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• TOOL • THIEVERY CORPORATION • LYRICS BORN • CL SMOOTH • DEFARI • KAtt WILLIAMS • StIMULUS • HONEYCUT 008: RALPH STEADMAN DOUGLAS BRINKLEY “THAT’S A DEVASTATING SYNDROME FOR ANY DEMOCRACY, WHEN PEOPLE START QUESTIONING WHETHER THEIR VOTE MAttERS.” ART & SOUL BILL PLYMPTON, SHANNON WHEELER AND JASON FELIX TURN GEEKS INTO GODS CORRUPTION UP HIGH “ONE NATION UNDER GOD - A REMINDER FROM CLEAR CHANNEL OUtdOOR.” DR. POT “THE FActS THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN PROMOTING FOR SO LONG ARE FIctION, THEY’RE MYTHOLOGICAL.” NORTH COAST UNDERGROUND MING & PING DJ QZEN VAJA USA $3.99 CANADA $4.99 ISSUE 8 WWW.KOTORIMAG.COM 0 8 0 74470 04910 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS RALPH StEADMAN LYRICS BORN Crucified sheep never looked so good. “Miss Japan, Canada and Bananarama in the back of an 40 18 Acura...” Lyrics Born Does that Damn Thing! THIEVERY CORPORATION The masters of the ethno-beat join the century club. “Taking DR. GRINSPOON acid and not being able to come down for 8 hours doesn’t The verdict is in and Dr. Lester Grinspoon is bringing the funk... 30 sound as fun as when I was in my 20’s.” 50 Ganja’s only Ganja if you smoke it... POWER PELLETS: info-bitz you can’t live without 04 DEFARI 11 STIMULUS: rhymes your ear off!! 06 Never amateur, pure like lightning DJ QZEN: droppin’ bay area beats 08 KAtt WILLIAMS 28 HONEYCUT: A slice of honey-dipped soul-hop. mmm... 22 Money Mike on Pimpin’ in the New Millenium MING & PING: who’s who? who cares? dance-synth me! 24 CL SMOOTH 34 NORTH COAST UNDERGROUND: put down your weapons!! 26 Out of retirement, the Mecca Don tells us what he’s gonna do KOTORI GETS LIVE with the wu, garth trinidad and agenda 53 TOOL 36 MIRI BEN-ARI: the hip-hop violinist 56 10 to 2 AM, X, Yogi DMT, and a box of Krispy Kremes BODIES: an andrew octopus transmission 58 DOUGLAS BRINKLEY 38 FUCK YOU i won’t do what you tell me 64 The great historian and author on why votes DO matter THE LOST ANGELES TIMES: “oh crikey!” 66 VAJA 48 IF it’s A BREAK, Don’t FIX IT: get inside a breakbeat 68 Rock chica breaking stereotypes PIECE: world peace to street piece 70 CLEAR CHANNEL 60 GIRL IN A PINCH: man’s obsession with the clock 72 Littering the nation with government propaganda 270° of reviews 74 COMIC-CON 62 FUN TIME 80 Luminaries from the annual convention on their madness This issue is dedicated to Micah thanks: his CONTRIBUTORS EDITOR’S NOTE the Lashbrook family. Our beautiful mama prayers, thoughts, and Alicia for her SKYE MAYRING Wow! Not only did he give us service remain at your side. overwhelming love, is an international spy, posing as a UCLA student. She the blessing to use one of his support and unending sneaks into Radiohead concerts and never mops her original pieces, but two. If I inspiration to ‘think could count the times I sat EDITOR-IN-CHIEF bathroom floor. At dusk, you may see her skating down wide, and be kind. Santa Monica Blvd on her hot pink longboard, “Pinky pondering his images in unison Wasim Muklashy Brewster,” or hear her trainwrecking a mix of drum n with Hunter S. Thompson’s [email protected] Jake thanks: Alice bass and classic soul on the wheels of steel. Beware, words flowing through my Cotton, Nick Buchanan, she’ll make you eat your vegetables. cerebrum, I’d be a rich man... MANAGING EDITOR Stephanie Carpico, wait...what? That didn’t Micah Lashbrook the RZA (my man with make sense! But neither does [email protected] the sword, always the fact that we spent the looking out. Good last two weeks before print discussing which Ralph Stead- ASSOCIATE EDITORS looking dog), and DIANA RICHARDSON man drawing we were going Bob Freville Melissa King for that “I’m Diana. And the radio makes me want to shoot to use for the cover. How and [email protected] fine picture of Bob myself in the head.” when the hell did we get to & me that appeared Jake McGee this? Tell me this 5 years ago randomly on Page [email protected] and I’d have laughed your 21 of the last issue. Simone Grey head into a bottle of ether. [email protected] But here we are. Enjoy it. We Bob thanks: Mary sure are. Jake...bless you! Jane, Ernesto, Sasha ART DIRECTOR & & Katt, Vanessa @ WEBMASTER And as if that wasn’t excit- Fat Wreck and The TOMMY DIGITAL Shadi Muklashy ing enough, keep a lookout Fewes. I would also Born in the utter ghettos of Appalachia, then rescued on what’s going on between [email protected] like to thank my and mentored by the legendary Bootawachenga. Now us and GetUnderground.com Pops for having the I be driving fast cars, catnip in my glass jar. Tommy, : we recently eloped (for CONTRIBUTING decency to put it in my the atomic bomb-droppin, appear in your atmosphere tax purposes of course...). EDITOR & DESIGN moms at least once. like the comet headin to the Western Hemisphere Nah, seriously though, Kotori Graphic Creative A legend is born! non-stoppin, strike in the belly of the sea and make Magazine and GetUnderground. Miranda Burch it vomit. Chicken of the Seas get trapped in my neck, but I’m still sittin com are now officially brother pretty and my loving is digi. Hit the ground you analog cats, you ain’t got and sister. You’re going to nothing for me. I be spreadin knowledge, keeping my third eye polished. MARKETING/ADVERTISING be seeing a lot of each other Justin Smith PLEASE SEND ALL from here on out, so if you’re [email protected] CORRESPONDENCE, MIRANDA not subscribed to GetUnder- SUBMISSIONS, & ground.com mailing list just Jeff Cheema recently graduated from RISD where she studied pho- QUERIES TO tography with a bunch of other nerds. Writing, photos yet, do eeet. And if you don’t [email protected] KOTORI Magazine and bicycles keep her healthy, even if the former oc- know what GetUnderground. Annie Montone 3253 S. Beverly Dr. casionally forces her to talk about herself in the third com is, well, we have ample [email protected] Los Angeles, CA 90034 person. reason to believe you’ve been asleep for the last 5 years (and EVENTS & PROMOTIONS OR EMAIL EMERICK TACKETT yes, we’re a bit jealous). Dig Deeper : Creative Resistance DIRECTOR [email protected] loves music and art and other things. He currently Designed for the Emancipa- JT Taylor lives in Topanga California and spends his days sleep- tion of the Human Spirit. [email protected] FOR ADVERTISING ing and his nights in the lab. advertise@ Last but certainly not least, kotorimag.com RESIDENT ARTIST here tiz : the Fall 006 issue of Jason Mascow Kotori. As if Steadman wasn’t Published by MATTHEW THOMAS enough, the issues goes from Kotori, LLC CONTRIBUTORS is a freelance writer based in Queens, NY. His work amazing to amazinger with Lyr- Diana Richardson, Morgan has been featured in Outsider Ink, Word Riot, and In ics Born, Katt Williams, Thiev- The views and Tharp, Stephanie Carpico, Music We Trust. On acid rain days in the ‘hood, Matt ery Corporation, Defari, CL opinions expressed has been known to watch reruns of “Saved By The Amy Staats, KellieAnn Smooth (yup yup he’s back!), within these pages Bell” while in Transformers boxers and hold delightful Armitage, Nick Taylor, Tool, Clear Channel exploitin’ do not necessarily tea parties with his pet rocks. You can read more of his rants and rambles truths, Douglas Brinkley revea- Ralph Steadman, Susan reflect those of at thevillagetotheleft.com. lin’ truths, Dr.Grinspoon gettin’ Holland, Cole Williams, Violet KOTORI Magazine, everyone high, Mike The Poet Fewes, Jimmy Pargas, and vica versa. This PIERCE JACKSON goes graf, and...well...peep William Brofee, Norman is simply a forum for An NYC native (a rare phenomenon) and child of the the Table of Contents...unless Mayers, Pierce Jackson, free expression. 80s, Pierce Jackson grew up hustling racing games in- your dead, something’s sure Matt Thomas, Mike Austin, side the arcades of Chinatown. Once he ran out of to catch your eyes and ears. Emerick Tackett, Barry All claims and quarters Pierce took to the clubs to bring his DJ’ing Underhill, Avner Isaac, statements made skills to the people. Currently Pierce studies business And for God’s sakes... Miranda Burch, Mike Rudd, herin are nothing at NYU and keeps himself busy as a DJ, music video enough of this BS...let’s take but that...statements Molly Hahn, Mike The Poet, producer (search www.youtube.com for BINBINHigh), back our country...VOTE! herein. You can Skye Mayring, Nicholas photographer, and writer, all while also working with interpret them DJ J.Period. Happy Holidays to you and Kober, Anna Steadman, as facts, you can everything about you! Shana Nys Dambrot, Shlomo interpret them Sher, Dirty Jerz, S.Ghil, as faction, all we MIKE RUDD & GRAPHIC CREATIVE Til’ 007... JT Taylor, Tommy Digital, ask is that you From the world of writing to the dank digital alleys Michael Spring, Marlin interpret them. of media, he’s there, keeping it solid...making sense ‘Drumacide’ George, Sue G., out of confusion, everyday, all his life. Look out for Joseph Russo, Stephanie www.kotorimag.com his projects Graphic Creative, Signified Youth, & il- Carpico as Mia Vega © 2006 Kotori, LLC lart.com Wasim Muklashy P|O|W|E|R|P|E|L|L|E|T|S Mash up the great political minds of your generation! 18th and October 20th to catch over thirty panels The rental experience becomes less confusing.