HOUDINI Magazine July 2025 PDF Edition

The first-ever digital PDF edition of HOUDINI Magazine—July's issue brings 90 pages of uncensored  underground culture, politics, and art. Zines, manifestos, deep dives, and cultural excavation for those who live outside the algorithm.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

• //DNGN// Conan the Barbarian – A blood-soaked, three-part saga of Hyborian grimdark, paired with dungeon synth soundtracks. "The internet's a fucking portal, man—a crystal ball that rips you out of your shitty apartment and hurls you into the ether."
• HOUDINI Goes Local – Imperialism comes home. ICE camps, Florida swamps, and the noose tightening. "We are already living in occupied territory."
• THE RUNDOWN: Soulseek – The last bastion of true piracy. A step-by-step guide to the underground’s best-kept secret for music, bootlegs, and rare files. Gatekeep. Dig. Share.
• Learning to Love Your Art – Painter Paige Leggett on destroying and resurrecting her work, featuring interviews with the cast of Critique, a film about artistic self-destruction.
• (new) Whippets – Quick, brutal thoughts on capitalism, dehumanization, and environmental collapse. "Mother Earth is not a resource—she is a hostage."
• Art Posting: Toyen – The queer surrealist who defied commodification. Selected by Mindape. "Contemporary art is LinkedIn with attachments."
• ormEviE – An exclusive, glitch-ridden interactive art experience by Mindape. Rupture the frame.
• On Planned Obsolescence – A Marxist deep-dive into consumer society, neoliberalism, and why your life feels like a disposable product.
• LABOR // There is Honor in Dishwashing – A love letter to the unsung backbone of every restaurant. "They are us and we are they."
• Game Review: Into the Deep Web – A roguelike dungeon crawler where you dive into your computer. Weird, free, and brilliant.
• Payment Processors Shouldn’t Police Porn – Ultra Tetra on the creeping censorship of adult content. "This is a modern-day book burning."
• Babe Ruth – Erik Houdini’s scorching manifesto on Palestine, despair, and revolutionary optimism. "There is nothing left but to swing."
  
  HOUDINI is a living archive of the counterculture—underground art, radical politics, forgotten media, and the people who make them possible.
  
  No Algorithm. No corporate sponsors. No compromises.