Issue 165
Published 28 months ago
We Could Be Heroes: Performance Wear, Kate Perry, Lee Scratch Perry, Polaroid Nation: Polaroid Portfolio, Francis Ozon, Trip of a Lifetime: Albert Hofmann vs. Hans Ulrich Obrist.
We Could Be Heroes - Performance Wear
Performance sportswear is about to transform us all into superheroes
Pop Idol - Kate Perry
Introducing the cute, politically incorrect pop starlet about to take over the nation’s airwaves
Trip of a Lifetime - Albert Hofmann vs. Hans Ulrich Obrist
An exclusive interview between the curator and the scientist who accidentally gave the world LSD
Shane's World - Shane Meadows & Thomas Turgoose
The Brit-grit director and cinema’s youngest movie star come together again
Perry Perry Saucy - Lee Scratch Perry
For his first music video, The Upsetter travels back to Jamaica on a search for pum pum, UFOs and Jesus
Polaroid Nation - Polaroid Portfolio
A mammoth 24-page homage to the much loved dying photo format, by the world’s leading visual artists
The Ozon Layers - Francois Ozon
Dazed gets up close and personal with cinema’s most exciting voyeur to talk sex, sex and, well, more sex
THE BACK
Cult VIP: Sixto Rodriguez
This mythical songwriter was once rumoured to have committed suicide live on stage. In this exclusive interview Rodriguez explains how anti-establishment blues saved him
Q&A: John Waters
The inimitable director explains why he loves picking up hitchhikers and dragging American values through the dirt
Art: Hung & Drawn
British artist Tom Ormond seeks inspiration in nuclear test sites; performance artist William Hunt hangs upside down; plus we bring you previews of this month’s best exhibitions
Literature: Bound & Flogged
Leni Zumas tells twisted tales; Kenneth Goldsmith gets excited by baseball scores; Zach Plague pursues boredom; plus four of this month’s best new reads
Film: Cut & Wrapped
The Wave explores fascism; Tarsem Singh goes far out in The Fall; Mikia Ninagawa dives into Japanese brothels; Iceland goes noir in Jar City; stoner excess in Pineapple Express; plus four of this month’s best movies
Music Agony & Ecstasy
Magistrates bring the white boy funk; Adventure creates
He Man-inspired chip tunes; Kid Cudi makes innovative crunk; James Yuill gets weird; Televised Crimewave trash it up; Roots Manuva creates a slimy mixtape; Full Time Hobby go to work; X-Posure; plus 16 new record reviews
FASHION
Photographed by Will Davidson
Styled by Karen Langley & Katie Shillingford
Photographed by Xevi Muntane
Styled by Robbie Spencer
Photographed by Jason Kibbler
Styled by Brian Molloy
Photographed by Mari Sarai
Styled by James Jeanette Main
Photographed by Mel Bles
Styled by Stevie Westgarth
Photographed by Rankin
Make-up by Ayami Nishimura
THE REST
Threads: Dazed gets excessive with extreme art, new faces, wild taxidermy and Christian swingers, Rise: Screaming Tea Party, Rise: Josh Peck, Rise: Jessica Au, Rise: Blip Boutique, Rise: Les Decales, Rise: Little Boots, Insider: Kenneth Anger, Big Idea: Hubble, Fashion Archive: Sonia Rykiel, Head 2 Head: Animators Tal Rosner and Emily Richardson, Your History: Pam Hogg, Last Shot: Black Flag, Fashion Forward: Dolce & Gabbana go country, Incoming: Shu Uemura
