ARTICLES BY BEN RAYNER
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  BREAK DOWN THE WALLS!
How Play for Today Changed British Screens for Ever and EverTelevision movies are rubbish, right? Well, if you were watching TV in Britain in the 1960s, the opposite would be the case. Play for Today was a series of one-off dramas that dragged television into uncharted cinematic territory via the emerging use of 16-mm on-location filming and a rejection of the limits of a conservative studio system...
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 JACK BOND
Jack Bond was a headmaster when he was 21. Sometime after that he lost a full-grown bear and nearly 50 mental patients in the woods in Wales. He also rolled with Warhol and Magritte in New York and drove Salvador Dali into a rage. These days, he’s making a film that the French intelligence se...
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 SAME OLD BULLSHIT
Raekwon Keeps Us Waiting For Two Days, Then Talks About CakesThis magazine used to be well known for interviews with big-name American rappers. Back when Dave 1 from Chromeo was still writing for us every month we had scoops like Eminem’s first ever interview, Ol’ Dirty’s last ever interview, Lil’ Kim shot by Terry Richardson and Fat J...
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 HELLO! GOODNIGHT!
After 15 Years, Sleep Come Out Slugging For 48 Hours OnlyEarlier this year I was talking with a pal about dream musical reformations. The more we talked about the turds who’d recently reformed for cash, the more we realised how little we cared about any of them...
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 DRAINPIPES BATHED THE GOLDEN GLOW
The Guy from Felt Is Still Angry About PantsLawrence Hayward has penned heaps of absolutely perfect pop songs, and yet none of his bands—Felt, Denim, and the latest, Go Kart Mozart—has ever delivered a massive crossover hit. According to Lawrence, this is due to two things: his unfailing ability to never miss an opportunity to mis...
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 WEAR DARE
When Friends Dress Friends ShittyThe challenge: Go to the thrift store and pick out five of the most hideous, ridiculous outfits you can scare up for 50 bucks. Make your friend wear them all day, every day, for a week no matter what—no changing plans, no wussing out, and don't explain what you're doing either. In return, your ...
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 ASS INVADERS
The Vice Guide to Milking Your ProstateHey, guess what? If you are an American man you are more likely to have cancer in your prostate than any other part of you. It's also more likely to kill you than any other form of cancer. Oh, and there is also the extra bonus of a 35 percent higher chance of your prostate going sour than your girlf...
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 HELLO BUDDY!
Photos by Ben RaynerHere are some selected highlights from a upcoming book by Ben Rayner. It's going to be called Hello Buddy! because that's what Ben says to dogs when he sees them on the street. These dogs here are all reacting to him saying: "Hello buddy!"...
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 A MEXICAN IN... LONDON
Monica Gonzalez
Vice: Ay caramba, look at you. Why did you decide to come all the way to London?
Monica: I left Mexico City with my parents due to my dad's job and moved to the States for around two years. Then we moved to France, then to Geneva, and then my dad decided to go...
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 BIN BANQUETS
Mmmm, Scavenging For Out-Of-Date FoodYou may be under the impression that eating out of bins is a practice confined to tramps, starving refugees and really crazy people, but the phenomenon is becoming very popular among students and young arty types who tend to live in squats...
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