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This Week in Florida - Mitt Romney Hangs with a Cocaine Smuggler

Mitt Romney campaigned at a Miami restaurant owned by a convicted cocaine smuggler. A man attacked his girlfriend with a hammer because she tried to convince him to vote. Jackmeoff Mudd, was arrested by Broward Sheriff’s officers for assault...
Billy Corben
8.18.12
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Taji’s Mahal – Turnt Up in Bushwick

Skating and rap are both awesome things and things that Hip Young People like, but for whatever reason, they hardly ever mix well, like ice cream and steak. The exception that proves the rule here is Zoo York rider and New York City native Black Dave...
Taji Ameen
8.18.12
Music

Iron Maiden Is Great Thanks to Murder

Some friends of mine in New Jersey had a theroy about Iron Maiden. They surmised that the first five Maiden albums were perfect metal records, mainly because every song was about, alluded to, or conjured up images of killing. Even the instrumentals...
Anthony Pappalardo
8.18.12
Sports

Clyde's Corner: Skateboarding Rules

I was kinda stumped on what to write this week. Truth be told, I had my head in these books pretty tough the last few weeks and wanted nothing to do with words, whatsoever. I did finish this semester with an A and a B for all you smarty-art ass cats...
Clyde Singleton
8.18.12
News

Is William Lantigua the Most Corrupt Mayor in America?

William Lantigua, the controversial mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts, does not give a fuck. “Controversial” doesn’t really do him justice though, since that implies people have good opinions of him in addition to bad ones. Last week, he got married to...
Anthony Pappalardo
8.18.12
Music

I Saw the Murder Junkies in Avon and Talked to Merle Allin

A chance encounter with Merle Allin, GG Allin’s brother, on Newbury Street in Boston led me to Avon, Connecticut, on a Tuesday night, where I found out just how serious Merle is about carrying on where he brother left off. After the show—which turned...
John Liam Policastro
8.18.12
animal collective

Hear The New Album Centipede Hz In The Fourth And Last Transmission Of Animal Collective Radio Hosted By Geologist

Along with custom visuals for each song on the album by Abby Portner.
The Creators Project Staff
8.17.12
Motherboard Blog

Our First Communications Satellite Was a Giant Shiny Inflatable Death Star

Fifty one years ago this week, a microwave transmission from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California was received at Bell Laboratories in Homdel, New Jersey, after bouncing off a giant silver balloon floating in space. It was Echo calling...
ALEX PASTERNACK
8.17.12
Stuff

Question of the Day - Where Is Main Street?

The other day, 'New York' magazine went out to Main Street and asked the plain folks what they thought of Wall Street. Turns out, they’re against it. That’s unfair, though. Why only tell one street’s story? So we went out to Wall Street—the real one...
VICE Staff
8.17.12
Stuff

The Recent Unpleasantness - Ask Mr. Ethics

Dear Mr. Ethics, I am a healthy 42-year-old Minnesota guy with a fantastic family and a well-paying government job. Also, I recently became the presumptive Republican nominee for vice president of the United States in the 2012 election. Life is good...
Sam McPheeters
8.17.12
Design

Live The Dream Through Zaha Hadid's Lavish Designs

A look at some of architect Zaha Hadid’s less-known, and yet equally glamorous projects.
Alexa Kestecher
8.17.12
Tech

Popping: The Social Media Bubble

Facebook is the final piece of the "Triangle of IPO Terror."
ALEC LIU
8.17.12
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