To close out Hallo-week-n on the blog, we went out and asked a bunch of folks the perennial chin-scratcher: What does the inside of your body smell like? Folks had some pretty good guesses (we're with the girl who says inside of an ass), but we had a burning itch to know the truth, so we asked a brain- and regular-surgeon to rate each of their answers and see how close they were to the mark. Happy eating!
Here at Vice Canada we take our Halloween costumes seriously (although nothing beats this bizness here). Our elaborate disguises have been planned for weeks, and this year we're taking on everything from a sexy pirate to Nancy Kerrigan to an Asian-in-blackface-as-L'il Wayne to Animal from the Muppets to Tinkerbell (hey, she's a cute intern, whaddaya want?) If you were planning to Scrooge your way through Halloween and skip a costume altogether, you're staring at the wrong blog. We came up with a few last minute ideas for you: how about being a Freudian slip, which requires you to paste words like "daddy" and "oedipus" over your dress? Or you could be a "prostrate cancer inspection booth" which is like a kissing booth but more fun. Finally, we suggest being a medicine cabinet: just glue whatever you find in your bathroom to your sweater and wait for your friends to mock you. But look, you can't expect us to do all the work. You probably have it covered anyway. We'd like to see. Send pics to to@viceland.com and we'll post the best ones.
The problem's never what to do on Halloween—it's what to do after you've recovered from dressing up all stupid, having sex with someone you're never going to see again, and spending the next day puking up mini Crunch bars. We'll help you out. Go see Harvey Milk, Tombs, The Body, Bezoar, and a whole bunch of other berserkers at the Weird & Heavy Fest on Sunday at Club Europa.
OK so it's Halloween. We know that English attempts to make a big deal out of All Hallows Eve always wind up looking like wet Wednesdays compared to how seriously the Yanks take it so we decided to trim the fat, axe the pumpkins and just put on a good night at The Old Blue Last. HTRK and Factory Floor will be playing live and Faris from The Horrors will be playing tunes that will probably be at least vaguely spooky. To get yourself in the mood click on.
It doesn't matter what day of the year it is—there is no such thing as too much paper-mâché, graveyards, titties, and fire. Maybe by next year we'll shut up about the amazing photo shoot Dana Goldstein did for our current issue, but in the meantime click here for outtakes.
This time last year I took a train to suburban London to go hang out with a load of druids. The main thing I learned was that druids today are mostly semi-bald forestry workers, therapists, and lonely vets. I had to meet them all the night before Halloween to be briefed on the rites and for a little "get to know you" session before I could be included in the ceremonies.
OK, today was going to be the ultimate Halloween playlist showdown, but sadly Kenneth Anger, Dominick Fernow, and Richard Ramirez all turned down our request for tunes. So instead we're going to tap into our Halloweenian expertise and make you our own holiday mix.
Yesterday’s live tarot readings had a bunch of you going, “Whoa,
spooky,” so we’re doing it again today. As before, just post a question
in the comments section and you’ll get a quick, tough-love answer from the ancient oracle of the Atu.
Yesterday a couple people asked how it all works. Click below for an
explanation from our mystic, who's standing by now.
Update: Questions section closed! Feel free to respond to your readings though.
Unless your eyes and ears are made out of cabbage you'll probably have clocked by now that we are releasing a book entitled Skins & Punks this week. It's by Gavin Watson who is one of our favourite photographers of all time and we are really excited about it. Turns out lots of other people are as well so the Queens Of Noize asked Gavin and Vice Editor Andy Capper on to their BBC6 Music radio show to talk about the book and play some songs. Gavin managed to behave himself, not hit anyone or swear for a whole fifteen minutes and you'll be able to hear it all here on Saturday night from midnight. Go get the book here while you are waiting.
William Chambers gained a first-class honours degree in textile design at the Scottish College of Textiles in 2002 and set up William Chambers Millinery in 2007. William cites birds and cages as his inspiration, and this is evident in the shape, texture and detailing in his work. William has quickly become a sought-after milliner within Scotland and further afield. He was a nominee in the Scottish Fashion Awards 2008 (Accessory Designer of the Year) and recently featured in The List magazine’s Style Issue as one of “the hottest young designers in the country”, alongside Christopher Kane. In September 2008 he designed hats for Glasgow fashion label Olanic for their Spring/Summer 09 debut collection at London Fashion Week.
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