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Partying with the Secret Police in Romania

Vacation options in communist Romania were pretty limited. When Labor Day, the big party holiday of the year, rolled around on May 1, many Romanians traveled to Costinesti, the only seaside resort for young people in the country. Full story

Another Year on the Streets

Congratulations. If you're reading this, you just survived the deadliest day of the year for pedestrians. Full story

Republicans Don't Know How to Party

Tampa's nightlife has been dead since the convention. Where are all the secretly deviant Republicans I’ve heard so much about? Has the party followed Romney’s lead and given up all stimulants and intoxicants? Full story

Why Be a Tranny When You Can Be a Tranimal

They look like the offspring of Josef Mengele, Pamela Rooke, and Chernobyl. Full story

Venus Is Passing in Front of the Sun Right Now

Before you look at it, read this. Full story

On With The Sonidero!

Las Fiestas Mas Locas en Mexico City

Sonideros are commonly described as the club DJs of Mexico. Towards the end of the 1950s, they began to liven up neighbourhood dances, block parties, and popular salons in Mexico City. Full story

The VICE Guide to Partying

Party hosting isn't something one can just dive into headlong and willy-nilly. You don't throw a baby into the deep end of an Olympic pool with five-pound weights tied to its tiny legs (unless you want it to die), do you? As a partymeister, you have to be ready for any eventualit… Full story