 AIDS PROOF
The Voodoo Magic Behind the Whores of Pumwani
Mention sex, and the average Kenyan blushes. Topics like homosexuality are verboten here and they're greeted with riots of laughter. Odd, because men walk down the street arm in arm, holding hands, hugging and walking. Victorian attitudes and freewheeling trib...READ MORE |
  BEATS + RHYMES
What's crack-a-lacking? 2001 is coming to an end, so you know what time it is... time for my annual "Fritz the Cat's GREEN BOTTLES RAP AWARDS." Basically, this is the shit I liked and didn't like in 2001.
OPEN-BAR AWARD
FOR SHIT THAT RULED IN ...READ MORE |
 ASTRO BOYS UNITE
A New Generation of Japanese Art Has Arrived
"Takashi Murakami is an old man," says painter Tim Evans of the only animé painter/sculptor anyone has ever heard of. "There are so many of us all over the States and Japan that grew up with Astro Boy and have been working with images like these, but all peopl...READ MORE |
 VICE COMICS
By Kaz, Smell of Steve, James Kochalka, Dave and Gavin, Jeff Roysdon
THE ENCHANTED FOREST, BOUGLE GLUCE, CONES, MAGIC BOY, PIP AND NORTON, CAMPFIRE STORIES...READ MORE |
 HEROIN CANDY
Freezepop Make Cute a Necessity
For all ye olde indie rockers jonesing for that Tiger Trap/Tuscadero-esque sound, Freezepop have arrived with your fix. They are the type of band you may want to hate at first like ABBA or The Strokes, but can't resist devouring until you have a stomachache. T...READ MORE |
 LAST NITE
I Got Inexcusably Drunk With The Strokes
Being a magazine and everything we get a lot of big record companies sending us stuff and offering us all-expenses-paid trips to interview their bands. Unfortunately, they usually want editorial for something that is already too gigantic to say anything new ab...READ MORE |
 ELECTRIC INDEPENDENCE
Phoenecia, Richard Devine, Schematic, Ghostly International, Sam Valenti IV, James Cotton, DMX KREW, I-F, Adult, Jetone , Force Inc., Ovuca , Rephlex, Marumari , Carpark, Scott Heren, Blechdom, Tigerbeat6,...READ MORE |
 SOUL SURVIVOR
Ghostface Killah Is Still Bulletproof
Somewhere between 36 Chambers and right now, rap became infected. The majority of it went from a great place to go after punk lost its edge to a fucking Sambo jamboree. When you see Jermaine Dupri fall out of the sky and land into a gaggle of bikini-clad model...READ MORE |
 THE GEOGRAPHY OF HIP HOP
A Vice Guide to the USA
THE EAST COAST
There's nothing like good old East Coast rap-gritty lyricism and sample-based music. To this day, East Coast MCs are measured against the meticulously constructed rhymes of legends like Rakim or Big Daddy Kane, while beatsmiths striv...READ MORE |
 LITERARY
Book Reviews - The Shark Issue
ALICE DOLL: VOL. I
I’ve come to the conclusion that Japanese pop culture is inbred. They live on an island and don’t let anyone in, so their fashion and music culture is not an interesting...READ MORE |
 THE HEART AND SOUL OF A NEW MACHINE
Bogdan Raczynski's Sickeningly Sweet Love Songs
Bogdan Raczynski, whose musical output up to now has been some all-well-and-good skittery techno on Aphex Twin's Rephlex label, has just released a bona fide masterpiece.
If Steven Spielberg had half a brain, he would have hired Bogdan to compose the ...READ MORE |
 THE WAR AGAINST KRYLON
Bombing Is Encouraged All Over Europe
The worse it gets for graffiti artists in North America the better it gets in Europe. While Krylon has watered down their paints to the point of grape juice, European companies keep coming out with bigger and better spray cans totally devoted to being the best...READ MORE |
 TIDBITS
A Monthly Look At Things We Love - The Shark Issue
1 THE SEDITIONIST
Our favorite thing from Freshjive's weirdest series of clothes and accessories. The Seditionist is the Mike York doll. Not only does York skate for monsters like Chocolate, he is also the funniest dude we know. Now he's a fucking ...READ MORE |
 TRASH TRINKETS
Our Top Three
AMANDA RAY
Amanda was recently talking to VICE about the intersection of art and fashion. We assumed jewelry would be the answer. Ray spends most of her time in a dark basement working on her earrings and chains. When she's not doing that she's fin...READ MORE |
 GAMES
Luigi's Mansion, Super Monkey Ball, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader & Super Mario Bros.
LUIGI'S MANSION
I can’t believe the same company responsible for the Super Mario series released this game as a flagship title. A new Nintendo console usually means the release of a new Mario game, but this time we’re treated to the cold offering t...READ MORE |
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