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Who thought we’d ever miss the days when frat boys were all about date rape and taping nerds’ buns together?
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In Stockholm he’s a legendary performance artist from the 60s who all the punk kids call “Grandfather Martin.” In New York he’s a scary bum who’s about to take a shit in the middle of the train and then stab you with his four-inch fingernails. Comments/Enlarge | See all









Dear Girls,
Drop out of school. It’s a waste of money. Start some bizarre performance-art band thingie and enjoy your twenties, because once the baby comes out, all those “Gender and Film” courses are going to do is make watching Shrek every day even more annoying.
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Cover photo by Ben Ritter.


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NEW YORK THROUGH THE EYES OF AN UNAPOLOGETIC OVEREATER

"In mercurial New York, tradition, dominant elsewhere and at other times, has always been slippery."
-Luc Sante, from the foreword to Low Life...
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MANHATTAN

This is the crown jewel of all five boroughs. Those who tell you different are wrong. Most of the city is laid out on a grid of very straight streets that have been assigned numbers as names. Sadly enough, most of the numbered straight streets are more boring than the ones with odder, more creative ...
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BROOKLYN

Someone is going to swear to you that Bushwick is "blowing up," and someone will swear that it sucks. What will happen in reality is that you will go to a loft party there and see guys in purple t-shirts wearing Dunks and drinking flat Corona, and then you'll realize it's a lot like every other part...
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AND THE REST

There's a zoo here. The Yankees. The Botanical Garden. And a street called Arthur Avenue where you could spend a wonderful afternoon eating Italian food or shopping to make a meal somewhere. We say afternoon, 'cause we know someone's already told you that you will get mugged or beaten up if you a...
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PIZZA, BURGERS & BBQ

PIZZA
No Ray's Famous allowed. That's all we have to say....
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THE VICE GUIDE TO NYC WAITSTAFF

THE MAN WITH A PAST
These are the waiters found in dark Italian restaurants owned and operated by Lebanese families. They generally work alone, handling the whole restaurant with the aid of a small boy who buses tables and has the mien of a monkey. These men, the men with histories, are ...










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