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You sit down at a table in a crowded bar waiting for your friends to arrive. To pass the time, you start checking out everyone in the room – the Dali wannabe outside whose pencil-thin cigarette echoes the streak on his upper lip, the bushy handlebar that reeks of bad boy wannabe but you know deep down inside, if you kissed him afterwards and it still smelled like you, it would turn you on, the shaggy -haired hippie that you needed a double take to make sure it wasn’t just dirt smeared across his face. In fact, it’s quite hairy in here, even by Mile End standards… these can’t possibly all be ironic hipster staches.
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Author Julie Powell discusses her butchery memoir "Cleaving" while sharing a drink with Asylum.com’s Anthony Layser. Taped at the Brooklyn Public House in New York CityAuthor Julie Powell discusses her butchery memoir "Cleaving" while sharing a... more
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If not for the ominous plastic crates that Steven and Kathryn's bed and dresser are propped high up on, the couple's home would look like a dingy basement apartment. But those crates speak volumes, as they are there to protect the pair's belongings from water -- a constant threat when you live in an underground flood tunnel.
Luckily, it hardly ever rains in Las Vegas. In fact, over their two years of living deep in the bowels of Sin City, Steven and Kathryn have been able to stay dry enough to fashion their unusual dwelling with a makeshift kitchen and even a shower made from an office drinking-water dispenser.
They aren't alone in making their home underground. Roughly 700 people live in the flood tunnels beneath Vegas, with the majority concentrated under the strip. They've formed a community, united by a collection of graffiti drawn by resident artists that they call their art gallery, and a fear of flooding, which has killed 20 underground dwellers over the last two decades.
Black widow spiders thrive in the darkness, and mosquitoes swarm in the damp. But it still beats being homeless above ground. "It's much cooler than on the streets," one resident explained. "We get a breeze coming through and the cops don't really bother you. It's quiet, and everyone helps each other out down here."
For "work," Steven and Kathryn put on their best clothes and emerge up into the casinos' neon glow, where they "credit hustle." This vocation consists of checking slot machines for the chips and credits drunken gamblers leave behind. 997 dollars is the most Steven ever found in a single machine. Most nights, 20 bucks will do.
Many of the drain-pipe dwellers have drug and alcohol problems. Heroin was Steven's thing. He claims he's kicked, but two outstanding warrants from his bad old days have him leery of returning to the normal life and sunlight that he craves.
So he'll remain beneath the margins, with his woman and his surprisingly well-appointed sewer suite. Proof that, for some, being underground is more than a state of mind.
(via: http://www.asylum.com/2009/10/08/couple-lives-in-flood-tunnels-under-las-vegas/)If not for the ominous plastic crates that Steven and Kathryn's bed and dresser... more
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Why isn't health care getting the attention it sorely deserves? Because, let's face it, there's nothing sexy about crabby old people crying over death panels.
Asylum is here to help. We've brought adult film star Sasha Grey (who knows a bit about back-door deals), to the table to make a case for universal coverage.
But she meets a formidable opponent in Paul Scheer (of "Human Giant" fame). Well, he's not exactly an opponent...Why isn't health care getting the attention it sorely deserves? Because,... more
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Jonathan Ames has been an Asylum favorite since we got a hold of his candid collection of essays, "What's Not to Love?: The Adventures of a Mildly Perverted Young Writer." The writer's latest comic self-exploration is HBO's new comedy "Bored to Death," which stars Jason Schwartzman as the character Jonathan Ames.
We sat down with Ames at the Brooklyn Public House in New York City to discuss his show, and were excited when he agreed to show us how to do a "hairy call." What is a "hairy call," you may ask? Well, you'll need to hear it to believe it.Jonathan Ames has been an Asylum favorite since we got a hold of his candid collection... more
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The man responsible for the CSI franchise obviously has a dark side. Asylum has an overactive-imagination side. So when Anthony E. Zuiker agreed to do an interview with editor Anthony Layser regarding his new serial killer digi-novel "Level 26," we knew it might be a dangerous combination. Fortunately, the pair quickly found common ground by touching on the topic of meeting beautiful women on Facebook. (Yes, some subjects put us all at ease.)
That and so much more on the latest edition of Asylum Lockdown ...The man responsible for the CSI franchise obviously has a dark side. Asylum has an... more
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If by some strange coincidence you haven't already received an e-card or been alerted by some well-wishing passerby, let us be the first to tell you that today is Hobbit Day. Hobbit Day is part of Tolkien Week, which honors J.R.R. Tolkien and his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
But not everybody is celebrating. Women, for instance, have traditionally been less than enthusiastic about the esteemed book and film series. But why? We asked Asylum's token girl to watch the first film to find out.If by some strange coincidence you haven't already received an e-card or been... more
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Tim Larkin thinks that it's important you know how to kill someone with your bare hands.
After years of military experience, Larkin dedicated himself to teaching Target-Focus Training, a system of self-defense. Lately, however, Larkin and his mission -- which is to enable trainees to react effectively to life-or-death situation or what he calls an "asocial" attack -- have come under fire. An upcoming seminar in Slough, England, has been met with a great deal of controversy from the community. The town's former mayor, David MacIsaac, even told a local paper that Larkin was "not welcome" in Slough.
Listening to Larkin discuss his methodology is oddly hypnotizing. He's a persuasive pitchman, a sort of Billy Mays for violence, though he insists he's essentially a pacifist. Larkin counters his critics in Slough by citing that England has yet to face up to its problem of violence, citing a 17 percent increase in knife crimes. "You can say I'm extreme, that's fine," he says. "[But] I wouldn't be asked to go into a lot of big corporations and teach their international business people how to protect themselves if I was this crazed lunatic that was going around telling people how to kill."
Read on to find out more about how Larkin's system works, why violence is sort of boring, and how easy it could be to accidentally kill your buddy over a Playstation dispute.
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Asylum editor Anthony Layser spoke with author Jonathan Tropper about testicular pain in literature, as well as a few other subjects (including his new novel "This Is Where I Leave You") when they sat down to have a beer earlier this month.Asylum editor Anthony Layser spoke with author Jonathan Tropper about testicular pain... more
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So, I have huge cans (pictured). I've had massive breasts since high school, so they're not that big of a deal to me anymore. But I've also heard every dumbass thing that could possibly be said about them. For some reason, dudes -- from my friends to the sandwich artist assembling my cold-cut trio -- feel like my melons are up for public discussion.
Look, treat huge boobs the same way you would any other freakish body anomaly -- like a unibrow or a club foot. If a chick walking by your construction site had one of those, you probably wouldn't think it was appropriate to call it out, would you? So please. Refrain from the following comments on my funbags.So, I have huge cans (pictured). I've had massive breasts since high school, so... more
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Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" is here, and you know what that means -- tons of obscure film-geek references. Even the title itself is a play on a 1981 war film, the properly spelled Italian actioner "The Inglorious Bastards."
We noticed this pastiche of influences includes everything from sadistic Nazi beauties to Clint Eastwood comedies. So, like any good group of fan boys, we put together a guide to the films Tarantino stole, er, borrowed from for his latest action epic. You might just find a hidden gem. (And impress your pretentious film-geek friends.)Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" is here, and you know what... more
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"The tragic killing of "good guy" Steve McNair by his jealous 20-year-old mistress has highlighted what most of us have always suspected: Just about every professional athlete cheats on his wife. In fact, a poll by CNN revealed that between 80 and 90 percent of married pro jocks aren't faithful.
Although that sounds about right, we are bit baffled as to how CNN conducted a survey on such a sensitive topic, and when we tried to find similar scientifically backed numbers for other professions, they -- not surprisingly -- didn't exist.
So to determine what other occupations are most likely to be made up of adulterers, we considered a combination of factors, such as opportunity and the personality type the job attracts. And before you start yelling about how faithful you or your husband is, we are well aware that there are plenty of folks in these professions who don't stray. (Or so they say.)""The tragic killing of "good guy" Steve McNair by his jealous... more
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