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Issue Magazine 01-2016 Conversation-style interviews unfold between musicians Ezra Furman and Du Blonde, artist Kori Newkirk and LACMA curator Christine Y. Kim, and Velvet Underground founder John Cale and Here We Go Magic’s Luke Temple. Scot Sothern shares his photography of LA street prostitution, and Lesley Arfin talks to Harper Simon about her new Netflix series Love with Judd Apatow and writing for Girls. The makers of the documentary I Am Sun Mu share the political pop art of Sun Mu, a North Korean defector. Fashion highlights include our cover photo shoot and interview with actor Lola Kirke of Mozart in the Jungle, a gender-fluid shoot with Ezra Furman, and editorials "Meta," "Olivia," and "Ally." Actors and musicians share their ambitions, turn-ons and favorite movies in the Go-See series—featuring Forrest Goodluck, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Scoot McNairy and Whitney Able, and Odessa. The issue opens with our signature series "Shoot Yourself" #Beauty, where models go behind the camera, running alongside highlight features of exciting new art books, music and films. ISSUE+ enhanced features include our unique go-see video interviews. CONTRIBUTORS TEXT Du Blonde, Nicole Disson, Sid Feddema, Alison Green, Christine Y. Kim, Charlotte Lieberman, Alyson Luthi, Kris Pitzek, Clare Shearer, Harper Simon, Luke Temple, Dan Tinkham, Angie Vines; IMAGE Bibi Borthwick, Elaine Carlin, Jan-Willem Dikkers, David Gomez, Beau Grealy, Annie Marie, Dave Naz, Shaughn & John, Teal Thomsen, Katty Ukhanova, Laurence Vanicelli, Savannah Williams