VICE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR: REMY!

This little guy is Remy Cherin, VICE’s event manager. He is personally responsible for organizing what we believe to be the hands-down best party of the year (and perhaps the decade)—our 15^th anniversary Halloween party that we and everyone else you know have been yapping about all week. So, following that logic, we collectively decided that he should be bestowed with the honor of employee of the year. And what does he get? The honor of being interviewed by a member of the Vice editorial staff.

VICE: How long have you been working at Vice?
Remy Cherin: It’s been almost a year.

And you started planning the 15^th anniversary party a while ago. It’s almost like we hired you just to do that.
Yeah. We started in May. But I’ve actually been thinking about it since ’96.

Really. How old were you in 1996?
In ’96 I was… 13 years old. I actually planned my own Bar Mitzvah in ’96 and I was thinking this would be next. I had event planning in my blood.

What’s it like to be the event planner for VICE? Do people assume you’re just some like meth-addicted, seedy dude who sweats all over everyone and barks orders?
Yeah. I think there is kind of a misconception about being an event planner. I don’t smoke meth anymore. You know, I’ve really had to learn to burn the midnight oil.

I heard that you actually took a vow of sobriety for quite a time before this party just so you could focus on it 100 percent. Is that true?
That is true.

Well, it seemed to work. Everyone I talked to who attended said they had a great time. Did you have even a second to enjoy yourself? Were there any personal highlights for you?
I think that the Jesus Lizard fucking ripped. I thought Bad Brains were fucking awesome. I thought the crowd was awesome. I think that it was probably one of the wildest crowds I have ever seen. A lot of the feedback was that Bad Brains sucked and Jesus Lizard rocked, but I thought Bad Brains were fucking awesome. There was a lot of cool stuff on the half pipe. I saw a bologna sandwich skating the half pipe. That was pretty rad.

I heard you got to talk with HR backstage. What was that like? A lot of people think he’s catatonic.
He was pretty cool. He was smiley and super nice. He was a man of few words but he was definitely really nice—everything that did come out of his mouth.

Do you think he was stoned?
I just think he may have been really, really happy.

How was your experience at the door?
At one point everybody, including lots of people I don’t know, was screaming my name outside of the venue trying to get in. A security guy turned to me and said, “Damn, you must have big dick.”

Do you have a big dick?
I do have a big dick, yeah.

Sure you do. So right now you’re in a cab en route to Arizona for another one of our 15th anniversary parties. How do you think that will compare to New York?
Well, it’s on a much, much smaller scale. This is only our second-ever party here. It’s going to be different and interesting. It’s about 100 degrees here.

Are you exhausted now? What are your plans to unwind after you’re finally done scheduling all the parties we’re putting on across the country?
I’ll probably gear up for 2010. I don’t really like to relax, you know. I just really like planning parties. It is how I relax and it’s also my life.

Friday, November 6, 2009 at 5:05 pm by HAPPY KAFTAN VICE US
Tags: 15-year anniversary, either bragging or lying about dick size, Employee of the Year, Party, Remy

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