Nocturnal Submissions: Goodbye, So-Long, Motherfucker
Scot Sothern is a Los Angeles-based photographer and a big prostitute fan. He has been interacting with and photographing hookers since the 1960s, and his images have been widely exhibited in...
View ArticleDid Boards of Canada Create the Weirdest Musical Rabbit Hole Ever?
A casual observer of the Boards of Canada (BoC) numbers station mystery might be either vaguely amused or generally disinterested. BoC fans, on the other hand, are of a different breed. Like Pynchon...
View ArticleA Utah Woman Is Being Prosecuted for Filming a Slaughterhouse from a Public...
Photo: hunnnterrr/Flickr The United States' first prosecution under so-called ag-gag legislation has begun. Will Potter reports at Green Is The New Red that a Utah woman, Amy Meyer, has been charged...
View ArticleMy Mom Tricked Me into Going to a Ugandan Boarding School
Uganda's boarding schools have a slightly dodgy reputation, in that they're basically Victorian borstals in the sun and quite regularly host dormitory fires, killing tens of students at a time. So you...
View ArticlePeople Skateboard in St. Petersburg, Too
This might be unfair, but when I think of Russia I think of Fiddler on the Roof, snow, more snow, old people who drink vodka to ward off pneumonia, and the odd lonely bear. For whatever reason, I...
View ArticleIn Cuba, Tattoo Artists Make More than Doctors and Lawyers
Photos by Stacey Rupolo This year, a 52-year-old politician named Miguel Diaz-Canel was appointed vice president of the ruling Council of State in Cuba, making him a likely future leader of the...
View ArticleHungary Is Destroying Itself from the Inside
Hungarian President Viktor Orbán. Hungary isn't necessarily a country famed for its defenses. After losing 1.5 million people in World War I, a third of its population deserted the country. Then,...
View ArticleJonathan Hobin Re-Creates the World's Most Infamous Tragedies with Children
Jonathan Hobin is a Canadian photographer whose series In the Playroom features a range of children reenacting some of the most brutal news stories of our generation, from JonBenet Ramsey’s death and...
View ArticleDogmageddon: "Coexist" Bumper Stickers Are Actually Intolerant
Photo via Flickr During terrorist attacks, people lose their fucking minds. They spend the first few hours after trying to get as many details as they can, without bothering to worry about pesky...
View ArticleFringes: The Warrior State
NEWS THE warrior state By Bernardo Loyola and Laura Woldenberg Militia members in Cuautepec, Guerrero, where they gathered to take an oath to defend their communities against organized crime. Photos...
View ArticleA Stone for Michael Stewart
You live in Massachusetts, or New Orleans. Or Tucson, or Santa Barbara. Last week you threw away a Crock-Pot your mom gave you for Christmas 20 years ago. Now you’re watching CNN. A discomforting...
View ArticleSaturn Dogs: Noise and Sushi Dinner in Berlin
Saturn Dogs are an improvisational performance group, or perhaps they are sound sculpture, or maybe even a noise band. Eschewing labels and categorization, their shows might just as easily involve...
View ArticleKream Kush
Photography by Sunny Shokrae Stylist: Sheyna Imm Hair: Helena Moké Make Up: Laura Stiassni Nails: Holly Lynn Falcone Model: Kimberley at Q All clothes by Missguided Click through to the next page for...
View ArticleVICE on HBO Extended: European Meltdown - The New Face of French Nationalism
Amidst the economic strain in France, the far right Front National party has experienced a resurgence in popularity. In this clip that we shot for episode four of VICE on HBO, Shane meets the new...
View ArticleI Did Karaoke with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Karaoke is my “thing.” Other people can have “things” too, like “daughters” or “medicine,” but those “things” won’t ever mean as much to me as karaoke—it’s my thing. More than anything else in the...
View ArticleSex, Drugs, and Rock 'N' Roll: I Can't Fuck You All, Barbiturates, and Jay Arner
Photo by rusty.grass via Flickr. SEX – I CAN'T FUCK YOU ALL With that cocky paragraph title, will I be called the next Samantha Brick? I hope not, that shit was annoying. I'm unsure if it's due to...
View ArticleVICE Premiere: Maria ke Fisherman's Fall/Winter 2013 Collection
As a horde of designers regurgitate trends that were hot back when I was still listening to the Spice Girls, it seems clear that the fashion industry has rediscovered the 90s. But, while those hacks...
View ArticleSeven Sonnets Read by Webcam Models
John Reed has a healthy interest in porn as both an art form and a cultural phenomenon—last year he interviewed Seka, the iconic adult film performer, for VICE. He’s also a prolific writer who’s...
View ArticleA Red Line for Syria - Obama Is Trapped by His Own Rhetoric
Photos via Wikimedia Half a century ago, John F. Kennedy said, “Our responsibility is one of decision—for to govern is to choose.” OK, fine. But what happens when all the choices stink? Americans who...
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