In the billion-dollar industry of professional “graphing” — collecting celebrity signatures for resale — nobody does it like Radio Man.
17 bars, six games of pool, and an unknowable number of Miller Lites later, I finally tracked it down. But I could never have prepared myself for what I found along the way.
Thanks to a mysterious 1986 law, credit reporting on student loans is mandatory. For millions of Americans, that’s meant financial disaster.
Universal, Sony, and Warner have paid out just a portion of the money they promised to give, VICE found—revealing a disconnect between how they’ve publicly characterized their donations and what’s really happening behind the scenes.
Spiedies are deceptively simple: marinated meat on a roll and nothing more. But biting into one is a life-changing experience.
Big-name musicians from Bob Dylan to Shakira have recently sold their publishing rights, but it's hard to put a price on owning what you create.
There are only five people in New York capable of fixing antique jukeboxes. Unless they can find someone to carry on their line of work, it might go extinct.
Corporations took millions from a program designed to help small businesses. Without that money, dives across the country are at risk of closing permanently.
The pandemic has left musicians who perform underground without a place to do what they love—and, in turn, without a sense of purpose.
Her plan to re-record her back catalog isn't just a way for the pop star to get back at Scooter Braun—it's a shrewd power play that could earn her millions.
All those posts may have seemed like half-assed, empty gestures, but according to experts, they might have actually made a difference.
Sasha and Lee Lloyd overcame abuse, homelessness, depression, and betrayal to open The Hard Swallow—and they'll do anything to protect it.
The kind of egregious exploitation he faced in the 1950s might seem unthinkable today. But for many Black artists, not much has changed.
Non-fungible tokens have been touted as a way to rescue lesser-known artists from financial peril. Instead, they're mostly helping the rich get richer.
Burners told us their plans for the digital festival, from throwing sex parties on Zoom to driving an "Ass Cream Truck" around the block.
COVID-19 has left high school band programs in crisis, and some teachers worry their students might drop out altogether.
Film industry workers and union reps told VICE that production during the pandemic is going to be risky, expensive, and ruled by compromise.
We spoke with researchers, DJs, and artists to unpack why there aren't more women on country radio—and it involves years of discrimination.
Disney is refusing to let some independent theaters show movies from 20th Century Fox's catalog, from 'Alien' to 'The Sound of Music.'
Booze nearly destroyed both of their lives. And yet they find solace in the place where their drinking peaked.
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