours with Kevin Costner and the Killers’ Brandon Flowers. Despite the recent setback of being dropped from her first major label deal with Interscope, she’s finally getting some well-deserved recognition. Her new record, Little Red Boots, was highlighted on NPR, which is how I heard of it.

She talked to SuicideGirls recently about those little red boots, how getting dropped from a major was a blessing in disguise, and how dinosaurs evolved into birds.

Read our exclusive interview with Lindi Ortegae on SuicideGirls.com.

Chride Suicide in Ragin Cajun

• INTO: Mullets and camel toes.
• NOT INTO: Ignorance and sociopaths.
• MAKES ME HAPPY: Puppies and nudity. Not necessarily together.
• MAKES ME SAD: Pretentiousness and snobbery.
• HOBBIES: Doing what the fuck I want, when I want.
• 5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Camera, iPod, pups, Chuck Taylors, Pyrex dildos.
• VICES: Cajun food, Asian food, Italian food….and cigarettes.
• I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Reading, playing video games, and fanatically cleaning.

Get to know Chride better over at SuicideGirls.com!

by Flux

Every week we ask the ladies and gentlemen of the social web to show us their finest ink in celebration of Tattoo Tuesday; our favorite submission from Twitter and Tumblr each wins a free 3 month membership to SuicideGirls.com.

I guess we still have Comic Con on the brain, because this week’s winners are both incredible geek tattoos. Check them out below.

From Twitter:

@VincentAuletta has a xenomorph from the Alien films taking up residence on his arm.

From Tumblr:

subsammich‘s Boba Fett is just an outline and is already one of the coolest tattoos we’ve ever seen.

If you haven’t won this week, don’t forget that you can enter each week until you do, so good luck next Tuesday, and happy inking!

A few things to remember:

• You have to be 18 to qualify.
• The tattoo has to be yours…that means permanently etched on your body.
• On Twitter we search for your entries by looking up the hashtag #TattooTuesday, so make sure you include it in your tweet!

Check out the Tattoo Tuesday winners of weeks past!

by Daniel Robert Epstein

Marco Pirroni is a legend in his own time. Now some of you may be saying “But I don’t know who the fuck Marco Pirroni is?” Well you may not know his name but you’ve heard his music. Pirroni was major part of the punk scene in the late ’70s in his native England. He first played with Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1976 along with Sid Vicious and later he joined Adam & the Ants penning five number one singles. Since then Pirroni has worked with dozens of other musicians but he is forever looking forward and never backward. His latest band is The Wolfmen where he has teamed up with another ex-Ant Chris Constantinou.

Read our exclusive interview with Marco Pirroni on SuicideGirls.com.

Ajilee Suicide in Study Hour

• INTO: Music, make up, sleeping, BBQs, Asian food.
• NOT INTO: Egotistical assholes, small talk.
• MAKES ME HAPPY: Having milk in the fridge, my cats getting along, lounging around in bed, Sephora. M.A.C., amazing new tunes, baths, fixing things.
• MAKES ME SAD: My boy being on tour all the time.
• 5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Chapstik, gum, makeup, iPod, and a good pillow!
• VICES: Makeup, anything mint, gum.
• I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: On the couch.

Get to know Ajilee better over at SuicideGirls.com!

by Fred Topel

I understand Miranda July’s new movie The Future, completely. I don’t think I can explain it, except to say that each individual scene, even single lines of dialogue, can inspire an entire conversation.

Writer/director July crafts the story of Sophie (July) and Jason (Hamish Linklater), a couple planning on adopting a cat they rescued. In the time it will take for the shelter to heal Paw-Paw (voice of July and yes, the cat narrates), Sophie and Jason plan to make the most of their remaining time without commitment. Sophie cancels the internet, yet still plans to record dances that she’ll upload at Wi-Fi enabled cafes. Jason explores a career in environmentalism.

Yet those are not the themes I focused on. The unique voice of July is that she will give Jason the power to freeze time, or the characters will contemplate the end, as in the big end. The story of Jason and Sophie’s relationship progresses to a conclusion, but it’s the abstract steps along the way that evoke thought and feeling.

At the Los Angeles Film Festival, July met me in the lobby of the J.W. Marriot downtown while her film played at the Regal Cinemas. She would return to the theater for an audience Q&A, but while a new audience experienced The Future, July sat in an outdoor bar, magenta stockings shining in the sun, and analyzed her film with me.

Read our exclusive interview with Miranda July on SuicideGirls.com.