Articles by Benjamin Shapiro
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Watch Japanther's Kaleidoscopic New Video for "Stolen Flowers"
Japanther just sent us their new video for "Stolen Flowers," a song that sounds a lot like the other scuzzy pop-punk coming out of Brooklyn loft parties right now (this means that it is inherently good). Full story
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Reggie Watts Has a New Show
The comic musician (or musical comedian) Reggie Watts just started a new show called "The Social Music Experiment" on his YouTube channel, Jash. For some reason we were invited on set to see firsthand how the whole thing is made. Full story
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Nivek Ogre Is Totally Doomed
Skinny Puppy’s Front Man Is Obsessed with Weapons
Nivek Ogre (né Kevin Graham Ogilvie) is best known as the guttural screech that is synonymous with Skinny Puppy, who arguably invented electro-industrial in the early 80s. I recently spoke with Ogre about such joyful matters as the Fukushima meltdown and mass murderer Jeffrey Dah… Full story
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Listen to Kylesa's New Single, "We're Taking This"
We love Kylesa, and we love that they've got a new record coming out next month. We especially love the sludge-metal crushiness and isolation-tank psychedelia of their new single, "We're Taking This." Full story
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Ace of Base's Secret Nazi Past
Before he founded Ace of Base, Ulf Ekberg was a neo-Nazi skinhead. Did Ekberg use Ace of Base's success as an opportunity to erase his neo-Nazi past and rise to a position of geopolitical influence? Full story
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Daniel Cronin Takes the Most Amazing Photos of Juggalos You've Ever Seen
Daniel Cronin is a photographer who has been lugging a huge large-format camera to the Gathering of the Juggalos since 2010, snapping the most strikingly intimate portraits of ICP fans. I called up Daniel to chat about Juggalos, the Gathering, and the vanishing point between punk… Full story
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The Most Amazing Photos of Juggalos You've Ever Seen
Photographer Daniel Cronin has been traveling to the Gathering of the Juggalos since 2010 toting a large format four-by-five camera (the kind with the hood) to take strikingly intimate portraits of the men and women in attendance. Full story
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Hey Austin, Thanks for Letting Us Destroy Your Town
A week and a half ago, VICE descended on the fine city of Austin, Texas. The plan was to hog-tie South By Southwest and put an apple in its mouth, and we did just that. Full story
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R.I.P. Ed Koch (1924-2013)
Former NYC mayor Ed Koch, the guy who literally hauled New York's ass out of the gutter in the mid-70s and once recommended using wild wolves to combat graffiti, died this morning at 2 AM of congestive heart failure. He was 88 years old. Full story
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Reasons Why It's Impossible to Get Laid on Tour
I've toured for a good portion of my life, and it may be surprising for all your horndogs to hear that—wait for it—I've actually never seen a single band member meet someone at a show and do the deed that night. Full story
Deportee Purgatory
Welcome to Tijuana’s El Bordo
'Leviathan,' I Love You
James Franco at the Movies
Juggalos Are OK, Cupid
Don’t Be a Tumblr Asshole
Get Rich or High Trying
The Coming Age of Corporate Cannabis
Triple Hate - Part 1
The KKK vs. the Crips vs. Memphis City Council
Rave and Hardcore YouTube Comments
They Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity