Weediquette – You Sell Me Drugs, but Are We Friends?
When Abraham Lincoln signed the Declaration of Independence in 1892, he famously slammed down his quill and exclaimed, “This is a free country, goddammit. We won’t have slavery. But you can buy and...
View ArticleHistorical Party Fouls
Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball, New York City, 1966 I’d just puked into a giant potted plant in the lobby of the Plaza Hotel, outside Truman’s Black and White. I was looking for a place to stash...
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Comics: Talkin''Bout the Boards - A Pearl Necklace with Your Willie
Dear Vice Readers, You read our articles, or look at our pictures, and then you tell us what you think. We tell you what we think with cartoons that I draw of your stupid bullshit. Nicholas Alessio...
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A Juke Joint in the Mississippi Delta
I left New Orleans in search of a juke joint and followed the only directions I’d been given: “A cotton field four miles west of Merigold.” Six hours later I stood out front, surrounded by corn on all...
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Road to Ruin
Click to enlarge. Click through to the next page for more on Emir Faisal, Arab nationalism, and Syrian independence. Or view the whole guide in a single page. For a crash course on Syria's...
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The Writing Is on the Wall
An anonymous activist who participates in the graffiti movement. When Tarek Algorhani walked out of a Syrian prison in June 2011, he had no idea that a revolution had erupted in his country—or that it...
View ArticleOnly Shitty Fans Deal In Absolutes
For fans of the beloved Star Wars series, the emotional fallout of Disney’s $4 billion dollar purchase of LucasFilm on Tuesday has been fraught with more angst than a middle schooler’s fanfiction....
View ArticleFull Disclosure
When hackers crack into a Fortune 500 company, they’re usually not there to post funny cat pictures on the servers. With proper skills and timing, the right group of hackers can steal millions of...
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This Election, Vote for Whatever You Want
Here we are. After years—fucking years—of campaigning, spin, narrative, counter-spin, ads, interviews, news cycles, primaries, debates, speeches, pressers, PACs, think pieces, tweets, conventions,...
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Marni and Nate Are in Your Hood, Photographing Your Tweets
Marni Shindelman and Nate Larson are two artists who collaborate on projects focused on perceptions of time and space in modern life and in relation to social networks. Their most recent series of...
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Good Morning, Sinners... with Warren Ellis: My Last Column About the...
So I wrote this book called Transmetropolitan, set in the US, and partway through there's a Presidential election between a man nicknamed The Beast and a man nicknamed The Smiler. The thing about The...
View Article'Four More Beers for Obama,' Sings Africa
Remember that time those Malawian guys emailed us a video pleading with the British public to make Nirvana Christmas number one? Well, they are back, and this time they've grown a political...
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Wide World of Balls: The Day the Running Stopped
It's almost impossible to overstate how unimportant sports are in the grand scheme of things. We sometimes forget this when we're cursing at our fantasy football teams, but then something like...
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Mr. MFN eXquire: The Baddest Motherfucker in Rap
Calling Mr. MFN eXquire and politely asking, “Hi! Is this Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire?” when he dropped the “Muthafuckin’” is like selling Girl Scout cookies to Sharon Tate’s home back in the Summer of...
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Stupid Shit White Girls Say to Me
Commuting between my shitty backwater town in rural England and London freaks me out: I get lulled into this safety net of functional multiculturalism in East London, and then the second I get home...
View ArticleFresh Off the Boat: Taiwan - Trailer
Eddie goes on a whirlwind adventure in Taiwan to reconnect with his roots. This three-part episode takes us from late-night shrimping and hanging out with betel nut beauties, to a trip down south for...
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Welcome to the Syria Issue
Today we are proud to present the first bits of The Syria Issue, an entire magazine dedicated to one of the oldest and most important cradles of civilization in the world. It is also a place that has...
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Every Politician Lies—but Not as Much as Mitt Romney
Every politician lies. But Mitt Romney's chances of victory this Tuesday hinge more than most elections on the stupidity and poor memory of the American electorate. First he threw his moderate...
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The Young Gun Meets the Living Legend
Joel Meyerowitz was part of a group of pioneering photographers that revolutionized the art world 50 years ago by taking color pictures at a time when everyone thought serious photos had to be in...
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Don’t Kill Yourself if Your Candidate Loses
Regardless of who wins the presidential election tomorrow, many, many voters on the losing side will almost immediately start shrieking about how their lives and their country will be annihilated in...
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