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Inside the Dark Carnival

After being inspired by a 20 minute infomercial I found on YouTube, I grabbed a buddy and went to The Gathering of the Juggalos, the four-day long music festival concocted by the Insane Clown Posse. I was hoping to find anarchy, which I did, but I also found a lot of heart. From Inked.

If These Streets Could Talk: Uncover NYC’s Gory, Blood-Splattered past, hiding in plain sight

When you are living in a city like New York, there tends to be a lot of history behind everywhere you go. This weekend you may be standing in front of a famous dim sum parlor waiting for a table, but a little more than 100 years ago that stretch of pavement was known as the Bloody Angle and thought to be the most dangerous spot in all of New York. After spending a lot of time researching murders within New York City, I went and figured out what sort of businesses now stood in the once infamous spots. From Time Out New York.

The Tao of Tyson

I had the opportunity to hang out with the heavyweight champion turned cannabis entrepreneur at his Florida home for this article. Seated in his living room with a cloud of weed smoke in the air and Tyson’s dog leaning against my leg, I knew that the interview could only begin with one question: “What’s it like to have the most famous tattoo in the world?”

“Listen, my family and my friends started crying [when they saw it]. ‘What did you do to your fucking face?’” Tyson says. “Now look [laughs]. Without knowing it, this was the best thing that ever happened to me. I had a really menacing attitude back then, I was pretty rambunctious back then, so I went and did it.” From Inked