Another big influence on me, artistically, were the writers of Vice Magazine.
God, this was the worst publication. For all the right reasons.
It was this godawful, super raw, super punk rock styled magazine was probably put together by some probably super grimey dudes from either New York or London. I always wondered if the writers were hot. Anyways…
I think I found this magazine early on in high school in one of my best friend’s older brother’s room when we would snoop around his room for good finds. If not there, then at some record shop or specialty book store.
Where I found it didn’t matter. What mattered is that this magazine was such a standout. A bad ass layout, with these cool fonts, photos, drawings… etc. (basically what every trendy magazine does now, but it was cooler back in 99-00)
It was published, yet, there were no real “rules” to the way they wrote. It was the complete opposite of everything that was out there. Every contributing writer had so much swagger in the way they would curse, use incorrect grammar, talk shit about important shit.. just express themselves freely the way they wanted to. I loved it.
I wanted to write every one of my high school papers like that. I wanted to write just like the way I talked… just like how the guys from Vice Magazine did. Some teachers dug it, some hated it.
For all those haters, I just thought they didn’t understand was style was.
Anyways, Vice Magazine was a huge influence.
