Meryton Revisited
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View ArticleThe VICE Reader: Deep Thoughts on Jack Handey's Days Writing for 'SNL' and...
Jack Handey—who is indeed a real person, despite common misconception—is best known for his series of hilarious faux aphorisms, Deep Thoughts. Handey is also the writer of many of SNL’s best sketches...
View ArticleWhy MMA Should Be Welcoming Transgendered Fighters
Why MMA Should Be Welcoming Transgendered Fighters
View ArticleThe Muslim Brotherhood Got Massacred in Cairo
Today's news that police and army troops moved in on supporters of Egypt’s former President Mohamed Morsi did not come as a surprise. The shock lay in the uncompromising speed at which the authorities...
View ArticleJohnny Ryan and Nick Gazin Talk Kickass 2 and Comics in General
In honor of the August 22 release of the new Kick Ass 2 movie, which started out as a pretty great comic book series, we asked the two biggest authorities on comic books we know, Johnny Ryan and Nick...
View ArticleArtist Abdul Vas Loves AC/DC More Than Anyone On Earth
Abdul Vas is an artist who loves AC/DC. I know you’re thinking: hey who doesn’t love AC/DC? But he really loves AC/DC. In fact he’s such a fan that’s his most recent collection of occasionally...
View ArticleThe Government Is Going to Try to Stop Chemical Plants from Exploding
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View ArticleWave of Immolation
Donka and Georgi Kostov in the burn-victim unit of St. George hospital in Plovdiv, two weeks after Georgi’s suicide attempt. All photos by Jackson Fager. I t’s not every day that you meet someone who...
View ArticleVICE Shorts: I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'KNIFE'
Fuck fracking. Or at least that’s the tone of the short film KNIFE by James M. Johnston. Businesses are fracking all over the place now: Off the coast of California, in New York’s West Village, and in...
View ArticleVICE News: Burning Men of Bulgaria
NEWS Wave of Immolation Bulgarians Are Setting Themselves on Fire in Record Numbers By Wes Enzinna Photos by Jackson Fager Donka and Georgi Kostov in the burn-victim unit of St. George hospital in...
View ArticleLambstock Leaves Me Weak
Lambstock is a large, semilegendary, lamb-centric event held annually somewhere in Virginia. I say "somewhere" because, even after attending last weekend, I’m still not sure where it is, exactly. It’s...
View ArticleNeither Big nor Easy: Defending the Daiquiri and New Orleans’s Go-Cup Culture
Daiquiri advocate Jeremy Thompson, left, and daiquri shop employee Ryelene "Jazz" Jasmine, at Gene's Daiquiris. Photo by Zack Smith Back in the good old days, before 2004, passengers in Louisiana cars...
View ArticleMoscow's Real-Life Fight Club Looks Insane
It will surprise approximately zero people that Russia took the film Fight Club really fucking seriously. It is a place that has depressing violence hardwired into its DNA, whether that manifests...
View ArticleWe Talked to Ted Nugent About Freedom, America, and Killing Shit
We Talked to Ted Nugent About Freedom, America, and Killing Shit
View ArticlePlease Kill Me: Black Flag: Anatomy of a Lawsuit
Keith Morris and I have been pals for about a million years, ever since I crashed on his floor after another drunken night hanging out in LA during the 1970s. In the 80s, when I was working at SPIN, I...
View ArticleKomp-LaintDept.A Mindless Leap of Faith
They didn't want to be "forced to pay these taxes that pay for abortions we don't agree with." This was the reason why Hannah Gastonguay, 26, her husband Sean, 30, and his father, along with the...
View ArticleStoya: Feminism and Me
The venus symbol made out of impractical bras. Feminism, like everything in the world except for maybe the fact that water is good for people to drink, is a complex and nuanced thing. I love many...
View ArticleMeet the Nieratkos: Skateable Art Is Not a Crime
C.J. Rench's studio. Photo via Aaron Rogosin / Red Bull Content Pool. Despite every effort to package skateboarding into a stadium setting so non-skateboarders can watch the captive monkeys perform...
View ArticleNon-Alcoholic Beer Is "Cool" to Drink Now
Photo by Flickr User a4gpa I am an unhealthy piece of garbage. Alcohol is what fuels me, while cigarettes have replaced breakfast and/or dinner on more than one occasion. Is this a good thing? I...
View ArticleI Tried to Celebrate Ramadan With a Bunch of Muslims I Don’t Know
Photos by Andy Chappell I’ve been feeling pretty down lately—I think living away from my family and friends in Toronto for about four years is finally starting to get to me. Maybe I’m just sad that...
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