70s
My Father's Journey Around the World with Stolen Plane Tickets
After a chance encounter with a Black Panther, my father embarked on the adventure of his life—an adventure that led him as if by fate to my mother.
Destiny Is the Empowering Disco Queen We Need
Upon the release of her new music video, "Soul Train," VICE talked to the artist formerly known as Princess Nokia about her upcoming mixtape, urban feminism, cultural activism and intellectual spirit.
The Enduring Appeal of 'The Virgin Suicides'
It remains Sofia Coppola's finest film—the perfect melding of sound and vision, teen passion and inexplicable tragedy, and plenty of 70s sartorial flair.
A Short, NSFW History of Cannibalism on Camera
In today's outrage culture, it's hard to believe that the Italian cannibal-rape films of the 1970s ever got a theatrical release.
Gay Photography Legend James Bidgood Needs Help Buying a Camera
People often cite James Bidgood's photography as a precursor to David LaChapelle's work, but the legendary gay photographer needs help buying a camera.
Behold: the World's Biggest Archive of Skinhead Ephemera
We talked to Toby Mott about punk, fascism and other incarnations of the skinhead movement – as well as his forthcoming book, Skinhead – An Archive.
The Time John Waters’s Girls Escaped a Kidnapping
In this excerpt of Edgewise: A Picture of Cookie Mueller, two men abduct three actresses who have starred in several of John Waters's classic movies.
Bob Mazzer's Photos Immortalise London's Underground
I talked to him about his new exhibition of photos of people drinking and pissing on the tube.
The Filthiest People Alive
When I was 16, my best friend, Dana, and I spent a lot of time ditching school, thumbing rides from our Denver suburb to Boulder, and hanging around pretty much the dirtiest, smelliest people of the entire early-70s freak scene, the STP Family. We...
Deep in the Woods
We moved Sunday to Monday, because Sunday turned out to be the day for uninvited visitors. When we tried to keep Sunday as a day of rest, for quiet pastimes such as reading, writing letters, exploring, or the complex routines of bathing, we found...