Kill the Engine: I Finally Watched 'Hardflip'
I will watch any movie that has something to do with skateboarding. They're all terrible, but the 80s kid in me still thinks there's something cool about watching a flick that has dudes Thrashin' in...
View ArticleWe Saw This: Marshstepper
Thursday night, Saint Vitus played host to a five-band bill, headlined by Marshstepper, of Tempe, Arizona. It was a stellar night with writhing bodies, groping couples, arcing guitars, heavy feedback,...
View ArticleDogmageddon: Religion Can Ruin Your Heroes
These intros are usually focused on a broad news story in an attempt to bring about some relatability to the masses. However, this week I'm going to tell a small, personal story regarding how religion...
View ArticleVICE News: Beasts of Burden - Part 2
VICE correspondent Gelareh Kiazand celebrates Eid al-Adha by getting kicked out of a mosque with our host, Dardar. Then it's off to the Ka Faroshi bird market, where rival teams prep their fighting...
View ArticlePhotographing the Children of Romania's Communist Estates
During the communist period, housing estates were built all over Romania in an attempt to provide homes for mining, industrial, and agricultural workers. However, once the revolution came and...
View ArticleGreg Palast: Vaya Con Dios, Hugo
Hugo Chavez showing Greg Palast the sword of Simon Bolivar at Miraflores Palace, Caracas, in 2006 For BBC Television, Palast met several times with Hugo Chavez, who passed away last night. In 2005,...
View ArticleVICE Shorts: I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Voice Over'
Having won 44 awards and been selected in 80 festivals, Martin Rosete’s short film Voice Over obviously has something going for it. It’s not your typical short, and with a budget of $100,000, it...
View ArticleA Sweatshop of One's Own
Monday's shower-curtain dress. Photos by Jill Thompson and Courtney Turnball. I’m Canadian, but if there’s one thing I know about Americans, it’s that they love buying products manufactured by...
View ArticleWhat’s So Bad About Cockfighting Again?
This week, a Utah state senator named Allen Christensen made news by voting against a bill that would turn cockfighting from a misdemeanor into a felony. (It’s already a felony in most of the US.) The...
View ArticleWhat a World Without Hugo Chavez Looks Like
Hugo Chavez, the charismatic Venezuelan president, succumbed to his two-year bout with cancer on Tuesday, pushing the Latin American country into a new state of limbo. As the whole world watches,...
View ArticleWe Interviewed the Sleepers' Guitarist Michael Belfer
One of the sole reasons I get out of bed and put on pants in the afternoon is the recent reissue campaign the Superior Viaduct label is doing for the back catalog of the Sleepers, San Francisco’s...
View ArticleVICE Shorts: 'Death to the Tinman' by Ray Tintori
A series of unfortunate events leads to Bill getting tin replacements for his arms, legs, and eventually the rest of his body, but he still has a human heart. Bill's new appearance scares away his...
View ArticleMyths About Science Education
This guy ripped apart bodies for fun. Recently, I decided to go back to school to study science, and, astoundingly, most people I’ve crossed paths with have been enormous dicks about it. Even the...
View ArticleHelp! I’ve Been Trolled!
If you look at the internet long enough, you will eventually go insane. That’s what I’m realizing. I’m realizing this because I just read something I think is stupid. I’m not going to link to it. I’m...
View ArticleChavez: Despot or Saint?
Everyone else seems to be either mourning at or dancing on Hugo Chavez's grave, but I’m feeling decidedly unmoved. And not out of some deep apathy. It’s just that the Chavez being invoked by both...
View ArticleSergio De La Pava’s Narrative Mutations
I love long novels for how they destroy time. I mean, when I am reading a book that takes a solid block of time to get through, it becomes somewhere the world isn’t. The space of the book appends to...
View ArticleSelf Stimulating with King Tuff
It’s kind of hard to know what to talk to King Tuff about. It seems like a guy made up of hair, gold teeth, and sweat, who can make girls dance like the Pied Piper of haircuts may be resonating on a...
View ArticleHey Internet Daters, Grow Some Balls
I’ve never really understood dating. Occasionally, when I’m hormonal or between jobs, I’ll give it a shot—but generally speaking, I think being single is the fucking prize. No one has to witness the...
View ArticleVICE News: Beasts of Burden - Part 3
VICE correspondent Gelareh Kiazand meets the men who dedicate their lives to the breeding, training, and gambling involved in dog fighting in Kabul.
View ArticleBob Mackie Has Dressed Almost Everyone
Portrait by Harry Langdon In the pantheon of American fashion designers, Bob Mackie stands alone with his singular focus on sequined, bejeweled, and hyperbolic custom-made outfits for the world’s most...
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