 WHO IS ERIK LAVOIE?
And What Becomes a Legend Most?Erik Lavoie is many great things to many great people. Like what? Shit, it's hard to know where to begin. Like with God. Do you start when he was born? Do you talk about what he does today? I don't know....
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  BEATS AND RHYMES
It ain't how much you say, it's what you say. I got no fuckin' time on the page to play. So yesterday I get an envelope at my door. Return address says "Spytech Records," and I'm happy as fuck. Why? Because about a week before, DJ Cheapshot told me he was mailing an advance copy of the new Styles of...
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 ERIK LAVOIE'S SMILE
The Mystery of That Magical GrinFor centuries scholars have stared at the face of Erik Lavoie and said to themselves, "What the fuck is up with that smile? It's like a not-smile." It's like the sun. You can feel its intense energy and dig its vibe, but as soon as you look at it–you can't look at it. It's too much....
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 BY DESIGN
It seems as if every 3-D artist is a lonely nerd from Erik Lavoie's home province (Quebec). Why is that? Why are they cheesier than a Belgian croque monsieur? What horrid loser-fication happens between 2 and 3 Ds? If you've spent any time online looking at this stuff, then you know what I'm talking ...
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 ERIK’S MOM
An Interview with the Virgin MaryVICE: First of all, it is a real honor to be talking to you, and thank you for birthing Erik Lavoie.
Pennie Lavoie: You're welcome.
What did Erik look like when he was first brought unto the world? Was he glowing?
Oh, just a wrinkly little baby. You wouldn't have rec...
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 DEAR DIARY
Entry: 19901990
Love
when i look at him
it's like looking into the sun
except i don't squint my eyes or go blind
if i wear sunglasses
i know that he is fake...
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 VA CHIER
Mon Esti de Calissede Tabernac de Criss de ConTout allait bien. j'etait en secondaire une. J'allais a L'Academie Lafontaine de St-Jerome. J'étais un anglais franco Québéquois qui savait toute les jokes de Slap Shot, Elvis Gratton, et des Bleu Poudres comme tout les autres. La seule différence était qu'à la maison je parlais en anglais avec ma f...
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 ELECTRIC INDEPENDENCE
Holy fuck, we can't get enough of the new Manitoba album, Up in Flames. We know we mentioned it last month, but that psychedelic shit gets better with every listen. In a recent chat with Electric Indy, Dan Snaith, the mastermind behind Manitoba, told us why....
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 GO SHIT
My Host of Chalice of Tabernacle of Dumb ChristEverything was going good. I was in secondary one. I went to the Lafontaine Academy of St. Jérome. I was an English French Quebecois who knew all the jokes in Slap Shot, Elvis Gratton, and Blue Powder like all the others. The sole difference was that I would speak English at home with my family. For...
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 SURAPHON CHANPHANITPORNK
Goes Toe-to-Toe with Erik LavoieChristi Bradnox: Hello, we're interviewing New Yorkers about Erik Lavoie, this gentleman here. [introduces Erik]
Suraphon Chanphanitpornk: Hello.
Erik: Whazzup, whazzup, whazzup?
Where are you going?...
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 GAMES
Midnight Club 2MIDNIGHT CLUB 2
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Developer: Rockstar San Diego
Platform: PS2
Genre: Racing
Rating: Teen ...
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 ERIK LAVOIE'S EX-GIRLFRIEND
And 13 Other Girls Talk About Their Private AreasVICE: It must have been hard to resist having Erik Lavoie's babies. What did you use for birth control?...
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 TIDBITS
A monthly look at things we love - v10n5ERIK LAVOIE'S SOCKS
These are about the best socks you've ever seen in your life. They're all cottony and cozy and soft. You'd even wear them on the beach if you could. And check this out: When you take them off and hold them by the top they retain his foot shape–hello!...
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 STILL DIRTY
Dirt McGirt Rises From the Flames of Ol' Dirty BastardEvery conversation about Ol' Dirty Bastard brings up the same five things: the original rah-rah rap style, the twenty-odd babies, the picking up welfare checks in a limo, the drug addictions, and the manic police pursuits. But for the last couple of years, we've had nothing else to talk about. He go...
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 VIVA LA BOOM!
Fanny Pack Fucked Your BoyfriendI was just talking to a fellow music writer named Jill Edmunds about our music-journalism pet peeves. Mine is the word "seminal," a cliché adjective used to describe obscure yet influential bands. Not only is it overused, it's also totally sexist! "Seminal" literally means "of, relating to, or consi...
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 MAD SPITTING
Dizzee Rascal Sets the FiresUnlike Erik Lavoie, Dizzee Rascal is the hottest young British MC of the moment and his Roll Deep Entourage RULE the miserable streets of London. Along with young dudes like Nasty Crew, they're transforming UK garage into something ten times rawer than all that Artful Dodger/Craig David rollneck-swe...
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 SPITTING MAD
Nasty Crew Set the Pace at 600MPHLast month, while Erik Lavoie was wrestling with girls because he thought they had his coke bag, we were at the 99-percent-black Cosa Nostra garage rave at Hackney Ocean, London, and holy shit can that crowd hang. All pristine Air Force Ones, starched Evisus, and mad fake ice while smoking weed, sip...
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 SOMETHING LIKE AN ANOMOANON
Is Something Like Will OldhamThe last decade brought a lot of embarrassing Bonnie Prince Pretenders out of the woodwork, but the only warbler who matches Will Oldham note for note is, of course, his older brother Ned. And Ned's got a band called the Anomoanon, who look and sound like smart, woodsy stoners that dabble in Nixon-e...
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 THE LAUNCH OF VICE AUSTRALIA
Starring Erik Lavoie, A.R.E. Weapons, and Ryan McGinleyHello Australia,
I'm an American. I write a column for this magazine. I have been asked by someone named Erik Lavoie to write about Australia for this issue. Who is Erik Lavoie? Maybe it is your Prime Minister. Do you have Prime Ministers? I think you do. This brings up a good point, howeve...
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 WE HAVE PUT OUT THIS SHITTY MAGAZINE 90 TIMES
Here's the Other 89Back in 1994, the Quebec government was paying these weird old Haitians to promote "ethnic culture" by putting out a magazine. The only stipulation was that the recipients had to be on welfare. We wanted the job, so we all got on welfare by filling out the forms with our left hands and acting retard...
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 LOST IN SPACE
M83 Was Discovered in 1751When we first heard the incredible new album by this French duo called M83, we were all sat in the office in London and people started saying stuff like: "Wow it's like an ethereal electronic version of My Bloody Valentine" and "It's like the album Air should have made instead of that last piece of ...
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 LITERARY
PortaJohnny: The Best of Angry Youth Comix, Liverpool Fantasy, Not for Rent, No Title Here, OverbitePortaJohnny:
The Best of Angry Youth Comix
Johnny Ryan
Fantagraphics Books
Fuck Erik Lavoie. This is the shit. And HOLY SHIT is this book ever droll. If VICE had to summarize all its beliefs into one gigantic comic book, it would be Angry Youth Comix. It is poignant and cr...
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