MIROSLAV TICHY
For a long time, Miroslav Tichy was something between a charming oddity and a local bogeyman. He was frequently arrested for hanging around the local pool and snapping pictures of unsuspecting women.
JOANNA & RACHEL
BY ANNABEL MEHRAN
If you are looking for something to do tonight besides getting shitty for no reason you might consider something more do-goodlier like attending this benefit for Jon Wiley. Read more
I contacted every legendary 80s Brazilian black/death/thrash band I could think of, hoping to score some interviews. I got email addresses from the official sites, went through their official MySpaces, and even emailed a university in Belo Horizonte, as Sarcófago's Wagner Lamounier is a professor of economic science there. But it was all for shit. Either they didn't speak English, didn't get the email, thought I was a waste of time, or are just plain Brazilian and don't care about deadlines. One dark hero, Vulcano's Zhema Rodero, did finally respond though, and I got as far as sending him a list of questions (back in April), but he disappeared again and never replied. Until last night. Read more
Todd Pendu has really long, perfectly straight hair that looks really, really soft--like, it would be nice to run your fingers through it. Looks aside, he's the human responsible for booking, organizing, scheduling, and overseeing the NY Eye & Ear Festival--a four-day, three-venue, two-borough weirdathon that starts tonight and offers what many view as the only legit glimpse into the bubbling cauldron of NYC's true underground music scene. Read more
I am French and I've never eaten cheese in my entire life. It's always been a big neurosis, my worst fear, and one of my greatest prides at the same time. I guess I feel "rare" or something like that, because basically every French person I know LOVES to put those crappy hunks of altered milk into their mouths. But I decided it was high time to face my fear and try some. Read more
A few years back Neil LaBute wrote a short story about a racist guy who shits in a coworker's desk for our inaugural Fiction Issue. That was pretty great, because as fiction, it means it's not true. What's not pretty great is that today I arrived at the VICE office and opened the drawer of my filing cabinet to find a bottle of Lubriderm and what appeared to be three jizzed-on tissues. Read more
For a long time, Miroslav Tichy was something between a charming oddity and a local bogeyman. He was frequently arrested for hanging around the local pool and snapping pictures of unsuspecting women.
BY ANNABEL MEHRAN
If you're a young, modern Iranian chick with ambitions beyond cooking and cleaning or protesting for the rest of forever (or until you go to jail or die on the street while someone records your last breath with a cell phone and become a martyr), you might want to consider, contradictory as it seems, an arranged marriage.
Dr. Robert J. White performed his first neurosurgery at age 15on a frog cadaver in high school bio class. In the 70s, he successfully transplanted the head of one monkey to the body of another.
Managed by their parents, on tour 365 days a year, and charging $900 for a two-hour sermon, child preachers are big business in Brazil.
Everything in Atlanta that wasn't stuccoed together last year looks like it was probably built in the 70s and designed by the federal government. The metro area is crisscrossed by massive concrete freeways right out of The Terminator and populated by clustered suburbs that are as bland as any the USA has to offer.
If, during the course of this year’s “festival season,” you don’t have scenes like this in your hotel room then you are simply not doing it correctly.
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JULY 9
Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY
Featuring Titus Andronicus
21+ | 10-2 | Free with RSVP
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JULY 16
Spencer Brownstone Gallery July 16 - August 6 Opening Reception - July 16 More info
JULY 18
Three of Clubs, Los Angeles, LA
Featuring Crystal Antlers and more
21+ | 10-2 | Free with RSVP
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July 23
Presented by VICE x EA
4th and B, San Diego, CA
Featuring GWAR, 3 Inches of Blood, Unholy Pink, Keith Morris (DJ Set)
21+ | Free with RSVP
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