Monthly Archives: August 2009
The $7 Million Inkjet Counterfeit Scam
Making counterfeit money, it turns out, may not be as difficult as it seems. Albert Edward Talton, a man from Lawndale, California, figured out how to generate $7 million dollars in bogus currency using nothing more than an inkjet printer and supplies from Staples. Leader of a five-man counterfeiting ring busted in May of 2008, Talton, a man with…
Mental health and the hip-hop generation
Back in May, I talked with Detroit rapper Invincible about the reasons why her video ‚ÄúRopes‚Äù was pulled from MTV (read story here). During our conversation she introduced me to the Hip Hop Mental Health Project (HHMHP), an organization that seeks to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and act as an informational¬† resource. The difference between the…
Suburban Decay: Mike Tyson’s Abandoned Mansion
Photographs of boxing legend Mike Tyson’s abandoned 1980s mansion in Southington, Ohio, have been widely circulated on the Internet in recent years (see here). Last August, however, photographer Danny Wills ventured to the vacant Ohio property for an impromptu photo session and has given new life to Tyson’s former home in a haunting new series of portraits.
Fear and self-loathing in America’s Rust Belt, Part II
A new series of personal essays about job loss, mental health, and the undying pursuit of art.
When I arrived that morning, the magazine offices were nearly vacant. Nothing but the dull hum of a thousand overhead florescent lights and the distant clicking of a few phantom keyboards registered a sound. A stack of empty boxes had been…
