Ever wondered who the “she” is in all those Bikini Kill songs? It’s her.Comments/Enlarge |
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Chemical castration for pedophiles, yeah, yeah, whatever. Can we please start talking about what the punishment will be for the people who went to see I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell instead?Comments/Enlarge |
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SHEPPARD'S VIDEO-GAME PIE We Gauge Stephen's Gaming Cred This month we did a little mini-interview with Stephen about his gaming credentials, just so you know what kind of professional you’re dealing with...READ MORE
PENIS PANIC!!! Coming to Terms with Genital Retraction Syndrome In 2003, the Middle Eastern Research Institute reported on a new craze sweeping the Sudan. People believed that foreigners were roaming the streets of Khartoum and causing the penises of locals to melt in via handshakes and "electric combs." According to Ja'fa...READ MORE
REFLECTIONS ON IKE TURNER Ike Turner, one of the principle innovators in American music, died recently after a brilliant career. His records from three decades are classics, and his live revue with then-wife Tina was a spectacularly kinetic and hypersexualized showbiz explosion...READ MORE
PENRY'S PET PORTRAITURE J. Penry, one of our favorite illustrators, is now offering his services as a pet portraitist. Now you too can own a precious artwork depicting your furry beloved rendered in Penry's signature style, with a dash of panache and whimsy. Eventually Penry hopes to...READ MORE
THE BRANDED AND THE STRANDED Wrangling Cattle on the Most Dangerous Stretch of the US-Mexico Border One morning back in September, a cowboy in southern Arizona found a human skull in the desert near the Mexican border. Over the years, our cowboy, a man named Scott, had seen two complete bodies as well as a number of loose rib cages and arm bones in the brush...READ MORE
VICE MAIL Letters - The 4-ACO-DMT Issue Shred in the Face, I'll Be Bath, Merry Xmas, Henri, Gear Crisis, Doobie Brothers, RE: Ghostface Review, Creepy Letter Du Jour, Hey Vice, Want Some Stuff?, the Downsides of Cocaine (Again), Let Them Eat Cake, Fuck My Ears...READ MORE
DO IT! I was in the Russian Bar on Kingsland Road ONE recent chilly January night for some after hours drinking. As the mist gathered down outside, I became acquainted with a young Polish girl who told me tales of a new type of music called crunkczar coming from her ...READ MORE
SKINEMA By Chris Nieratko VOLUPTUOUS LIFE
My wife of nearly two years is cheating on me. I am quite certain of it. I am not a jealous man nor am I a brute or a fool. I would like you to think of me as a somewhat...READ MORE
WHO GOES THERE? Getting to Know the Sian Alice Group Sian Alice Group are a cute gang of friends from all over Britain who naturally gravitated to London because it's a safe haven for weirdos.
Mentored by Jason Pierce of Spiritualized and including Jesus and Mary Chain...READ MORE
SHINTARO KAGO TURNS SHIT INTO GOLD The Vice Interview Millions of tons of manga, in all shapes, forms, and colors, have been flying out of Japan every day forever. Are we getting really tired of it all even though we were once excited by it? Yep. And are we now even bored with hentai, the porno-snuff-scat-death-p...READ MORE
A FLUX OF PINK INDIANS The Gulabi Gang Hate Men, and Rightfully So The Bundelkhand is one of the poorest parts of the Uttar Pradesh region of northern India. It's also one of the most populated areas of an already hugely overpopulated country. The inhabitants of Bundelkhand face a daily struggle for survival as they cope with...READ MORE
DAWN OF A NEW SUPERGROUP Kasner, Bannon and Dwid Converge to Form Irons The word "supergroup" is both a little a gay and a lot overused. Anytime Carl Barat picks up a guitar and jumps onstage with David Coulthard-head guy from Razorlight down the Old Shaggy Tin Pot, or wherever it is those guys hang out these days, it only serves ...READ MORE
RECORDS Music Reviews - The 4-ACO-DMT Issue LUPE FIASCO
The Cool
After he messed up Tribe's lyrics at the Hip-Hop Honors, Lupe pretended that he was never a fan of Tip and Phife, but rather had spent his whole life bumping Spice 1...READ MORE
VICE PRESENTS THE PEOPLE'S LISTS The Birds And The Bees The unicellular bacterium, Trichonympha, which lives in the intestines of wood-eating cockroaches, is completely bisexual. The sexual act is performed when the cell playing the male role enters the rear of the female through a special plasma zone and th...READ MORE
LITERARY Book Reviews - The The 4-ACO-DMT Issue 25 POEMS, 3 RECIPES AND 32 OTHER SUGGESTIONS (AN INVENTORY)
You could be forgiven for feeling a little let down with London’s current crop of DIY punk activity. Alternative comedy, however, although roughly the same age as punk...READ MORE
ELECTRIC INDEPENDENCE There’s rarely anything positive to say about the Daily Mail or the Mail on Sunday, but it wasn’t the toughest decision in the world to buy a copy of the paper the other weekend when it offered a free copy of Jean Michel Jarre’s Oxygene al...READ MORE
ASBESTOS PARTY The Death Set Will Play Anywhere I'm in love with Baltimore. A little weird as I've never actually been there. To me, it's an exotic wasteland of derelict warehouses strewn with the victims of Edgar Allan Poe tales, fringed by those highrise projects you see in The Wire, while Gram Par...READ MORE
MENTAL OVERDRIVE Telepathe Know Everything About You Bands tend to treat the "Influences" column on their MySpace page like their own personal peacock parade. A chance to puff their chest, display their plumage, and concoct the most eclectic, obscure and populist list possible. Most of the time it's just easier ...READ MORE
OH, THIS IS GREAT Humans Have Finally Ruined the Ocean I'm not one of those guys who corners folks at parties to rant at them about biodiesel or calls people "fucking idiots" for being skeptical about global warming. But I should also point out that I'm not one of those Andrew Dice Clay "Fuck the whales" types eit...READ MORE
TRAUMATIC YOUTH The Carbonas Delve Into Their Childhood Lore Remember in cartoons how they'd always have the band that was basically a composite of whatever the thousand-year-old animators had heard about rock n roll?
The Carbonas are basically the human, good version of Jabberjaw, the Bugaloos, et al...READ MORE
EXPLOSIVE MENTAL IMAGES Times New Viking Sounds Like Shitting in a Tin Can If you've entered 2008 feeling somewhat underwelmed by the crop of new bands on the cards, you may at least find some solace in the fact that you're definitely not alone. While the past few years have hardly thrown up a succession of life-changing masterpieces...READ MORE
GHOULISHLY RARE My Disco Get Blue With Albini My Disco are a screechy minimalist trio from inner-city Melbourne. As was once the wont of screechy minimalist trios worldwide, they recently forsook the loving bosom of their homeland in favor of working with the king of screechy minimalist trios, Steve Albin...READ MORE
