The Special Issue

Uya Uya A Buya

The Ups and Downs of My Son Bobby

When my son Bobby was born in 1954, they didn't tell me he was a Down's Syndrome. Full story

Skinema

Body Slam Vol. 1

"Hey, baby. You want to wrestle?" That’s been my pick-up line for years, and it totally works. That line is actually what seduced my current girlfriend. Full story

The Mayor Of Television

The Ins and Outs of My Son Larry

We first knew that Larry had a disability pretty early, maybe when was just 7 or 8 months old. Full story

Dear Diary

Last night was Maskarave. It started out really good because the music was so phat and me and Jolene got microdots. I saw Marlene and was happy. Full story

Disabling Opinions

From South Park to Howard Stern

When VICE first brought up the idea of doing a "special issue" featuring some of my friends with disabilities I was a little hesitant. Full story

Short Haired Wimps

Wolfmother are three skinny indie-looking puffs from Australia who look like they can't handle their ale and only get erections every five days, and then only after taking ten Viagra, a bottle of poppers and listening to Kylie Minogue and Erasure while pissed on Lambrini. Full story

Wtf

Is "The Special Issue"?

The best film that Ben Affleck ever starred in didn't even make the newspapers. Full story

Tidbits

Most Quebecois don't know this, but Denny's used to be called Sambo's. Motherfucking Sambo's. America went nuts when they figured it out and banned them all; all but one. Full story

Merde!

The Wheelchair Underneath this Painting

Stephan Blanquet is a gimp from France who is fat as hell and has an incredibly hot girlfriend. Full story

Electric Independence

VICE never made it to to the special CHAPMAN BROS All Tomorrow's Parties down in Camber Sands but we heard good things about it. Everyone who witnessed it says the freakiest incident happened during Peaches' performance when she started crowd-surfing while doing "Fuck The Full story

Doctor Doctor

Soap Opera Expert Ronnie Simonsen Gets Down With General Hospital's Brightest Star

This is Ronnie Simonsen reporting for VICE. Full story

Social Suicide

Patrick Wolf is a special little boy on a special musical mission. He sings sweet songs and wears special clothes and plays magical homemade instruments and knows a lot about electronics and lives in a ramshackle little cottage down by the marsh's edge. Full story

Ronny and Me

The Special Olympics of Comedy

Ronny Weintraub is this 41-year-old retarded guy who I always see at my shows at Caroline's Comedy Club. Full story

My War

CP Thinks That It's My Friend But It's One of Them

Since my debut in the world 48 years ago, spasticity and involuntary movements due to cerebral palsy have been the dictators of my body. Full story

Vice Fashion - How's Your News

Photos by Terry Richardson Full story

Hard On

Finally there's someone who isn't afraid to let her happy thoughts spill out like crayon-drawn smiley suns and flowers. Tujiko Noriko is a musician who drops the rock star front and just lets her heart pour out. Full story

Vice Pictures

Pictures by Bobby's Mom Full story

Grimewatch

You know when Madrid put Michael Owen on the bench earlier in the season, (sorry to anyone reading this who doesn't like footy or is a girl) then he didn't throw any kind of tantrum and took it on the chin? Full story

Who Cares?

The Totally Retarded Use of the Word Retard

There's a difficulty in writing about retarded people that stems from the word itself. Full story

Public Enemy Number One

We at VICE are taking full credit for 50 Cent getting signed to Eminem's Shady Records. In '99, the song "How To Rob An Industry Nigga" came out, with 50 Cent namedropping over 30 rappers. Full story

Games

Back at the end of ‘99 two games reigned supreme as top contenders in the online first-person shooter genre: Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament. Full story

History is Bullshit

Ian Svenonius is the only DC punk rock luminary who, in conversation, sounds like a lost Theodor Adorno book that rips apart contemporary culture and makes you laugh at the same time. They both say things like "approximating historical antecedents" instead of "ripping off Lou Ree… Full story

Beats and Rhymes

Fritz le Chat's 5th Annual Rap Awards. Full story

Vice Fashion - The Special Issue

Jeremy Vest, 18, from Maryland is the newest and youngest member of the How's Your News? team. A multi-instrumentalist and avid music fan, he was brought in to play drums. Full story

Reign in Hell

Death metal is back. Where the fuck did it go? "It never went anywhere," shrugs Hate Eternal's Jared Anderson. "It's angry music, and it belongs where it is. This way it stays pure. Purity is very important." Full story

Literary

Maurizio Cattelan is most likely our favorite artist. He’s funny, smart, and an expert at taking the piss. He’s also Italian and constantly smirking. Full story

How's Your Attitude?

Sue Harrington Makes Her Corrections Accordingly

Good day Ladies and Gentlemen. My name is Susan Harrington. I am a 36-year-old woman who was born with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia. Full story

By Design

Friends, I'm about to reveal something that may frighten and scare you: the Japanese are waaay ahead of us. Sacrificing height for a fourteen-hour advantage over NYC, the zippy little people in the east are engaged in a battle for freshness we can't even dream of competing with. Full story

My Way

The best part about interviewing DJ Hell late last year wasn't the interview in a fancy Munich restaurant where everyone worshipped the dapper Gigolo primo. Full story

Sorry Guys

Midnight Movies look like a Calvin Klein perfume ad, like if Simon Cowell designed a special ultimate post-rock group for your dad so he can relate to you more. Full story