The Conflict Minerals... Issue

  • Hiding the Horror

    It was only a few years ago that I came to appreciate the severity of my own arachnophobia. Although I could tolerate tiny spiders, anything larger than an average-size black widow activated instant terror.

  • The Weird Olympics

    Situated on the shore of the Black Sea, Sochi is Russia’s largest resort destination. It’s a place so beautiful that Josef Stalin kept a dacha there during the golden years. The region’s charm will soon be forced down the throats of a...

  • Suicide Practice

    Photos by Angela BoatwrightStylist: Annette Lamothe-Ramos

  • Records

    Ty Segall Goodbye Bread Ty Segall’s last album, Melted, was a real epic destroyer. Each song was a banging, clanging hit. In between then and now he released an EP of T-Rex covers, and it seems like he’s still in T-Rex mode

  • Serbia Needs Women

    The breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia hit Serbia a little hard.

  • Abracadabra Insurance

    If you can get past the ridiculous goatees and rabbits constantly shitting in your top hat, being a magician doesn’t seem like such a horrible gig. The hours are flexible, donning a velvety cape commands a certain amount of mystique, and it doesn...

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  • Employees of the Month

    PATRICK TSAI Patrick Tsai has never taken a picture that hasn’t made us go “Awwwwwwwwww.” We first came across his work back when he was one half of My Little Dead Dick—our all-time favorite pair of photographic

  • Bovine Kampf

    Aproz lies in a remote mountain region in southwest Switzerland. It’s a place where the local population feverishly anticipates heavyweight bouts between contestants with names like Dynamite and Tyson. These 1,400-pound gladiators aren’t...

  • Butcher’s Hook

    Photos by Tom Beard, Stylist: Sam Voulters

  • Badgers

    A badger cub is just like an annoying little brother who's constantly getting into trouble, usually while covered head to toe in bits of food and dirt. You can't help but love them, even if they smell a little like poop.

  • Trinkets of Terror

    It’s a well-known fact that VICE favorite Martin Parr is one of Britain’s finest photographers. But few people are aware that he is also an avid collector of tacky memorabilia inspired by terrorists, dictators, and other nefarious...

  • Sofex Was So-So

    “You know, it’s weird, man. It’s like everybody’s real cordial with each other. But, at the end of the day, we’re, like, buying weapons to destroy each other. I don’t want to, like, sound liberal or anything