Articles by Alex Hoban
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A Fun Day Out at the Other Chernobyl
For some reason they let me in a place that could destroy the planet. Full story
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Turning 30 and Public Speaking... On Acid!
Happy Birthday Gavin, here's a large tab of San Francisco acid to commiserate. Full story
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My Awkward First Date in the Abandoned Soviet Military Complex
Because rubble is the biggest aphrodisiac of them all. Full story
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Hoping No One Dies at the North Korean Fun Fair!
Terrorizing the North Korean proletariat with Kim Il-Sung's roller coaster of doom. Full story
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Leninist Christmas Utopia Theme Parks Aren't Built in a Day
What you're looking at is not just a collection of weird little communist cars, dilapidated slaughterhouses, and idly grazing livestock. It is actually the site upon which will one day stand Europe's No. 1 Leninist Christmas Utopia. Full story
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China Has Music Festivals Too!
The nice people from Zebra Music Festival invited me all the way out to Sichuan province to prove that fun exists in China and that it is definitely not a totalitarian communist state hell bent on stamping out every last bit of creativity in its quest for world domination. Full story
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Lebanon's Waxwork Museum
Just outside Beirut, in the town of Jounieh, stands one of the Middle East's foremost tourist attractions. An oasis of opulence and grandeur, Lebanon's 'Hall of Fame Wax Museum' provides a bolt-hole for the unfortunate celebrities who find themselves stuck in a region wracked by Full story
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The Island of the Dolls
Sometimes when people get into a religious sulk they do things like fly planes into buildings or dress their kids in white and drown them in bleach. Full story
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Hezbollah's Wax Museum Theme Park
How are you gonna get back to fostering hate at the rate you've become accustomed to? Full story
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HOW TO PROTEST LIKE THE JAPANESE
Last weekend, Japanese protesters staged the biggest public demonstration in Tokyo since the 1970s, but because Japanese people are so nice it was more like Hay-on-Wye than a siren-soundtracked, policeman-burning black blocalypse. Full story
The Wizard of the Saddle Rides Again
The Dark Specter of History in Memphis 
Hung Like a Gastropod
The Rigors of a Snail-Genital Illustrator 
Austerity's Drug of Choice
Sisa Is Nasty Shit 
This Is What Winning Looks Like
Chaos and Corruption in Afghanistan 
The Fat Farms of Mauritania
Pack on Those Pounds, Ladies 
Jerks Are Exploiting Cambodia's Orphans
Get It Together, People 
