The Aficionado: A Conversation with DJ Clark Kent

The reaction was instantaneous. Before we could even turn to the direction of interest, his giant frame lurched forward in a calculated pace toward the intended target. Again, we were left behind his trail, wondering among ourselves. This is what sneaker shopping with DJ Clark Kent (born Rodolfo Franklin) is like…

More than Skin Deep: Legacy of Horiyoshi III

The art of Irezumi (入墨), Japanese term for “tattooing”, also literally meaning injection of ink, can be traced back to Japan’s Jōmon period (approximately 10,000 B.C.). The craft of body branding with ink by hand had since then segued through countless social stratas and donned numerous cultural…

FIGHT! - An Interview with Caol Uno

As the evening dissipates in to a light filled day at Cologne, Germany, Caol Uno wouldn’t even notice it at all since he’s been locked away the last few days. It is an incarceration by choice, a temporary sentence of necessities as he mounts his return to the Octagon…