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The Conversations With Distinguished Gentlemen Issue

Hock Talk

We were disappointed when the pawnshop we visited in Amsterdam wasn’t some seedy box in the red-light district with a mean old coot slouching behind his desk and patting the shotgun on his lap.
MAXI MEISSNER, ULRIKE GRABLER
6.2.09
The Conversations With Distinguished Gentlemen Issue

Surrogate Cocks, Inc.

It happens to a lot of men. You meet a beautiful girl, and for some reason you can’t divine, she’s attracted to you. You get to know her, take turns putting your mouths in unspeakably awkward places, establish sides of the bed.
Conor Creighton, Steve Ryan
6.2.09
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Vice Fashion - Blackest Ever Black

Photos by Ben RaynerStyling by Lauren Blane
Ben Rayner, Lauren Blane
6.2.09
The Conversations With Distinguished Gentlemen Issue

Elmore Leonard Is the Man

Let’s just say this: Elmore Leonard, now going on 84 years old, is still cranking out perfectly detailed, thrilling, and hilarious stories of criminals at a pace that’s hard to believe.
Jesse Pearson
6.2.09
The Conversations With Distinguished Gentlemen Issue

Hock Talk

Pawnshops in Canada aren't all that different from those in the US, but for whatever reason finding a chatty pawnbroker was like chiseling a dead body out of concrete.
ELIANNA LEV, FREDERIC WHITE
6.2.09
The Conversations With Distinguished Gentlemen Issue

A Living, Breathing Philosopher

Simon Critchley is renowned for his groundbreaking ethical reading of the deconstructionist movement (that’s an important thing, even if you have no idea what it means).
Steve Fowler
6.2.09
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Suiting Up, Crusting Down

Recently London was tousled by a series of riots led by outraged anarchists who were probably just really bored. As usual, it looked like a good time.
Bruno Bayley, James Knight, Jamie Taete
6.2.09
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Feudal Delusions

This past spring North Korea test-fired yet another Taepodong missile over Japan. It was the third such launch in just over a decade.
Li Kouji, Lena Oishi
6.2.09
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Smoking Hot Mummies

The process is careful, thorough, and loaded with ritualistic bearing—in addition to memorializing lost pals and family members, it’s an equally restorative, if macabre, ceremony for those who remain.
STEVE TAUSCHKE, DWAYNE TAUSCHKE
6.2.09
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Ripping The Universe A New One

Last September, the opportunistic hypochondriacs who control the global media tried to convince us that the end of the universe was coming. This turned out to be an exaggeration.
Tom Littlewood
6.2.09
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Hock Talk

The most recent store opening coincided with an uptick in the poor-people-selling-their-cherished-belongings business.
Elin Unnes, DANIEL LÓPEZ VALLE
6.2.09
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Hock Talk

Pawnshops are found in prime locations throughout Stockholm, but most have teensy, dreadful offices. We visited one of the larger chains, Pantbanken Sverige, and caught up with CEO Peter Sundström.
LUCA DEASTI, JUSTIN MULCHAHY
6.2.09
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