The last year’s worth of bad news about Iceland (bankruptcy, volcanic ash, etc.) has saddened me quite a bit. When I visited the country in 2006 for the Iceland Airwaves festival I fell in love with the uniqueness of the landscape (from glaciers to geo-thermal heated pools) and the quirkiness of its people. I never [...]

In some sad news, the band members of the well-known Brooklyn band Dirty on Purpose has decided to go their separate ways. In an email sent to their mailing list this morning, the rock quartet announced that DOP will no longer be in existence for the foreseeable future: We got back from tour about a [...]

With the inclusion of Franz Ferdinand and Chaka Khan to the bill of the already impressive Diesel 30th Birthday Party in NYC (that is if you consider M.I.A., N*E*R*D*, and Hot Chip impressive), the jeans company has guaranteed that their fete will be the biggest blowout this side of the Atlantic. Prepare thyselves for long [...]

I was looking up some ethical shopping stuff today (I know, totally granola of me) and read that Diesel Jeans were actually produced more ethically than Calvin Klein jeans. So with that in mind, I’d like to mention that Diesel Jeans is planning what sounds like an amazing party “event” on it’s 30th birthday…on the [...]

The favorite new party haunt of TMA… VICE LIVE NYC Edition Vice Magazine Mexican Issue Release Party Free with RSVP to: http://www.viceland.com/vicelive 21+ w/ ID Complimentary 42 Below Vodka & Colt 45 until it’s gone.

VICE FASHION – TOKYO UNDRESSED Rikki Kasso is a 27-year-old American photographer who moved to Tokyo a couple of years ago. He takes photos of pretty Japanese girls in various states of undress and puts them on a blog called Tokyo Undressed.

NAME: The Holloways HOMETOWN: London, Holloway, United Kingdom WEBSITE: http://www.the-holloways.com/ HOW I HEARD ABOUT THEM: I was listening to my friend Imran’s awesome BBC 6 music radio show called This Music Week and The Holloways were doing a cover of “Starman” [MP3] in honor of David Bowie’s birthday. LATEST RELEASE: So This Is Great Britain? [...]

Unsigned band Koopa make top 40 history | Entertainment | Entertainment News | Reuters.co.uk Unsigned pop-punk band Koopa became the first unsigned group to have a top 40 hit under new rules governing Internet music sales on Sunday. BBC Radio 1 – Zane Lowe – Takeover Download Whilst Zane Lowe is on holiday Mike Skinner [...]

NPR : Chinatown Vendors Ripe for Bargains Lisa Chow of member station WNYC reports, in New York’s Chinatown, high-quality produce sold by small vendors is fresh and affordable. (tags: chinatown nyc food) NPR : In Praise of Ramen, and Its Inventor College students, raise your wallets to Momofuku Ando, the inventor of a staple food [...]

It’s kinda like a Russian doll of fug–just when you though you got to the last layer of ugly, there’s another one underneath it. Check it out on Vice’s web site.