CHUNKLET TO GO GO
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Vinyl and Ebay: A Fascinating Relationship (Volume Two)
At some point last year, an acquaintance made me aware of RecordFlipper, a blog that aims to serve as an investment tip-sheet re: the release and future-release of hyper-limited vinyl titles. I decided to interview one of the main flippers about it. Full story
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Best Musical Questions for the 21st Century—Kim Fowley Interviews Chris Darrow
In this revelatory meeting of the minds: two visionaries converge as Kim Fowley quizzes longtime friend Chris Darrow providing a music history lesson and questions galore that run the gamut from Facebook, drug use, alcohol, and fast food. Full story
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Bringing in the String Section with Mars' Mark Cunningham
Mars never made a bad album. In fact, during its fleeting, 36-month lifespan, the NYC no wave combo never made any kind of album. Full story
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The F***s to S***s Ratio
Two give-a-shits strains the threshold of tolerability. Beyond two shits is technically mental illness. That’s where you care so much about what you’re doing, you can’t even handle being a human being. This is where you kick somebody’s teeth in for talking during your set when yo… Full story
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The Secret Sin of Mark Driscoll
Let us all know the tracks which Mark Driscoll has been allowing to seep into his gel-soaked, faux-hawked-like-a-third-grader, hair, then down into his hard, his NASA hard, skull. Full story
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Straight White Guys, Just Stop It
How about this, if you had to sing the song you're thinking of covering in front of a group of non-white people would you feel comfortable, or uncomfortable? Full story
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Rocking Your Jock: The Wide World of Sports and Where It Has Intersected With Music
When it comes to pro sports, money doesn’t just “talk” anymore. It $hreds. It also yodel$, jam$, drops phat ba$$ and of course, $pit$ mad flow. Full story
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Defending Reggae to White People Who Don’t Like Reggae
To not like reggae based on the five unassailable tenets of Reggae No Thank You is to do the world a disservice. And you've done that enough, Whitey. Full story
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The Theory of Rock Entropy
Let’s say for the sake of still taking, that the Theory of Rock Entropy is something you’d be interested in hearing about. In this case, possible questions you’d have include "What the fuck is wrong with you?" Full story
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Dawn of the Dusk
Interpol says they got a picture of a one year old child in a roasting pan like a piglet. Had an apple in his mouth and everything. Full story
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Vinyl and Ebay: A Fascinating Relationship
Ok, so why did you open and handle the record with your big, fluid-gorged sausage fingers? Why can I see the record in your picture? Because you needed to check the color? Check this color, hoss (helps to visualize an extended middle digit right now). Full story
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Ignorance is Bliss
We could instead be… I don’t know, fucking? Yeah, that doesn’t take any knowledge of anything. Let’s all just fuck and pick our butts like a bunch of gross hair beasts and stop pretending to be so smart, you guys. Full story
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Monoshock Reissue Kills Time Dead
It’s a free country, and there’s no sweeter freedom than spending a little cash to almost not like something even though it’s the kind of thing you think is great. Full story
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Chunklet To Go Go: History of the Rock Grunt
Hey: how about when you're listening to rock music and the singer, instead of singing words, just lets out a real primal grunt? Isn't that the best? Yes, it is the best. What follows is a historical tour through some of Rock's Great Grunts. Full story
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Chunklet To Go Go: Steve Miller's Account of Intercepting a Box of Records Addressed to His Son
Fan Fiction based on inner dialogues of hilarious generational dissonance: legendary classic rock guitarist Steve Miller’s first-person account. Full story
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Chunklet To Go Go: Bringing in the String Section with Michael Gira
Michael Gira is not known for making tepid, lightweight albums. Swans exudes a superhuman intensity. Even the band's recent reunion has transcended expectations. Full story
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Chunklet To Go Go: Recalibrating Your Opinions so the World Doesn’t Bother You
Sometimes, thanks to the internet, it’s “fuk u idiot” instead of “LA LA LA LA LA,” but the idea is roughly the same. People dislike hearing things they don’t instantly agree with. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go: The Wheel of Punk Part Two
The good news about The Wheel of Punk™ is we don’t have to decide who is more punk. We can just say “however punk you think The Ramones are, the Sex Pistols are equally punk and vice versa, only the Sex Pistols are on the ‘artier’ side of the circle and the Ramones are on the ‘du… Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go: The Wheel of Punk
This is what we've needed all along, a surefire way to determine what's punk, and what's more punk. Use codeword: BANANAS in the comments section for an added sense of intellectual superiority. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - The Sad Cult of H.I.M.
It's all Bam's fault. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - AIDS? You Can Get Grunge From That
It’s airtight. AIDS caused grunge. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - I Broke Even Buying Records
I’m the Ray fucking Allen of sandwich wrappers that are metaphors for records over here. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - Attention Crybabies
“I’m this thing, not THAT thing.” ET CETERA. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - Regular Human Beings
We just buy CD’s at Target and play them in the car. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - Co-MVPs of Time Wasting
Baseball’s Rick Ankiel and GNOD. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - How the Internet Works
The internet is great. It’s like getting a tattoo of everything you or anybody else has ever said. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - Cracking the Code of Rock Record Write-Ups
Those blurbs record store clerks write on albums are bullshit. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go: Twee Twerps and Twee Twits
Cotton ball clouds… balls of yarn… guitars on a minimum of capo five. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go: Bringing in the String Section with Dan Bejar
You tried for the gold, but all you grasped was a trash bag full of cake farts. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - When Was the Last Time You Were the Godfather of Something?
R.I.P. Chuck Brown 1936-2012. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - Bringing in the String Section with Bob Nanna (Braid)
You reached for the stars and all you grasped was the sweet pube-mound of infinite failure. Accept it. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - A Guide to Filler
No song needs a third solo. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - "Cool" Comes from Borderline Austistic People
People sometimes say I have a "hipster attitude." That is ridiculous. The very accusation implies occasional blowjobs. Whatever my attitude may be, I can assure you it's not helping me get blown. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - We Are All Shitty Buddhists
Saying you’re a Buddhist is less work than burning up your entire buzz trying to explain secular humanism. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - Karaoke Master
It would be a healthy idea to familiarize yourself with the singles history of Shania Twain. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - How to Best Ruin Your Band’s Legacy
Before you form a band, you should figure out how to best generate nostalgia that would make someone want to see your hypothetical band at a later date in the distant future. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - Bringing in the String Section with Sohrab Habibion
You changed it up and you fucked it up. Accept it. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - I'm Not Allowed to Like A.C. Any More Since They Signed to Earache
We wanted to walk into that nightmare and hear people say, "What is happening?" Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - Record Store Clerk Therapy: It's Not Just a Snob, It's an Adventure
Despite needing us (people who still pay for music) more now than ever, record store clerks still manage to treat us like something they found scuttling out of an ancient box of cassingles. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - Snobby Record Store Clerk Therapy: Portland
I love Mississippi Records in Portland, but that one guy with the hat is a fucking dick. I wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire. I don't care if he reads this. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - How to Sell Records like The Smiths
It's the holiday season, which means the record industry--or, more appropriately, what's left of it--is scrambling to sell music which is widely available for free all over the 'net. Full story
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Chunklet to Go Go - Local Music: The Genre
Your album is in the "local" section because it sucks, not because of where your house is. Full story
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Rob Ford Might Be a Crack Smoker
What's the big deal? Everyone finds themselves in this position once in a while.
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Kai, the Hatchet-Wielding Hobo Wanted for Murder, Says He Was Drugged and Raped
It's a truly bizarre and tragic twist to the "homefree" tale of everyone's favorite hatchet-wielding hob
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VICE News: Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor
A new drug called sisa is tearing its way through Athens' poor.
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Why Don’t Dudes Like My Crotchless Panties?
Crotchless panties make me hornier than a nude Jake Johnson offering me a burrito.
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A Few Impressions: 'Gatsby'
In the end, Luhrmann made it work, and that’s all that matters.
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The Wizard of the Saddle Rides Again
The KKK protested renaming a park that memorialized one of the most infamous racists ever.
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11 Governments Are Meeting in Peru to Figure Out How They Can Control the Internet
SOPA's defeat truly did not mean shit and it's time to catch up on what's really happening out there.
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The Canadian Company Helping Movie Studios Sue You for Illegal Downloading Has Been Using Images Without Permission
You had one job, guys!
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VICE News: This Is What Winning Looks Like
A documentary about the ineptitude and corruption of the Afghan security forces.
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International Cyberthieves Stole $40 Million from a Bank in Ten Hours
And it appears that the ringleaders are still at large.
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Five Myths About Québec’s Language Laws
No one is all that happy to see the language wars return, but what are they really about?
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Animal Penises Are Super Weird, You Guys
Hello. I am a duck. Want to see my penis?
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Synesthesia on Psychedelics
You're bound to freak out extra hard on acid when you can hear colours and see music.
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VICE News: B.C. Bud
Visiting grow ops and the RCMP to chat about weed and weed production.
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Some Photographs from the All About Pets Show
Canada's largest pet convention has a lot to see, apparently.
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Tubesteak: How to Hone Your Gaydar to Perfection
First and foremost, let me say that butch gay guys are the hottest men on Earth. Period.
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Question of the Day: Asking New Yorkers: "How Would You Feel if Your Mayor Smoked Crack?"
"I would be surprised."
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This Is Life in a 400-PPM World
It's gettin' hot in here, so take off all your clothes.
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Canadian UFO Sightings Have Doubled
We welcome our new alien masters.
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This Week in Racism: Former Italian Prime Minister Dressed up Strippers to Look Like Barack Obama
Who would think that's sexy?
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The Mercy Rule: Hearing the Spurs
They're not too boring; you're too young.
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A New Episode of Our TV Show Is Airing Tonight
Hanging with cigarette-smoking children in Indonesia and addicts kicking smack in Mexico.
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Rob Ford Might Be a Crack Smoker
What's the big deal? Everyone finds themselves in this position once in a while.
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Gangsta Boo Reviews Azealia Banks, MIA, Iggy Azalea, Brooke Candy, and More
I sat with her and watched some music videos by some of the hottest lady rappers out today.
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Meet the Malaysian Neo-Nazis Fighting for a Pure Malay Race
They realise that Nazis generally don't like Asian people, but apparently that doesn't matter.
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Who’s Getting Rich off of America's Prison-Industrial Complex?
A rundown of some of America's incarceration investors.
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Dodging Water Cannons and Sound Bombs at Israel's Catastrophe Day
The Israeli police force still isn't warming to Palestinian protesters.
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Ben Anderson Is Doing a Reddit AMA Today
So you can ask him any questions you want.
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Italica: Three Days of War
An ancient sport played for honor, glory, and passion. Nobody gets a penny.
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Fringes: Mexico's Other Border
We tagged along with her and many other Central American immigrants
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Ground Zero: Mali
The first legitimate combat footage to come out of the war in Mali.
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Munchies: Craft
He likes his razor clams raw and his beer cold.
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Nick Gazin's Comic Book Love-In #86
A weekly look at comics, illustrations, fine art, and general nerdery.
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My Mum Tricked Me Into Going to a Ugandan Boarding School
There were riots and police pointed guns at me. It wasn't great.
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VICE News: In Saddam's Shadow
A tour of a city that used to be covered nonstop by the American media.
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Terrence Malick’s Crisis of Faith
Morose existential troubles lit in golden-hour splendor, again.
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The Imaginary Republic of Molossia
A sovereign micronation in the Nevada desert run by a member of the US Army.
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VICE on HBO Outtakes: Escape from North Korea - Shopping for Defectors
We recently met up with a South Korean pastor who has developed a modern day underground.
Daytona Beach, 1999
Photos by Eli Reed 
Bomb Blast Bajaur
Is Life Really Back to Normal in Khar? 
BC Bud
Meeting Some Growers Out West 
The Imaginary Republic of Molossia
Nevada's Sovereign Micronation 
Fuck Him and His Library
George W. Bush Was the Worst 
Cry-Baby of the Week
Uh Oh, Someone Downloaded Cartoon Porn 
