The Mungiki are a retro politico-religious sect in Kenya who have spent the better part of the past decade trying to return their country to its old tribal ways by hacking apart rival tribe members with machetes and publicly stripping women who dress too sexy or wear pants. The Raelians are those nerds who believe we have to clone a person before our alien creators come back to Earth and keep convincing gullible news agencies that they’re actually making some progress. Considering the gulf dividing their typical recruits (poor Kikuyu tribesmen and lonely science students), you would think the two would never even have a chance to consider having any sort of beef with each other, and up until this past week you would have been right.
Archive for September, 2006
Clit War - Mungiki vs. Raelians
New York - Black Lips Again Tonight
If you missed the Black Lips’ set last night, or its grand finale in which one of the guy’s from openers Demon’s Claws broke free of the three bouncers who were hauling him outside for flipping onto the stage and set off a fire extinguisher into the crowd-area (which Bowery Ballroom’s fucking $250-photo-pass-or-no-cameras policy sadly kept anyone from catching–also the explanation for the shitty phone-shot at left), you can catch them tonight at the Southpaw tonight again with Be Your Own Pet for $15. We can’t guarantee there’ll be as much audience-based excitement as last night, but we can safely bet the venue staff will not be composed entirely of such high-grade assholes. If you’re broke or don’t like noisiness you can check them out at Academy Records in Williamsburg, where they’ll be doing a free acoustic show starting 6ish. You might have to head early if you plan on seeing Genesis ramble on about his/her tits, though.
WINDY CITY THING
We had to take down that last Windy City Heat post because it crashed our server. The only way we can tell you about the greatest film of all time and its DVD debut is to dole it out in small doses. To get things started we’d like to present TV Carnage’s homage to WCH’s star Scary Perry. The folks over there couldn’t help but notice the only other idiot who thinks fedoras make you look cool is Thing from Fantastic Four.
New York - Wheelchair Thrasher
While the people who claim they’re “looking out for” the handicapped seem perfectly happy consigning them to lives of endless boredom so long as they can trot them out every so often to inspire an auditorium of high schoolers and no one is making any funnies, there are a few truly enlightened souls who realize that what most folks in wheelchairs want to be doing is exactly what they were doing right before ending up in a wheelchair(and which probably led to it) . Adam Fotheringham’s folks are thankfully of the latter type, having allowed their son to wheel himself away from the TV and back to the skatepark where he has turned his handicap into a special ability of near-cyborg proportions.
NEW YORK - Soft Focus With Ian Svenonius
Guess who’s a bunch of lucky ducks this week? You are, New York.
We’re doing another taping of the new VBS.tv online talk show "Soft
Focus with Ian Svenonius" in front of a live audience at the Guggenheim
Museum, and we’ve got a few extra seats.
This week’s guests are Chan Marshall (of Cat Power) and Genesis P.
Orridge (who we were just blabbing about below). It’s going to be a
really, really interesting night of interviews.
If you want to come along, send an email to events@viceland.com with your name. Maximum of plus one guest, and you MUST get a confirmation that you’re on the list to attend.
"Soft Focus With Ian Svenonius" will begin airing soon on VBS.tv.
London To Chernobyl By Example
Example is the new rapper on Mike Skinner’s label The Beats. He just dropped by the office and showed us the video to his debut single "What We Made". Funnily enough, he shot it all in Chernobyl, where we just filmed a segment for the VICE GUIDE TO TRAVEL DVD, which we’re releasing soon in the UK.
Here’s another video Example made in conjunction with Greenpeace about how he made his video.
For more on this guy check myspace.com/leadingbyexample. And check back here soon for details of his single launch at the Old Blue Last. Co-organised by VICE and The Beats, it’s going to be an extravaganza of fun, that’s going to be so much fun that you’re going to be totally funned-out by the end of the fun.
London - Inside The Crass House
Our friends, the photographers Pat Graham and Melanie Standage just shot a
load of photos of the legendary Crass house where founder members Gee
Vaucher and Penny Rimbaud live.
You can see them here.
Fuck Hyphy
I know everyone is jumping on Bay Area rap, but seriously, fuck hyphy. That shit has been around for years. Snap, crunk, bounce, whatever - it’s all past its sell by date.
News Flash: We’ve discovered the hottest, most gooned out new rapper since Lil’ Wayne, who is making a completely unique form of gangsta rap. Coming out of California, this guy is the freshest rapper we have ever come across. Remember where you heard about him first.
New York - Black Lips TONIGHT
Fresh from the utter fucking pandemonium of their show in Tijuana for ACR (which we’re turning into a live album, due out on Vice Records in January), the Black Lips are playing tonight in New York at the Bowery Ballroom with fellow southerners Be Your Own Pet. It should go without saying at this point that shit will be off the handle. Tickets are $15 and still available, though if you’re too busy or "have to get up for work" they’ll be playing at Southpaw in Brooklyn tomorrow night. Either way, see you there.
New York - Psychic TV
Oops, we’ve been so consumed with daily goings on we almost forgot to tell you about being barked at by our favorite post-industrial ladyman Tuesday night. PTV3, the most recent version of Genesis P-Orridge’s Psychic TV just finished up a five-night residency at Galapagos in Brooklyn. While we’d long ago sworn off having anything to do with that goth-ridden, overpriced “art space” we decided to cash in our cred chips for a glimpse at PTV’s new material and Genesis’s new set of hooters.
CLIFF ‘EM ALL
It was 20 years ago yesterday that Metallica bass guitarist Cliff Burton tragically died in a road accident in Sweden. His death was a huge loss and no other metal bassist before or since compares in terms of his charisma, musicianship and great clothes. Do you think anybody would still be into Misfits if it wasn’t for Cliff wearing their shirts at every given opportunity? Yes that’s right hipsters. The reason you are wearing a Misfits shirt is because of this guy. Ever heard of him? R.I.P Cliff.
CLIFF ‘EM ALL
It was 20 years ago yesterday that Metallica bass guitarist Cliff Burton tragically died in a road accident in Sweden. His death was a huge loss and no other metal bassist before or since compares in terms of his charisma, musicianship and great clothes. Do you think anybody would still be into Misfits if it wasn’t for Cliff wearing their shirts at every given opportunity? Yes that’s right hipsters. The reason you are wearing a Misfits shirt is because of this guy. Ever heard of him? R.I.P Cliff.
CLIFF ‘EM ALL
It was 20 years ago yesterday that Metallica bass guitarist Cliff Burton tragically died in a road accident in Sweden. His death was a huge loss and no other metal bassist before or since compares in terms of his charisma, musicianship and great clothes. Do you think anybody would still be into Misfits if it wasn’t for Cliff wearing their shirts at every given opportunity? Yes that’s right hipsters. The reason you are wearing a Misfits shirt is because of this guy. Ever heard of him? R.I.P Cliff.
