Heather Murphy
Articles by Heather Murphy:
Daryl Hannah
Every month or so, Daryl Hannah pulls off the pillows and waters her couch. Over a cocktail of detox droplets and ice tea, just outside of Whole Foods, she explains that her bed is made of “gorgeous” lichen (a mosslike substance), which she rescued from a rock under the foundation of her house.
Cryonics
If you pay about the price of a three series BMW—$35,000—the Cryonics Institute (C.I.) will cool you down as soon as your heart stops beating, replace your blood with special chemicals and store you in a thermos full of -196°C liquid nitrogen until technology has advanced to a point where doctors can bring you back [...]
Radio Utopia: GTFU
For every one song played on Get the Fuck Up (GTFU) Radio, there are approximately six references to genitalia. “First I want to grow a wiener and then I want a chick to blow me. Are my goals unattainable?” asks cherubic-faced Annie Hardy of the band Giant Drag. “No, I think those goals are good,”
El Vez
Elvis impersonators come a dime a dozen, but Robert Lopez, aka El Vez, the “Mexican Elvis,” is no imitator. He infiltrates Elvis songs with a blend of kitschy Las Vegas-style glitz and Chicano-power performance art. “I don’t think I have an original bone in my body,” he claims.