Chris BeyondLos Angeles, CA
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Name one really awful, sleazy movie you LOVE but really don't want to admit. - There is probably no sleazy movie that I love that I wouldn't admit to. THE DEVIL INSIDE HER is pretty darn sleazy and caused Annie Sprinkle to stop doing movies for a while in the 70s so I'll just say that.
What is the WORST thing that's ever happened to you on a date - This wasn't officially a date, but we ended making out in the end. A friend and I went to Disneyland. I picked her up in my mom's car...that my mom was driving. Her sister had a big party the night before and she was hung over and woke up to find that somebody had stolen all her money out of her purse. We get to Disneyland and ride the rides and I have so much change in my pockets that coins keep falling out loudly against the plastic seats. We go to the Autopia cars. After the ride, I realize that my whole wallet had fallen out of my shorts pocket (don't laugh) during the ride. We go back and when the same car arrives the wallet is nowhere to be found and the guys in the seats we once occupied seem pretty suspicious. So there we are. It's still morning and we have no money and no way of getting home to get more money. We ended up drinking cream from those little plasic coffee containers and eatig sugar packets for lunch. Still after a night of dancing and making out it was still a great day.
What's the most embarassing thing you've ever seen a "celebrity" do in person. - Be interviewed by me. Other than that I saw Barry Sobel screaming Martin Lawrence style in the street on Melrose in front of Condomania. Who's Barry Sobel? Why he's the rappin' white boy of comedy from the 80s of course. A few years ago I did go to a short film premiere/party in Santa Monica that he attended and he was actually pretty nice.
Describe either the most boring, or the lamest, Halloween you've ever had. - Lately my Halloweens have been pretty bad. I recently found out that this is true with a lot of my friends the last few years. This year I'm just going to have a party myself. Maybe Barry Sobel will come.
As far as your musical interests go, what band or performer do you REALLY hate to admit that you actually enjoy? - Well I don't know if I like or dislike his music as a whole yet, but Kanye West wasn't so bad on Saturday Night Live.
QuinRedondo Beach, CA
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Name one really awful, sleazy movie you LOVE but really don't want to admit. - I will probably be hated for this, but I really think I Spit on Your Grave gets a bad rap.
What is the WORST thing that's ever happened to you on a date - My first date EVER after I got my driver's license, my date and I were in a very minor car accident. I was still absolutely mortified. This is most likely where all of my driving anxiety comes from.
What's the most embarassing thing you've ever seen a "celebrity" do in person. - I saw Marilyn Manson fall down on stage. It turned out that he sprained his foot and passed out from the pain. He laid on the stage, seemingly lifeless, for like five minutes. It was a great concert.
Describe either the most boring, or the lamest, Halloween you've ever had. - I'm afraid I don't have an interesting story to describe my most boring Halloween. But there have been a few where
As far as your musical interests go, what band or performer do you REALLY hate to admit that you actually enjoy? - System of a Down
Ryan LiesGrand Rapids, MI
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Name one really awful, sleazy movie you LOVE but really don't want to admit. - "NEKROMANTIC" It's vile and disgusting, and I'm generally ashamed to have it sitting on my shelf for all to see, but I'll be damned if it doesn't make me laugh.
What is the WORST thing that's ever happened to you on a date - Funny, cuz I wrote these questions and truth is, Išve never had an embarrassing date. However I have a great story that an ex-girlfriend told me about one of HER dates: She was with this guy and they were at dinner and he excused himself to go to the bathroom. When he came back, he had a big glob of fecal matter on the side of his hand and she was too horrified to say anything. According to her, he ate his entire meal with it on his hand.
What's the most embarassing thing you've ever seen a "celebrity" do in person. - When I saw KMFDM in Chicago a couple of years ago, Raymond Watts was piss-drunk on stage and he kept dropping his mic, and trying to grab Lucia's boobs on stage. I felt embarrassed for him, but it was fun to watch.
Describe either the most boring, or the lamest, Halloween you've ever had. - Well, as much as I love blaxploitation movies, but on Halloween night? Lemme explain: back in the early 90s, my chums and I were driving around Halloween night with NOTHING to do. So we went to the video store and my friend insisted we rent I'M GONNA GET YOU SUCKA! and DOLEMITE. We went back to his place and watched these movies and it made me and my friend Rick so angry that weren't watching horror that we ended up yelling at each other all night, and finally we all just left cuz we pretty much decided we hated each other. We did, however, make up, and ended up hanging out again the following night.
As far as your musical interests go, what band or performer do you REALLY hate to admit that you actually enjoy? - Well, I like all kinds of music, and I don't really believe in the term "guilty pleasure," but I guess if I must ... I would have to say Britney (yeah, yeah, laugh it up). - ["Ha Ha Har Har Har Ha Ha Ha Hah!!!!" ~ editor]
Ernie MejiaPortland, OR
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Name one really awful, sleazy movie you LOVE but really don't want to admit. - No answer yet. Maybe he hasn't checked his mail.
What is the WORST thing that's ever happened to you on a date - No answer on this one either. I wonder if he's ok?
What's the most embarassing thing you've ever seen a "celebrity" do in person. - Ernie is privy to lots of hot celebrity gossip, but still no answer.
Describe either the most boring, or the lamest, Halloween you've ever had. - Ernie lives in Portland now after growing up in L.A. so I'm guessing that every Halloween has been a little more boring since.
As far as your musical interests go, what band or performer do you REALLY hate to admit that you actually enjoy? - >Nope. No answer here either, but I'll say Britney Spears for him because I think he'd really really really appreciate that.
Sabrina CognataLos Angeles, CA
Staff Writer / Editor / Photographer / #51 Coverstar
sabrina@nofimagazine.com
Name one really awful, sleazy movie you LOVE but really don't want to admit. - Roadhouse, it is the great american movie. duh.
What is the WORST thing that's ever happened to you on a date - I got obliterated, took my shirt off and ran down the street like I was Napoleon Dynamite.
What's the most embarassing thing you've ever seen a "celebrity" do in person. - I watched Jessica Simpson get on a bar to dance and almost everyone around the bar go outside to smoke because she was that lame.
Describe either the most boring, or the lamest, Halloween you've ever had. - The halloween after i broke my neck, i got commissioned to follow around my younger brother and his friends so THEY WOULD NOT GET INTO TROUBLE. that being stated, one of his friends--that i would probably have sex with now--says he knows a short cut to get back to his house. this short cut goes through a grassy valley and then you have to jump over a fence into someone's back yard, out run their dog, and fight ninjas pretty much to make it. all this after you climb a hill with a 30 degree slope. and i did it. and i was suppose to be too crippled, but no one ever told on me because if their mom's knew they took me to jump a fence they'd have had their asses beat.
As far as your musical interests go, what band or performer do you REALLY hate to admit that you actually enjoy? - Wang Chung "Everybody have fun tonight"
Mary BondLos Angeles, CA
Staff Writer / Photographer
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Name one really awful, sleazy movie you LOVE but really don't want to admit. - No answer yet. She wasn't sure she was still on staff, but of course she is.
What is the WORST thing that's ever happened to you on a date - No answer on this one either. Tktktk.
What's the most embarassing thing you've ever seen a "celebrity" do in person. - Mary is an actress in Hollywood films and television and probably has tales to tell.
Describe either the most boring, or the lamest, Halloween you've ever had. - I imagine her having crazy Halloweens too.
As far as your musical interests go, what band or performer do you REALLY hate to admit that you actually enjoy? - She hasn't answered yet so I'll just say that she really loves anything by El DeBarge.
Kitty DigginsSilverlake, CA
Contributing Writer
http://www.kittydiggins.com
Name one really awful, sleazy movie you LOVE but really don't want to admit. - I am not afraid to admit to liking sleazy movies. I mean, I have always had this disgust and attraction to Burt Renyolds. He always really grossed me out, but I would HAVE to watch him on TV - which is the only place I have ever seen his movies. I love CANNONBALL RUN - that is such a Goooooood movie! I LOVE SHOWGIRLS, but that is not sleazy , it is very High Brow and Tasteful. I love CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC, with The Village People. There is a scene with Bruce Dern walking thru Greenwich Village with the Peeps and Valerie Perine.He is wearing these super short denim shorts. I mean SHORT! And I have to rewind it over and over to watch the Butt Shot, because it is so unbelievably hilarious! I am not afraid to admit that.
What is the WORST thing that's ever happened to you on a date - I don't really go on dates or haven't really been on what would be thought of as a date in the typical sense. I would have to say if I was on a date and I was having some sort of trouble with my nether regions like I got diahrea or had really bad gas...that would be a drag...for both parties.
What's the most embarassing thing you've ever seen a "celebrity" do in person. - Being themselves. Really , so many of these "Hollywood" types are so awful. Two things instantly come to mind,and this is going to date me , but who cares...I was an extra in a really HORRIBLE movie with Keanu Reeves, who was the "star" and he was the biggest dumbass. The directors and such were WORSHIPPING every stupid thing he did. At one point he was stumbling around playing the guitar (not part of the script) and it was just like - why? Also I waited on Lisa Bonet one time at a restaurant I worked at in New York and she was absolutely incapable of ordering her food. Her "spiritual advisor" had to do it for her.
Describe either the most boring, or the lamest, Halloween you've ever had. - Oh God...There have been a few which is why I don't as a rule go out on Halloween. When I lived in Portland, I went to a party at Zia McCabes house from The Dandy Warhols. It was before they were famous. It was the biggest, lamest, stupidist party with lots of Jocks and Lookey Loo's..It was like EVERYONE heard there was a PAR-TAY. The lights were all on. the DJ sucked. I was wearing a beautiful silk 20's witch dress and I ended up having to get between my Bi Polar drunk friend and some Jocks who were gonna kick her ass for being a dyke. She was bigger and tougher than me and I was this waif in a silk dress trying to calm the Jocks down and to calm HER down. Stupid. I think that was the straw that broke the camel's back in terms of what I do on Halloween.
As far as your musical interests go, what band or performer do you REALLY hate to admit that you actually enjoy? - Oh God , I love this kind of shit and of course I can't think of anything. Ok, Here's one - and mind you, I really HATE Spandau Ballet, but I really like the song "True". I don't know why, but I do. I LOVE the Carpenters. They were kind of gross, but I love them.
Roger BoxxLocation at this moment: Chicago
Contributing Writer / Illustrator
rogerboxx@nofimagazine.com
Name one really awful, sleazy movie you LOVE but really don't want to admit. - I usually don't love awful movies as a rule of thumb. Fat Girl directed by Catherine Breillat is offensive to many folks. I also dig Kids, Gummo, Bully, and Ken Park. Those are sleazy.
What is the WORST thing that's ever happened to you on a date - too long to describe in detail. it involved 2 cars breaking down in one evening and two sisters crying in my driveway at 3 am.
What's the most embarassing thing you've ever seen a "celebrity" do in person. - I saw Matthew Modine purchase nipple clamps. Is that embarrassing? Is he a "celebrity"?
Describe either the most boring, or the lamest, Halloween you've ever had. - Went out in the forest to read the original Legend Of Sleepy Hollow with a group around a campfire. Try reading it while getting head: still boring.
As far as your musical interests go, what band or performer do you REALLY hate to admit that you actually enjoy? - Embarrassed to say, I recently saw Tegan and Sara with my sister and it was a really great show. I'm blushing.
TarynLos Angeles, CA
Contributing Writer
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Name one really awful, sleazy movie you LOVE but really don't want to admit. - "LISA" - this was a staple at my slumber parties. Lisa (Staci Keanan) pines for adulthood and stalks older men, adorably of course. Her flirty phone calls to these men are harmless until she coincidentally starts talking with the friendly neighborhood serial killer, the "Candelight Killer" (D.W. Moffett.)
What is the WORST thing that's ever happened to you on a date - I don't date much, so a group outing will have to suffice. A friend had a sweet loft comprising the entire 2nd floor of his building. Unfortunately, the building was on the corner of Adams and Florence. Not the best neighborhood for ditzy white USC kids. Upon arrival, my girlfriends and I are lightly harrassed by workers hanging out drinking beer at the furniture refinishing store that occupied the 1st floor of the building. Coming out of the party, the catcalls are louder but we ignore them ... until the guys start throwing their beer bottles at us and the car. We scramble in and drive off (though I, being oh-so-bright, roll down my window and yell at them) to the nearest gas station to call the cops. Who arrived. And didn't find a single one of them. Good job, LA's finest.
What's the most embarassing thing you've ever seen a "celebrity" do in person. - My first Glenn Danzig sighting was at the gas station kitty-corner to the Bougeois Pig on Franklin. He made his "date" pump his gas for him while he strutted around like a tiny rooster.
Describe either the most boring, or the lamest, Halloween you've ever had. - My sophomore year of college, I was an RA and had to stay in to pass out candy to neighborhood children the university decided to charitably let loose in the dorms. Except I didn't see a single kid all night. My annoying resident across the hall ended up eating all the candy.
As far as your musical interests go, what band or performer do you REALLY hate to admit that you actually enjoy? - I've been known to enjoy the occasional Britney Spears song ... I'm sorry.
Rich Polysorbate 60Los Angeles, CA
Contributing Writer / illustrator
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Name one really awful, sleazy movie you LOVE but really don't want to admit. - The Garbage Pail Kids Movie.
What is the WORST thing that's ever happened to you on a date - I've never been on a date. I find most everyone sexually repulsive except for small Japanese girls.
What's the most embarassing thing you've ever seen a "celebrity" do in person. - I saw Quin pick his nose, roll his bugger into a ball, and then hide it on the underside of his chair's arm rest.
Describe either the most boring, or the lamest, Halloween you've ever had. - Halloween should be about witches, burning cauldrons, demons, and monsters. It has nothing to do with people dressing up as their "fav" celebrities, cocktail parties, or christian "safe" Halloween parties. Fuck all that weak shit. I want Halloween to be a firestorm of perversity, awfullness, sick homemade costumes, and people who go all out to make their house look creepy looking without buying lame ass crap at Wall-Mart or the Super K. Detroit's Hell Night is a good idea for L.A.
As far as your musical interests go, what band or performer do you REALLY hate to admit that you actually enjoy? - I live in my own music world which consists of music I channel from another alternate reality which is not a groovy, psychedelic place but a neon, phosphorescent hellhole. I do not keep in touch with what is happening on the scene since I've created my own scene which I'm stuck in against my sanity and will. My scene has no participants except for all the dead children and their forever lost pets. You would not like my scene and it would not make you cool.
