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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

Vice

Vice: Hey Philippe. How has your day been so far?

Philippe Paris:

What did you have for breakfast?

Yes. We want to be sure we’re doing business with stand-up people who don’t eat a bunch of fancy bullshit. How about lunch?

Any condiments? Mayo? Mustard?

OK, that’s acceptable. Let’s move on. What’s your position at the place that prints Vice and how did you land the gig?

So you just boss people around all day? Do you even know the first thing about actually putting ink onto paper?

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Now you can fire him?

laughs

What are you working on today?

That sounds boring. Do you like your job?

When you first interviewed for the job and they said, “Oh, we print Vice magazine,” did you know what it was?

What do you think of it now?

Vice

Do you read it every month?

Any favorite recent articles or issues?

I’m dubious.

Are you a jock?

You know, a sports guy.

Have we ever really pissed you guys off by missing a deadline or realizing we screwed something up after going to press? Like, have you ever thought of sabotaging us by replacing all of our ads with blank pages? Be honest.

Is it a big pain in the ass when we ask to do gatefold covers or add foil to our logo?

What other types of magazines do you print there?

Maine Home Design

Which is a better read, Maine Home Design or Vice?

Vice

Fader

You should advise them not to put Devendra Banhart on the cover every three months.

laughs

Do you like Devendra Banhart?

Exactly! So listen, have you ever gotten the chance to run out into the middle of the floor and scream, “STOP THE PRESSES! STOP THE FUCKING PRESSES!!!”?

We tried to do an issue without using computers anywhere in the process, but our publisher told us it was impossible for you guys to do it the old way. Was that a crock of shit? Did he even ask you? Don’t you guys have some ancient press down in the basement we could use?

Thanks, Philippe. If we ever find ourselves anywhere near Scott, Quebec, we’ll buy you a nice Labatt and some poutine.

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