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Where Are All the Films About Economic Apocalypse?

So far, the films of the Great Recession have brought us the majestic biceps of Thor, the weaponized pecs of James Bond 6.0, and the beef Prometheus of Captain America. But let me direct your attention to Neal Israel's Americathon</i...
Sam McPheeters
8.28.13
style

How Come Everyone Still Wants to be in a Sixties Girl Group?

The style and sonics from 60s girl groups continues to hold sway with modern musicians. Who are these retro-referencing artists, why is this happening, and do we all need to buy a bumpit?
Hazel Cills
Hazel Chills
8.28.13
Stuff

We're Giving Away Free Drinks at the Old Blue Last This Weekend

Come down early to get your hands on tokens.
VICE Staff
8.28.13
Noisey Blog

NOISEY PRESENTS: DRENGE LIVE

We love Drenge, you love Drenge, so let's watch them together.
VICE Staff
8.28.13
Features

Rah! Rah! Replica: Young Adult Female Sexualities and the Pop Machine

The starlet reflects the culture. The culture reflects the starlet.
Jessica Skolnik
8.28.13
New music

Premiere: Watch BEAST’s video for “Smoke Swig Swear”

Plus we talked to BEAST’s singer Inge about being a band in South Africa, why they're "sick of fucking indie and electro and soft cock rock," and how they like to keep it filthy.
Kelly Fulton
8.28.13
News

The Quebec Government's Plan to Ban Religious Symbols May Be a Stroke of Political Genius

Last week the Journal de Montreal dropped a bomb on Quebec’s extremely shaky sense of identity by publishing leaked details from the upcoming Charter of Quebec Values set to be released in the fall.
Joel Balsam
8.28.13
Travel

The Site of Hitler’s Suicide Is Now a Playground

By the afternoon of his suicide, Adolf Hitler hadn’t seen the sun in ten days. He had been living in a concrete bunker 28 feet below the ruins of Berlin for months. Sixty-eight years later, Berlin is almost unrecognizable, and a slide sits atop the...
Roc Morin
8.28.13
Motherboard Blog

The Syrian Electronic Army Says Its Servers Couldn't Handle the NY Times Traffic

It had targeted the NY Times site in order to deliver an anti-war message.
Derek Mead
8.28.13
Motherboard Blog

The Most Stylized Video Out of War-Torn Syria

Slow-motion punch ins, sped-up punch outs, full-bleed flares, pacing. If (when) Kathryn Bigelow gives the Syrian conflict the big-screen treatment, this could be her trailer.
Brian Anderson
8.28.13
Pretty Girl Bullshit

When Did Modern Romance Turn into Cold War?

Decades of cool, festering hatred doesn't sound like a good basis for anyone's love life.
Bertie Brandes
8.28.13
Neither Big nor Easy

A Pilgrimage to Gypsy Lou Webb, New Orleans’s Patron Saint of Beat Literature

With her husband Jon, Gypsy Lou Webb ran Loujon Press and made beautiful art books that featured poetry from Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg. At 97, she now lives off of social security and the kindness of fans.
Michael Patrick Welch
8.28.13
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