To close out Hallo-week-n on the blog, we went out and asked a bunch of folks the perennial chin-scratcher: What does the inside of your body smell like? Folks had some pretty good guesses (we’re with the girl who says inside of an ass), but we had a burning itch to know the truth, so we asked a brain- and regular-surgeon to rate each of their answers and see how close they were to the mark. Happy eating!
Archive for October, 2008
POP VOX - WHAT DO YOU SMELL LIKE ON THE INSIDE?
CANADA - HALLOWEEEEEE!!!
Here at Vice Canada we take our Halloween costumes seriously (although nothing beats this bizness here). Our elaborate disguises have been planned for weeks, and this year we’re taking on everything from a sexy pirate to Nancy Kerrigan to an Asian-in-blackface-as-L’il Wayne to Animal from the Muppets to Tinkerbell (hey, she’s a cute intern, whaddaya want?) If you were planning to Scrooge your way through Halloween and skip a costume altogether, you’re staring at the wrong blog. We came up with a few last minute ideas for you: how about being a Freudian slip, which requires you to paste words like "daddy" and "oedipus" over your dress? Or you could be a "prostrate cancer inspection booth" which is like a kissing booth but more fun. Finally, we suggest being a medicine cabinet: just glue whatever you find in your bathroom to your sweater and wait for your friends to mock you. But look, you can’t expect us to do all the work. You probably have it covered anyway. We’d like to see. Send pics to to@viceland.com and we’ll post the best ones.
NEW YORK - SWEET, IT’S HALLOWEEN…THEN WHAT?
The problem’s never what to do on Halloween—it’s what to do after you’ve recovered from dressing up all stupid, having sex with someone you’re never going to see again, and spending the next day puking up mini Crunch bars. We’ll help you out. Go see Harvey Milk, Tombs, The Body, Bezoar, and a whole bunch of other berserkers at the Weird & Heavy Fest on Sunday at Club Europa.
LONDON - IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE PUB TODAY
OK so it’s Halloween. We know that English attempts to make a big deal out of All Hallows Eve always wind up looking like wet Wednesdays compared to how seriously the Yanks take it so we decided to trim the fat, axe the pumpkins and just put on a good night at The Old Blue Last. HTRK and Factory Floor will be playing live and Faris from The Horrors will be playing tunes that will probably be at least vaguely spooky. To get yourself in the mood click on.
NEW YORK - HAUNTED TITS REDUX
It doesn’t matter what day of the year it is—there is no such thing as too much paper-mâché, graveyards, titties, and fire. Maybe by next year we’ll shut up about the amazing photo shoot Dana Goldstein did for our current issue, but in the meantime click here for outtakes.
LONDON - PAGAN PARTY IN THE SUBURBS
This time last year I took a train to suburban London to go hang out with a load of druids. The main thing I learned was that druids today are mostly semi-bald forestry workers, therapists, and lonely vets. I had to meet them all the night before Halloween to be briefed on the rites and for a little "get to know you" session before I could be included in the ceremonies.
NEW YORK - HEY SPOOKY US, GIVE US SOME HALLOWEEN JAMS
NEW YORK - LIVE TAROT 2 (THE PREQUEL)
Yesterday’s live tarot readings had a bunch of you going, “Whoa,
spooky,” so we’re doing it again today. As before, just post a question
in the comments section and you’ll get a quick, tough-love answer from the ancient oracle of the Atu.
Yesterday a couple people asked how it all works. Click below for an
explanation from our mystic, who’s standing by now.
Update: Questions section closed! Feel free to respond to your readings though.
LONDON - SKINS & PUNKS ON YOUR WIRELESS
Unless your eyes and ears are made out of cabbage you’ll probably have clocked by now that we are releasing a book entitled Skins & Punks this week. It’s by Gavin Watson who is one of our favourite photographers of all time and we are really excited about it. Turns out lots of other people are as well so the Queens Of Noize asked Gavin and Vice Editor Andy Capper on to their BBC6 Music radio show to talk about the book and play some songs. Gavin managed to behave himself, not hit anyone or swear for a whole fifteen minutes and you’ll be able to hear it all here on Saturday night from midnight. Go get the book here while you are waiting.
CREATIVE 30 - WILLIAM CHAMBERS
Today we meet William Chambers, 29, a milliner from Glasgow
William Chambers gained a first-class honours degree in textile design at the Scottish College of Textiles in 2002 and set up William Chambers Millinery in 2007. William cites birds and cages as his inspiration, and this is evident in the shape, texture and detailing in his work. William has quickly become a sought-after milliner within Scotland and further afield. He was a nominee in the Scottish Fashion Awards 2008 (Accessory Designer of the Year) and recently featured in The List magazine’s Style Issue as one of “the hottest young designers in the country”, alongside Christopher Kane. In September 2008 he designed hats for Glasgow fashion label Olanic for their Spring/Summer 09 debut collection at London Fashion Week.
PHILADELPHIA - VINTAGE VIOLENCE
Well, looks like my boys The Philadelphia Phillies took the World Series this year. Why, you ask, does it look like this? Because people are burning the city down. After 28 years of fruitless labor, The Phightin’ Phils put an enormous foot into the ass of The Tampa Bay Rays (who sealed their fate by caving to Baptist pressure and breaking their ties with Satan), winning the series 4 games to 1 and breaking the Curse Of Billy Penn. It’s good to see my fellow brethren of hate are letting people know just who the fuck is really in charge.
JSIII
NEW YORK - HARRY MERRY’S GHOST STORY
We heard deranged-pop eccentric Harry Merry was in town for a few days so we wanted to sit down and talk with him about spooky things. But oops, Dutch people don’t know about Halloween. Actually, he thought it was Christmas. We chatted about it over potato pancakes.
DEAR VICE - HE JUST ROBED A BANK
Dear Vice,
My name is Magik. I live in Montrel and lately I can’t stop making stories with DICKS as caracters. I make them, then photocopie them a million times…drop stacks in places so that the world may have a little laugh! I hope you like them! Long live the penis.
MAGIK JOHANSSON
Magik, we put this up because we like getting real mail in the Montreal office, even when it’s from people with fakes names who spend their time photocopying sketches of dicks in ski-masks. Thanks!
