The VICE Guide to Travel: The Japanese Love Industry
Japan is a country that is dying—literally. A nation that was once considered the strongest economical powerhouse in the world, rivaling the US, has now slipped to second best. Japan has more people...
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I Went to Corey Feldman's Birthday Party
DISCLAIMER: I was only allowed to attend Corey's birthday party under the condition that he have final edit of whatever I write. Below is the text approved by Corey Feldman: You probably know...
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The Sport of Kings Is Full of Scum
Veterinarian Dr. Mark Gerard (left) entering the courthouse in Mineola, New York, with his attorney, F. Lee Bailey, September 1978. Dr. Gerard was convicted of fraud for masterminding a horse-racing...
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Beauty and the Plague
Howard Ashman in 1977. Archival photos courtesy of Kyle Rennick. The first week of November 1989, filmmakers and executives from the Walt Disney Company gathered in a crowded room in Disney World in...
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VICE News: Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor - Full Length
NEWS AUSTERITY'S DRUG OF CHOICE Sisa Is Destroying the Lives of Athens’s Homeless People By Alex Miller A meeting with an anarchist in Exarcheia, a district of Athens. Photos by Henry Langston....
View ArticleChicago Is a Paradise
Chicago is a misunderstood city. More renowned for its crooked politics, oppressive violent crime, and shitty weather than whatever the local tourist board tells you, the true essence of the place is...
View ArticleVICE News: Terminal Insecurity
The TSA (Transportation Security Administration) is supposed to prevent passengers from slipping anything that could be used as a weapon past its multiple layers of security personnel, scanning...
View ArticleWeediquette: Weediquette - I Like to Stay Home
It's hard to predict the habits that end up defining our personalities. Most of us strive to remain close to the norm, recognizing our few deviant tendencies and working to correct them, or perhaps...
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Reality Bites: The Quaking Mess
Image via Flickr user another.point.in.time. This week, I lost a childhood friend to drugs and alcohol. He was only 24 years old. My friend was a brilliant musician and talented artist, but he was...
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Scrap or Die
Shorty Rock on the streets of Central, the neighborhood that is the epicenter of Cleveland’s scrap trade. All photos by Peter Larson. One sweltering afternoon in July, I found myself breaking and...
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Comics: Here Are the Ten Best Comics of 2013, or at Least Some Good Comics...
Hello Comical Comrades, It's almost 2014 so I have succumbed to peer pressure and put together a best-of-the-year list. Trying to rank creative works in order of goodness is sort of vulgar and stupid....
View ArticleWeediquette: Kings of Cannabis - Full Length
You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you’ve probably smoked his weed. Arjan’s been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world—like White Widow, Super Silver Haze, and many...
View ArticleShorties: The Showstopper
Shawn Valentino is The Showstopper: a self-styled international playboy who believes he can unleash the ladykilling superhero inside all of us. VICE's Clive Martin travels to Amsterdam to meet the...
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VICE News: Triple Hate - Full Length
NEWS The Wizard of the Saddle Rides Again Is a Park in Memphis, Tennessee, the Epitome of Racism in Modern America? The KKK Say It’s Just History, Many Others Disagree By Rocco Castoro A...
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Henry Hargreaves's Photos of What Famous Musicians Eat Backstage
A rider is a contractual proviso that outlines a series of stipulations or requests between at least two parties. While they can be attached to leases and other legal documents, they’re most famously...
View ArticleThe Japanese Mob Is Hiring Homeless People to Clean Up Fukushima
The Japanese Mob Is Hiring Homeless People to Clean Up Fukushima
View ArticleFringes: Black Bike Week
Black Bike Week is an annual bike rally that happens every year in South Carolina over Memorial Day weekend. Up to half a million predominantly African American bikers and revellers descend on the...
View ArticleWeediquette: Stoned Kids
Medical marijuana is legal in 20 states and the District of Columbia, but there are still use cases that are very controversial, like medical marijuana for children. Some claim it's a wonder drug for...
View ArticleFringes: The Real Walter White
When AMC's Breaking Bad premiered in 2008, one of Alabama's most successful meth cook was already knee deep in building one of the biggest meth empires the state would ever see. His name? Walter...
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Tomorrow, I'm Going to Buy Legal Weed
Elan Nelson, a cannabis industry consultant, looks over Medicine Man's cannabis inventory in anticipation of a high-volume sales day. Weed has already been legal in Colorado and Washington state for...
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