#37 (Winter 2009) Winter 2009

We wrapped up our current issue a few days after Barack Obama won the U.S. presidency by a healthy margin, thereby ending eight years of a criminal regime in Washington. It’s fitting, then, that the issue itself started out as a rumination on the concept of “utopia”—what it means, whether it exists, and how it can fail. There’s a reason, after all, that “utopia” means “no place”—let’s no forget that the joy of our first African-American President was followed by an economic sucker punch that we’re still reeling from. But enough of that dreary doomsday stuff. We’ve put together our finest issue yet, stocked with revolutionaries, radicals, utopian dreamers, and one very naked actress. The world hasn’t ended yet—and until it does, you’ll always have Anthem.

agnes b. curates her vision of 'Youth,’ with snaps from Ryan McGinley, Andy Warhol, and Robert Mapplethorpe. We visit an artist’s collective on an island in British Columbia, get dirty with Land Rover, and ponder the utopian architecture of the future.

Keywords: agnes b., Ryan McGinley, Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Land Rover

Manish Arora puts India on the global fashion map and Julian Louie talks about the surreal life of baroque surf fashion while we turn our visual attention to the Spring/Summer 2009 men’s and women’s collections. Media darlings, Shipley and Halmos walk us through their New York studio and Acne Denim creative director, Jonny Johansson offers us a sneak peek of the S/S ‘09 collections.

Keywords: agnes b., Ryan McGinley, Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Land Rover Manish Arora, India, Julian Louie, Shipley and Halmos, Acne Denim, Jonny Johansson

Viva Che! Cover star Benicio del Toro tells us what it was like to portray Guevara, and Steven Soderbergh brags about how he could out drink (and out joke) the legendary guerrilla. Jamie King gears up The Spirit—and shows us her knickers. We also talk to Rian Johnson, director of The Brothers Bloom, about Rachel Weisz, Abu Dhabi, and the perfect con.

Keywords: agnes b., Ryan McGinley, Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Land Rover Manish Arora, India, Julian Louie, Shipley and Halmos, Acne Denim, Jonny Johansson Che, Benicio del Toro, Che Guevara, Steven Soderbergh, Jamie King, The Spirit, Rian Johnson, The Brothers Bloom, Rachel Weisz

We turn you on to Turbo Records and rising star Proxy, self-described purveyor of “post 9/11 rave vibes cloaked in Muscovite angst.” And don’t miss exclusive photos of Antony, fresh off his gig with Hercules & Love Affair and the Revolutionary Road soundtrack.

Keywords: agnes b., Ryan McGinley, Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Land Rover Manish Arora, India, Julian Louie, Shipley and Halmos, Acne Denim, Jonny Johansson Che, Benicio del Toro, Che Guevara, Steven Soderbergh, Jamie King, The Spirit, Rian Johnson, The Brothers Bloom, Rachel Weisz Turbo Records, Proxy, Antony, Hercules & Love Affair, Revolutionary Road

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#37 (Winter 2009) Winter 2009