The Catastrophes Issue
Big Bob’s Mod Photo Album
Big Bob Morris is a long-time associate of Vice and well-known London raconteur and sportsman. Recently he showed us this huge archive of east London mod photographs. We used one of them by the table of contents in last month’s Anti-Music Issue...
Die, Die, My Darling
Well, we were looking for proof of bodysnatching because we’d heard rumours of a black market trade in stolen corpses to meet the demand from the Chinese tradition of “ghost weddings," which are like arranged marriages for the deceased.
Hammer Time, All the Time
I spent a week in the Sunshine State, sitting in an enormous American car next to an ex-marine called Art Hammer as he took me on a tour of sex hotels, bad restaurants and beach towns that would really benefit from a 12-foot rise in sea level.
Shot By Kern's European Vacation
Last summer, Richard Kern came to Europe and did a tour of sorts for his popular VBS show, Shot by Kern. Along with director Jim Demuth and myself, Kern visited London, Barcelona, Milan, Berlin, Antwerp and Paris
Literary
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? THE ESSENTIAL DAVID SHRIGLEY. Who doesn't like David Shrigley? That's right, no one. I am reliably informed that even Nan Goldin owns a set of his “cocaine” and “heroin” salt and pepper pots, so...
Ooh! Think Twice
A group of people called Sock Mob has been organising guided homelessness-themed tours of Shoreditch in east London led by the real-life homeless. I’m not sure if it’s to raise awareness or money or whatever, but I decided to go along.
Et Spiritus Sancti
On a recent trip to predominantly Muslim Chechnya, photojournalist Olga Kravets found an Islamic medical centre in Grozny where women suspected to be possessed by the devil go through a violent procedure to "get rid of their demons".
Socialist Child Beauty Parlour
German-Norwegian photojournalist couple Ben Speck and Karin Ananiassen recently spent ten days depicting one of Venezuela's most prestigious beauty academies, the castings, and the wildly popular TV-broadcasted "Miss" competitions.
Karen Russell Interviewed By Rivka Galchen
If ever there was someone whom I’d be happy to see at my own funeral—meaning I guess that I wouldn’t really mind that it was my funeral—it would be Karen Russell, or Karen’s prose.
The Woman Who Fell to Earth
Juliane Koepcke was born a German national in Lima, Peru, in 1954, the daughter of a world-renowned zoologist (Hans-Wilhelm) and an equally revered ornithologist (Maria).
Paul Virilio
Cultural theorist Paul Virilio has been repeating essentially the same thing over and over for the past 30 years. Maybe it’s time for everybody to start listening to him.