[poisonarena]

I grew up in Berkeley California and every couple weeks in my sophmore year of HS in 2003 I would go up to Amoeba music, to grab the latest issue, and figure out what was cool, Dos and Donts, Guide to Anal sex, what have you. In 2009 my electronic music group Party Effects used to burn CD's, and then infilitrate the various distribution points of VICE magazine to include a copy of our Electronic Music Compilations.. To no success.. but alas The print magazine, complete with racy American Apparel ads was a part of my childhood. I dont know what happened or how they became a multinational news organization. Last year I did the music for an ad they did in Mexico City in a partnership with Samsung, and I thought I was being pretty cool, till they only payed me about $300 bucks in pesos, 5 weeks after I finished it. I have met many Vice magazine employees in Condesa CDMX and almost all make practicly nothing, but do it because it is 'cool', maybe their parents were rich. Interesting article, but I always guessed they were scummy, but thats allright..

[werber]

I grew up with a similar relationship to vice and the horror stories of cool points in place of real money later on, from almost every one I know that's worked for them in any capacity turned me off and most of the people i know in those circles