Africa’s belief in black magick and the occult has never really been a big secret, from stories of child sacrifices to flogging potions to destroy witches. However police in Kwara State, west Nigeria have gone one further and detained a goat on suspicion of attempted grand theft auto. A Mazda 323 to be specific. This reminded me of a story from the Nigerian Tribune last year where a cat that had been hit by a motorcycle suddenly transformed into a woman and was set upon by bandits who almost killed her.
Hello, my name is Chris Nieratko. You might know me from such films as Skinema: Love on the Rocks or My Wife’s Mouth Will Not Get Pregnant. Or you may not. Either way, Vice has found me, my wife of the same name (Cris), our dog Benny and my wife’s retarded (literally) Uncle Lonnie interesting enough (maybe stupid is a better word) to share our life with you on a weekly basis. I hope you enjoy.
But I know you won’t because you’re so tragically hip that you can’t enjoy the comedy of domesticity. Oh well. Tough titty. Read more »
Every week, starting this very second, we’ll post artwork by our favourite Scandinavian artists and have them let us into the details on how the images came about. First out is photojournalist Camilla Stephan. Besides being a super cute Dane with Inuit blood who kicks our asses at drinking and eating humongous cinnamon buns, she’s given us great Greenlandic stories like Sittin’ On Top Of The World and An Arctic Wave Of Teenage Suicide. We spoke to her about some of her favourite pictures. Read more »
Is it a joke? Why is he such a sleazeball? What is Raggaetron (note the ‘r’)? Why does his unique brand of the romantic sound sound so shit? I know Argentina is far away, but surely someone at his record company had some idea of what words are banned on US and European radio stations? Is the Argentine Raggaetron scene really so big that they aren’t even interested in being able to sell records to the rest of the world? So many questions left unanswered.
About six years ago I was diagnosed with social anxiety and put on meds after a single visit with a college counselor in which I confided in her that I was suddenly unable to walk out of my apartment to get the mail unless it was dark outside. I took my pills for over a year, and then flushed them after I woke up one day and realized that I had become fat as hell and lost all impulse control.
Fresh-faced Vice photographer and boulevardierJonnie Craig has his first solo exhibition starting tomorrow at Claire de Rouen Books, 125 Charing Cross Road.
Below, Vice editor Andy Capper has a chat with Jonnie about the accompanying book and his early work for us. Read more »
Since Samuel F. Thorne’s article about last year’s Melbourne Punk Pub Crawl just hit news stands and American Apparels all over the nation I thought it pertinent to post this video of a “riot” at said event in 2007. It’s actually just a bunch of shitbirds who haven’t grown up yet getting arrested but it’s still an entertaining view into the world of today’s bored youth. Read more »
I was recently forwarded this “clean cut” guy’s advertisement for a “scruffy”, “disheveled” and “unwashed” woman. Intrigued, I called the number at the bottom to find out just how desperate and depraved the man was.
*WARNING: THE CONVERSATION THAT FOLLOWS IS BOTH EXPLICIT AND DISTURBING, AND WILL PROBABLY OFFEND ANYONE WHO READS IT*
Remember how I wrote about the seamy underbelly of reference publishing? Well, someone sent a link to the head of my company, who promptly canned me. I know I brought this on myself, but that was still mean of you, internet stalker. If I ever find out who you are, I’m going to beat up your neighbor’s car while screaming, “This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass!” Here’s how it went down. Read more »
Brahma, who make that nice beer from Brazil, have teamed up with artichoke to auction off an original Banksy print for 1p. Yes, a print that would usually be about £50,000 could be yours for nearly nothing. The print is currently being housed in a pop-up shop just off Carnaby Street at 3 Newburgh St, W1 so you can go and salivate over its beauty. The auction is only open to one person, so you had better hope you win the draw. Just go hereand register, if you win you can always give it to your mum for mothers day!
Last year we told you about how UK gangs were using agricultural aids to attack each other. They’ve now put the Wellingtons on their feet and stuck a spade in the ground – to go and dig up their next type of weaponry: vegetables.
Nothing quite shows the collective infinite nous and endless adaptability of low-level London street crime operatives than the decision to start utilising weapons that are impossible to legislate against – as is so assiduously noted in the video above: “You can’t ban carrots … How are mans gonna see in the dark?”
As of right now, a guy who goes by Conrad de Argentina has uploaded 6,174 videos of himself smoking various pipes in different funny hats, set to a myriad of orchestral movie soundtracks. He averages around 15 a day, and some of the video descriptions also list his current wardrobe, which frequently includes Levi’s and some sort of weird glove. At first we figured he was on some sort of Nayland Blake trip, but we emailed him requesting an interview just to cover our bases. Turns out that a) our original assumptions couldn’t be farther from the truth and b) Conrad is a man of few words and great honor who seems to be trying to hasten the Reaper’s approach so he can join his deceased wife in heaven. Confounded? Stay close as we talk to this man of many videos and few words…
Guy, if you're really dying to know what it feels like at the center of all that bronzer and cheekbone, I've got a freshly used waffle iron you're more than welcome to stop by and press your face into. More
Someone sent this to us claiming he was, “the best dressed guy of all time,” which is true if the top of him is in the early 90s and the bottom of him is a Chinese dude from rural Beijing who somehow gets the internet. More
