Vice Blog: VICE at Hopscotch: Last Two Days and Final Thoughts
I don't think I've ever been in a city this size (population 400,000 plus) that is so conspicuously clean. Outside of major theme parks it's such an oddball site to see uniformed people walking around...
View ArticlePopping the Marks: Confession of a Muslim Psychedelic Tea Drinker
The place of drugs in Islam is much more complicated than most people recognize. Because the Qur’an only speaks specifically of wine, Muslims have had to figure out Islamic positions on other...
View ArticleVice Blog: What Sort of Person Still Thinks 9/11 Was an Inside Job?
As you've probably noticed from the wealth of "I remember where I was when..." Facebook statuses, today is the 11th anniversary of the most important day in modern history. The day when the world went...
View ArticleMore Eddy: I Was Wrong: Mitt Romney Is Not a Sociopath After All
Wow. That didn’t take long at all. I write, and I learn. Last week, in the inaugural installment of my new column More Eddy, I concluded that Mitt Romney is a wolf in sheep’s clothing and probably...
View ArticleUneven Terrain: Undercity: Las Vegas
Undercity is a team comprised of two guys who enjoy crawling through cities' sewers and assorted shit-covered subterranean locales. We teamed up with director Andrew Wonder and Steve Duncan to create...
View ArticleJosé Can Say So: Why I’m Anti-Big-Government, and Why Taxes Should Be Made...
Let me tell you something: I hate politics. In fact, I’m very anti-politics. I don’t even vote because I think the current US government is involved in the worst form of corruption and legal extortion...
View ArticleVice Blog: Remembering the Dumb Moments That Shaped Me Through Songs - Part Two
B 52’s “Dance This Mess Around” I’m 19-years-old and working at a boutique that sells cheap, brightly colored clothing brought up from Los Angeles. My boss is young, funny and I just think she is so...
View ArticleVice Blog: We Went to Wanderlust Yoga in the City (of New York)
New York City is the mecca for the entertainers, the insider traders and the tattooed outcasts. Also a place where you can go and put your ass in the air with a bunch of strangers, while suffering a...
View ArticleVice Blog: Excerpts from ‘The Periodic Table of Energy’
On January 17, 1973, Timothy Leary—the “high priest” of LSD and, at the time, the “most dangerous man in America,” according to Richard Nixon—was apprehended by US officials at Kabul International...
View ArticlePopping the Marks: The Innocence of White People
So I’ve just received an email from a reader, asking whether I might have something to say about The Innocence of Muslims. “Is tolerance for satire really a concept that is not compatible with Islam?”...
View ArticleVice Blog: We Ate Rat Salad
The winter of discontent is on its way. The banks are fucked, the world is ending, you have essays to write and no money for food. Boo-hoo and so on, but have you ever thought about the nutritional...
View ArticleVICE News: The Mexican Mormon War Part 2
The Mexican drug cartels are at war... with Mormons. VICE founder Shane Smith went down to Ciudad Juárez, near the US border, to investigate this bizarre story. In Part 2, we learn how the "Mormon...
View ArticleMore Eddy: Mitt Romney, Little Black Hole
The Romney campaign is stalling, nothing’s landing and they need to connect soon. So last week Romney threw a foreign-policy punch. And in the short term he’s being hammered for it. But will it pay...
View ArticleVice Blog: Remembering the Dumb Moments That Shaped Me Through Songs - Part...
Most of my young life was spent making up dance routines. MADONNA “LIKE A VIRGIN” I have a childhood best friend who lives down the block from me. Her grandmother takes care of her in the daytime. She...
View ArticleVice Blog: The Very Best of New Zealand Fashion Week
Photo by Mark Hunter of The Cobrasnake Last week I was flown down to Auckland to be a VIP during New Zealand Fashion Week. I would have told you about it before, but I was forced to live off of all...
View ArticleKill the Engine: I Finally Got an iPhone
I finally got an iPhone a few weeks ago. Fairly positive I'm the last of my friends to get one. I think what sealed the deal was when I was out skating with some old bros and one of my...
View ArticleVice Blog: Tom Sims Was One of the Good Ones
As you've probably heard by now, legendary surfer, skateboarder, and snowboarder Tom Sims passed away at his Santa Barbara ranch on Wednesday from a heart attack. A lot of people try to be original,...
View ArticleSex, Drugs, and Rock 'N' Roll: Semen Allergies, Xanax, and Date Rape
SEX - SEMEN ALLERGIES Having diarrhea in front of your partner is a big step in the relationship. I'd say it should come after you stop using condoms, but before you say l love you. I've already told...
View ArticleVice Blog: Charles Cushman's America
By all outward appearances, Charles Cushman was like any typical, hard-working guy. He worked for many years as an administrator at various government jobs, as well as at a brewery. But when he died...
View ArticleVice Blog: Occupy Wall Street Threw a Fairly Unsurprising Birthday Party
OO.ready(function() { OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer', 'Vsd3d3NTosYJhH1ImOYCDwhIm3TfdXnG'); });Please enable Javascript to watch this video We met at the red cube across the street from Zuccotti...
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