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A Brief History of Prince Ripoffs

Go to your trendiest of juke joints even today and only the most jaded of cool-kid scum would turn his or her nose at the spin of the man’s greatest hits disc.
Alex Koenig
8.16.12
Motherboard Blog

Want to Punch Harder? Be a Black Belt, and Use Your Brain

In "a study":http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_15-8-2012-12-15-31 that has nothing to do with the fact that a third _Kill Bill_ movie is being "made":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X86mswvoUAY , British...
Ben Richmond
8.16.12
Motherboard Blog

Livestream: Watch Julian Assange's (Potential) Great Escape

h5. ^Will Oliver/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images^ After a bit of waffling, Ecuador has officially "granted Julian Assange asylum":http://betabeat.com/2012/08/ecuador-officially-grants-asylum-to-julian-assange-u-k-promises-to-extradite-him-anyway...
Derek Mead
8.16.12
Stuff

The Juggalo Summer Reading List

Yeah, Juggalos read books. They actually probably read more than you do, whoever you are reading this. I spent a while the other day going through Juggalo profiles on Myspace, OKCupid, and Wicked Nation (the terrifying Juggalo-only Myspace knock off...
Blake Butler
8.16.12
Photo

Angry People in Local Newspapers

Can you imagine how depressing it must be being the professional photographer whose job it is to get the photos of a woman looking sad because a dog pooed at the end of her driveway or whatever? Eugh.
Alistair Coleman
8.16.12
Motherboard Blog

Furry Animals Doing the Dry-Shake in Super-Slow Motion for Science and Entertainment

Researchers took this high-speed video for the sake of science, to unlock the mysteries of mammalian dryness. Which is actually a quite impressive feature of mammals, the ability to dry themselves really, really fast. For example, a large dog can rid...
Michael Byrne
8.16.12
The Photo Issue 2012

Deflections from a Straight Path

Photograher Peter Sutherland is a frequent contributor to VICE. This particular selection of photos captures colored light as it refracts, creating different patterns that make us feel at one with the universe.
Peter Sutherland
8.16.12
Fashion

Sabine Ducasse Fashions 8-bit Clothing From Melted Beads

See what can happen when plastic beads are used to make pixelated fashion.
Sami Sharaf
8.16.12
Motherboard Blog

Beware, Florida: Driverless Robot Cars Will Kill Your Old Ladies

Sure, I like "technology, but driverless cars?" Gee golly, what a bunch of fuddy duddy. This might be the first publicly aired political assault on roboticized, driverless cars; a Google-backed concept that's typically met with the kind of...
Brian Merchant
8.16.12
Question Of The Day

What's the Strangest Thing You've Ever Put in Your Mouth?

"Spiders and glass."
Sheree Millington
8.16.12
Fashion

Fashion Studio - Charlie Le Mindu

You have to be pretty special if you wanna wear one of his wigs without looking like a posh art student who got fucked over in a Dalston weave shop.
Jamie Clifton
8.16.12
eye for an eye

Robert Mazur

Robert Mazur was the key agent in the most successful operation US law enforcement has ever conducted. He posed as a money launderer for five years, enmeshed in the upper echelons the Medellín Cartel.
VICE Staff
8.16.12
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