Articles by Rocco Castoro
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Too Old to Fight It
A Trek Through the Perils of the Music Industry with Dan Keyes
If you’re a “songwriter” or “producer” and don’t live in LA, chances are you’re also a barista or a waiter or, if you have business sense, a drug dealer. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Full story
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VICE Meets
Johnny Ryan
Johnny Ryan has been filling the back page of VICE magazine with twisted comics for the past ten years. Full story
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Val Kilmer Told Us He Saw an Alien
I talked with Val Kilmer, Harmony Korine, and Eddy Moretti about their short contribution to VICE's new film "The Fourth Dimension" and what, if anything, it all means. Full story
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VICE Meets
Rob Delaney
While in LA working on our Showbiz issue, we met up with comedian and VICE columnist Rob Delaney for a chat about hairiness, Twitter, and funny meat words. Full story
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The Sordid Secrets of Babylon
Kenneth Anger Knows Them All
Filmmaker Kenneth Anger—the guy who literally wrote the book on Hollywood debauchery—talks with us about the strange and dark realms of celebrity. Full story
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A Chat with Kern About Directing the New OFF! Video
A chat between our main pepperoni, and a guy who's famous for shooting lady pepperonis. Full story
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Tonight in Seattle: Magick in Cinema with Brian Butler
Tonight Brian Butler will be screening a selection of films that, as Aleister Crowley put it, explore the “science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with the will.” Full story
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Watch Bob Odenkirk's New Show About Hollyweird
A while back VICE contributor, hot-shit "Breaking Bad" star, and cornerstone of modern comedy writing Bob Odenkirk pitched a show to Adult Swim. This is it. Full story
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Hey Venice, What’s Up with Massive Cruise Liners Barreling Down a Tiny Canal?
Venice is begging for a Costa Concordia encore. Full story
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An Interview with the Guy Who Found the San Diego Demonoid
He's a 19-year-old snowboarder who says the hellbeast is definitely real because "it smelled like shit and had 2,000 bugs swarming around it--all around its mouth and shit." Full story
Thought and Memory
New Fiction by Ed Park
Malaysian Neo-Nazis
Fighting for a Pure Malay Race
The Strongest Dwarf in New Jersey
Remembering My Tormentor
Gay Men and Their Misogyny Problem
It's Not Cute Anymore
Snooping Around Nicolas Cage's House
So Many Bummers
Saudi Arabia's Feminist Revolution
It's Not Happening