INTO: The beach, good beer, cheap wine, and spicy food.
NOT INTO: Miley Cyrus.
MAKES ME HAPPY: Cupcakes, Paula Dean, and General Hospital…yessss.
MAKES ME SAD: Commercials for the SPCA.
HOBBIES: Being the raddest chick on the block isn’t just a hobby, it’s a full time job!
5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Coffee (with vanilla Coffee-mate creamer), sunglasses that make me look like a bug, my classic Chuck Taylor’s, comfy jeans, and fountain coke.
VICES: Coke (the kind you drink!). I drink waaayyy too much of it — it’s a little ridiculous! Oh, and when the state fair comes around and they sell deep fried Coca-Cola, well, life doesn’t get much better than that!
I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Free time?? What’s that??
“I’m allergic to a certain level of contrivance.”
– Larry Charles
When the Borat movie was released last year you couldnt even count the number of publicity appearances that Sacha Baron Cohen made in character. Those appearances, along with creating a hysterical and powerful movie, turned Borat into a monstrous hit and a cultural phenomenon that crossed all lines of gender, race and politics.
Much of the attention for the film was given, and rightly so, went to Cohen, but for most movies the director is always an essential element. Borat‘s director is Larry Charles, previously best known for his writer/producer work on Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Entourage. Charles also directed another mop topped Jew named Bob Dylan in Masked and Anonymous. I got a chance to talk with Charles about creating the movie, the politics behind the scenes and how he got those people to say such outrageous things.
INTO: People, pin-up, burlesque, music, unicorns, cats, ball pythons, keyboards/synthesizers, self-education and exploration via web sources, the human mind, body, and soul.
NOT INTO: Idiotic, power hungry politicians and people who have no clue what goes on in this country, but know what happens in every single episode of the Jersey fucking shore. Oh, butt sex, no thank you. Foot fetishes (I simply don’t get it). Cars, liars, hardcore drug usage, teen pregnancy, Bank of America, chick flicks…
MAKES ME HAPPY: Conversation, education, masturbation, rollerblading, video gaming, cuddling, tickle fighting, rainbows, the sun, holding hands, going on adventures…
MAKES ME SAD: Stubbing my toes, wet and or crooked socks, being broke, winter, the fact that if I don’t shave within at least a 3 day time frame my legs, pits, and crotch grow beards and chop down trees, racism, the corruption in our system of government, holy-rollers and Bible humpers, pickles, spiders, homophobes, razor burn…
HOBBIES: Musical theatre, gaming, singing, dancing, being a straight thug, *sarcasm*.
5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Open-mindedness, vaudeville, music, love (and making it), self-expression, books.
VICES: Joker, smoker, midnight toker…
I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Playing video games, sleeping, and spending quality time with the important people in my life, especially SwanFever…
“Dungeon Siege is kind of a no-drama game.”
– Nathaniel Chapman
Obsidian Entertainment’s Dungeon Siege 3 is a polished and highly addictive button-mashing action-RPG that succeeds in creating a story-oriented co-op fantasy dungeon crawler for mainstream console audiences in the tradition of Secret of Mana or Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance. Though the Dungeon Siege franchise was originally developed by Gas Powered Games, Obsidian is known for taking on sequel projects from other developers, most notably the sequels to BioWare’s Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Bethesda’s Fallout 3.
SuicideGirls spoke recently to Dungeon Siege 3’s Lead Designer, Nathaniel Chapman, also a veteran of Neverwinter Nights 2 and Fallout: New Vegas, about where this sequel fits in with its predecessors, his design philosophy, and how Diablo is Diablo.
INTO: Belly dancing, veganism, nature, tattoos, piercings, love, living, tea pots, cooking, Star Wars, animal rights, zombie movies, trying new things, being eco-friendly.
NOT INTO: Annoying drunk people, lying, black licorice, lipstick, really bad grammar, traffic, meat, being called a “Georgia peach.”
MAKES ME HAPPY: Vegan brownies made with banana, pay days, death metal, animals, fruit leathers, kisses, surprises, vegan chocolate, my cat Queen Elizabeth, cuddling all day, dancing, watching Dr. Who, new shoes, going new places, zombie movies, making a nice home cooked meal, getting tattooed, baking, cupcakes, bunny rabbits, garlic stuffed olives, attending conventions, spending time with other SGs, tea, thrift shopping, vintage home decor, porn, boobie texts, light sabers, romance, psfb.
MAKES ME SAD: Animal cruelty, racist people, pollution, losing people, the word “tatt,” people who wear fur.
HOBBIES: Belly dancing, sewing, painting, playing Dungeons & Dragons, poi spinning, knitting, playing SoulCalibur and kicking ass.
5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Good sex, good food, dancing, me time, happiness.
[Above: Tommy Lee’s spectacularly silly ‘abusement ride’ drum solo aboard his custom 360 drum coaster during Mötley Crüe’s show.]
Following their triumphant June 14 Hollywood Bowl gig, Mötley Crüe have been confirmed as the headliners for the fourth annual Sunset Strip Music Festival. The three-day event will kick off on Thursday Aug 18 with a Mötley Crüe tribute concert at the House of Blues, which promises a star-studded lineup and one of a kind performances. The band will also be on hand to accept the Elmer Valentine Award for their contributions to The Sunset Strip’s history.
Trina Robbins is a legend among people who read and study comics. She’s a cartoonist who was active in the San Francisco underground in the ’70s and ’80s where she contributed to many publications including the East Village Other, It Ain’t Me Babe and Wimmen’s Comix. In recent decades she’s worked more as a writer on books including Go, Girl! and Chicagoland Detective Agency, in addition to working on Wonder Woman, Xena and The Spirit.
Robbins’ other claim to fame is that she is one of the great comics historians. In books like A Century of Women Cartoonists and From Girls to Grrrlz she writes not just thoughtfully and passionately about many cartoonists whose work has faded from consciousness, but she also reshapes our perception of comics past. In the book The Brinkley Girls, which she edited, the work of the artist Nell Brinkley was brought together, showing her incredible drafting skill and demonstrating why she was one of the most popular and important illustrators and cartoonists of her time.
