Perversion Magazine

A multi-media organization of like minded artists, celebrating creativity through traditional and not-so-traditional means. www.PerversionMag.com We do.

This magazine started with two people having an innocuous conversation. They each called a friend, and, at once, we all gave birth to a nameless magazine. I’m not sure which exact words were the catalyst that eventually caused people to forfeit sleep in their names months later. But whatever they were, they resonated through several sets of ears into cerebral walls, and bounced around for a couple

of sleepless nights. From there, a three-syllable word took hold and gave us all a direction. When one hears the word “perversion,” more often than not, one thinks of negative connotations, such as the pedophiles that live in their surrounding area—whose houses they skip when trick or treating with their children on Halloween. This is neither something we fear nor hope to escape from—I mean, we don’t support pedophillia, but we do advocate embracing the etymological roots of words. And the subversive nature and volatility of the word “perversion” is a major reason for our adoration of it. People don’t usually consider its definition as meaning something that has been corrupted from its original form into something different. In our case, we are corrupting the preconceived notion of normalcy—the traditional rhetoric that is typically associated with art, literature, culture, journalism, magazines, and staffs. Perversion Magazine is lawless. “Who says?” you might ask. When I think of the work Perversion is creating, I imagine a laborer. I picture a person commissioned to make the metal poles to which stop signs are attached, and after years and years of crafting these mundane straight edged metal fixtures, they decide to make one that is bent and crooked. So one day, they pick up their hammer and start banging away, making the pole malleable and vulnerable—perverting the metal, if you will. Their finished product is crooked and awry compared to its brother and sister poles. They put the irregular sign in the same pile as the rest of the stop signs. Consequently, they are fired. Despite losing their job, they continue to make crooked poles for their own personal fulfillment. I don’t know what happens to them, but I do know that given the choice between getting rehired to make normal poles again and being unemployed and making fixtures of different shapes, they would opt for the latter. And I also know that we, at Perversion, would hire this person. Our goal at Perversion Magazine is to create content that we would want to read. It is our hope that when we publish something, even after hours of editing, it is still so exciting that we can’t wait to read it, or watch it, or cry to it, or ma******te to it. Hopefully you take pleasure in it, too. My promise to you, our dear readers, is that Perversion won’t publish something we’re not proud of. We won’t sacrifice quality for deadlines, and we certainly won’t censor ourselves for anyone.1 We are a motley group of ambitious and, at times, semi-starved people, willing to sacrifice sleep and every other bodily function to produce the highest quality of content. Follow us online, follow us in print, follow us down the aisles at the local grocery story, follow us into dark alleys, especially if you’re fearful of what you may find. And if you do end up liking what you find, if you end up liking us—hypothetically, if Perversion Magazine was a person, and you would want to have s*x with it—then do what you can to support us. We have a ton of different ways for you to do so, but each one begins with you immersing yourself in Perversion by watching weird videos, observing what people call “art,” and reading stories that don’t have to make sense. This editorial is dumb. I’m force feeding you the idea of Perversion, which is composed of so many different mediums and methodologies. Our content does the talking for us, this memo is just a metal rail to help you up the stairs, especially because these stairs don’t simply go just up or down, or left or right. So tell your friends, tell your dermatologist, and tell your milkman about us. But please don’t tell your parents.

“Love”

Carl Rosen

Co-founder

01/30/2018

New music video from Strangerwolf. There's nature and stuff in it. Give it a watch.

Directed by Carl Rosen
DP: Patrick Rhea

Strangerwolf "Authors" Directed by Carl Rosen Director of Photography Patrick Rhea Performance by Rick Kennedy Supporting Actors: Ryan Kennedy Jeremy Blanton Cara Montemuro Editor/Colorist:…

Weird Humans: Blue Angels | Perversion Mag

11/03/2017

"But the awful sounds and out-of-towners aren’t why I hate the Blue Angels. I hate them because they exist to kill."

Weird Humans: Blue Angels | Perversion Mag The Blue Angels recently came to my town; I didn’t attend the festivities.

10/29/2017

Hey we're doing spooky things at Town Beer Co. tonight. Doors are at 6. We've got this limited edition poster for sale to remind us that the end is always near. Also, it's cursed (the poster).

Readers tonight include:
Miguel Mendoza
Yvette Angelique
G. M. Palmer
Teri Youmans Grimm

Music by:
Charlie Shuck - poet//songwriter
Miserable Him

Poster design by Sean Ferguson

BABE #113: HURLEY WINKLER, Freelance Journalist & Copywriter

10/03/2017

Jacksonville's beloved Daughter, Friend and Champion. Hurley Winkler. Can't wait to see Nickname Zine! Created by Hurley and Aysha Sara Miskin. You can catch them and it at the Coniferous Cafe on Wednesday for their premier night. Article by Babes Who Hustle.

BABE #113: HURLEY WINKLER, Freelance Journalist & Copywriter To know Hurley is to absolutely love her. We feel really lucky to have formed an invaluable relationship with this gal - both personally and professionally - over the past several months.

07/27/2017

Words & Sounds pt. 3 was a huge success! Big thanks to everyone who showed up last night, reminding us how strong our local scene is. We can't wait to do it again.

Shout outs to our Words: Hurley Winkler, RaeJeana Brooks, and Carl Rosen, and our Sounds: Official: Love Culture, Dean Winter, and Jesse Brantman.

Thanks to Town Beer Co. for having us, and Jack Mock of Mockshop Music Exchange for helping make this happen and running sound.

Also, thank you to Lexi and Jesse for the photos.

See you next time.

-PM

07/10/2017

Rise and shine, folks. It's after 1 and time to get to work dismantling society one picture of a weird bird at a time.

Photo by Jesse Brantman

06/29/2017

Our very own Jesse Brantman, on making the world a better place with Rethreaded

Using Talents for Good Have you ever wondered who does Rethreaded's amazing photography? Well, for the past two years, we have been working with the talented Jesse Brantman and Lexi M

It’s All About Whitney Kerney, and That’s Something to Celebrate | Perversion Mag

05/10/2017

Whitney Kerney has a new, self-titled brand and is ready to show it off. Read our interview with her at the link below, and get tickets to The "Whitney" Party here: https://goo.gl/f8NX4U

Interview by Cassidy Alexander
Photos by Lexi Mire

It’s All About Whitney Kerney, and That’s Something to Celebrate | Perversion Mag Whitney Kerney is a denim-clad fashion designer. She saturates herself in pops of bright colors, keeps her white Keds dirt-free, and is inviting you to a party

The Brother Cephus Slow Burn, an Interview on Music as Therapy and a Normal Life | Perversion Mag

04/27/2017

We interviewed Brother Cephus this past winter. Give it a read, and then get out to Mockshop Music Exchange tonight to see them jam the hell out with BOYTOY and The Mother Gooses.

Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1363849880394394/

The Brother Cephus Slow Burn, an Interview on Music as Therapy and a Normal Life | Perversion Mag Brother Cephus record has a slow burn to it. Noise (2016), their latest EP, opens with a title track that manages to somehow both slam itself into your face and

Boytoy Wants to Turn You On, So Read This and Report Back | Perversion Mag

04/25/2017

BOYTOY is coming back to Jacksonville this Thursday at Mockshop Music Exchange. They fu***ng rule.

Boytoy Wants to Turn You On, So Read This and Report Back | Perversion Mag "I want them to move uncontrollably,” said Saara Untracht-Oakner, one of BOYTOY’s founding members and its ostensible front woman. And when the band took the…

02/20/2017

Happy President's Day. Just a friendly reminder that this buffoon is in the White House. Resist.

illustration by Seth Pala

02/18/2017

It's always sh*tty in Trump's America.

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