NEW YORK CITY
VICE Endorses Jipson Talmadge
Jipson Talmadge is a 32-year-old resident of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, occasional crasher of couches in Manhattan, and VICE's choice for the next mayor of New York City with his plan for an "ALL-BIKE NEW YORK!"
Flatbush Zombies, Gangsta Boo, Chippy Nonstop, and World's Fair
Hip-hop is having a renaissance right now in the city of New York, so we've linked up with scene insider Verena Stefanie Grotto to document the movement as it happens in real time. This week, she caught up with Flatbush Zombies, Gangsta Boo, Chippy...
Should We Panic About the Strain of Deadly Meningitis Hitting the Gay Community?
This year, four men have come down with meningitis in New York City, bringing the number of infections to 22 and the death toll to seven since 2010, and similar cases have appeared in West Hollywood, California. How worried should we be?
This Is What a Skate Magazine Should Look Like
As skateboarding has grown in popularity and seeped into the lives of an ever-increasing number of households, the industry—and I'm painting with a broad stroke here—has morphed into a more family-friendly, watered-down version of what it once was...
Forget It, Jake, It’s the Chinatown Bus
This week, the Fung Wah Bus company got shut down by the federal government after its buses failed safety inspections, which didn't surprise anybody who has ever been on one. In honor of the crackdown on one of the worst and best bus lines in America...
How Do You Feel Now That the Campaign's Over?
If you’ve been following all that’s been written and said about the men whose names are next to the little bubbles, there is a lot of emotion and thought going into the process of marking up your ballot—doing your infinitesimal part to elect the leader...
Bad Vibes at the Trojan Sex Toy Giveaway
On Wednesday, Trojan planned to pass out thousands of vibrators to sexually liberated men and women throughout New York City. Hot dog pushcarts were loaded with Trojan’s Tri-Phoria and Pulse models, to be distributed to passersby until the stock ran...
Taji's Mahal - Jade's Camera
Including everyone from kite hustlers to discolored women, the beloved lurkers of New York City are draining whatever remains from their sweaty balls of a summer. My girlfriend Jade has been borrowing one of my cameras the past couple months, shooting...
A Cop's Life: Rookie To Retiree In 20 Years
The typical NYPD career takes a well-trod course. You go to school, you get assigned to a random post somewhere in the five boroughs, you do a few years there, then you make detective or take a civil service test and become a sergeant.