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Occupy's Rolling Jubilee Wants to Give Americans Money for Nothing
Walking the streets of New York City this spring, you would have been hard-pressed not to come across posters promoting the Occupy Wall Street-led May Day general strike. “A day without the 99...
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Singing a Sad Song with Photographs
Editors Note: As a fun experiment, we asked Bryan what the best song would be to listen to while you look at the images. He suggested this one: My Shepherd Will Supply My Needs by John Fahey on...
View ArticleTaji's Mahal - Spencer Fujimoto, El Senor
This week, Lower East Side legend, Clayton Patterson, put us on to Spencer Fujimoto's new skateboard jewelry brand, El Señor. Spencer has been shredding since his Love Child days. And now, he’s making...
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Pen Pals: 'Ruff Buttlove' and Other Prison Raps
Another round of rap songs by our prison correspondent Bert Burykill. "Ruff Buttlove" I wrote this song in 2007 while locked up at Hale Creek Correctional Facility. This was a program jail where we...
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Hanging Out with the Residents of Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone
The Chernobyl disaster was the worst nuclear catastrophes ever. On April 26, 1986, a meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in what is now Ukraine released a massive amount of radiation...
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The Big Gulp: My First Time Swallowing
“You've never swallowed?” Three pairs of the most incredulous eyes I've ever seen bored into me. They bored into my soul. In almost 27 years on this planet, I had not once ingested the semen of a man....
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VICE Speaks with Syria Deeply's Lara Setrakian
Today at 12 PM EST, watch VICE's Anna Therese Day, whose article "Gunrunning with the Free Syrian Army," appears in this month's Syria issue, speak with Bloomberg Middle East correspondent and Syria...
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I Heard Big Boi's New Album Before You Because I'm Special
It’s now been 20 years since OutKast signed to LaFace Records. Big Boi’s solo career spans roughly half of that, so it was easy to go into the listening party for Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors at...
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Melissa Stetten's Bratwalk: Crash Landing at the Runway Show
Unless you are one of the top 100 models in the world, your payment for a fashion show is equivalent to a stripper’s tips on a Monday night. Sometimes you don’t get paid actual money at all. "Trade,"...
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Fightland: The Return of Georges St. Pierre
UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre is finally returning to the Octagon this weekend after a 19-month hiatus. GSP hasn’t fought since defeating overrated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert Jakes...
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Did Israel Assassinate Hamas' Chief Peace Negotiator?
Wednesday begins normal enough. Traffic as usual. The regular policeman at the Al Sarayya junction conducts traffic from his usual spot, a common sight when traffic lights cease functioning due to...
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Paula Broadwell's Unedited Manuscript
Last week, the media was abuzz over the sordid details about ex-CIA chief David Petraeus’ extra-marital affair. The FBI investigation that uncovered the four-star general’s infidelity and led to his...
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An Open Letter to My Parents, Who Still Don’t Believe I Survived Hurricane Sandy
Dear Mom and Dad, Thank you for your continued concern about my wellbeing during and after Hurricane Sandy. To reiterate: I’m fine. You’ve got to stop calling to ask if I’m in the dark, in the cold,...
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Weediquette - Vaporizers Are for Grownups
One day, when you’re lying on your deathbed (or death ravine, depending on how you go out), you’ll look back on your life and think of the people who made you what you are. If you’re a piece of shit,...
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Women Are 'Pretty Scenery' at the 18th National Congress of the Communist...
For me, the most interesting story to come out of this week’s 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China isn’t the seven bland men who claimed the reins of power for the next ten years....
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The Magic Kingdom of Syria
Here’s a fun idea for Syria: Disneyland. Just because your government has oppressed you for generations and your country is in the midst of a full-scale civil war and your house is on fire right now...
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On the Lam in Lebanon
Members of the Free Syrian Army’s mughaweer (commandos) and Ah al-Rassi (Freedom for the Assi River) brigades return to al-Qusayr after a battle near the Lebanese border in Homs. (The photos contained...
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Good Morning, Sinners... with Warren Ellis: Delete Everything Now
There’s a book by Roger Zelazny called My Name Is Legion that sort of starts like this: A guy who worked on the project to forever tie everyone everywhere into a computer system that will log...
View ArticleFresh Off the Boat: Taiwan Part 2
In the second episode of our Taiwanese adventure, Eddie trips down to the Southern tip of the country to vibe with its burgeoning surf culture. He parties on the beach, almost gets eaten by the ocean,...
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