First Name Basis
Izzy Samimagazine-style profiles on developing artists
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Monthly |
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| Issues | 18 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 18 days ago |
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How Dorrin Shahsavari forges cakes in rebellion
Dorrin’s kitchen is a portal. It’s the first room you enter when you step into her house, coming up the front steps from the garden. There’s a kettle blowing steam on the stove but the afternoon proves too hot for tea; she offers me a beer...
Audrey Pickens is sewing for the sisterhood
The sewing machine babbles away, speaking in its rhythmic tongue. Audrey Pickens listens and understands. She speaks the language too.
“Try this on and tell me if it’s the right length. I can seam rip it if you want it shorter,” Audrey say...
Kiersten Villanueva mimics humanity through horror
In Filipino legend lives a monster, a shapeshifting creature that takes the form of a loved one. The aswang has a face you know but hesitate to trust.
Last summer, Kiersten Villanueva started to bring it to life.
Kiersten was penning a sc...
Joe walks the precipice
Joe walks the precipice.
He’s built something here, meticulous and foreign, conquistador of stone and path untraveled. Carved his way into a cliffside, leaving behind something semi-permanent, maybe the hardest thing to forge — not easily...
Bebe Katsenes and Johnny Marx dish out underground comedy (literally)
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Bebe Katsenes and Johnny Marx, hosts of Linda: A Comedy Show
Beneath a wine shop in Atwater Village, two middle-aged ladies bounce onto a stage with big smiles and cropped shiny brown hair. They greet t...
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