Dazed & Confused

November 2006

Features:

• Keep Your Dreams: Sofia Coppola With indulgence one of the themes of her latest film Marie Antoinette, we asked Sofia Coppola to put together a special 20-page section for Dazed revealing her own indulgences and influences, including Siouxsie Sioux, Mike Mills, Richard Prince, Phoenix, brother Roman, and of course her dad, Francis Ford.
• Melt: Unique Art Commissions In an exclusive collection of artwork, we present new pieces by Jack & Dinos Chapman, Kate Atkin, Margarita Gluzberg, Wolfe Lenkiewicz and Raqib Shaw.
• Shake, Rattle & Rock: Vincent Vincent & the Villains The heart-wrenching tale of two bands results in one new and ruthless rock‘n’roll sound rumbling out of east London. We watch as Vincent Vincent and his band of Villains get ready to capture hearts a second time round.
• Enjoy this trip: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love 40 years after LSD was made illegal, we trace how a group of whacked out Californian hippies tried to change the world with acid, but ended up, single- handedly inventing the modern illegal drug market.
• Some Things Are Hard To Remember Photography ARI MARCOPOULOS Styling BETH FENTON
• I Didn’t Feel Much Like Thinking Photography & Artwork DAMIEN BLOTTÌRE Styling SHINO ITOI
• I Didn’t Have Anything Special To Do Photography JASON NOCITO Styling TYLER UDALL
• Fashion Forward: NYC Special Photography ANTHONY MAULE Styling DAVID ST JOHN-JAMES
• Dazed Digital
• Michael Smith’s Daytripper
• Tuulitastic
• edIT
• In the Face of History
• John Foxx & Junior Boys
• Dan Nadel
• Born Ruffians
• Katy Moran
• Radio Free Hvana
• Your History: Kerry King
• Citylines
• Aziz Ansari
• Eyespy
• GHOST TOWN SOUNDS: The Musical Resurrection of New Orleans As New Orleans struggles to rebuild itself, we look at the effect Katrina has had on the local music scene. Featuring interviews with The Soul Rebel Brass Band, swamp tech maestro Quintron, burlesque rockers Morning 40 Federation, and bounce pioneers DJ Chicken and Wild Wayne.
• CULT VIP: Luigi Russolo This freethinking artist, sculptor and occultist joined the ranks of the Futurists, ditching the baggage of previous centuries, deciding instead to worship everything manmade – science, reason, even pollution. The result was his creation of possibly the world’s first synth, way back in 1914.
• Q&A: Ralph Steadman The ink-splattered illustrator tells tall stories about his work with Hunter S Thompson, his extravagant memorial service, and divulges some wild political beliefs along the way.
• FILM: Cut & Wrapped Director Thomas Clay puts a little bit of himself onscreen in The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael; 19-year-old D́borah Fraņois acts up in The Page Turner; writer Tony Grisoni reveals his inspirations; film of the month is awarded to Red Road; plus the best of this month’s new releases.
• ART: Hung & Drawn Visual artist Kole Onile-ere talks about the making of his first art film, “The Virus”; Susete Almeida documents man’s impact on the Costa del Sol; Cherokee artist Jimmie Durham considers what it means to be Native American; plus the best exhibitions to take in this month.
• BOOKS: Bound & Flogged Former editor of Hustler magazine Allan MacDonell lays down his scandalous memoirs in Prisoner of X; we deliberate the work of horror impresario Tod Browning; Malcolm Venville explores the weird masked world of Mexican wrestling in Lucha Loco; plus the pick of this month’s reads.
• TECHNOLOGY: Hacked & Burned The husband and wife duo behind new electronic boutique Digital Wellbeing Labs talk shop; the merry-go-round transforms into PlayPump, the world’s first human-generated water system; space holidays get closer to reality; plus the gadgets that will change your life this month.
• MUSIC: Agony & Ecstasy Mr Hudson & The Library croon over Dilla’s beats; The Walkmen get mucho mungo remaking the Nilsson/Lennon classic Pussy Cats album; Alice Coltrane’s nephew Flying Lotus lays down some space age beats; IDM nutjob Otto Von Schirach feels queasy; TTC’s label Institubes make Parisian dancefloors pump; The Long Blondes compile a scary monsters and super creeps mixtape; we assess the impact of the C86 revolution; plus 15 hot new music releases to spin this month.