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* An exclusive chapter-length excerpt from The Ride of My Life, BMX madman MAT HOFFMAN's new autobiography written with Mark Lewman. Photos by Spike Jonze, Steve Giberson and Mike Castillo. * The crotchtastic electro-dynamo PEACHES, interviewed by indie-rock godstar IAN SVENONIUS. Portrait photos by Pat Graham and Shawn Mortensen.
* An interview with shamanic psychonaut/journalist DANIEL PINCHBECK, author of the just-released Breaking Open the Head. Artwork by Alan Moore. Yes, *that* Alan Moore (Watchmen, From Hell, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen).
* A rendezvous with ARTHUR C. CLARKE in his Sri Lankan technoasis, by Paul Moody.Illustration by Geoff McFetridge. * A frightful fairtytale in prose by DAME DARCY. Illustrated by the Dame herself. Excerpted from her new book.
* Writer EDDIE DEAN remembers driving an ICE CREAM TRUCK route in mid-'80s summers through the Blue Ridge Mountains. With stunning photos by Dave Brooks.
* An essay by the legendary JOE CARDUCCI (author, Rock and the Pop Narcotic) against the sorry state of contemporary culture. With a painting by Camille Rose Garcia. * One-panel comics by DAVID BERMAN (Silver Jews, poet), including the now-legendary series "Scenes From the First Yes Tour."
* A profile of LIFT TO EXPERIENCE, the most important art-rock band since Sigur Ros. By Jay Babcock with photos by Jason Amos.
* An appreciation of Eagle Pennell, the late Texan filmmaking maverick whose work inspired the Sundance Festival. By Paul Cullum. * ASK NEIL HAMBURGER: America's funnyman offers his considered counsel.
* Underground culture, as surveyed at lengthy by the dynamic duo of Byron Coley & Thurston Moore.