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Nifelheim

Until recently, twin brothers Hellbutcher and Tyrant of Nifelheim have been famous mainly for their extreme taste in studs, their Iron Maiden obsession, and living in a castle. But then they released their latest album, Envoy of Lucifer.
Daniel Söderberg
DANIEL SÖDERBERG; Photo: Kristian Bengtsson
10.1.08
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Eric Wood From Man Is The Bastard

It's hard to imagine how a band making songs played at either hyper or glacial speeds (never midtempo) with two basses and song titles like "Screwdriver in the Urethra of Thomas Lenz," ever failed to be anything other than huge in the early 1990s.
James Knight
James Knight; Photo: Bill Henson
10.1.08
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R. Stevie Moore

Deep in the belly of a castle in suburban New Jersey, R. Stevie Moore has been recording and publishing more records than just about anybody you can think of, all by his lonesome.
Matthew Carson
10.1.08
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My Big Sister, Who Sang For A Hardcore Band...

New Jersey-based hardcore band Fast Times was around during the mid-90s and my sister Alison was the singer.
Maggie Lee
10.1.08
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Ian Hislop

For those of you without taste or eyes, Private Eye is a fortnightly satirical newsprint magazine that contains more actual news than all the other British newspapers they made during the two weeks it takes to put their issue together.
Andy Capper
Andy Capper, Photos: Alex Sturrock
10.1.08
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Robert Pollard

The great thing about Robert Pollard is that while he seems pretty pragmatic and passionate about his songwriting and Guided by Voices legacy, he's also kind of fuck-off about it. He's a 50-year-old grandpa who calls his new band Boston Spaceships...
Jeff Johnson; Photo: Cory Piehowicz
10.1.08
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Vice Comics

"Shit the fuck up."
Zach Hazard
10.1.08
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Vice Fashion - In The Cards

Your reading is about change and about ripening karma and how things come full circle.
Photos: Chris Shonting, Readings: Gwendolyn Colman, S
10.1.08
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Vice Comics

Chris McD
10.1.08
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Records

TWENTY-ONE INTERVIEWS IN TWO DAYS WHILE RECUPERATING FROM A BURST APPENDIX.
Andrew Earles
10.1.08
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Employee Of The Month - A Guy Who Works at Our Printing Press

We've always wondered about the guys that print Vice. Up until now, all we really knew was that they're in a great big room somewhere in the frozen wasteland of Canada and that every 30 days or so, they ship us lots and lots of magazines.
Rocco Castoro
10.1.08
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A Gay, Orthodox Jewish R&B Singer

I've known Ari Gold since we were ten. We went to an Orthodox Jewish Yeshiva together. He was my first big crush because he sang jingles for TV commercials and we both loved Madonna, which, in the Orthodox community, automatically made us freaks.
Amy Kellner
10.1.08
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