Sometimes, in the wrapper choked aftermath of the Holidays, after all the books have been read, and all the special features and Easter eggs on all the DVDs have been watched, we are left with an emptiness. Some would say this feeling is the momentary realization that all the commercialism and materialistic greed that infests us all year is not a good way to live.
Well, to that I say, "HORSE PUSSY!"

I FIRST INTERVIEWED ARTIST GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2000. SINCE THEN, I HAVE MET GOTTFRIED AND BECOME FRIENDS WITH HIS FAMILY. AND, LET ME TELL YOU, THEY ARE QUITE POSSIBLY THE NICEST AND MOST TALENTED FAMILY ALIVE. NOW, MORE THAN THREE YEARS AFTER I FIRST SPOKE WITH GOTTFRIED, WE SIT DOWN AGAIN TO CATCH UP ON TOPICS LIKE LOS ANGELES, CRITICS, AND WORKING WITH OTHER ARTISTS. ENJOY.
Wayne: It’s been three years since I interviewed you last. So, what’s new?
Gottfried: (laughs) Well, what’s new is that I live in L.A. now, and have for the past two years.

YOU KNOW, NOT A LOT OF HIP PEOPLE LIVE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. OH, DON'T GET ME WRONG, THERE ARE A FEW, FOR SURE. BUT NOT MANY. AND PHOTOGRAPHER CHAS RAY KRIDER IS ONE OF THOSE FEW. WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK, MOTEL FETISH, NOW OVER A YEAR OLD, HE IS CONCENTRATING ON WHAT'S IN FRONT OF HIM: MORE WORK. BUT BEFORE HE GETS INTO ANY OF THAT, HE'S FIRST GOT TO CONCENTRATE ON THIS INTERVIEW HE DID WITH WAYNE CHINSANG.
Wayne: Just so you know, the interview will be transcribed and printed verbatim.

HANNIBAL, MO - Last Thursday at a 7-11 on Brown Street, Tom Twinning claims to have spotted famed humorist Mark Twain purchasing a package of Twinkies and some Swisher Sweets cigars.
Though believed by most to have passed away some 93 years ago, Twinning is convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that the man he saw was none other than the beloved Samuel Clemens.