Re:Generator was a cultural sleeper cell, a slap in the face of propriety, and an unashamed advocate of the 3rd, 16th and 18th Amendments. They broadcast from deep underground Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California, with tentacles reaching as far as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Illinois, and Vancouver, British Colombia. Re:Generator strove to be a bustling marketplace of ideas – its bloggers were under no directive but to write what they felt, what amused them and what piqued their interest. They were just as confused and opinionated as everyone else (sometimes more so); they were just lucky enough to have a soapbox to stand on. At least that’s what they told anyone who got on their case.
But who were these wreckers of civilization, these threats to the very meaning of what it is to be American, nay! human? They were the damned, and the damned are named thusly:
Robert Starvation: Editor-in-Chief, Agent Provocateur, Radical Hipster Scumbag
Robert Starvation (née Robert Schofield) was Re:Generator’s hard-working (though tragically unpaid) Editor-in-Chief. Heeding Jello Biafra’s call to “become the media,” he founded his own publication and daily blogged twice the doctor-recommended amount. Nursing a hideous and contradictory admixture of Anarchist, Socialist, and the kind of ideas you’d expect to hear from an unwashed derelict nicknamed “the prophet” raving on a street corner, Robert spent a good two-thirds of his days repeatedly butting his head against the wall. Other hobbies included loitering, smartassery and blade running. Read more…
Ryan Jovian: Art Director, Budding Rock Star, Battlemaster
Jovian was the booze and caffeine powered engine that drove the Re:Generator bone machine. Musician, artist and sometimes wordsmith, Jovian assisted with the technical aspects of the Re:Generator website as well as the layout of each issue of “polished sedition.” Things that made Jovian surly: People who own cats, waiting for a table in restaurants, tourists of any kind, bros, cute animals, daylight, running out of alcohol, running out of coffee, Lacrosse, Northern California, Disney vehicles, splitting up double features, remaking films, video games requiring physical activity, hobo handjobs, hippies. Read more…
Sam Pagan: Writer, Gamer, Raccoon Enthusiast
Sam Pagan bore an affinity for stripes, books (especially of the graphic novel breed), video games, and raccoons. Her sense of humor could range from something simple and silly to the really dry and dark sort. She was small but mighty. Read more…
Jessica: Wordsmith, Ex-Librarian, Future Overlord (or is it Overlady?) Of Canada
Jessica began writing her first novel at age 16 while bored to tears in her English class. Her writing followed her to college where she began experimenting with poetry and short stories, after which she wrote about being bored to tears at a job she almost got fired from, but alas, not quite. She hoped to become a writer as wealthy as Danielle Steel but not nearly as sappy, and would then live in a cabin in Pismo Beach with a dozen or so cats, all named Mr. Tibbles. Jessica was a terrible procrastinator and thus made a habit of forgetting to blog. Read more…
Crow Skyler: Bulk Text Producer, Opinion Giver, Immortal
Crow Skyler was a seventh-level demon, who could be summoned only by standing in a barrel of eel eyes at midnight while dancing a jig and singing Oingo Boingo’s “Dead Man’s Party.” She cast only one spell, “Splode,” which turned her enemies into lolcats. Her required spell reagent was a can of Pepsi, or chocolate in any shape and form. All geekery aside, said writer was a Multimedia major, a dork, and a hack artist who made her home in Southern California. Her music tastes were eclectic, she’d read anything that stands still long enough, and she had an extensive knowledge of both animals and the natural world. Read more…
KK4: Ranter, Tool Of The Military-Industrial Complex, Bunker Dwelling Mammal
As you made your way down the rabbit hole, you would have eventually found KK4, hacking at the walls with a shovel. He’d been down there for quite some time, and when he found that rabbit he swore he was gonna break its neck. As the resident expert on “scary shit,” KK4 spent most of his time in his subterranean hardened bunker beneath the streets of Philadelphia, only appearing above ground to buy soap and toilet paper, or to pick up his subscription to “Guns and Ammo” and “Jane’s Weapons Quarterly.” Although KK4’s politics were far to the right of the rest of the Re:Generator staff, his love of freedom and the constitution made him one of its more curious allies. Read more…
xtine: Verbose Anglophile, Pop Culture Fanatic, Beautiful Person™
xtine, most commonly known for being filled to the brim with sarcasm, skepticism, sugar and spice (as well as everything nice) was best recognized for her great style, poise, and opinions. She was infamous for bad internet decisions. She took much pride in her work, thus had utter distaste for constructive criticism. She enjoyed knitting, sleeping and going to Disneyland on her free time, as well as vacationing along the east coast. Her favorite genres of music included 80’s pop, post-punk, and britpop. She had strong obsessions with cupcakes, Hello Kitty, and Adam and the Ants. She didn’t drink or smoke and was an all-around good example of what a young lady should be (minus the vulgarity and bad internet decisions). Read more…
Isaac James: Scribe, Sass Master, Pope Benedict’s Arch Nemesis
Isaac was born in the Coachella Valley in Southern California with a number of his fellow writers. He hoped to get out and do something with his life one day, but there was some unexplainable power that held a lot of people in the cesspool that is… the Coachella Valley. Isaac loved to write. Whether he got that dream journalist or novelist job or not, he intended to put out a lot of work. Hooray for passion. Read more…
Monika Molluska: Truth Spitter, Apprentice Of Life, Secret Gypsy
Monika Molluska was a professional personal bitch (i.e. a personal assistant), apprenticing to become a body modification extraordinaire (i.e. a piercer, tattooist, scarer, brander, implanter and even bigger bitch), a proud fashion school drop out and DIY scenester, an octopus enthusiast, a hopeful circus performer, a hobo at heart, and neurotic in practice. Born and raised in the desert lands of California in pursuit of Hollywood trash, she lived in the Emerald City and received extensive hippie training, only to be carried back to the sun-drenched shores of California. She not only knew how to solve derivatives, but also created fabulous latte art. Her collections included, but were not limited to: skulls, various forms of art, hobbies, books, scars and other people’s three-year-old daughters. Read more…
In its various incarnations, Re:Generator also worked with rex opolis, Wry Mouth, Orlando Welsh, Brad McKay, Lizz Gloomcookie, Iris Virus, Jodi Miskell, Dandroid, Melodie Schwartz, Andrea (Scout), Chef Aaron Barnett, Chris Cantwell, Durenda Jennifer Medway, Jordan Schwab, Arthur Seay, Kellie Fox, Johnny Yugoslavia, Peter Peace, Jobriath Morgan, Joseph the Cantankerous Atheist, Gina Bakal, Mickii DePorter, Brian Hoffman, Elicia McCoy, Christin Hill, Kyle Andracchio, Steve Robbins, Sean Murphy and others whose names lapsed our memories and in whose honor we constantly flagellated ourselves.
