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Stop Calling Fat Bill Fat, He Has a Complex Now

Fat Bill is a cinematographer who has shot some of the most memorable skateboarding of the past decade. He's also not that fat anymore, so if you see him please don't call him Fat Bill. He worked really hard to lose those extra pounds.
Chris Grosso
8.24.12
Motherboard Blog

At Least Ten Shot Outside Empire State Building

Friday morning, at about 9 A.M., a hostile ex-employee (or so "it's been tweeted":https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/238996649362456576 by police scanner eavesdroppers) started shooting at random, with at least 10 people injured (it's unclear how...
Daniel Stuckey
8.24.12
Motherboard Blog

How Pussy Riot Became P***y Riot: The FCC's Sexual Obscenity Rules Are Bullshit

When George Carlin released his famous monologue, "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television," in 1972, it didn’t include the word "pussy." Although his list didn’t reflect _all_ the words you couldn’t say on TV at the time, the ones he chose were...
Kelly Bourdet
8.24.12
Motherboard Blog

Can an iPhone App Uncloak the Super PACs?

By the time this election is through, billions of dollars will have been spent between the two presidential political campaigns—and the lion's share of that will be used to fund TV ads. Boring, obnoxious, terrible TV ads. And thanks to the glorious...
Brian Merchant
8.24.12
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Here She Is, Miss Holocaust Survivor 2012

Everyone loves Holocaust survivors and beauty pageants, so why hasn’t someone combined the two? That was the exact thought of Israeli charity Yad Ezer L’Haver (“Helping Hand”), which in late June held a competition in Haifa to crown a Miss Holocaust...
Jamie Clifton
8.24.12
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How to Conquer Notting Hill Carnival

Stay off the hard drugs, ignore Levi Roots and fuck the police.
Clive Martin
8.24.12
The Sprinkles of the Sandman Issue

Panty Pops

"I don't know a whole lot about religion—aside from the fact that Easter candy is delicious and I thank God for it every April—but I imagine that the feeling that watching Panty Pops gives you, a "religious experience."
Chris Nieratko
8.24.12
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Fact: Gay Marriage Kills Babies

An organization called The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children has been distributing a leaflet in the UK that claims the legalization of same-sex marriage will lead to a rise in abortions. Besides saying "We must protect real marriage because...
Jamie Lee Taete
8.24.12
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Rekorderlig Teaches You to Be a Bit More Swedish

They also want to give you lots of free cider and Cheap Monday clothes.
VICE Staff
8.24.12
Music

1-2-3-4 Festival Is Back Next Week

So you can listen to music and get drunk again.
Barry Olafs
8.24.12
Fashion

I Tried and Failed to Dress Like Alabama Worley

Sorry, Tony Scott, I guess you just made 'True Romance' too cool for me.
Bertie Brandes, Photos: Amber Dixon
8.24.12
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Cry-Baby of the Week

This week: stupid Christian versus pageant girl's daddy!
Jamie Lee Taete
8.24.12
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