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The vice for what ails you
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
July 29, 2008

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Call me behind the times (considering this publication has been around since 1994), but as I was postponing doing any actual "work" this evening, I ran into a Web site that has swiftly risen to my top 10 (right behind The Onion...and that is love at first sight, folks).

It's been touted as the antidote to traditional media. Vice Magazine has grown since its inception into a mini-empire and it shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, it's turning swiftly into the new teen Bible, according to The Independent.

Being a publication junkie (we're talking everything from US Weekly to the Wall Street Journal to Vogue), I'm surprised I had never run into Vice before. But from what I've seen of it online, I may just have to subscribe (and give my mailman yet another reason to hate me).

According to The Independent article, the magazine "has firmly established itself as a vehicle for news that other publications will not carry."

"This is essentially a news magazine," [UK editor Andy] Capper explains. "But we cover issues that would otherwise fall under the radar. We present news stories in a way that hooks our audience into subjects they wouldn't otherwise look into."

For example, for their Iraq issue, the magazine took a different approach, spending five years following a Baghdad heavy metal band from the beginning of the conflict to their eventual relocation to Syria.

For those who just can't get enough of culture, pop or otherwise, I'd recommend checking it out. It's a nice cool breeze in the sweltering heat of a CNN and Newsweek world.

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  • Dejasmom Dejasmom Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    Billy -- Best.comment.ever
    Aprill -- I will have to check this out

    July 31, 2008 at 2:38 p.m.

  • BillyMau BillyMau Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    They should get a Pulitzer just for finding a metal band in Iraq. But this gives me a new conspiracy theory. What if this magazine caused the war in Iraq just to get a good story out of it? They were probably coming up with fake story ideas when one guy said, "Dude-dude-dude-dude, what if there was a metal band in Iraq?" And everyone was all like, "That would be the coolest thing in the history of ever." And then the guy would be all like, "And what if they were in the middle of a war?" And everyone else would be all like, "Holy turkey jerky, the only thing cooler would be if that war forced them to relocate to Syria." And the first guy was all like, "It wouldn't be a story if they didn't."
    Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's how it happened. George Bush if now off the hook on this one.

    July 29, 2008 at 10:19 p.m.