ISSUE 2 / PRINT EXCLUSIVE / Portrait + Interview

Truth is Stranger than Fiction

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK BENJAMIN
STYLING FOR COLLEEN GREEN AND LORELY RODRIGUEZ BY KAROLINA FRECHOWICZ
HAIR AND MAKEUP FOR MEREDITH GRAVES AND DAVID WELLES BY MONIQUE ALBRITTON
HAIR FOR LORELY RODRIGUEZ BY HANJEE AT JED ROOT
MAKEUP FOR LORELY RODRIGUEZ BY ALEX ALMEIDA

PORTRAITS AND INTERVIEWS WITH MUSICIANS POSING JUST ONE QUESTION:
TELL US TWO TRUTHS AND ONE LIE

“I WROTE A SONG FOR KE$HA.”
“I DON’T HAVE A SMART PHONE.”
“I DISMANTLE MACBOOKS IN MY SPARE TIME.”

—COLLEEN GREEN

 

“I DON’T HAVE HERPES.”
“I’M A HUMAN BEING.”
“I’M FROM EARTH.”

—GEORGE CLANTON
Formerly MIRRORKISSES

 

“I WAS A COMPETITIVE OPERA SINGER.”
“I HAVE PUBLISHED A HISTORICAL NOVEL UNDER A PEN NAME.”
“I SHOPLIFTED THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF GOODS IN MY EARLY 20S.”

—MEREDITH GRAVES
PERFECT PUSSY

 

“I WENT ON A DATE WITH A GIRL WHO HAD DREAMS
OF BEING COVERED IN HORSE SPERM.”
“I WENT ON A DATE WITH A GIRL WHO ASKED THE WAITEr
FOR MORE GRAPES IN HER MERLOT.”
"I WENT ON A DATE WITH A GIRL WHO DIDN’T KNOW
HOW TO EAT EDAMAME.”

—CHARLES ROWELL
CROCODILES

“I WAS ONCE ARRESTED FOR IMPERSONATING A POLICE OFFICER.”
“MY STAR SIGN IS TAURUS BUT I DON’T BELIEVE IN ASTROLOGY.”
“ONE OF MY GREAT-UNCLES WAS A SENATOR IN HONDURAS.”

—BRANDON WELCHEZ
CROCODILES

 

“MY NAME IS DAVID WELLES.”
“I HAVE 18,000 DOLLARS IN CREDIT CARD DEBT AND IT DOESN’T FRIGHTEN ME IN THE SLIGHTEST.”
“I RECORDED AN ALBUM WHILE LIVING IN A HOVEL BUILT BY A HOMELESS MAN
AT THE FOOT OF THE ANDES.”

—DAVID WELLES
ONWE

 

“I WAS HOMELESS FOR 4 MONTHS.”
“I WAS A JANITOR IN A MALL IN BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON.”
“I ALWAYS CARRY 1000 DOLLARS IN FIVE DOLLAR BILLS
IN MY BACKPACK.”

—LUKE TEMPLE
HERE WE GO MAGIC!

“I ONCE HAD TO SLAUGHTER A CHICKEN TO MEET
MY GIRLFRIEND’S FATHER’S APPROVAL.”
“ON MORE THAN A FEW OCCASIONS IN MY LIFE I HAVE CRIED MYSELF TO SLEEP LISTENING TO ‘BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER.’”
“I KNEW AS EARLY AS JANUARY THAT THE KNICKS WOULD CHOOSE KRISTAPS PORZINGIS.”

—MICHAEL BLOCH
HERE WE GO MAGIC!

 

“I HAVE MET AN ALIEN.”
“I AM A TAURUS.”
“I WAS A SWORD SWALLOWER IN THE CIRCUS.”

—TRAVIS EGEDY
PICTUREPLANE

 

“I’M AFRAID OF HEIGHTS.”
“I’M ALLERGIC TO PEANUTS.”
“MY MIDDLE NAME IS MARIA.”

—LORELY RODRIGUEZ
EMPRESS OF