“The Apollo Theatre's, fucking, the most harsh stage ever. Before I even said anything on the microphone, people started booing, and as soon as I opened my mouth, everyone shut up.” On that fateful night in 2009, Richard Colson Baker, aka Machine Gun Kelly, with a baby on the way and facing eviction from his…
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“Most of the time, everything's going horribly wrong. So to have a show where everything runs smoothly, that's awesome. I expect the worst, and if everything goes better than the worst, then you're psyched. It's rock n' roll man, you never know what to expect from the crowd, the sound, anything,” When talking to the…
“I had a credit card, and it said Travis T. Mills on it. I was trying to think of a name regarding my MySpace page, and my friend said, ‘Dude, T. Mills. It’s super easy.’ And it’s my real name. Not like Lil' Travis or anything crazy.” And that’s the story of how 23-year-old Travis…
Kreayshawn, the 23-year-old Oakland-born rapper, video director and founding member of controversial White Girl Mob, says her favorite designer is Goodwill and listens to 'N Sync when she’s having an emotional breakdown – which she says happens frequently. Following in the footsteps of her mother, who was in a girls’ surf punk band, she started…
Long before she was the Baywatch vixen and MTV personality that we know today, Carmen Electra was Tara Leigh Patrick, the small-town girl from Ohio whose singing chops caught the ear of rock demigod Prince, who, incidentally, was the one who suggested she change her name. “We decided Carmen Electra was gonna be it. I…
Purity Ring formed in 2010 although it wasn’t until they released their first album, Shrines, that they made their mark on the music world. Within months of the album’s release they had become indie rock royalty, with Shrines widely recognized as one of the best albums of 2012. The Canadian duo, Megan James and Corin…
The Untitled Magazine asked legendary musician Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran to shoot rising UK pop star Charli XCX for The Music Issue 6. The 20-year-old, English-born singer-songwriter Charli XCX has achieved musical notoriety far beyond her age. The music bug hit her early on. “I used to try and form bands in the playground…
“I was so shy, and I think every day after the show, I would cry, just go in the back and just cry. I knew I wasn’t in the right place, and I didn’t have the connection that I finally have now with my audience. It was so awkward! People would just stare at me,”…
[qt:http://xxxxmagazine.tv/videos/mov/art/sambassett.mov http://xxxxmagazine.tv/videos/mov/posters/sambassett_poster.mov 640 360] INDIRA CESARINE interviews SAM BASSETT about his first ART BASEL installation featuring a unique display of interior and exterior Ribbon Art in Downtown Miami. Sam Bassett is a photographer, filmmaker and contemporary artist who channels his past experiences as a skateboarder, childhood magician and teenage pilot to bring fresh and creative art to…
[qt:http://xxxxmagazine.tv/videos/mov/art/rackowe-shortedit.mov http://xxxxmagazine.tv/videos/mov/posters/rackowe-shortedit_poster.mov 640 360] ARTIST NATHANIEL RACKOWE is interviewed by NICK HACKWORTH AT ART BASEL MIAMI 2009 FOR XXXX MAGAZINE. Rackowe talks about his inspiration and concept for his scupture installation "Black Shed Expanded" created for the Art Basel Miami 2009 fair exhibited with BISCHOFF/WEISS Gallery. Nathaniel creates large-scale works that animate architectural spaces and transforms viewers…