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We Talked To David Koresh's Girlfriend

Last year, an independent label in Otho, Iowa (Junior Motel Records) released a post-humous recording by David Koresh. The CD, Voice of Fire, contains two songs and a 40-minute sermon by the self-proclaimed son of God.
Johnson Cummings
10.1.06
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Stompers Reunion

In June 2006, between 20 and 30 students from a technical college in Bangkok, Thailand, were gathered at a bar. A man who did not know these students made a disrespectful comment which led to the man’s death.
VICE Staff
10.1.06
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Hey Ladies

In 1976, fourteen-year-old Ari Up ran into her friend Palmolive at a Patti Smith gig. That night the two girls, inspired by the punk scene exploding around them, decided to form a band.
Hannah Brooks
10.1.06
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The Pashto Cowboys

In a town called Peshawar in the wild west of Pakistan, there's a gang that call themselves God's Children. They are rough guys, some as young as 13, armed to the hilt with Kalashnikovs and six-shooter revolvers, who cruise around doing good deeds in...
Mild Seven Lights
10.1.06
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Kiwi Congregation

Now, before I continue let's get one thing clear, this is NOT a beat up on religion. Let's work on this premise; you don't shove your shit down my throat and I'll agree not to tell you to fuck off. It's really that simple.
Harland Crisp
10.1.06
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Vice Fashion - Fix Up Look Sharp

Sharpies emerged from Melbourne’s suburbs in the early 70s and evolved out of existence by the end of the decade. They wore jeans and tailor-made cardigans, which they would design themselves in an attempt to outdo all the other sharpies.
Travis Hogg
10.1.06
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Cult Rapture

The overwhelming, grey shittiness of Margaret Thatcher's Britain and its depressing soundtrack of soft rock, manufactured pop and pretentious indie is to blame for the cult of what we now know as "noise" music.
Ralph Meister
10.1.06
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Dress The Part!

Rules, rules, rules. That's what gangs and cults offer their members. And that's what the members want. People who join gangs are looking for a family, which means they are looking for a mommy and daddy, which means they want to be told what to do.
VICE Staff
10.1.06
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Vice Fashion - Christian Black Metal Prayer Warriors

Christian Metalheads.
Tomas Leth
10.1.06
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Tidbits

We know you think your shit don’t stink but you can’t be sure until you clean it with dudu soap. It gets out those deep, brown shit stains that shit holds on to like its life depended on it.
VICE Staff
10.1.06
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Cult Of Running

Most runners have one brand and make of shoe they've been buying for the past 20 years. They get locked in and never try anything different. But we had a hunch that if they were to test-drive a new-fangled shoe, they'd prefer it.
VICE Staff
10.1.06
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Surf Gangs

To find the Amazon surf gangs and their incredible music you have to go to Belem, in the state of Para, several days up the river from Manaus. One surprising thing about these cities is they used to be among the richest in the world.
Peter Culshaw
10.1.06
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